| Thrust | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 6, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | August 1974 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios,San Francisco;Different Fur Music, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk[1] | |||
| Length | 38:49 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock | |||
| Herbie Hancock chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |   [5] |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Thrust is the fourteenth studio album by Americanjazz-funk musicianHerbie Hancock, released in September 1974 onColumbia Records.[7] The album reached No. 2 on theBillboardTop Soul Albums chart and No. 13 on theBillboard 200 chart.[8][9] It is the second album featuringthe Headhunters: saxophonistBennie Maupin, bass guitaristPaul Jackson, drummerMike Clark (replacingHarvey Mason in this role) and percussionistBill Summers.
Thrust was produced byDavid Rubinson and Hancock.[7]
"Actual Proof" was covered by thePeter Zak Trio (2006) andRoberta Piket (2015).
The composition "Butterfly" was subsequently performed by Hancock himself in his live albumFlood (1975), in two studio albums ofDirect Step (1979) andDis Is da Drum (1994), and inKimiko Kasai's albumButterfly (1979)."Butterfly" was also covered byNorman Connors (1978),Eddie Henderson (1978),Toto (2002),Austin Peralta (2006),Azymuth (2008),Robert Glasper Experiment, andGretchen Parlato (2009).
"Spank-a-Lee" was covered byMitchel Forman (2001).[10]
A variation of the composition "Palm Grease" was used in the 1974 vigilante filmDeath Wish, starringCharles Bronson.
The composition "Actual Proof" was originally written for the 1973 filmThe Spook Who Sat by the Door, and Hancock has used it as a demonstration of his style of playing theFender Rhodes piano.[11]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Palm Grease" | Herbie Hancock | 10:38 |
| 2. | "Actual Proof" | Hancock | 9:42 |
| Total length: | 19:57 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. | "Butterfly" | Hancock,Bennie Maupin | 11:17 |
| 4. | "Spank-a-Lee" | Hancock,Mike Clark,Paul Jackson | 7:12 |
| Total length: | 18:14 | ||
