Moving Target is a studio album by American spoken-word poet and blues musician Gil Scott-Heron. Background, production, release The album, released on Arista in 1982, was to be his last for more than a decade. On Moving Target, Scott-Heron and his "Midnight Band" recorded their "typical, tastefully jazzy R&B and funk grooves", though flavored with "more exotic sounds" and influenced by reggae (there are echoes of Bob Marley in some songs). The final song, the almost ten-minute long "Black History/The World", is in part a spoken-word performance by Scott-Heron ending with a "plea for peace and world change". The album, co-produced by Malcolm Cecil, was released in September 1982 on LP (#204921), and issued as a CD in February 1997, under the same number. Robert Christgau gave the album a B. Track listing All tracks composed by Gil Scott-Heron; except where indicated "Fast Lane" (lyrics: Scott-Heron; music: Robbie Gordon) - 4:55 "Washington D.C." - 4:13 "No Exit" - 4:08 "Blue Collar" - 5:18 "Ready or Not" (lyrics: Scott-Heron; music: Larry McDonald) - 4:10 "Explanations" - 4:33 "Black History/The World" - 9:42 Personnel Gil Scott-Heron - vocals; electric piano on "Washington D.C." Vernon James - alto saxophone; flute on "Ready or Not" Robbie Gordon - bass Kenny Powell - drums Ed Brady - guitar Glen Turner - keyboards Carl Cornwell - tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 7) Ron Holloway - tenor saxophone Kenny Sheffield - trumpet Larry McDonald - percussion "High Note" Harry Kim - trumpet on "Washington D.C." Malcolm Cecil - horn arrangement on "Fast Lane" Technical personnel Malcolm Cecil - engineer, co-producer Alan Douglas - second engineer Richard Mannering - second engineer Denis Heron - coordinator, production assistant Bob Carboni - mastering Donn Davenport - artwork John Ford - photography Recorded at Bias Studio, Springfield, Virginia (March 25–27 and May 28–29, 1982); Townhouse Studios, London (April 9–12, 1982); The Manor Studio, Oxford (April 19–21, 1982); and Record Plant, Los Angeles (June 7–17, 1982). Mixed at Record Plant. Mastered at A&M Studios, Los Angeles (July 1982). References 1982 albums Gil Scott-Heron albums Albums produced by Malcolm Cecil Arista Records albums Rhythm and blues albums by American artists