Scatman's World is the first mainstream album from eurodance artist Scatman John, released in 1995.
The title comes from John's second single of the same name.
Being produced by producers Ingo Kays and Tony Catania for Iceberg records under the BMG Label, this was John Larkin's first album of his "Scatman Project", which was based on the previous singles and introduced more songs which will be listed down here.
The majority of the lyrics were inspired by the obstacles and inspirations in Johns life. Scatman (ski ba bop ba dop bop) deals with the fact that John stuttered. Famously his main concern with recording was that people would discover he stuttered, his wife suggested he make it the focus of the song and declare to people that he was a person who stuttered. Time (Take Your Time) deals with Johns time at Alcoholics Annonymous, a concept which would be revisited consistently on John's first two albums.
This album was preceded by two singles; "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)", "Scatman's World". It would present "Song Of Scatland" as a single after the album's release. All three tracks were accompanied by music videos.
The track "Popstar" was released as an promo CD, no music videos for the track were released.
TRACK LISTINGS[]
Welcome To Scatland
Scatman's World
Only You
Quiet Desperation
Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)
Sing Now
Popstar
Time (Take Your Time)
Mambo Jambo
Everything Changes
Song Of Scatland
Hi Louis
Scatman (Game Over Jazz)
Scatman (Spike Mix) *
- Indicates Japanese bonus track.
Legacy[]
For being a two-hit wonder, John Larkin proved sucess by this album in many countries, but specially on Japan.
For the time being, he was requested to appear on shows from those countries, from MTV'S Most Wanted to many Japanese programs, John was happy that people cared about his message through his Scatman Project, and he would continue to do it for the next 4 years..