Released 1982 (1982) Moving Target
(1982) Spirits
(1994) Release date 1982 Label Arista Records | Reflections
(1981) Moving Target
(1982) Artist Gil Scott-Heron Genre Fusion | |
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Similar It's Your World, From South Africa to South Ca, The First Minute of a New Day, Real Eyes, The Mind of Gil Scott‑Heron | ||
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".
The album, co-produced by Malcolm Cecil, was released in September 1982 on LP (#204921), and issued as a CD in February 1997, under the same number. Robert Christgau gave the album a B.
Track listing
- "Fast Lane" - 4:55
- "Washington D.C." - 4:13
- "No Exit" - 4:08
- "Blue Collar" - 5:18
- "Ready or Not" - 4:10
- "Explanations" - 4:33
- "Black History/The World" - 9:42
Personnel
Technical personnel
Songs
1Fast Lane4:54
2Washington - DC4:20
3No Exit4:05