SECRETS
Herbie Hancock
•Jazz Rock/Fusion
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3.14
| 52 ratings | 3 reviews | 10% 5 stars
Good, but non-essential |
Studio Album, released in 1976 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Doin' It (8:00) - Herbie Hancock / piano, Fender Rhodes, Hohner D6 Clavinet, synths (Micromoog, Echoplex, Oberheim Polyphonic, ARP Odyssey, Pro-Soloist, 2600 & String Ensemble), co-producer
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PROG REVIEWER
The element of reggae is taken, it is newly ..tune.. born, and a preeminent ..sense of the melody.. tune progressing .."Cantelope Island" to change.. slowly. 「People Music」
It will not be an exaggeration any longer to it the possession of the form of the band to call Herbie Hancock Group based on the route of "Head Hunters". And, the number of these albums to give a little tension and the relief by the performance which very much or power came off is one where each musician's technique shines.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator
It is still jazz-funk fusion, but you will easily fell disco influence. Even Hancock old standard Cantelope Island sounds there as accessible version for dance floor. Whenever Hancock has all collection of pop-oriented recordings, for me they are of two kinds. Some are almost unlistenable because of simplification and accented pop-accessibility, and another are still musically strong albums, even if commercially oriented. The Secrets depends to another group: I am not happy with it's musical direction, but still can enjoy some moments and musicians techniques and professionalism in total.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator
As on all previous HH funk albums, we kick off with a killer track. It announces the arrival of more commercial leanings with its vocoder-processed vocals. The rhythms are still very complex and release their frantic tension during a rather disco poppy synth tune that serves as a kind of chorus. The effect is rather cheesy but still spot-on really. It must be one of the few bars of music where I admit to eating the cheese and enjoying it.
The remainder of the album hardly gets above decent background easy-listening jazz-funk, fit to be played in bars and clubs, but while there are some decent riffs and catchy grooves, the tracks are too repetitious and fail to be infectious enough to compensate for that. The bottom end of this must be Gentle Thoughts, some better tracks follow at the end.
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