Bridges (Gil Scott-Heron album)

Bridges
Studio album by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
Released December 1977
Recorded 1977
Genre Soul, Jazz-funk, Funk, Jazz, Spoken word soul
Label Arista Records
Producer Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
Co-producer Larry Fallon, Tom Wilson
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson chronology
It's Your World
(1976)		 Bridges
(1977)		 Secrets
(1978)

Bridges is an album by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, released in Winter 1977 on Arista Records.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

The song, "We Almost Lost Detroit" which shares its title with the John G. Fuller book published in 1975, recounts the story of the nuclear meltdown at the Fermi Atomic Power Plant near Monroe, MI, in 1966. It was performed at the No Nukes concert in September 1979 at Madison Square Garden. This song was also contributed to the No Nukes album in November 1979 and No Nukes concert film in May 1980.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gil Scott-Heron except as noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Hello Sunday! Hello Road!"     3:37
2. "Song Of The Wind"     3:53
3. "Racetrack In France"   Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson 4:15
4. "Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind)"   Scott-Heron, Jackson 7:31
5. "Under The Hammer"     3:59
6. "We Almost Lost Detroit"     5:19
7. "Tuskeegee #626"     0:33
8. "Delta Man (Where I'm Coming From)"     5:45
9. "95 South (All Of The Places We've Been)"     4:51

Personnel

Charts

Year Album Chart positions[2]
US US
R&B		 Jazz Albums
1977 Bridges 130 — 16

Legacy

References

  1. ^ Schwachter, Jeff. "Bridges". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r48884/review. 
  2. ^ "Gil Scott-Heron US albums chart history". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p123197/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Black Star's Brown Skin Lady sample of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson's We Almost Lost Detroit". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/1199/Black%20Star-Brown%20Skin%20Lady_Gil%20Scott-Heron%20and%20Brian%20Jackson-We%20Almost%20Lost%20Detroit/. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Common feat. Dwele's The People sample of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson's We Almost Lost Detroit". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/568/Common%20feat.%20Dwele-The%20People_Gil%20Scott-Heron%20and%20Brian%20Jackson-We%20Almost%20Lost%20Detroit/. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 

External links

Gil Scott-Heron
Studio albums
Pieces of a Man (1971) · Free Will (1972) · Winter in America (1974) · The First Minute of a New Day (1975) · From South Africa to South Carolina (1975) · Bridges (1977) · Secrets (1978) · 1980 (1979) · Real Eyes (1980) · Reflections (1981) · Moving Target (1982) · Spirits (1994) · I'm New Here (2010)
Other albums
Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970) · The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1974) · It's Your World (1976) · The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron (1978) · The Best of Gil Scott-Heron (Arista) (1984) · Tales of Gil Scott-Heron (1990) · Glory: The Gil Scott-Heron Collection (1990) · Minister of Information: Live (1994) · Ghetto Style (1998) · The Gil Scott-Heron Collection: Sampler 1974-1975 (1998) · Evolution (And Flashback): The Very Best of Gil Scott-Heron (1999) · Tour de Force (Live) (2004) · Save the Children (2004) · Anthology: Messages (2005) · We're New Here (2011)
Singles
"Home Is Where the Hatred Is" · "The Bottle" · "Johannesburg" · "B-Movie"" · "Superman" · "Hello Sunday! Hello Road!" · "Storm Music" · "Re-Ron" · "Winter in America" · "Space Shuttle" · "Don't Give Up" · "The Klan"
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