Lite Me Up
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{{Infobox album
| name = Lite Me Up
| type = Studio album
| artist = Herbie Hancock
| cover = Lite_Me_Up.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 15, 1982
| recorded = 1981–1982 by George Massenburg
| venue =
| studio = George Massenburg Studio, L.A. Additional recording at El Dorado Studios, Hollywood; Garden Rake Studios, Studio City
| length = 37:56
| label = Columbia
| producer = Herbie Hancock, Jay Graydon, Narada Michael Walden
| prev_title = Quartet
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Future Shock
| next_year = 1983
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|1|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| page = 94
}}
|rev1=AllMusic|rev1score={{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lite-me-up-mw0000318353 |title=Lite Me Up - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic |first=Jason |last=Elias |work=allmusic.com |accessdate=16 November 2019}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=644}}}}
Lite Me Up is a pop album with a strong disco-funk feel by Herbie Hancock. It was Hancock's twenty-eighth album and first release without producer David Rubinson since 1969. On this album, Hancock was influenced by his long-time friend, producer Quincy Jones{{Cite web|url=https://www.herbiehancock.com/music/discography/album/697/|title = Album}} 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) - 3:41
- "The Bomb" (Herbie Hancock, Temperton) - 3:59
- "Gettin' to the Good Part" (Hancock, Temperton) - 6:12
- "Paradise" (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Hancock) - 4:30
- "Can't Hide Your Love" (Jeffrey Cohen, Hancock, Narada Michael Walden) - 3:53
- "The Fun Tracks" (Temperton) - 4:03
- "Motor Mouth" (Temperton) - 3:59
- "Give It All Your Heart" (Hancock, Temperton) - 7:39
Personnel
Musicians
- Herbie Hancock – lead vocals (4, 5), background vocals (1–3, 6–8), lead vocoder vocal (3, 7), Fender Rhodes, Clavitar, Yamaha CS-80, Moog Source, Mini Moog, Waves Mini Moog, Prophet 5, ARP 2600, ARP Odyssey, Emu digital keyboard, Oberheim 8-voice synthesizer, Roland Jupiter-8, Hohner Clavinet, Sennheiser vocoder, Synclavier digital synthesizer, Linn Drum synthesizer, piano
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- John Robinson – drums (1–3, 6–8)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums (4)
- Narada Michael Walden – drums (5), arrangements (5)
- Louis Johnson – bass (1–3, 6–8)
- Abraham Laboriel – bass (4)
- Randy Jackson – bass (5)
- Steve Lukather – guitar (1)
- David Williams – guitar (2, 3, 6–8)
- Jay Graydon – guitar (4)
- Corrado Rustici – guitar (5)
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer (3), additional synthesizer programming (2, 3, 6)
- David Foster – acoustic piano (4), background vocal and keyboard arrangements (4)
- Rick Kelly – Synclavier programming (4)
- Frank Martin – synthesizers (5)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet and flugelhorn (1–3, 5–8), horn arrangements (1–4, 6–8), string arrangements (1, 3, 6–8)
- "The Dr. Negroidal" – trumpet (1–3, 5–8)
- Chuck Findley – trumpet and trombone (1–3, 5–8)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1–3, 5–8)
- Gary Herbig – saxophone and woodwinds (1–3, 5–8)
- Larry Williams – saxophone and woodwinds (1–3, 5–8)
- Wayne Anthony – lead vocals (2, 6, 7)
- Patti Austin – background vocals (1–3, 6–8)
- Jim Gilstrap – background vocals (1–3, 5–8)
- Paulette Williams – background vocals (1–3, 6–8)
- John Lehman – background vocals (1–3, 5–8)
- Edie Lehmann – background vocals (1–3, 6–8)
- Bill Champlin – background vocals (4)
- Richard Page – background vocals (4)
- Venette Gloud – background vocals (4)
- Scherrie Payne – background vocals (5)
- Linda Lawrence – background vocals (5)
- Patrice Rushen – vocoder vocals (8)
- Rod Temperton – rhythm and vocal arrangements (1–3, 6–8)
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Technical
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- Herbie Hancock – producer (1–3, 6–8)
- Jay Graydon – producer (4), engineer [vocal track] (4)
- Narada Michael Walden – producer (5)
- George Massenburg – engineer, mixing, engineer [keyboard overdubs and background vocals] (4)
- Leslie Ann Jones – engineer [basic track] (4)
- Ron Pendragon – additional engineering, engineer [keyboard overdubs and background vocals] (4)
- Murray Dvorkin – second engineer, second engineer [keyboard overdubs and background vocals] (4)
- Barbara Rooney – second engineer
- Robert Spano – second engineer
- Sarco – second engineer [basic track] (4), second engineer [background vocals and additional keyboard overdubs] (5)
- Ian Eales – second engineer [vocal track] (4)
- Ken Kessie – engineer and mixing (5)
- Maureen Droney – second engineer [basic track and overdubs] (5)
- Wayne Lewis – second engineer [basic track and overdubs] (5)
- David Frazer – second engineer [basic track and overdubs] (5)
- Tony Meilandt – associate producer
- Bryan Bell – keyboard engineer
- Lee Ethier – keyboard engineer
- Mike Reese – mastering
- Mick Haggerty – front cover design
- Kaz Tsuruta – back cover photography
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References
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Category:Columbia Records albums