Gil Scott-Heron - Reflections (1981) FLAC
BAND/ARTIST: Gil Scott-Heron
- Title: Reflections
- Year Of Release: 1981
- Label: Arista
- Genre: Jazz, Funk, Soul
- Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:40:54
- Total Size: 94.4 MB / 234,65 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
[05:02] 01. Gil Scott-Heron - Storm Music
[05:25] 02. Gil Scott-Heron - Grandma's Hands
[03:45] 03. Gil Scott-Heron - Is That Jazz?
[04:41] 04. Gil Scott-Heron - Morning Thoughts
[05:49] 05. Gil Scott-Heron - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
[04:00] 06. Gil Scott-Heron - Gun
[12:12] 07. Gil Scott-Heron - 'B' Movie (Intro, Poem, Song)
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Although a major across-the-board hit always eluded the poet, singer, and activist Gil Scott-Heron, this album does contain one of his best-known songs. "B-Movie," an extended attack on Ronald "Ray-gun," unleashes 12 minutes of vitriol about the then recently elected president. Beginning with the declaration "Mandate, my ass," it's a laundry list of fears about Reagan, fantasizing that his election meant "we're all actors" in some surreal film. Delivered over a taut funk groove, parts of it are still funny. Elsewhere, Scott-Heron takes an early stab at endorsing firearm control on "Gun"; slows things down for "Morning Thoughts"; and explores reggae's rhythms and revolutionary power on "Storm Music," a direction he'd pursue more fully on his next album, Moving Target. The disc also includes a pair of covers that offer varying degrees of success: Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands" is a natural for Scott-Heron's warm baritone and a bright soul-jazz arrangement from the Midnight Band, but the version of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues," while it swings convincingly, has a lengthy spoken-word riff that fails to embellish on the pain implicit in the original. Overall, Reflections doesn't capture Scott-Heron at the peak of his game, though anyone who enjoyed the other works from his Arista period certainly won't be disappointed. ~ Dan LeRoy
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[05:02] 01. Gil Scott-Heron - Storm Music
[05:25] 02. Gil Scott-Heron - Grandma's Hands
[03:45] 03. Gil Scott-Heron - Is That Jazz?
[04:41] 04. Gil Scott-Heron - Morning Thoughts
[05:49] 05. Gil Scott-Heron - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
[04:00] 06. Gil Scott-Heron - Gun
[12:12] 07. Gil Scott-Heron - 'B' Movie (Intro, Poem, Song)
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Although a major across-the-board hit always eluded the poet, singer, and activist Gil Scott-Heron, this album does contain one of his best-known songs. "B-Movie," an extended attack on Ronald "Ray-gun," unleashes 12 minutes of vitriol about the then recently elected president. Beginning with the declaration "Mandate, my ass," it's a laundry list of fears about Reagan, fantasizing that his election meant "we're all actors" in some surreal film. Delivered over a taut funk groove, parts of it are still funny. Elsewhere, Scott-Heron takes an early stab at endorsing firearm control on "Gun"; slows things down for "Morning Thoughts"; and explores reggae's rhythms and revolutionary power on "Storm Music," a direction he'd pursue more fully on his next album, Moving Target. The disc also includes a pair of covers that offer varying degrees of success: Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands" is a natural for Scott-Heron's warm baritone and a bright soul-jazz arrangement from the Midnight Band, but the version of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues," while it swings convincingly, has a lengthy spoken-word riff that fails to embellish on the pain implicit in the original. Overall, Reflections doesn't capture Scott-Heron at the peak of his game, though anyone who enjoyed the other works from his Arista period certainly won't be disappointed. ~ Dan LeRoy
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