Perfect Machine should not be confused with The Perfect Machine.
| Perfect Machine | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Herbie Hancock |
| Cover: | Perfect_Machine.jpg |
| Released: | May 15, 1988 |
| Recorded: | 1988 |
| Studio: | Garage Sale, Los Angeles; OAO Studios, Quad Studios, RPM Studios, New York |
| Genre: | Electro-funk |
| Length: | 36:10 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell |
| Prev Title: | Jazz Africa |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | A Tribute to Miles |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Perfect Machine is the thirty-second album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. It was the third and final album in Hancock’s series co-produced by Bill Laswell. Guests include bassist Bootsy Collins.
The album was produced with Bill Laswell and performed with Bootsy Collins, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner of the Ohio Players, and Grand Mixer DXT. It marked the end of his "Rockit" phase in the 1980s. Richard S. Ginnell at AllMusic called the album "mostly thumping, funk-drenched techno-pop".
All songs by Hancock, Laswell, Collins and Bonner, except where noted.
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