Thrust (album)

Thrust
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1974
RecordedAugust 1974
StudioWally Heider Studios, San Francisco; Different Fur Music, San Francisco
GenreJazz-funk
Length38:49
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Rubinson, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
Dedication
(1974)
Thrust
(1974)
Death Wish
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideC+
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Thrust is the fourteenth studio album by American jazz-funk musician Herbie Hancock, released in September 1974 on Columbia Records. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. It is the second album featuring the Headhunters: saxophonist Bennie Maupin, bass guitarist Paul Jackson, drummer Mike Clark (replacing Harvey Mason in this role) and percussionist Bill Summers.