Gil Scott-Heron – Moving Target – New LP

  Moving from plenty of funky numbers to the reggae of "Ready or Not," from the blues of "Blue Collar," to his rap-poetry / jazz workout with the marathon closer "Black History / The World," giving the background and then moving into plans for today and the future, throughout it all, his eye focused keenly on the happenings of the world unfolding, continuing the vision he and his contemporaries had explored for the past decade and before, some of the sounds making it clear this comes from the early 1980s but also ignoring some of the styles and clearly coming out of the social commentary the early 1970s, another essential outing from Gil Scott-Heron.  -- winch     AllMusic Review by Dan LeRoy: "Gil Scott-Heron's last proper album for more than a decade, Moving Target was recorded after a period of intense touring (hence the title) and, perhaps understandably, finds the Midnight Band playing a larger role than usual. It also may reflect the group's travels, as the typical, tastefully j