Reflections

by Gil Scott-Heron

Reflections cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Arista
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:31
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Gil Scott-Heron's 'Reflections' combines socially observant writing with polished soul-jazz and funk arrangements from his early-1980s Arista period. The album includes one of his most widely circulated later tracks, "B-Movie", a sharp spoken-word critique of American politics and media culture.

Genres

Descriptors: political, progressive, conscious, rhythmic, spoken-word, soulful, storytelling, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Storm Music (4:51)
  2. Grandma's Hands (5:24)
  3. Is That Jazz? (3:43)
  4. Morning Thoughts (4:37)
  5. Inner City Blues (Poem: "The Siege Of New Orleans") (5:46)
  6. Gun (4:00)
  7. "B" Movie (12:10)

Credits

  • Mei Tei Sing Smith - artwork [collage]
  • Robbie Gordon - bass
  • Kenny Powell - drums
  • Ed Brady - guitar
  • Sonia Santos - hair, make-up
  • Glen Turner - piano, electric piano, organ, clavinet, synthesizer [string], harmonica, music by
  • Vernon James - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute [flutes], music by, arranged by [arrangement]
  • Hui Wang - stylist

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