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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
 
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  • 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
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