Gil Scott-Heron
Songs List
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The bottle
- 2.The revolution will not be televised
- 3.Lady Day and John Coltrane
- 4.Washington, D. C
- 5.The get out of the ghetto blues
- 6.Storm music
- 7.No exit
- 8.Free will
- 9.Pieces of a man
- 10.Home is where the hatred Is
- 11.Did you hear what they said?
- 12.Back home
- 13.'B' movie (Intro, Poem, Song)
- 14.Blue collar
- 15.H2Ogate Blues
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Introduction/ the Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 2.Omen
- 3.Brother
- 4.Comment #1
- 5.Small Talk At 125th & Lenox
- 6.The Subject Was Faggots
- 7.Evolution (and Flashback)
- 8.Plastic Pattern People
- 9.Whitey On the Moon
- 10.The Vulture
- 11.Enough
- 12.Paint It Black
- 13.Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul
- 14.Everyday
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The Train From Washington
- 2.Not Needed
- 3.Waiting For The Axe To Fall
- 4.Combinations
- 5.Legend In His Own Mind
- 6.You Could Be My Brother
- 7.The Klan
- 8.Your Daddy Loves You (For Gia Louise)
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Storm Music
- 2.Grandma's Hands
- 3.Is That Jazz?
- 4.Morning Thoughts
- 5.Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
- 6.Gun
- 7.'B' Movie (Intro, Poem, Song)
- Tracks of Disc 3
- 1.Fast Lane
- 2.Washington, D.C.
- 3.No Exit
- 4.Blue Collar
- 5.Explanations
- 6.Ready Or Not
- 7.Black History/ The World
Uncut: 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]is phrasing is movingly beautiful."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 2.Save the Children
- 3.Lady Day and John Coltrane
- 4.Home Is Where the Hatred Is
- 5.When You Are Who You Are
- 6.I Think I'll Call It Morning
- 7.Pieces of a Man
- 8.A Sign of the Ages
- 9.Or Down You Fall
- 10.The Needle's Eye
- 11.The Prisoner
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 2.Sex Education: Ghetto Style
- 3.The Get Out The Ghetto Blues
- 4.No Knock
- 5.Lady Day & John Coltrane
- 6.Pieces of A Man
- 7.Home Is Where The Hatred Is
- 8.Brother
- 9.Save The Children
- 10.Whitey On The Moon
- 11.Did You Hear What They Said?
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.We Almost Lost Detroit (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- 2.Angola, Louisiana (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- 3.Three Miles Down (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- 4.B-Movie (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- 5.A Legend In His Own Mind (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Winter In America (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- 2.Shut 'Em Down (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- 3.Washington D.C. (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- 4.The Bottle (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- 5.Johannesburg (live @ The Schauburg, Bremen / Germany, April 18, 1983)
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Paint It Black
- 2.Evolution (And Flashback)
- 3.Free Will
- 4.Whitey on the Moon
- 5.The Vulture
- 6.Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
- 7.Billy Green Is Dead
- 8.Ain't No New Thing
- 9.Get out of the Ghetto Blues
- 10.The King Alfred Plan
- 11.No Knock
- 12.Enough
- 13.Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul?
- 14.Home Is Where the Hatred Is
- 15.The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Spin: "[S]trength meets strength on his unusual album-length remix, as Smith's skittering beats and ghostly soul divas put Scott-Heron right where he belongs: in the future."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.I'm New Here
- 2.Home
- 3.I've Been Me (Interlude)
- 4.Running
- 5.My Cloud
- 6.Certain Things (Interlude)
- 7.The Crutch
- 8.Ur Soul and Mine
- 9.Parents (Interlude)
- 10.Piano Player
- 11.Ny is Killing Me
- 12.Jazz (Interlude)
- 13.I'll Take Care of You
Rolling Stone: 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a steely blues record at heart -- the sound of a damaged man staring in the mirror without self-pity but not without hope."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.On Coming From A Broken Home (Pt. 1)
- 2.Me and The Devil
- 3.I'm New Here
- 4.Your Soul and Mine
- 5.Parents (Interlude)
- 6.I'll Take Care of You
- 7.Being Blessed (Interlude)
- 8.Where Did The Night Go
- 9.I Was Guided (Interlude)
- 10.New York Is Killing Me
- 11.Certain Things (Interlude)
- 12.Running
- 13.The Crutch
- 14.I've Been Me (Interlude)
- 15.On Coming From A Broken Home (Pt. 2)
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 2.Save The Children
- 3.Lady Day and John Coltrane
- 4.Home Is Where The Hatred Is
- 5.When You Are Who You Are
- 6.I Think I'll Call It Morning
- 7.Pieces of A Man
- 8.Sign of The Ages
- 9.Or Down You Fall
- 10.Needle's Eye
- 11.Prisoner
Entertainment Weekly: "...with his distinctively rich voice and politicized club-jazz style, [Scott-Heron] sounds as fresh and phat as the latest from GangStarr's Guru or A Tribe Called Quest...." - Rating: A-
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Message To The Messengers
- 2.Spirits
- 3.Give Her A Call
- 4.Lady's Song (Previously Unavailable On LP)
- 5.Spirtis Past
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.The Other Side, Part I
- 2.The Other Side, Part II
- 3.The Other Side, Part III
- 4.Work For Peace (Previously Unavailable On LP)
- 5.Don't Give Up
Down Beat: 4 stars out of 5 - "...Establishing a funky backdrop, Gil sings/recites contemplative ghetto warnings and extols the virtues of Coltrane..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Free Will
- 2.The Middle of Your Day
- 3.The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues
- 4.Speed Kills
- 5.Did You Hear What They Said?
