Perfect Machine
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| Perfect Machine | ||||
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| Released | May 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Electro-funk Synthpop New wave Length = 35:48 (Original LP) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Bill Laswell/Material Herbie Hancock | |||
| Herbie Hancock chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[2] |
Perfect Machine is the thirty-seventh album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, and the last with the Rockit Band.
About
The last of the three Rockit band albums an considered the least popular, Perfect Machine was also Hancock's final album for Columbia Records.
The album was released in 1988, following Sound-System, which won Hancock's second Grammy award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance in 1985, and Round Midnight, which won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score in 1986.
Even though this album produced a unique music video for "Vibe Alive", it received unfavorable reviews.[citation needed]
Track listing
All songs by Hancock, Laswell, Collins and Bonner, except where noted.
- "Perfect Machine" (Hancock, Laswell, Skopelitis) - 6:35
- "Obsession" - 5:20
- "Vibe Alive" (Hancock, Laswell, Collins, Bonner, Mico Wave) - 5:26
- "Beat Wise" - 5:52
- "Maiden Voyage/P. Bop" - 6:34
- "Chemical Residue" (Hancock) - 6:01
- "Vibe Alive" (Extended Dance Mix)* - 8:13
- "Beat Wise" (12-Inch Edit)* - 6:28
- Tracks marked with an asterisk(*) available only on the CD re-issue.
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock – piano, Fairlight CMI Series I & II, Rhodes Chroma, Macintosh Plus, Yamaha DX1, Yamaha DX7 and DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K250, Yamaha TX816, Oberheim Matrix–12, Akai S900, vocoder
- Jeff Bova – synth programming
- Bootsy Collins – bass guitar, vocoder
- Mico Wave – Minimoog bass, talk box, vocoder
- Nicky Skopelitis – Fairlight drums
- Grand Mixer DXT – turntables, sound effects
- Leroy Bonner – vocals
Production
- Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Material – producers
- Tony Meilandt – associate producer
- Martin Bisi, Mike Krowiak, Dave Jerden, Billy Yodelman, Bryan Bell – engineers
- Dave Jerden – mixing
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Perfect Machine - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ "Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 June 2018.