Lite Me Up
Lite Me Up is a pop album with a strong disco-funk feel by Herbie Hancock. It was Hancock's first release without producer David Rubinson since 1969. On this album, Hancock was influenced by his long-time friend, producer Quincy Jones[4] and sessions included many musicians associated with Jones including Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro of Toto. The album was the first on which Hancock played the Synclavier, a digital polyphonic synthesizer.
Lite Me Up | ||||
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Released | April 15, 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981-1982 by George Massenburg | |||
Studio | George Massenburg Studio, L.A. Additional recording at El Dorado Studios, Hollywood; Garden Rake Studios, Studio City | |||
Genre | R&B, pop | |||
Length | 37:56 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Herbie Hancock, Jay Graydon, Narada Michael Walden | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Track listing
- "Lite Me Up!" (Rod Temperton) - 3:41
- "The Bomb" (Herbie Hancock, Temperton) - 3:59
- "Gettin' to the Good Part" (Hancock, Temperton) - 6:12
- "Paradise" (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Hancock) - 4:30
- "Can't Hide Your Love" (Jeffrey Cohen, Hancock, Narada Michael Walden) - 3:53
- "The Fun Tracks" (Temperton) - 4:03
- "Motor Mouth" (Temperton) -- 3:59
- "Give It All Your Heart" (Hancock, Temperton) - 7:39
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock - clavinet, keyboards, Minimoog, piano, synthesizer, synthesizer drums, vocals, vocoder
- Jerry Hey - flugelhorn, trumpet
- Gary Herbig - saxophone, woodwind
- Chuck Findley - trombone, trumpet
- William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach, Jr. - trombone
- Michael Boddicker, Corrado Rustici, Frank Martin - synthesizer
- Steve Lukather, David Williams, Jay Graydon - guitar
- Louis Johnson, Randy Jackson, Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - bass
- Narada Michael Walden, Jeff Porcaro, John "J.R." Robinson - drums
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Wayne Anthony - lead vocals (2, 6 & 7), Patrice Rushen - vocals, vocoder (8)
- Patti Austin, Paulette Williams, Jim Gilstrap, Venette Gloud, Linda Lawrence, John Lehman, Richard Page - backing vocals
- David Foster - piano
References
- Elias, Jason. "Lite Me Up - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 644. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- "Album".
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