1980

Tracklist

A1	Shut 'Um Down	5:28
A2	Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams)	4:09
A3	Willing	4:16
A4	Corners	4:47
B1	1980	6:20
B2	Push Comes To Shove	3:37
B3	Shah Mot (The Shah Is Dead / Checkmate)	4:04
B4	Late Last Night	4:25

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured For – Arista Records, Inc.
• Produced For – Spice, Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By – Brian Jackson
• Art Direction – Donn Davenport, Ron Kellum
• Backing Vocals – Brian Jackson (tracks: B1), Julia Waters, Marti McCall, Maxine Waters Waddell*
• Drums – Harvey Mason (tracks: A2 to B4)
• Flute, Saxophone – Carl Cornwell (tracks: B1, B2)
• Guitar – Ed Brady (tracks: B1, B2), Marlo Henderson (tracks: A2, A4, B4)
• Horns – Bill Watrous, Denis Sirias, Gordon Goodwin
• Lyrics By – Gill Scott-Heron
• Music By – Brian Jackson (tracks: A4), Gil Scott-Heron
• Photography – John Ford
• Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Brian Jackson
• Producer – Brian Jackson, Gill Scott-Heron
• Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Malcolm Cecil
• Timpani – Brian Jackson (tracks: B3)
• Vocals, Piano – Gil Scott-Heron
• Written By – Gill Scott-Heron

Notes

℗ 1980 Arista Records, Inc.
No Barcode.

Very smilair to 1980, exept:
Different Matrix/Runout
No ref. to Brouhaha Music or TONTO's Studio.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): AL9514 - A 9-87282
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): AL9514 - B ("B" scratched over stamped "A") 9-87283
• Matrix / Runout (Center label, side A): (AL 9514 SA)
• Matrix / Runout (Center label, Side B): (AL 9514 SB)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AL 9514	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	AL 9514	US	1980
AL 9514	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	AL 9514	US	1980
AL 9514	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Arista	AL 9514	US	1980
201 733	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	201 733	Europe	1980
AL 9514	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Arista	AL 9514	US	2014