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More accessible to me than most of the jazz albums I've heard. I'm going to start listening to this regularly to see if I can get more into it. Chameleon and Sly were the highlights for me but Vein Melter just sounded like a bit of ambient music.
Pretty good stuff
Good fun this one. 3.5 stars.
Leuke ontdekking, luistert lekker weg in de ochtend. Ik zou het niet zo snel zelf opzetten en de laatste nummers waren doorzetten.
Oops!! Forgot to listen, but I will this week
Yep, a jazz fusion classic.
Funky, fun. Nostalgic.
This was fine but I'm not sophisticated enough musically to appreciate jazz-funk.
Very funky, grappig om je ochtend mee te beginnen. Deed me ook een beetje aan de soundtrack van het spelletje Serial Cleaner denken.
jazz
Ces petits gars ont passé un album entier à se prendre pour les Crusaders. Dommage pour eux mais on me la fait pas à moi.
Cool, kinda full on
Homenatge al funk des del jazz, amb un so eclèctic d'ambdós géneres, sofisticat i transformador. 'Watermelon Man' és el tema més conegut del disc, però on destaca realment és en l'elegància embriagadora de 'Van Meilter'
3.5/5. I can say with great certainty that jazz fusion is at least better than fusion cuisine.
No, sorry - can't do jazz Just noise
good study music
Нормас так бодрости рвануло на время работы в тупую, но как будто единоразовая акция, ибо повторно это просто забавно...
Funky jazzy banger
once again, another album of strictly instrumentals. but, i have to be honest, it wasn’t that bad. i found myself actually getting into it a bit. not usually my thing, but was just ok.
Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters is like a sonic journey through a futuristic jungle. It's a fusion of jazz, funk, and electronic music that takes you on a wild ride through uncharted musical territories. Hancock's keyboard wizardry is on full display here, and the band's tight grooves and funky beats will have you dancing like nobody's watching. It's like a party in your ears, and everyone's invited. Tracks like "Chameleon" and "Watermelon Man" are like a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart, and the album as a whole is a testament to the power of musical experimentation. It's the kind of album that makes you feel like anything is possible. So if you're a fan of jazz, funk, or just good music in general, then Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters is a must-listen.
Overall a good album, went off the rails with Sly but even that had some good moments. the drums on Chameleon were a great listen and worth the cost of entry in and of it self.
Like this album better than I thought I would.
If you like jazz, this is an enjoyable album. If you're not sure, give it a try.
Funky funkiness.
I enjoyed it. Good background music, although I didn't mind focusing on it either. I like longer songs so that part was kind of fun too. It all sounded pretty unique (especially for the time). Overall, a fun enough listen. 6/10
Interesting to see the different directions Jazz was taken to but ultimately just a standard 3
3.5 Jazz!
On the bright side, this album can be super funky. On the not-so-bright side, it can meander just as much as jazz stereotypically does. Overall, I enjoyed it.
Starts very funky, finishes very jazzy, but is consistently accessible, despite opening with a 15 minute epic. Bold choice the put 'Arthur' the cartoon aardvark as the cover art. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Chameleon Date listened: 02/03/23
Some chill stuff. Not really my cup of tea though
Not bad. My favorite song was probably the first one
All I knew of this dude before this was the Rocket music video, and that Stevie Wonder liked him. This album also made me realize I've been bleeding from my ass for a week. I'm not blaming Herbie Hancock. I'm not even blaming the great Steve Wonder, despite the fact that all signs suggest it's his fault. It's always his fault.
It’s fine
Leuke Jazz / elektro oid, maar iets te eentonig
The synth integration blended in well, but the song development felt forced on many of the songs.
I have never felt more lied to by a song title than this album's "Vein Melter."
Funky jazz instrumental, long tracks, no lyrics
Interesting.
This is what I'm talking about. An interesting album that I have never heard of and probably not experience without this list. The funk and jazz were fun and cool and all that. but... I was ready for a different genre before the end of the album.
Trying to work and listening to this was giving me anxiety, I need to listen when I'm just chilling. But as of now. 3 stars.
