I'm New Here

2010, Feb 8

Apple Spotify Spoken Word Electronic 97 Highly Rated XL Recordings Pitchfork 8.5/10 NME 4.5/5 Paste 8.2/10 Evening Standard 4/5 Rolling Stone 3/5 All Music 4/5 The Skinny 4/5 Mojo 4/5 The Observer 4/5 Slant 4/5 Pop Matters 3/10 The Guardian 4/5 Spectrum Culture 80% music OMH 4/5 Beats Per Minute 55% The Telegraph 4/5 The Irish Times 4/5 Uncut 8/10 RapReviews.com 8.0/10

Pitchfork 8.5/10 The influential singer-songwriter returns after many years with a powerful album that mixes spoken word, folk, and blues over roughed-up sonics.

NME 4.5/5 Staying one step ahead of the pack with one of the old masters.

All Music 4/5 Forty years after his debut, I’m New Here contains the artful immediacy that distinguishes Scott-Heron’s best art.

The Observer 4/5 The spoken word survivor is back – and he's not how you remember him, says <strong>Steve Yates</strong>

Slant 4/5 I’m New Here is marked by non-adherence to traditional song structures and a short, 28-minute running time.

The Telegraph 4/5 The old is made new in Gil Scott-Heron's I’m New Here. Rating: * * * *