Small Talk at 125th and Lenox

by Gil Scott-Heron

Small Talk at 125th and Lenox cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Flying Dutchman
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:02
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded live at a nightclub in Harlem, this profoundly influential debut album features Scott-Heron performing spoken-word poetry accompanied entirely by congas and percussion. His incisive, rhythmic critique of American consumerism, systemic racism, and media superficiality鈥攎ost notably on 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'鈥攍aid the essential groundwork for hip-hop.

Genres

Descriptors: vulgar, political, acoustic, conscious, protest, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Introduction/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Original (3:22)
  2. Omen - Original (1:45)
  3. Brother - Original (2:36)
  4. Comment #1 - Original (4:27)
  5. Small Talk At 125th & Lenox - Original (1:21)
  6. The Subject Was Faggots - Original (3:11)
  7. Evolution (And Flashback) - Original (3:23)
  8. Plastic Pattern People - Original (2:53)
  9. Whitey on the Moon - Original (1:59)
  10. The Vulture - Original (4:33)
  11. Enough - Original (4:13)
  12. Paint It Black - Original (0:33)
  13. Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul? - Original (5:16)
  14. Everyday - Original (4:22)

Credits

  • Gil Scott-Heron - primary artist, written-by, music by, vocals
  • Charlie Saunders - congas
  • Eddie Knowles - congas
  • David Barnes - percussion, vocals

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