Future Shock

Future Shock

Track Listings

1. Future Shock

2. Night Ride Out of Phoenix

3. (The Ballad) of the Lucitania Express

4. No Laughing in Heaven

5. Sacre Bleu

6. New Orleans

7. Bite the Bullet

8. If I Sing Softly

9. Don't Want the Truth

10. For Your Dreams

11. Maelström

12. Take a Hold of Yourself

13. One for the Road

14. Lucille

15. Bad News

16. Bite the Bullet [Live]

17. Smoke on the Water [Live]

Tracks:

Rockit
Future Shock
T. F. S.
Earthbeat
Autodrive
Rough
Rockit (Mega Mix)

Amazon.com

The three electronic, hip-hop-influenced albums Herbie Hancock recorded during the 1980s--of which Future Shock was the first, followed by Sound System and Perfect Machine--have been the most maligned by fans of his enormously influential '60s-era jazz work. The reissue of all three albums, each newly remastered with bonus mixes and new liner notes, makes it clear Hancock was much more than simply a jazz pianist reaching for a pop crossover audience. To be sure, Hancock got his pop hit with Future Shock's "Rockit," and there's plenty on Future Shock that sounds dated, from the early 80's synthesizer tones to the almost consciously stiff-sounding hip-hop beats that permeate every track. But dig a little deeper, and it's clear this is supremely intelligent dance music, with a combination of producer-bassist Bill Laswell's Kraftwerk-influenced industrial production and Latin percussionist Daniel Ponce's Bata drum, Pete Cosey's screeching guitar--which echoes his work with Miles Davis's 1970s band--Sly Dunbar's rock-solid funk drumming, and Grand Mixer D.S.T.'s radical (for the time) turntable scratching. And, of course, there's "Rockit", the track that introduced a generation of young listeners to Hancock and break-dancing robots in music videos. All in all, a reissue well worth revisiting. --Ezra Gale

Customer Reviews:

I, Robot.......2007-01-26

The legs of one of the robots in the fantastic video for Rockit says it all; grooving to the funky beat while moving in a tight circle, keeping in step with the turntable scratches and driving the beat where dub, hip-hop and jazz became a new dynamic in the studio. Everybody dance now!

Future Shock was a new sensation when released in early 1983, as Herbie Hancock (and his Rockit band) & Bill Laswell teamed up to deliver electronics with funk, fusion and a sprinkling of avant-garde.

Rockit garnered a Grammy award for best R&B instrumental performance, while the video captured five awards - including Video of the Year - in the first MTV Video Music Awards show.

The CD has five cuts sandwiched between Rockit and Rockit (Mega Mix), the latter not on the original release. A true gem is Future Shock, a Curtis Mayfield composition. Earth Beat and Rough pump the funk through the speakers, while Hancock lets the jazz notes do the talking in T.F.S. and Autodrive.

That the collaboration of Hancock and Laswell was unable to reproduce the magic in subsequent releases speaks greatly about the quality found in Future Shock.

Is it HERBIE or is it LASWELL?.......2006-08-10

Herbie's alway's had his hand on the pulse of music, especially cutting edge stuff. He hooked up with Bill Laswell just when Laswell started an incredible run of "production jobs" that continues on through the 90's, and beyond. It's hard to figure just WHO get's the most credit here. Who cares? If you like it, dig! If you don't think it's "jazzy" enough, that's cool too, because it's very hip-hop/beats oriented (no guest "raps" but some cool soul vocals). A jazz artist incorporating the use of turntables and a whole array of synths and such-- read the liner notes with all the folks who appear here. One can't expect "Kind of Blue" now can you? Get funked up!

The bonus track is not so great........2006-05-19

I remember this album from when it first came out. I was just a kid then and bought the album because of the video for Rockit. I soon came to like all of the other tracks on the album as well. People I knew at the time expressed mixed opinions about the album, such as whether or not it was "jazz" or if it was worthy of Herbie Hancock's reputation as a "legit" musician or whatever. But like another reviewer on this site has said, this CD is pretty much full of mediocre R&B filler. But in my opinion, it is worth listening to. I like it. I'm not a serious music critic, so for people with a more casual interest I would say that this album is a lot of fun and worthy of your purchase price.

However... the bonus track is not very good at all. It really seems like a lame attempt to take up time on the CD. What it is is another version of Rockit with tons of extra (and might I add, profane) sound bites and samples piled on top of the mix. On my player I always skip this track. But the rest is still pretty cool in my humble opinion.

