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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 on drums, and guitarist Wah Wah Watson has a field day on his eponymous specialty.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer - D. RUBINSON, Composer, Lyricist - H. Hancock, Composer, Lyricist - Devadip Carlos Santana, Guitar - Freddie Washington, Bass - J. Cohen, Composer, Lyricist - Greg Walker - Julia Waters - Maxine Waters - Luther Waters - Oren Waters - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Sheila Escovedo, Percussion - Alphonse Mouzon, Drums
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer - H. Hancock, Composer, Lyricist - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Ray Parker Jr., Guitar - Gavin Christopher - R. Parker, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Freddie Washington, Bass - G. Christopher, Composer, Lyricist - Julia Waters - Sheila Escovedo, Percussion - L. Capuano, Composer, Lyricist - Maxine Waters - Alphonse Mouzon, Drums - Luther Waters - Oren Waters - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alphonse Mouzon, Composer, Drums, Lyricist - David Rubinson, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jeffrey Cohen, Composer, Lyricist - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Freddie Washington, Bass - Sheila Escovedo, Percussion - Julia Waters - Maxine Waters - Luther Waters - Oren Waters
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer - M. Ragin, Composer, Lyricist - J. Cohen, Composer, Lyricist - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Randy Hansen, Guitar - Gavin Christopher - Freddie Washington, Bass - Alphonse Mouzon, Drums - Sheila Escovedo, Percussion - Julia Waters - Maxine Waters - Luther Waters - Oren Waters - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer - A. Mouzon, Composer, Lyricist - J. Hancock, Composer, Lyricist - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Freddie Washington, Bass - Alphonse Mouzon, Drums - Sheila Escovedo, Percussion - Greg Walker - Julia Waters - Maxine Waters - Luther Waters - Oren Waters - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer - M. Ragin, Composer, Lyricist - D. RUBINSON, Composer, Lyricist - J. Cohen, Composer, Lyricist - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Randy Hansen, Guitar - Freddie Washington, Bass - Alphonse Mouzon, Drums - Sheila Escovedo, Percussion - Bill Chaplin - Julia Waters - Maxine Waters - Luther Waters - Oren Waters - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer - A. Mouzon, Composer, Lyricist - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - J. Hancock, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist - M. Ragin, Composer, Lyricist - D. RUBINSON, Composer, Lyricist - J. Cohen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist - D. RUBINSON, Composer - J. Cohen, Composer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - David Rubinson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Alphonse Mouzon, Composer, Lyricist - Jeffrey Cohen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist - R. Parker, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - G. Christopher, Composer, Lyricist - H. Hancock, Composer, Lyricist - L. Capuano, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - David Rubinson, Producer - Ray Parker Jr., Composer, Lyricist - G. Christopher, Composer, Lyricist - L. Capuano, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album 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 on drums, and guitarist Wah Wah Watson has a field day on his eponymous specialty.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:26
- Main artists: Herbie Hancock
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
This compilation (P) 2015 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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