Talk:Winter in America

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If i could i`ll make it GA Zidane tribal (talk) 21:38, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

The Washington Post review
Transcription using Google News Advanced News Archive Search. The Washington Post (Harrington, Richard. D.05. June 3, 1998) review of Winter in America (1974):

"On 1974's "Winter in America" (a hard-to-find album originally released on the Strata East jazz label), it's mostly Scott-Heron and Jackson on acoustic and electric keyboards, offering airy, expansive meditations on love and family ("A Very Precious Time," "Your Daddy Loves You" and "A Song for Bobby Smith"), ruminations on cultural indentity ("Rivers of My Fathers," "Back Home"), as well as two classic Scott-Heron works, "The Bottle" and "H20gate Blues" is freestyling '70s-style, a partially extemporaneous blues-rap featuring caustic sociopolitical commentary that still stings 25 years later."

- Richard Harrington

Dan56 (talk) 06:33, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

SHould it be considered title track?
"Winter in America", as mentioned in the article, was created after the album's release. In that case, is it really correct to mention Christgau's thoughts on it in this article, at least in the way it is incorporated. Yeah, it kind of softens the blow of his review, but... — Preceding unsigned comment added by TarkovskyFanX957 (talk • contribs) 21:34, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 10:47, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Chart performance of "The Bottle"
I read the article discussing the musician Gil Scott-Heron. Reading one paragraph, I assume that the number-15 spot may have referred to the album, not the song. Furthermore, I checked chart histories of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson. Neither can confirm that the song reached #15 on the weekly 1974 Billboard R&B (Soul) chart. I searched for other charts without luck. I even search for back issues of Billboard magazine. The magazine listed the Brother to Brother version entitled "In the Bottle" in 1974 and then Joe Bataan version one year later. I could erase or replace the info, but I figured that would be a lot of work. --George Ho (talk) 23:39, 20 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Hey, I appreciate your check-up on this article. It was one of my earliest works here, maybe 13 or 14 years ago, so it could probably use a lot of revamping... if you'd like to collaborate, I'd welcome it. Piotr Jr. (talk) 17:14, 21 October 2021 (UTC)