Lite Me Up

Lite Me Up
Lite Me Up
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
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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Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Lite Me Up is a disco-funk album by Herbie Hancock. It was Hancock's first release without producer David Rubinson since 1969. On this album, Hancock was influenced by his long-time friend, producer Quincy Jones^[4] and sessions included many musicians associated with Jones including Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro of Toto. The album was the first on which Hancock played the Synclavier, a digital polyphonic synthesizer.

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, Frank Martin - 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 - lead vocals (2, 6 & 7), Patrice Rushen - vocals, vocoder (8)
Patti Austin, Paulette Williams, Jim Gilstrap, Venette Gloud, Linda Lawrence, John Lehman, Richard Page - backing vocals
David Foster - Piano

References[]

^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Elias, Jason. "Lite Me Up - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 644. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ https://www.herbiehancock.com/music/discography/album/697/

[RSJRG-1] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[AM-2] Elias, Jason. "Lite Me Up - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 644. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] ttps://www.herbiehancock.com/music/discography/album/697/

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Discography (As a sideman)
Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions & Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Dedication Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project
Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago
with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends
with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of This World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective
with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It
with Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheny	Parallel Realities
with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing
with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay
with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul
Compilations	Treasure Chest (Herbie Hancock album) The Best of Herbie Hancock Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock
Compositions	"Watermelon Man" "Cantaloupe Island" "Maiden Voyage" "Chameleon" "Rockit"
Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson