Pieces of a Man is the second album and studio debut of soul poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron. The album was released in 1971 in only stereo format on Flying Dutchman Records in the United States and in 1972 on Philips Records in the United Kingdom. Recording sessions for the album took place at RCA Studios in New York City on April 19 and 20 in 1971.

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  • Pieces of a Man is the second album and studio debut of soul poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron. The album was released in 1971 in only stereo format on Flying Dutchman Records in the United States and in 1972 on Philips Records in the United Kingdom. Recording sessions for the album took place at RCA Studios in New York City on April 19 and 20 in 1971. The album serves as the follow-up to Scott-Heron's live debut album, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970), and it features compositions by Scott-Heron that were recorded in more conventional song structure rather than in the spoken word style of his debut. Pieces of a Man marked the first of several future collaborational efforts by Gil Scott-Heron and multi-instrumenatlist Brian Jackson, with whom is also backed by session musicians Pretty Purdie and his band the Playboys. It also proved to be one of Scott-Heron's most critically acclaimed albums and one of the Flying Dutchman label's best-selling LP's. While earning a modest amount of chart success following its initial release, the album soon gained a significant amount of critical notice and praise. Music writers have noted Scott-Heron's and Jackson's musical fusion of soul, jazz, funk and proto-rap styles on Pieces of a Man, in particular its most well-known song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", and its influence on subsequent dance and hip hop music. The album was reissued in 1993 on compact disc by RCA Records.
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