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Despite the PR hype about this being Herbie Hancock's first "rock" album, Monster is really another disco album, though more varied in texture, somewhat more subtle in execution, and blessedly rid of those vocoder vocals, though not of the real ones.
"Saturday Night," despite the distinctive presence of Carlos Santana, sets the album's dancefloor tone.
The rock element is supposedly supplied by Hancock on the newly developed Clavitar, where try as he might to articulate like a guitarist, the sound is still that of a mutated synthesizer.
Alphonze Mouzon is on drums, and guitarist Wah Wah Watson has a field day on his eponymous specialty.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday NightJeffrey Cohen, Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson | Herbie Hancock | Play | 07:13 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Stars in Your EyesLisa Capuano, Gavin Christopher, Herbie Hancock, Ray Parker, Jr. | Herbie Hancock | Play | 07:04 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Go for ItJeffrey Cohen, Herbie Hancock, Alphonse Mouzon, David Rubinson | Herbie Hancock | Play | 07:33 | 17 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Don't Hold It InJeffrey Cohen, Melvin Ragin | Herbie Hancock | Play | 08:04 | 18 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Making LoveHerbie Hancock, Alphonse Mouzon | Herbie Hancock | Play | 06:24 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | It All Comes Round | Herbie Hancock | Play | 05:51 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 42 mins | 96 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Bell | Engineer |
| 2 | Gary Boatner | Assistant Engineer |
| 3 | Lisa Capuano | Composer |
| 4 | Fred Catero | Engineer |
| 5 | Bill Champlin | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Gavin Christopher | Composer, Vocals |
| 7 | Jeffrey Cohen | Assistant Producer, Associate Producer, Composer |
| 8 | Sheila Escovedo | Percussion |
| 9 | Herbie Hancock | Clavinet, Clavitar, Composer, Keyboards, Mini Moog, Oberheim 8 Voice, Oberheim Synthesizer, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Prophet 5, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 10 | Randy Hansen | Guitar |
| 11 | Barbara Isaak | Assistant Engineer |
| 12 | Julia | Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Bob Kovach | Assistant Engineer |
| 14 | David Kulka | Assistant Engineer |
| 15 | Alphonse Mouzon | Composer, Drums, Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| 16 | Ray Parker, Jr. | Bass, Composer |
| 17 | Melvin Ragin | Composer, Guitar |
| 18 | Henri Renaud | Producer |
| 19 | Ray Rogers | Back Cover |
| 20 | David Rubinson | Composer, Engineer, Producer |
| 21 | Carlos Santana | Guitar |
| 22 | Paul Stubblebine | Mastering |
| 23 | Julia Tillman Waters | Vocals |
| 24 | Greg Walker | Vocals |
| 25 | "Ready" Freddie Washington | Bass (Electric) |
| 26 | Fred Washington | Bass |
| 27 | Luther Waters | Vocals |
| 28 | Oren Waters | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | Wah Wah Watson | Guitar |
| 30 | Maxine Willard Waters | Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |