This article is about the Gil Scott-Heron album. For other uses, see Pieces of a Man (disambiguation).
1971 studio album by Gil Scott-Heron
Pieces of a Man
Studio album by
Gil Scott-Heron
Released
1971
Recorded
April 19–20, 1971
Studio
RCA Studios, New York
Genre
Soul
jazz-funk
progressive soul[1]
Length
48:03
Label
Flying Dutchman
Producer
Bob Thiele
Gil Scott-Heron chronology
Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970)
Pieces of a Man (1971)
Free Will (1972)
Singles from Pieces of a Man
"Home Is Where the Hatred Is" Released: 1971
Pieces of a Man is the debut studio album by American poet Gil Scott-Heron. It was recorded in April 1971 at RCA Studios in New York City and released later that year by Flying Dutchman Records. The album followed Scott-Heron's debut live album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970) and departed from that album's spoken word performance, instead featuring compositions in a more conventional popular song structure.
Pieces of a Man marked the first of several collaborations by Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, who played piano throughout the record. It is one of Scott-Heron's most critically acclaimed albums and one of the Flying Dutchman label's best-selling LP's. Earning modest success after its release, Pieces of a Man has received retrospective praise from critics. Music critics have suggested that Heron's combination of R&B, soul, jazz-funk, and proto-rap influenced the development of electronic dance music and hip hop. The album was reissued on compact disc by RCA in 1993.
^Backus, Rob (1976). Fire Music: A Political History of Jazz (2nd ed.). Vanguard Books. ISBN 091770200X.
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