Herbie Hancock - Perfect Machine

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A1	Perfect Machine Written-By – Laswell*, Hancock*, Skopelitis*, Collins*	6:35
A2	Obsession Written-By – Laswell*, Hancock*, Bonner*, Collins*	5:18
A3	Vibe Alive Written-By – Laswell*, Hancock*, Bonner*, Mico Wave, Collins*	5:25
B1	Beat Wise Written-By – Laswell*, Hancock*, Bonner*, Collins*	5:49
B2	Maiden Voyage / P. Bop Written-By – Laswell*, Hancock*, Skopelitis*, Collins*	6:32
B3	Chemical Residue Written-By – Hancock*	6:01

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Quad Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Garage Sale Recording
• Mixed At – Power Station
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Records Inc.
• Distributed By – CBS Records
• Distributed By – CBS Disques S.A.
• Published By – Hancock Music
• Published By – Enemy Music
• Published By – Mash-A-Mug Music
• Published By – Island Music
• Published By – What's New Wave Music Inc
• Published By – Irving Music
• Manufactured By – Cbs/Sony Hong Kong Ltd.

Credits

• Art Direction – Tony Lane / Nancy Donald*
• Bass, Vocoder – William "Bootsy" Collins*
• Computer [Apple / Mac Plus], Synthesizer [Yamaha DX1, DX7, DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K-250, Fairlight Series II And Series III, Roland Super Jupiter, Rhodes Chroma, Oberheim Matrix 12], Sampler [Akai 900-S], Electronics [Yamaha TX 8/16], Vocoder, Piano [Acoustic] – Herbie Hancock
• Cover [Cover "Trans Jovian Pipeline, 1979" Computer Generated Painting] – David Em
• Drums [Fairlight Drums] – Nicky Skopelitis
• Engineer [Assistant At Garage Sale Recording] – Lawrence Duhart III*
• Engineer [Assistant At Power Station] – John Goldberger*, Michael Christopher , Steve Boyer
• Engineer [Assistant At Quad Recording] – Robbie Morris*
• Management – AGM Management Inc.*, Tony Meilandt
• Management [Administration For Bill Laswell] – Mike Knuth*, Roger Trilling
• Management [Agency] – Bobby Brooks , Brian Loucks, Creative Artist Agency, Mike Piranian, Rob Light, Tom Ross , Tony Krantz
• Management [Public Relations] – Bobbi Marcus Public Relations, Inc.
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Eika Aoshima
• Producer – Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Material
• Producer [Associate] – Tony Meilandt
• Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Jeff Bova
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Robert Musso
• Synthesizer [Mini Moog], Bass, Talkbox, Vocoder – Mico Wave
• Turntables – DST*
• Vocals – Sugarfoot*

Notes

Herbie Hancock supports Amnesty International

Sugar of The Ohio Players appears courtesy of Track Record Company

© 1988 CBS RECORDS INC./ ℗ 1988 CBS RECORDS INC./

MANUFACTURED BY CBS/SONY HONG KONG LTD

Front: Contents sticker, colour grey "HERBIE HANCOCK/PERFECT MACHINE/ INCLUDES THE SMASH HITS "VIBE ALIVE" "BEAT WISE"/FEATURING VOCALS BY "SUGAR" OF THE OHIO PLAYERS AND BOOTSY COLLINS ON BASS"

Back: CBC/SONY Promotional sticker, colour red "PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7464 - 40025 - 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A [stamped]): PAL - 40025 - 1B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B [stamped]): PBL - 40025 - 1B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 460679 1	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 460679 1	Europe	1988
FCT 40025, CT40025	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(Cass, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	FCT 40025, CT40025	US	1988
FC 40025	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	FC 40025	Canada	1988
FC 40025, C 40025	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	FC 40025, C 40025	US	1988
CK 40025	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia	CK 40025	US	1988