Interessant, no el coneixia. Comença molt bé i requerir més escoltes per captar bé les estructures i matisos. Al final se m'ha fet un xic llarg, però segur que li donaré noves oportunitats.
I thought that’s a great album for the weekend but I was disappointed that it was “jazz like” I enjoy some jazz and his hit record was good. Nevertheless on subsequent listening it was OK so 3*
I liked it BUT WHY ARE THE SONGS SO LONG.I could never listen to any of these songs in full because of their immense length.
I love this form of jazz which incorporates funk and experimental electronic sounds too! I type of jazz I can really get into! It's innovative and experimental which makes it very exciting to me. I love Chameleon and Watermelon Man they're both really fun and playful tracks, very cool and soulful at the same time. After that the album goes downhill a bit for me, I find Sly has too many stressful sounds for me, it's too chaotic and I ended up clenching my jaw by the end without noticing... I want to rate it higher just for the first two tracks but the second half does bring this down for me.
Have to say this was another jazz album I just didn't get into. I'm not there yet with jazz and uncertain what could possibly make me get there to love something like this. It made good background whilst I reorganised my parents bathroom
We've had worse jazz albums, this was a groove I could get on with
OK. It got rather tedious, but that is probably because I am not a fan of Jazz in general, nor a fan of instrumental music. So it falls outside of my area of interest. Good to have heard it, but I will probably never play any of it again.
Classic jazz. Great background music.
A little too funky for me
Weird. First track was dope, I'm.just not a jazz boy
Jazzing it
Tää on yks kummajainen. Periaatteessa genren ja soundien puolesta mun pitäis tykätä kauheasti, mutta jotenkin ei oo koskaan ihan lähtenyt. Ehkä liian teknistä tykistystä. Watermelon Man on toki huikea.
Don’t usually listen to stuff like this but it was very enjoyable. Super relaxing and I fell asleep but in a good way.
Pretty good. I should probably listen to it again though because I don't remember much other than "I enjoyed it." Also, no standouts since I can't remember any of the individual songs.
Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.
The baseline on the opener Chameleon was at the forefront of the song for far too long and turned me off a bit but Watermelon Man pulled me back in with softer vibes. Sly was a frantic thrash of a song but it was excellent and Vein Melter chilled things out again to wrap things up. I liked how they kept it tight at 42 mins. 3.5/5
This was more cultured than I am
Funky and definitely listenable, a couple of cringe moments but solely due the use of synths lol
sven: poslušat ću još jednom kika: okej u pozadini maša: mau mau
What cool album art shame the music isn’t my cuppa tea (it’s still good though just don’t expect me to re-listen ) … Chameleon opens the album and it’s literally funk Tarkus it’s way, way too long (even if Tarkus is longer) but this track is a okay instrumental. Watermelon man is a song I really appreciate, I really like the sound they made out of the flutes. Sly is too long just like Chameleon was but I like the almost spy vs spy esque mess it makes. Vein melter as well to be honest all of these tracks are cool but would all be better as a part of a grander song.
I've never been a huge fan of this album, but I have to admit that it's grown on me a bit. I used to find it dull and vaguely corny, whereas now I think it's all right, but head-scratchingly overrated. There are some decent grooves on here, but there's also some really obnoxious timbre choices. There are a lot of recordings from this era that come across livelier and more exciting. I'm assuming I lack the historical context to appreciate this album for what it was at the time, but I guess that means that it didn't hold up to the test of time as far as I'm concerned. It's all right, no great shakes. Moving on.
Pretty solid funk music. Good background/study music
Funky
Interesting and impressive but not really for me. Best song Vein Melter
i really liked watermelon man, it was super jazzy but overall the album was incredibly long.
Creative and experimental. Could become a bit heavy but if in the mood of long songs with complex arrangements, great. Interesting use of electronic instruments.
Different from my current taste.
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Watermelon Man (2) 2 - Chameleon (1) 3 - Sly (3)
Je ne prends aucun plaisir à écouter ça
je dois admettre qu'il m'a cassé la tête par moments
Confirmed I don't have a taste for jazz. Appreciate the musicality though.
Feel like my grandparents would always play watermelon man
funky grooves
Instrumental from front to back. Watermelon man is clearly the most famous here but the instrumentals were different enough to keep me invested.
