Lite Me Up
Lite Me Up is a disco-funk album by Herbie Hancock. Lite me up was the first Herbie Hancock release without producer David Rubinson since 1969. On this album, Herbie Hancock was influenced by long-time friend and producer Quincy Jones[3] and sessions included many musicians associated with Quincy including Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro of Toto (band). The album is also notable since as the first album on which Herbie plays the Synclavier, a digital polyphonic synthesizer.
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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 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Herbie Hancock, Jay Graydon, Narada Michael Walden | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Track listing
- "Lite Me Up!" (Rod Temperton)
- "The Bomb" (Herbie Hancock, Temperton)
- "Gettin' to the Good Part" (Hancock, Temperton)
- "Paradise" (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Hancock)
- "Can't Hide Your Love" (Jeffrey Cohen, Hancock, Narada Michael Walden)
- "The Fun Tracks" (Temperton)
- "Motor Mouth" (Temperton)
- "Give It All Your Heart" (Hancock, Temperton)
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock - Clavinet, Keyboard, Minimoog, Piano, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Drums, Vocals, Vocoder
- Jerry Hey - Flugelhorn, Trumpets
- Gary Herbig - Saxophone, Woodwind
- Chuck Findlay - Trombone, Trumpet
- William Frank 'Bill' Reichenbach, Jr. - Trombone
- Michael Boddicker, Corrado Rustici - 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(vocoder), Patrice Rushen(vocoder), Frank Martin, Paulette Williams - lead vocals
- Patti Austin, 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.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- https://www.herbiehancock.com/music/discography/album/697/
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