Evolution (And Flashback): The Very Best of Gil Scott-Heron

by Gil Scott-Heron

Evolution (And Flashback): The Very Best of Gil Scott-Heron cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 9 February 1999
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:32
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Evolution (And Flashback)' anthologizes Gil Scott-Heron, the Chicago-born poet and musician whose spoken-word soul, including 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised', founded a lineage of political rap. His records with Brian Jackson joined jazz arrangements to direct social address.

Genres

Descriptors: funky, call-and-response, groove-laden, bassy, party

Tracklist

  1. Paint It Black (0:31)
  2. Evolution (And Flashback) (3:02)
  3. Free Will (3:31)
  4. Whitey On The Moon (1:45)
  5. The Vulture (4:18)
  6. Small Talk At 125th And Lenox (1:20)
  7. Billy Green Is Dead (1:30)
  8. Ain't No New Thing (4:38)
  9. Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues (5:07)
  10. The King Alfred Plan (2:48)
  11. No Knock (2:11)
  12. Enough (4:12)
  13. Who'll Pay The Reparations On My Soul? (5:14)
  14. Home Is Where The Hatred Is (3:18)
  15. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (3:07)

Credits

  • Gil Scott-Heron - primary artist, flute, bells, piano, vocals
  • Horace Ott - arranged by, conductor
  • Charlie Saunders - congas, percussion
  • Eddie Knowles - congas, percussion
  • Hubert Laws - flute, piccolo flute, saxophone
  • David Barnes - percussion, vocals
  • Brian Jackson - vocals, piano, piano [electric], flute, bells
  • Ron Carter - bass [electric]

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