Es muy dificil calificar el impacto de un disco tanto tiempo después, sobre todo en este tipo de música que la han copiado demasiado al dia de hoy. Lo mejor para mi es la versiòn Watermelon Man.
It's a bop
Interessante, bem música ambiente.
a mixed bag
Lol head. As in noshing off.
First half is great, real funky. Second half doesn’t have quite the same charm
Too chaotic
I listen to lots of disco/funk outside of this challenge and this should be in my wheelhouse. Hancock is such a great pianist but this album just didn't do it for me.
Jazz fusion
this is funky!! Also I lol at this artist's name because it reminds me of the scene in Tommy Boy when he thinks Herbie Hancock is the first person who signed the declaration of independence. Watermelon Man reminds me of the white lotus soundtrack
I like Rockit. But I didn't know this music. It was okayish
3/5
Niet helemaal af kunnen draaien, maar leuk plaatje!
Funky
Hmmmh, what a groove! Sehr funky. Chameleon Erinnert in seiner Loopigkeit schon stark an entsprechend gefärbte House-Tracks. Die Clavinet-Soli-Strecken gehen einem bald auf die Nerven. Später in diesem Track wird die Rythm Section aktiver (u.a. mit so skippy Bongos), der Bass wird präsenter, da machts dann wieder mehr Spaß. Watermelon Man ist toll, schon das Intro (dessen auf einem Flaschenhals zu hörender Multi-Loop im dritten Drittel noch mal zu hören ist). Noch weniger "klassisch"-jazzig als Track eins. Damit ist mit Sly Schluss, hier sind wieder mehr Impro und disharmonische Melodien drin. Vein Melter als letzer Track nimmt das Tempo raus, bleibt aber stimmungsvoll und detailreich. Fast wird hier Dub vorausgeahnt.
3 Crazy shit. "Sly" is awesome Was late for morning control, but suddenly I had plenty of time when that piece came on.
I have previously said that I find reviewing jazz deadening: I have neither the expertise nor the inclination to write about jazz in a considered manner. Also, who wants to read about jazz? Have you ever read a genuinely entertaining passage about uncommon time signatures? (Postscript: I sent this piece to a friend to read before it was uploaded, and she refused, saying she hated jazz and would decline to read a jazz review regardless of who wrote it or what it said. That, my associates, is vindication.) Still, I should seek to toughen myself up, and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters is properly labelled jazz-funk, so perhaps I could treat this as a bridge from one genre I'm comfortable writing about to one that makes me uneasy. But then, I remember the genre is jazz-funk. Quick primer on jazz-funk: in the late 60s jazz cats, most notably Miles Davis, start to take inspiration from hard rock, because everyone understandably wants to be Hendrix. Likewise, soul musicians also start to take inspiration from hard rock, because everybody understandably wants to be Hendrix, and thus devise funk. In the febrile conditions of the early 70s, both camps merge, begetting a form of jazz that's all about the bass and rather synth-driven. Now, among some of your clever-clog music journos, jazz-funk (a.k.a. fusion) retains somewhat of a high reputation due to its, well, fusion of jazz and funk. However, it's hard to think of a genre more widely despised than jazz-funk. Miles Davis' Bitches Brew has perennially battled Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica as the album most heralded by pseuds who secretly prefer Girls Aloud (e.g., my mate Rob), and just as many clever-clog journos decry jazz-funk as utterly fucking unlistenable. As for myself, I guess I'm a jazz-funk pragmatist. If it sounds good, it's good. If it sounds wank, it's wank. Miles Davis' On the Corner? Good. Weather Report's Heavy Weather? Wank. The opening to Headhunters is promising. The first track Chameleon starts with a stone groove. But you drift. Your attention takes a little walkabout, and without realising it you've somehow brought a cheesemaking kit on Amazon, all because your brain was looking for something to do whilst listening to jazz-funk. Now, none of that is meant to imply that Headhunters sounds bad: it doesn't. It sounds alright, but nothing more than that. And it drags. When one is arsed enough to concentrate, individual passages impress, but one inevitably loses focus and Headhunters just becomes something on in the background. Is that a mark of a good jazz album? Upon a second listen to this album, I am wholly unshifted in my jazz-funk pragmatism. I know that some will treasure this, and some will loathe it. I enjoy the possibly sanest position of deeming it okay. It sounds fair, but a bit dull. What a great virtue concision really is!
