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It's Your World
''It's Your World'' is a double album by soul artist Gil Scott-Heron and musician Brian Jackson, released in November 1976 on Arista Records.〔(Discogs: It's Your World ). Discogs. Retrieved on 2008-09-12.〕 Recording sessions for the album took place in studio and live in July 1976 at St. Paul's Mall in Boston, Massachusetts, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and American Star Studios in Merrifield, Virginia.〔(Discogs: It's Your World (1994 CD) ). Discogs. Retrieved on 2008-09-12.〕 Scott-Heron and Jackson recorded the album with the former's backing ensemble, The Midnight Band. ''It's Your World'' was originally released on vinyl and was later re-released in 2000 on compact disc by Scott-Heron's Rumal-Gia label.
== Reception ==
''It's Your World'' was well received by music critics upon its release. Mick Brown of ''Sounds'' gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and stated "Gil Scott-Heron takes another step in carving out his singular niche as jazz musician/rhetorician extraordinaire – number one in a field of one".〔Brown, Mick (November 13, 1976). "(Review: ''It's Your World'' )". ''Sounds''. Retrieved on 2010-10-12.〕 ''Lawrence Journal-World'' writer Marshall Fine commended the "fluid aggregation of musicians" and praised the album's "integrity, intelligence and an involving musical style that belies the often-bitter nature of their lyrics".〔Fine, Marshall (November 20, 1976). "(Review: ''It's Your World'' )". ''Lawrence Journal-World'': 5.〕 In his consumer guide for ''The Village Voice'', critic Robert Christgau gave ''It's Your World'' an A- rating,〔 indicating "a very good record. If one of its sides doesn't provide intense and consistent satisfaction, then both include several cuts that do".〔Christgau, Robert. (Consumer Guide: Grades 1969-89 ). Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-10-12.〕 Christgau complimented Scott-Heron's musical approach and stated "If anything proves how serious Scott-Heron has become, it's the infectious groove running through all four sides of this concert album".〔Christgau, Robert (January 1977). "(Consumer Guide: ''It's Your World'' )". ''The Village Voice''. Retrieved on 2010-10-12.〕
In a retrospective review, Maurice Bottomley of PopMatters complimented the album's incorporation of "ballads, poetry, jazz solos, Latin breaks and a hip funkiness", stating "It is raw, passionate and powerful, and at all times the rhythmic pulse and the solo explorations compliment the lyrical wizardry".〔 Bottomley viewed that ''It's Your World'' features Scott-Heron, Jackson, and backing ensemble The Midnight Band "at their collective peak" and wrote that it "functions both as a document of a particular historical moment and as a fresh musical experience today".〔Bottomley, Maurice (January 2001). (Review: ''It's Your World'' ). PopMatters. Retrieved on 2010-10-12.〕 ''U.S. News & World Report'' hailed it a "masterpiece", complimenting its "mellow funk" and "heartbreaking sonic portraits () seething with indignation and sorrow".〔Columnist (2001). "Review: ''It's Your World''". ''U.S. News & World Report'': 62.〕 ''Boston Herald'' writer Brian Coleman perceived "an upbeat and compassionate side" to Scott-Heron on the album and cited it as "arguably Scott-Heron's most fully realized work, tempering his early-70s anger with soulful wisdom and uplifting words".〔Coleman, Brian (February 18, 2001). "(Review: ''It's Your World'' )". ''Boston Herald'': 68–69.〕 Allmusic writer Hal Horowitz called the album "a moving listening experience" and commended its themes with respect to "its Centennial-centric time frame", writing that it "loses little of its impact... ()hese tunes have lost none of their lyrical edge or incisiveness throughout the years".〔 Horowitz cited it as "one of Gil Scott-Heron's best albums as well as a compelling musical time capsule ... proof of the artist's musical and lyrical acuity".〔Horowitz, Hal (August 1, 2003). (Review: ''It's Your World'' ). Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-10-12.〕
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