Scatman's World

Scatman's World
Studio album by Scatman John
Released July 10, 1995
Recorded 1994–95
Studio Catania Music Studios, Bottrop
Genre
Length 45:14
Label RCA
Producer
  • Antonio Nunzio Catania
  • Ingo Kays
Scatman John chronology
John Larkin
(1986)John Larkin1986		 Scatman's World
(1995)		 Everybody Jam!
(1996)Everybody Jam!1996

Scatman's World is an album by American musician Scatman John, recorded after the worldwide success of his debut single "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)". It is somewhat of a concept album dealing with an imaginary Utopian society named "Scatland". He speaks about this at length in the liner notes: "If you're wondering where Scatland is, you don't have to look too far; it's between your deepest dreams and warmest wishes".

Scatman's World was very popular internationally, particularly in Japan, where it reached No. 2 and stayed on the charts for 40 weeks, selling more than 1,560,000 copies overall, ranking among the top twenty best-selling albums of all time in that country recorded by non-Japanese artists.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Larkin except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Welcome To Scatland" 0:49
2."Scatman's World"Antonio Nunzio Catania, John Larkin3:40
3."Only You" 3:42
4."Quiet Desperation" 3:51
5."Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"Catania, Larkin3:30
6."Sing Now!" 3:38
7."Popstar" 4:13
8."Time (Take Your Time)" 3:41
9."Mambo Jambo" 3:30
10."Everything Changes" 4:38
11."Song of Scatland" 5:05
12."Hi, Louis" 2:34
13."Scatman (Game Over Jazz)" 5:03

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
France (SNEP)[16] Gold 185,000[17]
Japan (RIAJ)[18] Million 1,560,000[19]
Poland (ZPAV)[20] Gold 50,000*
Sweden (GLF)[21] Gold 50,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Scatman John: Scatman's World" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Scatman John – Scatman's World". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Scatman John – Scatman's World". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  9. ↑ スキャットマン・ジョン-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of Scatman's World by Scatman John" Check |url= value (help). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Scatman John – Scatman's World". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Scatman John – Scatman's World". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  12. ↑ "1995年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1995] (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Les Albums (CD) de 1995 par InfoDisc" (in French). infodisc.fr. Archived from the original (PHP) on April 7, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Hitparade.ch - Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1995". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  15. ↑ "1996年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1996] (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  16. ↑ "French album certifications – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in French). InfoDisc. Select SCATMAN JOHN and click OK. 
  17. ↑ "Les Albums Or". infodisc.fr (in French). SNEP. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  18. ↑ 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧　1995年 [Million-certified Singles and Albums: 1995]. Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  19. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  20. ↑ "Polish album certifications – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved March 2, 2013.


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