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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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Monster is the twenty-ninth album by pianist Herbie Hancock. As a follow-up to the "Feets" album, it avoided jazz and funk in favor of disco songs only. The track "Stars In Your Eyes" was issued as an extended (11:20) 12" single.
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) - lead vocals
- Bill Champlin - backing vocals, lead vocals (6)
- Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters - backing vocals