If I must listen to Jazz, at least make it funky.
3.5
groovy
Some of the roots of funk found here. Herbie is known so well as a serious jazz musician who branched out into other areas. As part of the generation that first heard him with Rock-It, it’s great to hear that he was breaking new ground long before that!
Love the funk! 3/5
Fusionsjazz, funk, fremragende klaver, 4 lange numre, rimelig skarpt
All right.
mongo mango
good of its kind but gave birth to too many youth jazz band versions of Watermelon Man...
Fun interesting funky jazz listen, but not something I’d listen to all the time.
This held my attention for generally half of each song before it fell into the background. I can't argue with the playing on here, but it all seems more like noodling than something you can really invest yourself in, listening-wise. Would've loved to have heard this when it first came out - maybe it would've blown my mind. But having lived through the 90s when most acts were repurposing this sound... it doesn't come off especially special for me.
I like jazz but not a big fan of fusion. This album has moments where rhe groove gets pretty intense, but for me thecsoloing intrudes on the song and serves no useful purpose except to show the musicianship and speed with which each player plays. 3 🌟
Not bad. Easy listening background. It was ok and harmless, but not something I’d actively listen to.
Nothing I would seek out on my own, but overall a pretty enjoyable album. I felt the length of some of the tracks in a bad way, but each one had something good for me.
It starts off with a bang with Chameleon and the other 3 songs aren't bad, just not on the level of Chamelon. A solid listen, but not something I'd want to listen to often.
I enjoyed this a lot. The first half more than the second where it lost a bit pf momentum. Probably now my favourite jazz funk album
Fun jazz funk keyboards. Written as a suite of four pieces.
Pretty funky, long songs but only 40min. 3/5
Pleasant and unassuming, so not that interesting, but I'd never object to hearing it again.
Funky, jazz music. More enjoyable than I would have guessed at first. Only complaint would be it’s was a bit repetitive and blends together. 3
Funky
I like Jazz, I like Funk and I like this. First song Chameleon a brilliant grove, maybe does get a bit tiresome after that. Chameleon a 4, but the rest of the album just a 3. An album I think I’ll come back to, but more likely to listen to a jazz classic over this.
nice
Interesting listen. Not much of it really jumped out at me but would listen again.
Shoutout mike white, white lotus
3/5 for the song name “Watermelon Man”
Pretty nice jazz album. It’s very unique in some aspects and it still flows nicely. They keyboarding is really cool and the horns are what ties it together. Solid album. 7.1/10
I don't like music without lyrics, but this one was pretty good
Fun background music. Veered between genres which was fun.
Heel bijzonder jazz album, zou hem wel aanraden voor een gare zondagochtend
One moment interesting and groovy, the next moment crazy free jazzy. Always cool though.
up there for album covers. good depiction of what happens to your head if you try to understand what is going on with this album.
Jazz funk. The mixture. The cerebral musicality of jazz mixed with the visceral groove of funk. What a combo. Jazz's deformed cousin.
// Favs: Vein Melter Score: Strong 3
I just finished watching White Lotus and I'm pretty sure that they used parts of Watermelon Man to build eerie tension and impending doom in some of the episodes. I'm glad that I was introduced to this, Chameleon went on forever, and it was good, but could've ended about 12 minutes sooner. All of this was good to experience and provides a basic foundation of electrofunk. I'd be open to hearing more and exploring this genre a little further.
I wish this album stopped after 2 tracks. Chameleon started off strong. I feel the FUNK! Watermelon man is weird…good weird. And then we get to Sly. Sly is all over the place…bad all over the place. Vein Melter bored me to death…bad boredom. I’m stuck at a 2.5 here. I’m putting a priority on the innovation in the first two tracks.
I liked this pretty well throughout bit it did sure feel like another trip to the jazz genius noodle factory. Too sophisticated for me probably.
