Moving Target (Gil Scott-Heron album)

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Moving Target
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1982
RecordedMarch–June 1982
Length37:33
Label Arista
Producer Malcolm Cecil, Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron chronology
Reflections
(1981)
Moving Target
(1982)
Spirits
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Moving Target is a studio album by American spoken-word poet and blues musician Gil Scott-Heron.

Contents

Background, production, release

The album, released on Arista in 1982, was to be his last for more than a decade. On Moving Target, Scott-Heron and his "Midnight Band" recorded their "typical, tastefully jazzy R&B and funk grooves", though flavored with "more exotic sounds" and influenced by reggae (there are echoes of Bob Marley in some songs). The final song, the almost ten-minute long "Black History/The World", is in part a spoken-word performance by Scott-Heron ending with a "plea for peace and world change". [2]

The album, co-produced by Malcolm Cecil, [3] was released in September 1982 on LP (#204921), and issued as a CD in February 1997, under the same number. [4] Robert Christgau gave the album a B. [3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gil Scott-Heron; except where indicated

  1. "Fast Lane" (lyrics: Scott-Heron; music: Robbie Gordon) – 4:55
  2. "Washington D.C." – 4:13
  3. "No Exit" – 4:08
  4. "Blue Collar" – 5:18
  5. "Explanations" – 4:12
  6. "Ready or Not" (lyrics: Scott-Heron; music: Larry McDonald) – 4:33
  7. "Black History/The World" – 9:42

Personnel

Technical personnel

References

  1. Burkham, Chris (October 2, 1982). "Gil Scott-Heron: Moving Target". Sounds . p. 30.
  2. Bogdanov, Vladimir (2003). All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. Backbeat. p. 604. ISBN   9780879307448.
  3. 1 2 Christgau, Robert. "CG: Gil Scott-Heron" . Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  4. Strong, Martin Charles (2002). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate. p. 141. ISBN   9781841953120.