{"product_id":"anthology-messages","title":"Anthology (Messages)","description":"This album from influential and groundbreaking musician Gil Scott-Heron, who co-wrote and recorded some of the 1970s most memorable songs, collects fifteen of his best tracks, including \"The Bottle,\" \"Johannesburg,\" and \"It's Your World.\"\u003cbr\u003eSeveral Gil Scott-Heron compilations were released throughout the '70s, '80s, '90s, and early 2000s, but 2005's Messages was the first to concentrate on the material released between 1973 and 1979 -- a productive phase involving seven albums, most of which were represented by a track or two on the preceding overviews. Featuring multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Brian Jackson, these albums were often filler-prone but they were never lacking at least a few moments in which everything clicked. At their best, the duo collaborated on jazzed-up funk that, while far more somber and sober, was just as funky as -- and often more poignant than -- anything on Sly \u0026amp; the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On. This is a shame since Scott-Heron's career is often reduced to \"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised\" and a couple other sound bites, whereas the one Sly album is routinely held up as a hallmark -- and rightly so, but the depth of Scott-Heron's catalog is shortchanged with as much frequency. The U.K.'s Soul Brother label, always a reliable source for digging deeper, pulls up a smart selection that includes \"We Almost Lost Detroit,\" \"The Bottle,\" \"Winter in America,\" \"Show Bizness,\" the 12-minute live version of \"Home Is Where the Hatred Is,\" and \"Angel Dust,\" which wound up being Scott-Heron's highest-charting single (number 15 Black Singles, 1977). ~ Andy Kellman","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46053738021151,"sku":"5013993672616","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/fd863cda93b619d64fa73e5f5a9f4cc4_c4b09895-6968-4366-8ba5-ce68c2c2b7e7.jpg?v=1777805402","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/anthology-messages","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}