Excellent, risk taking album from Herbie Hancock.......2006-04-10

I'd like to defend this album, because between his more mellow jazz albums of the 70s and what he's doing now in 2005-2006, this 1983 album is still one one of my favorites from Herbie Hancock. Herbie took a big risk with going for the hip-hop sound and he succeeded. Every one of the six original songs are dynamite, are edgy and very creative for that period. I still love Rockit, perhaps one of Herbie's finest performances. Its mix of urban jazz and the turntable scratches of hip-hop was very unique. It has some hard hitting beats that could even rival most of Run-DMC and LL Cool J's albums. I couldn't stop playing the 45 single of the single and album versions for several months! It's still played over 2 decades later! The video for that song was phenomenal with the art direction and the marionettes moving to the song's beats. The album's very keyboard oriented, but Hancock kept the jazz style intact on most of the songs. I don't think he sold out,as some purists say. I think this album helped make him a more respected jazz musician and artist later on. Even if the album's massive success took him by surprise, he did it with class and he is still respected today. Very creative, chance-taking and wonderfully performed and done!

DO YOU NEED TO ASK?.......2005-10-24

IF THE NAME HERBIE HANCOCK DOESN'T GET YOU TO BUY IT,THEN "ROCK IT' MUST. REMEMBER THE VIDEO?

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CLASSIC ROCK OF THE 80s
Rocks greatest singer finally gets remastered !

Future Shock
Ian Gillan
Manufacturer: Edsel Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NA2U4G
Release Date: 2007-04-02

Tracks:

Future Shock
Night Ride out of Phoenix
(The Ballad Of) The Luecitania Express
No Laughing in Heaven
Sacre Bleu
New Orleans
Bite the Bullet
If I Sing Softly
Don't Want the Truth
For Your Dreams
Trouble [*]
Your Sister's on My List [*]
Mutually Assured Destruction [*]
Maelstrom [*]
Take a Hold of Yourself [*]
One for the Road [*]
Lucille [*]
Bad News [*]

Album Description

2007 digitally remastered and expanded CD reissue from the Deep Purple vocalist's solo recordings featuring the album Future Shock. Released in April 1981, this album entered the UK album chart at # 2 and saw the band at their peak. This CD features the original album and eight bonus tracks. The huge booklet features all the amazing sci-fi paintings from the original 16 page 12x12 booklet that came with the LP. It also contains a transcription of a short play by Ian about the nuclear holocaust originally printed in the extremely limited edition booklet that came with initial copies of the single 'Mutually Assured Destruction'. 18 tracks. Edsel.

Album Details

Released in April 1981, "Future Shock" Entered the UK Album Chart at # Two and Saw the Band at their Peak. Their Cover of "Trouble" Reached Number 14, and was Followed Into the Singles Chart by "Mutually Assured Destruction" (# 32), "New Orleans" (# 17), and "no Laughing in Heaven" (# 31), which is Still in Ian's Live Set. In August that Year They Headlined the Reading Festival. This CD features the Original Album (Which Included Two of the Singles) and Eight Bonus Tracks, Including the Other Two Chart Singles Along with the Singles' Many Nonalbum B-sides. The Huge Booklet features all the Amazing Sci-fi Paintings from the Original 16 Page 12x12 Booklet that Came with the LP. It also Contains a Transcription of a Short Play by Ian About the Nuclear Holocaust Originally Printed in the Extremely Limited Edition Booklet that Came with Initial Copies of "Mutually Assured Destruction".

Customer Reviews:

CLASSIC ROCK OF THE 80s.......2007-05-17

Again if you're collecting great rock albums, this is one you shouldn't miss! This is a great album! Ian Gillan was still young and can sing very high notes. You can hear Bernie Torme screeching guitar in most of the songs. Man he's great in making the guitar weep and scream! These are some reasons why he had a short stint with Ozzy after Rhandy Rhoads died.

I've seen this group in early eighties in the Philippines during their tour. What a great band! Each member of the band did their piece in the concert.
Mr. X on the bass, he's a good bass player and he's one of those guys who threw the guitar on air and comes back to his hand striking the chords with all his might. Mr. Y the drummer did a solo too, he's great too. At that time I thought he was Ian Paice coz they were headlined as Deep Purple before coming to the Philippines.

