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Secrets [Import]

Gil Scott-Heron | Format: Audio CD

4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews) |

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GIL SCOTT-HERON
‘I’M NEW HERE’
THE NEW ALBUM RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 9, 2010 ON XL RECORDINGS
Without doubt one of the most important voices in 20th century music, Gil Scott-Heron has been called a Vietnam-era Langston Hughes, a proto-rap pioneer, and - offensively but not inaccurately - the black Bob Dylan, someone whose unfailingly sharp and ironic eye spared neither black-power phonies or scheming… Read more in Amazon's Gil Scott-Heron Store

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Product Details

Audio CD (June 2, 2009)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
ASIN: B0027ST8WE
Also Available in: Audio Cassette | Vinyl

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,212 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #31 in Music > Miscellaneous > Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews > Poetry

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1. Angel Dust

2. Madison Avenue

3. Cane

4. Third World Revolution

5. Better Days Ahead

6. 3 Miles Down

7. Angola Lousisiana

8. Show Bizness

9. A Prayer For Everybody To Be Free

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered reissue of this 1978 album from the poet/musician, an album that continues the journey started on the 1977 album, Bridges. 'Angel Dust' warns of the dangers of drug abuse. 'Show Bizness' is a hilarious look at the perils of the music business ('they'll take care of everything for only 95%'), whilst 'Madison Avenue' talks of the over commercialization of western society ('buying is all that's asked of you'). 'Better Days Ahead' and 'Prayer For Everybody' see Gil in a more optimistic light hoping for a better future. Nine tracks. Soul Brother Records. 2009.

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4.9 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Took em long enough!, April 10, 2010

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Another classic recording by one of the industries finest poets. Gil Scott Heron was rapping and telling it like it is long before hip hop even thought about running its course. This album was a good example of Gil's finest works. A must have!

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5.0 out of 5 stars my search for this cd is over, October 12, 2009

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this cd is great from begining to end,i had the album in the late 70's searched high and low,only to be told it was an inport,and i couldn't purchase it.my son was six years old at the time secrets was out,til today he remembers me playing that album over & over all day at times.

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5.0 out of 5 stars ...'bout time!, November 13, 2009

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I have been waiting for this album to be released on CD forever! One of Gil Scott's best!

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid entry from a classic artist
I grew up listening to this album, and recently a light bulb went off to search Amazon for it. So glad I did. Read more

Published 4 days ago by C. Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars Old School
I bought this for my aunt for Christmas and she is enjoying it. I remember her playing it when I was a kid.I even remembered the album cover. The delivery was super fast.

Published 27 days ago by DeBorah Pendleton

5.0 out of 5 stars hard to find
this is one of Gill scott classic albums..last time i had this particular selection, it was on cassett. the album was out of print..Now thanks to Amazon i have a copy .. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Primi

5.0 out of 5 stars from the cracks of the past
The words on this album are truely words of wisdom that resonate through time. It's amazing how certain messages get clouded over time.

Published 4 months ago by wildwil

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Classic
When I first heard "Secrets" back in the day I told myself I had to have this album. I am from Louisiana and the two tracks Cane and Angola hit home. A real jewel.

Published 8 months ago by Ben

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome CD
I had this album back in the 80's and loved it, but it was stolen. It is great music with a social message. Read more

Published 9 months ago by Wally51

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic GSW
Probably my favorate album by Gil. Check out "Madison Avenue". With a strutting base line and great lyrics. The best tune on the album!

Published 11 months ago by doctor jazz

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply one of the best recording ever!!
After all these years of searching, I've got Secrets by Gil Scott-Heron again. Unlike his works from the past, the style of this album is Jazz and R&B, along with the great Brian... Read more

Published 11 months ago by Jerome Caccamo

5.0 out of 5 stars total classic!
Like many of the other reviewers of this disc, I'm a huge Gil Scott-Heron fan and waited years ... decades ... for this jewel of an album to finally see a CD version. Read more

Published 19 months ago by Donald E. Gilliland

4.0 out of 5 stars Better Days Ahead
Great album by GSH, and includes one of my favorite songs ever, "Better Days Ahead." Of course, there weren't better days ahead because Reagan blew into office a couple years... Read more

Published on February 2, 2009 by greyhound1954

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