- 6.The King Alfred Plan
- 7.No Knock
- 8.Wiggy
- 9.Ain't No New Thing
- 10.Billy Green is Dead
- 11.Sex Education: Ghetto Style
- 12....And Then He Wrote Meditations
- 13.Free Will [Alt Take 1]
- 14.The Middle of Your Day [Alt Take 2]
- 15.The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues [Alternate Ending]
- 16.Speed Kills [Alt Take 3]
- 17.Did You Hear What They Said? [Alt Take 1]
- 18.The King Alfred Plan [Alt]
- 19.No Knock [Alt]
- 20.Wiggy [Alt]
- 21.Ain't No New Thing [Breakdown Take]
- 22.Billy Green is Dead [Alt]
- 23....And Then He Wrote Meditations [Alt]
Down Beat: 4 stars out of 5 - "...Establishing a funky backdrop, Gil sings/recites contemplative ghetto warnings and extols the virtues of Coltrane..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Free Will
- 2.The Middle of The Day
- 3.The Get Out of The Ghetto Blues
- 4.Speed Kills
- 5.Did You Hear What They Said?
- 6.The King Alfred Plan
- 7.No Knock
- 8.Wiggy
- 9.Ain't No New Thing
- 10.Billy Green Is Dead
- 11.Sex Education: Ghetto Style
- 12.and Then He Wrote Meditations
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 10.South Carolina (Barnwell) - (live)
- 11.Save the Children - (live)
- 12.Let Me See Your I.D.
- 1.Johannesburg - (live)
- 2.A Toast to the People
- 3.The Summer of '42
- 4.Beginnings (The First Minute of a New Day)
- 5.South Carolina (Barnwell)
- 6.Essex
- 7.Fell Together
- 8.A Lovely Day
- 9.Johannesburg
Rolling Stone: 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a steely blues record at heart -- the sound of a damaged man staring in the mirror without self-pity but not without hope."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.On Coming From a Broken Home, Pt. 1
- 2.Me and the Devil
- 3.I'm New Here
- 4.Your Soul and Mine
- 5.Parents (Interlude)
- 6.I'll Take Care of You
- 7.Being Blessed (Interlude)
- 8.Where Did the Night Go
- 9.I Was Guided (Interlude)
- 10.New York Is Killing Me
- 11.Certain Things (Interlude)
- 12.Running
- 13.The Crutch
- 14.I've Been Me (Interlude)
- 15.On Coming From a Broken Home, Pt. 2
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Handsome Johnny
- 2.King Henry IV
- 3.Piano Player (Intro)
- 4.Home Is Where the Hatred Is
- 5.Winter in America
- 6.Winter in America
- 7.Jazz (Interlude)
- 8.Is That Jazz
- 9.Place to Go, A (Interlude)
- 10.My Cloud
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 4.Vild (Deaf, Dumb and Blind)
- 5.Under the Hammer
- 6.We Almost Lost Detroit
- 7.Tuskeegee #626
- 8.Delta Man (Where I'm Comin' From)
- 9.95 South (All of the Places We've Been)
- 1.Hello Sunday! Hello Road!
- 2.Song of the Wind
- 3.Racetrack in France
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 2.Save The Children
- 3.Lady Day And John Coltrane
- 4.Home Is Where The Hatred Is
- 5.When You Are Who You Are
- 6.I Think I'll Call It Morning
- 7.Pieces Of A Man
- 8.A Sign Of The Ages
- 9.Or Down You Fall
- 10.The Needle's Eye
- 11.The Prisoner
- 12.Chains (Black & Blues)
- 13.Peace (Black & Blues)
- 14.A Toast To The People (Black & Blues)
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Intro Jam
- 2.17th Street
- 3.Must Be Something We Can Do
- 4.It's Your World
- 5.Home is Where the Hatred is
- 6.Johannesburg
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 2.Sex Education: Ghetto Style
- 3.The Get Out The Ghetto Blues
- 4.No Knock
- 5.Lady Day & John Coltrane
- 6.Pieces of A Man
- 7.Home Is Where The Hatred Is
- 8.Brother
- 9.Save The Children
- 10.Whitey On The Moon
- 11.Did You Hear What They Said?
- 12.When You Are Who You Are
- 13.I Think I'll Call It Morning
- 14.Or Down You Fall
- 15.Free Will
- 16.The Middle of The Day
- 17.Speed Kills
- 18.Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul
- 19.The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Version 1)
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- 23%Curtis Mayfield
- 17%Roy Ayers
- 17%Shuggie Otis
- 16%Donny Hathaway
- 16%Sly & The Family Stone
- 15%Betty Davis
- 15%Bill Withers
- 15%Bobbi Humphrey
- 15%Funkadelic
- 15%Isaac Hayes
- 14%Cymande
- 14%Idris Muhammad
- 14%Marvin Gaye
- 14%Minnie Riperton
- 13%Al Green