The only Herbie Hancock track I know is Rockit. Which is great. I know that other than that, he is much more of a jazz artist. I think I checked him out when I was 15 expecting more electro and being disappointed when there was So. Muck. Saxophone. Chameleon has one of the dirtiest bass lines ever. I'm not a 15 minute funk jam person all the time, but this is pretty alright? It has the decency to essentially transform into another track at the 7.5 minute mark, which is a relief as it didn't feel like there were many places left for it to go. That bassline then feels welcome comming back at the 13 minute mark. Watermelon Man is weirder for the first minute. Once the beat kicks in it sounds like it could be a hip hop track. 2 minutes research tells me Dilla sampled it because OBVIOUSLY. Unlike Chameleon, I can't think of multiple ways to edit it down! Sly feels more traditionally 'jazz' than the first two tracks. And a couple of minutes in, I feel, depressingly like I'm listening to something I find boring, but that cleverer people will understand... Gets more fun when it goes double time. Feels like music from a hyperactive 70s spy thriller. Vein Melter is a brilliant song title. The track is vaguely atmospheric synth noodling and shmoove sax, at least up to the three minute mark. I do not feel it is melting my circulatory system, the name feels very misleading at this point. 5 minutes in and I am still very bored.Has it's great points though, but I can't say I'd be going back to it any time soon. A minute and a half in, and I can't see it going anywhere vein melty in the remaining minute and a half. Very disappointed, a waste of a great song name that should probably have gone to a speed metal band. Ultimately, there's some me brilliant, exciting fun stuff on here. As always with jazz, it has far too much widdly technical noodling going on. I would listen to Watermelon Man again, but I'm not sure I want to sacrifice the listening time for the longer ones on here. I can see how the instrumentation must have been important to move jazz forwards, but I can't bring myself to love it.
Jazz no convencional
Herb is the word
My method of how I want to review albums is still evolving. I may also do it differently based on album. Anyway, for this one, I wanted to share the bulk of my play-by-play experience of listening to the first (and longest) track off Head Hunters, "Chameleon." A roughly play-by-play retelling of my listening to “Chameleon”: Ooh yeah, funky groove. I’m into it. Okay the horns are getting a little sharp and too much now. Okay, they’re dying down, so I’ll make a note of the point at the song that I’m not really digging- ::checks Spotify, sees this had all happened between about 2:30 and 3:30 of...a 15-minute song? Wow:: Whoa this song is longer than I was expecting. But okay okay, I can settle into this. You could just like live in this groove you know? Ooh this part is really chill. Like a totally different vibe, really relaxing. The other energetic one wasn’t bad, but this is nice- OH LIKE CHANGING LIKE A CHAMELEON. Ha. Nice. And a break from horns (love you horns, really!). This isn’t the normal length of a song, and that’s okay. But it was much more relaxing to my brain to be able to see exactly how long to expect the song to be, because if I hadn’t seen I would have been constantly anticipating an ending that wasn’t coming for ten more minutes LOL Ah, and now I have a sense that it’s almost over ::looks, sees there are a few minutes left, so, yes:: yep. And now it’s circling back to the early motif. Good song."
I sold a power amplifier while I was listening. So, it must have been good.
you have to be in a very specific mood for this one. perhaps one track, on a boat trip, with an Aperol Spritz, anything after that and I'm a bit done with the expressive jazz funk bass
goed voor op de achtergrond, met momenten dacht ik dat het in ene rick & morty aflevering kon
Solid but just not able to get deep enough into its groove.
I cant get all of this album on Amazon. A first. Got chameleon and it was alright.
Enjoyed it! His later work is more adventurous, creative.
The year is 1957 on the mean streets of Chicago. Herbie can play, Herbie can compose. But here's the thing, you don't tape people. What is this society, that we tape everything? What's going on? Do we not live in the moment anymore? We just tape everything from a phone? I don't like that. You know, that's what Herbie's music is against. But that dog was not humping my head, despite what Herbie Hancock says. That's why I love Herbie Hancock. He loves to lie.
