Thrust (album)

Thrust
Studio album by
Herbie Hancock
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1974
RecordedAugust 1974
StudioWally Heider Studios, San Francisco; Different Fur Music, San Francisco
GenreJazz-funk[1]
Length38:49
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Rubinson, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
Dedication
(1974) 		Thrust
(1974) 		Death Wish
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
All About Jazz[5]
Tom HullB+[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[7]

Thrust is the fourteenth studio album by American jazz-funk musician Herbie Hancock, released in September 1974 on Columbia Records.[8] The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart.[9][10] It is the second album featuring The Headhunters: saxophonist Bennie Maupin, bass guitarist Paul Jackson, drummer Mike Clark (replacing Harvey Mason in this role) and percussionist Bill Summers.

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  2. ^ Ginell, Richard S. "Herbie Hancock: Thrust". Allmusic.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via Robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Eggert, Ester (September 5, 2004). "Herbie Hancock: Thrust". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
  6. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Herbie Hancock". Tom Hull. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  8. ^ Herbie Hancock. Columbia Records. September 1974.
  9. ^ "Herbie Hancock: Thrust (Top Soul Albums)". Billboard.com. Billboard.
  10. ^ "Herbie Hancock: Thrust (Billboard 200)". Billboard.com. Billboard.