Gil Scott-Heron - Moving Target
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Artist: Gil Scott-HeronEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2000-05-09
Music Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Fast Lane
- Washington, D.C.
- No Exit
- Blue Collar
- Explanations
- Ready or Not
- Black History/ The World
Music reviews of Moving Target
Music Review: Not quite what it should be.
Rating: 2 Stars
Gil Scott Heron's "Moving Target" is an album that I've always felt was the weaker stepchild of "Reflections". Featuring roughly the same band and a similar sound, the album is a slice electric jazz/funk/Motown sounds, but it just doesn't seem to hold together.
Admittedly, it starts off reasonably enough-- "Fast Lane" is a decent funk piece with some nice slap bass from Robert Gordon (the star of this record) and a fierce solos from guitarist Ed Brady and alto saxophonist Vernon James. This is followed by the great "Washington D.C.", a slow groove and a nice lambast at the sides of life in the nation's capital, but after that, it starts to fizzle.
The album slides between a few dull pieces ("No Exit", "Ready or Not") that don't feel to really go anywhere, and while "Blue Collar" is a work of lyrical genius, it doesn't have much going on musically. The closing track, "Black History / The World" blends a spoken word piece with a funky piece and works out to be a nice enough performance, but you get the impression both would have been served better by being split.
What it comes down to-- there's better places to look for Scott-Heron's music. If you're a fan, this is worth getting-- it's got enough good stuff on it, but newcomers should probably start with "From South Africa to South Carolina" or "Pieces of a Man".
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