Damn that Moog bass synth on the opening track just gives me the chills. Love it! Sly gets a little insane. 3.5
not bad
This jazz funk album has instruments all over the place, but they all come together to create an interesting piece of musical history. It's funky yet soulful - smooth jazz mixed with funk melodies. Amazingly this is the only "jazz" album to sell over a million records.
Un des premiers album de jazz fuzion que j’ecoute. C’est bon et eclate mais je prefere encore le bon vieux jazz. Meme si cela est drole a dire etant donne les epoques.3.75
Quite funky, upbeat jazz.
this guys pretty famous, i don’t really like his stuff though way too weird for me undoubtedly a talented musician music like this is more like an experience to sit through akin to watching something
Meh. It was fine music, but some of it almost sounded like it belonged in a porno. It was just OK. I know it has a lot of cultural significance, bit I thought it was just meh.
I actively dislike this.
Your call is very important to us. Please hold on the line and a representative will be wth you. Desperately trying here but it's not my jam. Listening with open ears but it's not landing as "great" -- there is enough though to make it mildly compelling and not a complete washout.
Kind of jazz that is too free, sporadic and chaotic for active listening. "Chameleon" showed signs of good sounds but the second part of the album has those disharmonic tunes that just sound unpleasant. Or they are too meditative. If you are no avant garde jazz fan or something, this record cannot offer much.
나한테는어려움
My immediate reaction to seeing a 40 minutes album with 4 tracks is "Oh no.." There are elements here that I really like. Parts of it sound like the weird sound options my childhood electric keyboard had. I am brought back to my sister and I hitting random sounds on the "bass" setting over the pre-generated electric beat. I hadn't thought about that in a long time so I appreciate that it evoked a memory for me. Not for me at the end of the day.
Sounds like evil Jazz
Seth - 2.1/5 Logan - 2/5
Okay
Interesting jazz / funk fusion. As I've stated every time, I don't care for jazz. This, with a little extra funk thrown in was probably my favorite jazz album in the project so far. Still, didn't like it that much. The last track especially seemed to just drag and not really go anywhere.
these would all be fun live, but i’d never listen on my own
Needs lyrics. Giving elevator music.
Album bored me, nothing like popped out, first song was alright tho, nothing more I have to say
Watermelon man was cool, but otherwise it was a bit too out there for me. Too jazzy. Too funky. If it was toned down, I would like it more.
70s jazz funk. Electronic elements are not my jam.
Really not my thing.
This grates on my every last nerve. So freaking repetitive.
It was...fine. Not overly offensive but not overly memorable. One 15 minute jam session ran into the next.
Just not my type of jazz.
Not my type of jazz
Another eh album
I just have nothing to say about this. It was fine but I don't remember any of it and I'm kind of just over the nondescript slop on this list but I'm also 540 albums in...
Started off so promisingly, then turned into jazz
gets a 2 for the lovely funky feel at start of the album, loses further points as it became more jazzy
Not my jam, but I appreciate the talent.
👐👐👐
This had a funky cool vibe, but fades in and out as background music.
brzmienia super, lubie jazz i funk w sumie tez, ale 40+ minut sluchania 4 piosenek zlozonych z samych instrumentow? to nie dla mnie, aczkolwiek moze sobie kiedys puszcze w tle
Pleasant enough for the majority. It descended into nonsense jazz for a bit but that was short lived (and drowned out by the air fryer) so I’ll only mark it down one point.
Herbie will always be Herbie
4/10 Sounds meh Really repetitive
Well it's funky alright, but pretty insubstantial. I mean, Watermelon Man, what's all that about?
pas ma vibe, je préfère la musique avec des paroles et qui sont pas aussi longues même si je comprends l'attrait
As an instrumental fan I was excited for this album. Especially as it's a commonly recommended instrumental album people recommend. For whatever reason it doesn't land for me.
Ack. Another instrumental. It doesn't matter how funky or cool the music is. A 15 minute song with no lyrics is not my jam. I decided to listen to a few and didn't really care to hear the last song. 2 stars because it's in no way offensive, I just didn't like it.
A fun vibe but overall a bit long and repetitive for me. Could work as background lofi
This surprised me, Chameleon was great. This is probably the highest rating I will give a jazz album, it’s a 2.5 (not quite a 3)
jazz is a little too much for me
Vibes but not mine
A jazz‑funk record built on grooves and electric textures. Long, repetitive jams make it more about feel than emotional punch. “Chameleon” and “Watermelon Man” carry the album.
