Pieces of a Man

Pieces of a Man

Gil Scott-Heron


Year 1971
Label Flying Dutchman
Tracks 10 Tracks

Tracklist

# Track Title Duration
1 Lady Day and John Coltrane 3:10
2 Save the Children 5:10
3 Home Is Where the Hatred Is 3:20
4 When You Are Who You Are 2:40
5 I Think I'll Call It Morning 3:50
6 Pieces of a Man 4:10
7 A Sign of the Ages 4:20
8 Or Down You Fall 3:45
9 The Needle's Eye 3:00
10 The Prisoner 5:00
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Did you know...?
  • ✨ 1. The title track was partly inspired by Gil Scott-Heron watching his grandmother struggle to keep the household together after his grandfather passed away.
  • ✨ 2. The album's landmark spoken-word piece, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," makes famous pop-culture references, including *The Beverly Hillbillies* and Ed Sullivan.
  • ✨ 3. It features the legendary jazz-funk drumming of Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, whose rhythm section work became foundational for 1990s hip-hop sampling.
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