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The Best of Herbie Hancock
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Track Listing
- Doin' It
- I Thought It Was You
- Chameleon
- Hang up Your Hang Ups
- Ready or Not
- Tell Everybody
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #250036 in Music
- Released on: 1990-10-25
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Stretching the terms "Great" and "Hit"
Herbie Hancock has never lacked the guts to try different things, for which I admire him greatly. However, the results tend to be quite sketchy. This album is obviously an attempt to sell Herb's career as a funk/pop artist, which was sketchy to say the least. The excellent song "Chameleon" is here - well, the first half, anyway. A remix of "Doin' It" is pleasant enough, but "I Thought It Was You" was pretty bad when it was three minutes long...here it's eight. "Hang Up Your Hang Ups" is funky and fun, but not enough to salvage the album as a whole. For completists or very very casual fans only.
Pretty Good But Empty
Herbie Hancock is a Great Talent but this Compilation is Half-Hearted to say the least.to really appreciate the Funkier Side of Herbie Buy Headhunters or some of his 70's Albums.Chameleon alone is worth the price.but it's hit&Miss the rest of the way.
Still good but incomplete
I'ma agree w/ the rest of the reviewers on this 'cuz Herbie never runs out-of-style while doin' best-of or greatest hits compilations. Specially anthologies also. I was a lil furious when I heard this by once checking it at a local library near Fulton County and was thinking bout having this just whether they'll add 'mo tracks and/or definitely remaster or re-issued I'll say. Most songs that are bangin are: Doin' It, I Thought It Was You (cool vibe, cool singing and luv the horn parts too and hot work from the rhythm section), Chameleon, and Hang Up your Hang Ups (same as above on "I Thought It Was You", I'll actually say this is jammin right here w/ nice horns, live rhythm section, beautiful sax work from Bennie Maupin and great melody on the ARP String Ensemble played by Herbie himself). 'Nuff said. Check out more if u can or just say it's a no-brainer or it needs more work or enuff tracks. They pushed too hard sumtimes.
