It's Your World (album)

It's Your World
Studio album / Live album by
ReleasedNovember 1976
RecordedJuly 1–4, 1976
StudioPaul's Mall (Boston, Massachusetts)
Electric Lady Studios (New York, New York)
American Star Studios (Merrifield, Virginia)
GenreSoul, jazz-funk, funk, jazz, spoken word
Length73:17
LabelArista
AL-5001
ProducerPerpis-Fall Music, Inc.
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson chronology
From South Africa to South Carolina
(1975)
It's Your World
(1976)
Bridges
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Boston Herald
Christgau's Record GuideA−
Sounds
Virgin Encyclopedia

It's Your World is an album by American vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and keyboardist Brian Jackson, released in November 1976 by Arista Records containing both live and studio material. Recording sessions for the album took place in studio and live in July 1976 at Paul's Mall in Boston, Massachusetts, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and American Star Studios in Merrifield, Virginia. Scott-Heron and Jackson recorded the album with the former's backing ensemble, The Midnight Band. It's Your World was originally released on vinyl and was later re-released in 2000 on compact disc by Scott-Heron's Rumal-Gia label.