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Herbie Hancock SECRETS Columbia Records PC 34280 1976 1st Edition Label:  – PC 34280,  – 34280 Format: , LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing Country: Released: Genre: ,  Style: , ,  Tracklist A1Doin' It Backing Vocals – , , , ,  Backing Vocals, Drums –  Bass, Lead Vocals, Talkbox [Voice Bag] – * Engineer –  Written-By – *, *, * Backing Vocals – , , , ,  Backing Vocals, Drums –  Bass, Lead Vocals, Talkbox [Voice Bag] – * Engineer –  Written-By – *, *, * 8:00A2People Music Written-By – *, *, * Written-By – *, *, * 7:07A3Cantelope Island Written-By –  Written-By – * 7:06B1Spider Written-By – *, *, * Written-By – *, *, * 7:20B2Gentle Thoughts Written-By – *, * Written-By – *, * 7:01B3Swamp Rat Written-By – *, *, * Written-By – *, *, * 6:25B4Sansho Shima Written-By – * Written-By – * 4:50 Manufactured By –  Recorded At –  Recorded At –  Mastered At –  Pressed By –  Mastered At –  Mastered At –  Backing Vocals – * (tracks: A1) Bass –  Bass, Lead Vocals, Talkbox [Voice Bag] – * (tracks: A1) Drums –  Guitar – * Guitar, Synthesizer [Maestro Universal System, Maestro Sample And Hold Unit], Talkbox [Voice Bag], Co-producer – * Mastered By – ,  Percussion –  Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes, Yamaha Grand Piano], Synthesizer [Arp Odissey, Arp String Ensemble, Micro-Moog, Oberheim Polyphonic, Echoplex], Clavinet [Hohner D6], Producer –  Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Lyricon, Bass Clarinet –  Notes © 1976 CBS Inc. / ℗ 1976 CBS Inc.
Manufactured by Columbia Records / CBS Inc.

Matrix / Runout (Label A): AL 34280 Matrix / Runout (Label B): BL 34280 Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched): PAL 34280-1G 1T o V Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched): o PBL 34280-1D 2T 

     Secrets is a -   by keyboard player . It is also Hancock's seventeenth album overall. Participating musicians include saxophonist  and guitarist .

     The album clearly followed from its predecessor . As ever, Paul Jackson's basslines were critical, and the other regular member  continued to provide most of the solos alongside Hancock. Man-Child had seen the addition of electric guitar to Hancock's sound, and Secrets saw the guitar's place in the arrangements rise to crucial importance throughout. The flamboyant rhythm guitar contributions of top  session musician  are a particularly notable feature of the album.

     Whereas Man-Child was evenly divided between up-tempo and laid-back tracks, Secrets emphasized the more mellow, softly rounded mood. Even the more up-tempo tracks, "Doin' It" and "" (a remake of Hancock's 1964 composition), are suffused with a relaxed  influence, and overall the album tends towards restrained, rolling grooves rather than overtly high-energy . Appropriately, Hancock spent much of his time using the mellow tones of the , and took advantage of new   to contribute thick , foreshadowing .

     Although summery and mellow, the album was far from , with some extremely abstract and intense sections, particular in the latter half; it is also entirely instrumental beside the "Jus' keep on doin' it" chants of the opening track. Subsequent Hancock albums saw the addition of more  lead vocals and disco influences.

     The Secrets line-up performed "Spider" (from this LP) and "Hang Up Your Hang-Ups" (from Man-Child) at the  concert in the summer of 1976. (wikipedia)