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Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson - CD

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  • Artist: Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 5013993672623
  • Item Number: MSI367262
  • Release date: 07/19/2005
  • 1. The Bottle
  • 2. Johannesburg
  • 3. Winter in America
  • 4. Liberation (Red, Black & Green)
  • 5. It's Your World
  • 6. Home Is Where the Hatred Is
  • 7. Racetrack in France
  • 8. Hello Sunday Hello Road
  • 9. We Almost Lost Detroit
  • 10. Delta Man (Where I'm Coming From)
  • 11. Angel Dust
  • 12. Show Bizness
  • 13. Madison Avenue
  • 14. Shut 'em Down
  • 15. Alien (Hold on to Your Dreams)
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Anthology: Messages by Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson on CD


Several Gil Scott-Heron compilations were released throughout the '70s, '80s, '90s, and early 2000s, but 2005's Messages was the first to concentrate on the material released between 1973 and 1979 -- a productive phase involving seven albums, most of which were represented by a track or two on the preceding overviews. Featuring multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Brian Jackson, these albums were often filler-prone but they were never lacking at least a few moments in which everything clicked. At their best, the duo collaborated on jazzed-up funk that, while far more somber and sober, was just as funky as -- and often more poignant than -- anything on Sly & the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On. This is a shame since Scott-Heron's career is often reduced to "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and a couple other sound bites, whereas the one Sly album is routinely held up as a hallmark -- and rightly so, but the depth of Scott-Heron's catalog is shortchanged with as much frequency. The U.K.'s Soul Brother label, always a reliable source for digging deeper, pulls up a smart selection that includes "We Almost Lost Detroit," "The Bottle," "Winter in America," "Show Bizness," the 12-minute live version of "Home Is Where the Hatred Is," and "Angel Dust," which wound up being Scott-Heron's highest-charting single (number 15 Black Singles, 1977). ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
  • Artist: Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 5013993672623
  • Item Number: MSI367262
  • Release date: 07/19/2005
  • Label: Soul Brother
  • Genre: Rap, Jazz, Comedy/Spoken
  • Style: Spoken Word, Poetry, Fusion, Political Rap
  • Album Time: 75:03

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  • Anthology: Messages Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson CD
Anthology: Messages Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson CD