Some of their excellent albums are: Mr. UniverseMr. Universe and Double TroubleDouble Trouble

Others are mediocre albums: Clear Air Turbulence[, Child In TimeChild in Time, Magic and Glory Road[ASIN:B000NA2U46 Glory Road]]

Rocks greatest singer finally gets remastered !.......2007-05-17

What can you say about Ian Gillan ? Let me start with that he is the greatest singer in rock n roll (for about 40 years now) and it is about time all the Gillan cd's get remastered .
Edsel (the label these are on) has done an outstanding job on these reissues . The remastered sound is awesome , the bonus tracks are excellend and the booklets are top notch !
This one , "Future Shock" is one of Gillan's finest moments . The 10 songs from the original release are all first rate classic rock n roll songs . There are no filler songs here . There is also 8 bonus tracks included . They are singles and b sides of singles and once again , these are not fillers , they are all first rate songs . This is really a very strong cd from start to finish.
The guitar player , Bernie Torme , is fantastic on this release , he has a great unique sound .
The booklet has a 1 page note from Mr. Gillan himself , it has great historic liner notes , the lyrics to the original release songs and one of the bonus tracks and some great pictures and artwork.
If you never listened to Gillan's solo material , this is a fine place to start , you won't be disapointed .

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Very good CD!
nu-metal rocks
WEAK
eek........
They are an Awsome Band

Future Shock
Sinisstar
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

White Noise
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Do It
Drug Related
Porcelain
Clear Plastic
Spaceman
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First Day Of Nowhere
Haunted
Psychosexy

Customer Reviews:

Very good CD!.......2007-03-28

Well, I had this a long time ago but it got stollen. I am about to order another copy because I love the song "Freak of Nature". The rest of the CD is pretty good too, with awesome sounds. I never heard of them besides owning the album when I randomly bought it off the internet because it was cheap. I was very shocked! (no pun intended!) The little 30 second clips you are listening to don't do this CD justice. These guys are really good and are terribly underated. I was really hoping they'd have another CD by now. Just pick this one up and give it a shot, it's like super cheap.

nu-metal rocks.......2006-05-22

Alright thires something I love about this album, it delivers so many things like guitar solos, rap and relly good chours.About two songs have bad lyrics,but it relly dosent bother me.But if you want outstanding songs listin to 2,5,6 are the best tracks.so try it out it dosent cost that much, so give it a try.Peace out all you nu-metal heads like me.

WEAK.......2004-12-30

They're gonna stay homeless putting stuff like this out! Time to get real jobs (hanging around outside Amoeba music in Hollywood doesn't count) kiddos! You tried...

eek...............2004-04-22

Well, Edgy 59 from Burning Witch is indeed still alive surprisingly, but he's somehow found himself in this band... Ughh... Story is Edgy left Burning Witch after he was offered a contract for quite a large sum of money... Such a shame, it would be great to hear what Burning Witch could have done... If you're thinking about buying this, listen to real metal and buy Burning Witch or Khanate instead...

They are an Awsome Band.......2004-02-24

This band for me is a very nice band. The only thing that I don't like about this CD is that they rap, but preety much the rest was fine. The only songs that were not really impresive is White Noise and Spaceman. For me the best song is Freak of Nature and PshycoSexy.
Another thing that I didn't like was that they try to go and copy the image of Marilyn Manson like China he wants copy the image of Twiggy Ramirez though there both cute.
I own the CD and I thought that it was great but not as great as Marilyn Manson.

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I think it's the NZ band here

Future Shock
Gordons
Manufacturer: Flying Nun
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AHJ8WO
Release Date: 2007-03-12

Tracks:

Spik And Span
Right On Time
Coalminers Song
Sometimes
I Just Can't Stop
Growing Up
Laughing Now
Future Shock
Machine Song
Adults And Children

Album Details

Before They were Bailter Space They were Known as the Gordons and Released a Self Titled Album and the Future Shock EP in 1981. They Are Compiled on this Flying Nun CD. This Disc is Hard to Find Outside Australia! If You Are a Bailter Space Fan You have Got to Hear this Disc!

Customer Reviews:

I think it's the NZ band here.......2005-09-18

...that aligns with the lack of data Amazon provides. This is not what seems a country-ish band The Gordons elsewhere on the U.S. Amazon musical listings.

I'm talking about the 10-song, 50-minute, Flying Nun reissue on one CD of the post-punk band Gordons (no definite article) that brings their circa-1981 eponymous debut album and a three-song ep Future Shock together on an import. The three musicians who I believe are identical to those who later founded the more streamlined, if equally corrosive, assault of Bailter Space here begin as disciples of Wire, and secondarily, Joy Division.

