Thrust (album)

Thrust is a studio album by American jazz-funk musician Herbie Hancock, released in September 1974 on Columbia Records.[6] The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart.[7][8]

Thrust
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	September 6, 1974
Recorded	August 1974
Studio	Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre	Jazz-funk, jazz
Length	38:49
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
Dedication (1974) Thrust (1974) Death Wish (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
All About Jazz	[4]
Tom Hull	B+[5]

Background

Thrust was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock.[6]

Covers

Actual Proof was covered by Roberta Piket and the Peter Trio. Butterfly has also been covered by Norman Connors, Scott Henderson, Eddie Henderson, Toto, Azymuth, and by the Robert Glasper Experiment.[9]

In popular culture

A variation of the composition "Palm Grease" was used in the 1974 vigilante film Death Wish, starring Charles Bronson.

The composition "Actual Proof" was originally written for the 1973 film The Spook Who Sat by the Door, and Hancock has used it as a demonstration of his style of playing the Fender Rhodes piano.[10]

The composition "Butterfly" would subsequently be performed on the live album Flood, and two other studio releases: Direct Step and Dis Is da Drum.

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Hancock except as indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Palm Grease"		10:38
2.	"Actual Proof"		9:42
3.	"Butterfly"	Hancock, Bennie Maupin	11:17
4.	"Spank-a-Lee"	Hancock, Mike Clark, Paul Jackson	7:12

[6]

Personnel

• Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP Soloist, ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble
• Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute
• Paul Jackson – electric bass
• Mike Clark – drums
• Bill Summers - percussion[6]

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. "Herbie Hancock: Thrust". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
2. 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.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Eggert, Ester (September 5, 2004). "Herbie Hancock: Thrust". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
5. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Herbie Hancock". Tom Hull. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
6. Herbie Hancock:. Columbia Records. September 1974.
7. "Herbie Hancock: Thrust (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
8. "Herbie Hancock: Thrust (Billboard 200)". billboard.com. Billboard.
9. "Herbie Hancock: Thrust". secondhandsongs.com.
10. Fender Rhodes.com Audio Archive