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Released
  
January 1, 1979

Artist
  
Herbie Hancock

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
40:38

Release date
  
January 1979

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Recorded
  
1978 The Automatt, San Francisco

Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (1979)
  
VSOP Live Under the Sky (1979)

Genres
  
Jazz, Funk, Disco, Electronic music

Producers
  
David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock

Similar
  
Herbie Hancock albums, Jazz albums

Feets, Don't Fail Me Now is the twenty-seventh album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The record was released on January 1, 1979, via Columbia Records label.

Contents

Overview

It was the first of his albums to discard jazz and funk completely in favor of a more commercial (at the time) disco sound, spotlighting vocoder effects and repetitive lyrics. All LP and CD editions after the first pressing uses an alternate version of "Tell Everybody." The original version was included as a bonus track on the disc in the "Complete Columbia Albums Collection" box set.

Track listing

  1. "You Bet Your Love" (Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson, Allee Willis, Jeffrey Cohen) – 7:41
  2. "Trust Me" (Hancock, Rubinson, Allee Willis) – 5:44
  3. "Ready or Not" (Ray Parker Jr., Cohen) – 6:48
  4. "Tell Everybody" (Hancock, Rubinson, Bruce Good, Cohen) – 7:49
  5. "Honey From the Jar" (Hancock, Cohen) – 6:53
  6. "Knee Deep" (Hancock, Melvin Ragin) – 5:43

Personnel

  • Herbie Hancock – lead and background vocals, all keyboards
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Eddie Watkins – bass
  • Ray Obiedo – guitar
  • Bill Summers – percussion
  • Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters and Luther Waters – background vocals
  • Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar and drums on "Ready or Not"
  • Coke Escovedo – timbales on "Ready or Not"
  • Sheila Escovedo – congas on "Ready or Not"
  • James Levi – drums on "Knee Deep" and "Trust Me"
  • Freddie Washington – bass on "Knee Deep"
  • Wah Wah Watson – guitar on "Knee Deep"
  • Bennie Maupin – soprano sax on "Knee Deep"

    • Additional personnel

  • Produced by – David Rubinson & Friends Inc. and Herbie Hancock
  • Associate producer – Jeffrey Cohen
  • Engineers – Fred Catero and David Rubinson
  • Assistant engineers – Chris Minto, Leslie Ann Jones, Ken Kassie and Cheryl Ward
  • Mastering engineer – Phil Brown
  • Keyboard and Vocoder engineer – Bryan Bell

    • Songs

    1You Bet Your Love7:44
    2Trust Me5:46
    3Ready or Not6:46

    References

    Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Wikipedia
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