Name: Anthology: Messages
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SKU: 1383299
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Anthology: Messages

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Album: Anthology: Messages
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	The Bottle	More Info...	0:05
2)	Johannesburg	More Info...	0:04
3)	Winter in America	More Info...	0:06
4)	The Liberation Song (Red, Black & Green)	More Info...	0:06
5)	It's Your World	More Info...	0:04
6)	Home Is Where the Hatred Is	More Info...	0:12
7)	Racetrack in France	More Info...	0:04
8)	Hello Sunday! Hello Road!	More Info...	0:03
9)	We Almost Lost Detroit	More Info...	0:05
10)	Delta Man (Where I'm Coming From)	More Info...	0:05
11)	Angel Dust	More Info...	0:04
12)	Show Bizness	More Info...	0:03
13)	Madison Avenue	More Info...	0:03
14)	Shut 'Um Down	More Info...	0:03
15)	Alien (Hold On to Your Dreams)	More Info...	0:04

Album: Anthology: Messages
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	The Bottle	More Info...	0:05
2)	Johannesburg	More Info...	0:04
3)	Winter in America	More Info...	0:06
4)	The Liberation Song (Red, Black & Green)	More Info...	0:06
5)	It's Your World	More Info...	0:04
6)	Home Is Where the Hatred Is	More Info...	0:12
7)	Racetrack in France	More Info...	0:04
8)	Hello Sunday! Hello Road!	More Info...	0:03
9)	We Almost Lost Detroit	More Info...	0:05
10)	Delta Man (Where I'm Coming From)	More Info...	0:05
11)	Angel Dust	More Info...	0:04
12)	Show Bizness	More Info...	0:03
13)	Madison Avenue	More Info...	0:03
14)	Shut 'Um Down	More Info...	0:03
15)	Alien (Hold On to Your Dreams)	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

This album from influential and groundbreaking musician Gil Scott-Heron, who co-wrote and recorded some of the 1970s most memorable songs, collects fifteen of his best tracks, including "The Bottle," "Johannesburg," and "It's Your World."
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