Thrust (album)

Thrust
Thrust
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	September 6, 1974
Recorded	August 1974
Studio	Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco; Different Fur Music, San Francisco
Genre	Jazz-funk
Length	38:49
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
All About Jazz	^[5]
Tom Hull	B+^[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.

^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
^ Ginell, Richard S. "Herbie Hancock: Thrust". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
^ 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.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Eggert, Ester (September 5, 2004). "Herbie Hancock: Thrust". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Herbie Hancock". Tom Hull. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Herbie Hancock. Columbia Records. September 1974.
^ "Herbie Hancock: Thrust (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
^ "Herbie Hancock: Thrust (Billboard 200)". billboard.com. Billboard.