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Released
  
May 1988

Length
  
35:48 (Original LP)

Release date
  
May 1988

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1988

Artist
  
Herbie Hancock

Producer
  
Herbie Hancock

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Perfect Machine (1988)
  
A Tribute to Miles (1994)

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion, Rhythm and blues, Electro

Similar
  
Herbie Hancock albums, Jazz albums

Perfect Machine is the thirty-seventh album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, and the last with the Rockit Band.

Contents

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About the Album

The last of the three Rockit band albums, Perfect Machine was also Hancock's final album for Columbia Records and is considered the least popular of the three Rockit band albums.

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", this album received unfavorable reviews.

Track listing

All songs by Hancock/Laswell/Collins/Bonner, except where noted.

  1. "Perfect Machine" (Hancock/Laswell/Skopelitis) - 6:35
  2. "Obsession" - 5:20
  3. "Vibe Alive" (Hancock/Laswell/Collins/Bonner/Micro Wave) - 5:26
  4. "Beat Wise" - 5:52
  5. "Maiden Voyage/P. Bop" - 6:34
  6. "Chemical Residue" (Hancock) - 6:01
  7. "Vibe Alive" (Extended Dance Mix)* - 8:13
  8. "Beat Wise" (12-Inch Edit)* - 6:28
  • Tracks marked with an asterisk(*) available only on the CD re-issue.

    • Producers

  • Bill Laswell
  • Material
  • Herbie Hancock

    • Musicians

  • Herbie Hancock: piano, Fairlight CMI Series I & II, Rhodes Chroma, Apple/Mac Plus, Yamaha DX1, Yamaha DX7 and DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K250, Yamaha TX816, Oberheim Matrix-12, Akai S900, vocoder
  • Jeff Bova: synth programming
  • William "Bootsy" Collins: electric bass, vocoder
  • Sugarfoot: vocals
  • Nicky Skopelitis: Fairlight drums
  • Micro Wave: Minimoog bass, talk box, vocoder
  • D.S.T.: turntables, "FX"
  • Mixed by Dave Jerden
  • Associate Producer: Tony Meilandt
  • Engineered by Martin Bisi, Mike Krowiak, Dave Jerden, Billy Yodelman and Bryan Bell
  • Mastered by Howie Weinberg

    • Songs

    1Perfect Machine6:36
    2Obsession5:22
    3Vibe Alive5:26

    References

    Perfect Machine Wikipedia
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