Track Listing

1. Doin' It
2. People Music
3. Cantaloupe Island
4. Spider
5. Gentle Thoughts
6. Swamp Rat
7. Sansho Shima

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #184680 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Out of print in the U.S.! Originally released in 1988, this was the third installment in Herbie Hancock's electronic trilogy (the first two were 1983's Future Shock and Soundsystem, which followed a year later). Eight tracks. Sony.

Customer Reviews

Slight slip from the last 3 albums, but still worth a listen
Herbie's last HEADHUNTERS-era disc that is still a fairly rewarding one for those open to his mid-'70's fusion of jazz with progressive funk/r&b. As with the previous few discs, Hancock and Maupin in particular get ample solo space, with Herbie still trying to integrate his talent for improvisation with his vision for genre-hopping. The music is a bit lighter in texture than the prior three albums in this style, and the repetitive semi-vocal track DOIN' IT hints at the rapid musical decline to come. Nonetheless, check this CD out if you are into HH's 1973-1976 period.

Funkin' in the jazz section
Hard, smart, creative funk can be a hard pursuit in life these days. Even with the age of the reissue firmly upon us, finding a decently accessible funk album can be a real biyatch.

Thankfully, "Secrets," under the usually readily available Columbia jazz header is probably just sitting there in your jazz section pleading with you to pick it up for $9.99. Should this be a hard decision? Emphatically: No.

Although I can see where previous reviewers are coming from, trying to compare this outing to Headhunters is truly unnecessary. With this '76 effort Herbs is definitely toeing the fine line between jazz, funk and disco but it all works. "Doin It" is a super, super heavy funk jam and sounds like it was culled from the "Man-Child" sessions. And although "Gentle Thoughts" can be interpreted as a dated sound it probably stands as my favorite rip on the album. It's got a great walking bassline and super funky breakdown and, as always, Herbie dancing on the keys.

Go get "Secrets," don't think about it. It'll always be an easy go-to funk bomb just when you need a little infusion.

The Swamp Rat
This album digs pretty deep into the FONK!Now this is Hancock's final album with the Headhunters and included Ray
Parker Jr's BOSS guitar on "Doin' It"."Swamp Rat" and the title
song dig DEEP into the type of funk the Headhunters are so known
for.Only "Gentle Thoughts" rings a little dated but is still
excellent soft fusion.Nothing more to say-this is CLASSIC,funky
Herbie!!!