It's Your World (1976)

About this title: This Gil Scott-Heron double album, roughly two thirds of which was recorded live in Boston on July 2-4, 1976, makes the most of its Centennial-centric time frame. Between the American flag striped cover art and Heron's spoken word spiel on an 8-and-a-half minute poem/rant "Bicentennial Blues," the album loses little of its impact, regardless of how the years have mildewed once fresh political topics like Nixon, Agnew, and Watergate. Four of its songs are studio recordings ("It's Your World," "Possum Slim," "New York City," and "Sharing"), and even though they're up to Heron's usual jazz/blues ... read more

Tracks:

1. It's Your World
2. Possum Slim
3. New York City
4. 17th Street
5. Trane
6. Must Be Something
7. Home Is Where the Hatred Is [Scott-Heron]
8. Bicentennial Blues
9. Bottle [Scott-Heron]
10. Sharing

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.