1980

by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson

1980 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1980
  • Label: Arista
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:06
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: soulful, spoken-word, political, groove-laden, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Shut 'Um Down (5:28)
  2. Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams) (4:09)
  3. Willing (4:16)
  4. Corners (4:47)
  5. 1980 (6:20)
  6. Push Comes To Shove (3:37)
  7. Shah Mot (The Shah Is Dead / Checkmate) (4:04)
  8. Late Last Night (4:25)

Credits

  • Julia Waters - backing vocals
  • Marti McCall - backing vocals
  • Maxine Waters Waddell - backing vocals
  • Harvey Mason - drums
  • Carl Cornwell - flute, saxophone
  • Ed Brady - guitar
  • Marlo Henderson - guitar
  • Webster McKnight - hair

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