1980

by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson

1980 cover art

Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson's '1980' closed their major collaborative run with a more contemporary funk and soul production style. The album preserves Scott-Heron's social commentary while moving toward the smoother electronic textures that shaped his early-1980s work.

Genres

  • Funk
  • Soul
  • Synth Funk

Tracklist

  1. Shut 'Um Down
  2. Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams)
  3. Willing
  4. Corners
  5. 1980
  6. Push Comes To Shove
  7. Shah Mot (The Shah Is Dead / Checkmate)
  8. Late Last Night