Many thanks to everyone who recently voted for their favorite Gil Scott-Heron albums as part of Albumism’s readers’ poll series! Check out the consensus results & rankings below and stay tuned for our next readers’ poll coming soon.

NOTE: Only select Gil Scott-Heron albums are currently available via streaming services and we’ve embedded these streams accordingly below.

Albumism Readers’ Poll Results (1,257 Total Votes):

#1 | Winter in America | 1974 | 272 votes (22% of total)

#2 | Pieces of a Man | 1971 | 225 votes (18% of total)

#3 | The First Minute of a New Day | 1975 | 161 votes (13% of total)

#4 | From South Africa to South Carolina | 1975 | 108 votes (9% of total)

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#5 | It’s Your World | 1976 | 95 votes (8% of total)

#6 | Bridges | 1977 | 84 votes (7% of total)

#7 | Small Talk at 125th and Lenox | 1970 | 63 votes (5% of total)

#8 | Secrets | 1978 | 57 votes (5% of total)

#9 | Free Will | 1972 | 49 votes (4% of total)

#10 | I’m New Here | 2010 | 46 votes (4% of total)

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