Monster
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Monster
- Artist: Herbie Hancock
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- Release Date: 1980
- Total Time: 42:11
- Type: Instrumental
- Genre: Jazz
Review
Despite the PR hype about this being Herbie Hancock's first "rock" album, Monster is really another disco album, though more varied in texture, somewhat more subtle in execution, and blessedly rid of those vocoder vocals, though not of the real ones. "Saturday Night," despite the distinctive presence of Carlos Santana, sets the album's dancefloor tone. The rock element is supposedly supplied by Hancock on the newly-developed Clavitar, where, try as he might to articulate like a guitarist, the sound is still that of a mutated synthesizer. Alphonze Mouzon is wasted on drums, and guitarist Wah Wah Watson has a field day on his eponymous specialty. Most annoying (and defining) track -- "Go for It." ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi| Monster (1969 Album by Steppenwolf) | |
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Monster (Herbie Hancock album)
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| Studio album by Herbie Hancock | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979-1980 The Village Recorder, Los Angeles United Western Studios, LA The Automatt, San Francisco |
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| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 42:07 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson | |||
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Monster is the twenty-ninth album by pianist Herbie Hancock.
Track listing
- "Saturday Night" (Cohen, Hancock, Rubinson) - 7:13
- "Stars in Your Eyes" (Capuano, Christopher, Hancock, Parker) - 7:05
- "Go for It" (Cohen, Hancock, Mouzon, Rubinson) - 7:35
- "Don't Hold It In" (Cohen, Ragin) - 8:02
- "Making Love" (Hancock, Mouzon) - 6:23
- "It All Comes Around" (Cohen, Ragin, Rubinson) - 5:49
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock - synthesizer, piano, keyboards, vocals, Clavinet, Mini Moog, Oberheim 8 Voice, Prophet 5, Clavitar
- Carlos Santana (1), Randy Hansen (6), Wah Wah Watson - guitar
- Freddie Washington, - bass
- Alphonse Mouzon - drums, synthesizer (3), keyboards
- Sheila Escovedo - percussion
- Gavin Christopher (2, 4), Greg Walker (1, 5), Oren Waters (3) - vocals
- Bill Champlin - backing vocals, vocals (6)
- Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters - backing vocals
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "Monster - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r159473. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
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