It's not bad if you like post-punk gloom, but some songs (like track 6, Growing Up) go on way too long with little to recommend them. Track 2, Right on time, is an outstanding, nearly-vocal-less tune that shows how the three could extend into a mesmerizing groove a phenomenally catchy, yet doom-laden, riff. Another song that stands out is the title track, track 8, of the ep appended to the album; although less inventive than track 2, it does show the group beginning to break free of their influences. It's nowhere near the folkier, DIY Flying Nun bands, by the way. They were labelled "noise-rock" at the time, but this is not Xpressway-type guitar meltdown, but more a halfway point between the meditative melancholy of the very early 80s scene and an effort at a more rhythmic, sonically dense and textured attack, which Bailter Space would more fully gain control of over its subsequently long career and many records.

Very much the effort of followers rather than creators; this is not a criticism so much as a snapshot of how the New Zealand scene began to internalize the restlessly dismal British tension into what became in the Kiwi-driven janglier melodies of the 80s a recognizably original aesthetic approach to lo-fi and high-concept music that was truly an alternative that remains inspirational today. Recommended for post-punk lovers, New Zealand completists, and, of course, Bailter Space fans.

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Nobody else has reviewed this yet?

Remember the Future

Manufacturer: Brainstorm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000EMAWI4

Customer Reviews:

Nobody else has reviewed this yet?.......2007-07-02

Future Shock is a subgroup of the Christian underground hip hop collective Tunnel Rats, who are most well known for their album Tunnel Vision. It's hard to find anything from Future Shock unless you really know where to look, and I'm surprised that this album is selling on Amazon. In any case, the group of three features some very talented MCs and production from their Tunnel Rats associates LPG. Be warned that this album gets very religious and philosophical in its lyrical content, but in this case it makes for great hip hop. Nothing drags this album down, and it remains strong for the entire duration.

Standout Tracks:

Phenomenon- you can tell that this one was meant to be the street single, if anything.
Remember The Future- The title track is actually two songs in one. Both are good, but the 2nd one with the Rakim sample is a lot nicer.
Scandalan
Transcontinental

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Major Disappointment! :(
excellent
Great music YES, great quality NO

To the Future Shock
Captain Rock
Manufacturer: Ol' Skool Flava
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EPFDF8
Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

Cosmic Blast
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House Of Rock
To The Future Shock
Return Of Captain Rock
You Stink
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Album Description

Lattimore Brown is an unknown rhythm & blues artist that has been recently rediscovered, and his work is now considered rare and collectible. This is the first comprehensive CD release of the complete Stage Seven material, including outtakes.

Customer Reviews:

Major Disappointment! :(.......2007-06-01

I am in total agreement with 'Raveric' on the quality. If you listen carefully you can hear the odd pop n' click and this tell me this album is nothing more than ripped off vinyl and released on cd. I was really looking forward to this cd but my electro mp3 collection sounds far superior. Why oh why did they give us the short (less than 4min) version of 'return of captain rock' but give us the FULL instrumental version??? This cd doesn't even include 'cosmic glide'. Thankfully i have a pretty good mp3 of the 12" but it would of been nice to have it included.

Now if only someone out there would release a double/triple cd set of full 12" versions of all the classic electro with studio quality!

excellent.......2006-07-03

one of my favourite's from early hip hop and electro day's along with Dr jeckyll+Mr hyde,man parrish,L.A dream team and the unforgettable sound of egyptian lover

Great music YES, great quality NO.......2006-04-22

Without a doubt I love the music on this Captian Rock collection, but come on, with all the technology available, how hard can it be to remaster/restore the music in at least acceptable quality?

I bought this cd for replacing my own recordings on tape and original vinyl, only to find out that even my 20 years old tapes are in better shape than this cd. Oke, the dub-version of the "Return of Captain Rock" sound fine, but the (only 3:58 long) vocal version sounds like something played on My first Sony...

To make this long story short, a great collection with a very, very poor soundquality and not worth your hard earned bucks!

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There are some phat tunes.

Future Shock
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rawkus Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1996-10-01

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Customer Reviews:

There are some phat tunes........1999-03-31

If your into techno,industrial, and hard hitting beats then you gotta get this. There are some ultimately fresh tune here. Definetly 92.3 K-Rock WON'T play.

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The Art Of Xenos - Entertaining Aliens
Future Shock
Manufacturer: Syntax Records
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Release Date: 2002-10-09

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