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
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)
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Allmusic [1]

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

We Almost Lost Detroit

The song "We Almost Lost Detroit", which shares its title with the 1975 John G. Fuller book of the same name, recounts the story of the nuclear meltdown at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Monroe, MI, in 1966.[2] 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.[3][1]

Track listing

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

No. TitleWriter(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[4]
US US
R&B		 Jazz Albums
1977 Bridges 130 — 16

Legacy

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schwachter, Jeff. Bridges - Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ Spignesi, Stephen J. (December 1, 2004). Catastrophe!: The 100 Greatest Disasters Of All Time. Citadel Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0806525587.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. No Nukes - Various Artists at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ Bush, John. Gil Scott-Heron at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Black Star's Brown Skin Lady sample of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson's We Almost Lost Detroit". WhoSampled. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Common feat. Dwele's The People sample of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson's We Almost Lost Detroit". WhoSampled. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

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