I can tolerate Herbie Hancock’s better-known (and somewhat shorter) tracks a bit better. This album sounds a bit too experimental to my ears. Two stars...
I do love a solid instrumental album, still not a jazz fan though
312/1089 starting off with some luigi’s mansion aura, nice the second song, watermelon man started off with some strong White Lotus vibes this was nice and chill, i’m not super into jazz (when it’s non-lyrical at least) so i’m glad i listened but not in a rush to revisit 22/100
Not a fan of jazz…..
Making jazz even slower is too boring personally.
Not something I would listen to again
Not so great. A bit of nothing
Jännä instrumentaali mut eka biisi 15min pitkä ja ekat 5 min iha samaa??? Ei pysty...toka biisi 5 min siinähän meni tylsä.. kolmas 10 min 5min jakso joo vikaki paska ei pysty
Day 3 Before: Cool album art, I also don't know this one. Really don't listen to Jazz or Funk, so this is gonna be new. Head Hunters feels like one never ending solo, from various instruments. Sometimes the bass, sometimes the drums and other times the horns. This album really is a groovy feel. While it differently is jazz, the production adds in strings which I really like. It gives an unexpected lift to the music. It also has some really interesting song intros, and its use of various instruments gives it this crazy experimental sound. The tracks are really long, and that gives the album the feeling at being extremely long as well. That is something that, in my opinion, drags Head Hunters down. This album is not something I'm personally a huge fan of, but I can appreciate is as a piece of art. Favorite(s): Sly, Vein Melter
For one minute I liked the first song, then I realized it was jazz, thank god it was jazz because it further proved that i hate jazz, this is just another example of how trash jazz is
Zzzzz en los primeros segundos tuve mucha experiencia porq pensé que las canciones iban a ir como que creciendo a algo muy disfrutable, pero nunca pasó. No es inescuchable, pero no esta bueno.
More interesting than good.
Started off strong with Chameleon but then kind of ventured into spacey jazz.
Meh. It feels a bit like jazz, and I don't fully appreciate it.
Trop long les musiques et spatiales. J’ai vraiment pas réussi à rester dedans. Mais je le réécouterais en d’autres circonstances
Album progressif, ça s'écoute, ça ne se met pas en fond n'y rien donc un peu dommage, mais beaucoup de travail notamment.
Nope
Hade jag varit en lärare på Estet Musik på Katedralskolan i Växjö hade den fått en femma, men som tur är är jag inte det.
Not my goto but a decent change and much better than expected. Less jazz. Not sure about the replayability tho. 2.1//5.
Maybe there aren't 1001 albums worth listening to.
Ok
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters Liked the first two tracks. Not loved.....but definitely enjoyed. Second two, absolutely no chance. Just not my thing. I'm super sure that they guys playing this are musically brilliant but.....it's beyond me. I'm afraid. Fave Track - Chameleon. Least fave - Sly 4/10 plus 1 for a great cover = 5
First minutes are quite enjoyable, the rest huh?
pretty ok jazz album
Was a bit of a chore to get through and very rapidly slipped into being background music. Two stars.
Nice beats
2 Inte så spännade
Började lite spännande blev snabbt tråkigt.
허비 행콕 - 헤드 헌터 카멜레온, 워터멜론 맨, 슬라이, 베인 멜터 총 4개곡 수록인데 앨범 길이가 41분(어째서?!) 펑크 재즈? 재즈는 알지만 펑크 재즈? 원래 재즈는 오소독스함과 거리가 멀지 않나? 라는 생각을 하기도 했습니다만 수록곡 여기저기에 앨범아트뽀이한 이국적인 악기가 나옴 특히 카멜레온과 워터멜론 맨의 슬라이드 휘슬(추정)이 엄청나게 비정형적이라는 감각 슬라이의 급격한 박자 전환도 거슬리지 않고 부드럽게 넘어갔지만 뭐랄까 색소폰... 색소폰 너무 경박해 색소폰은 좀 농후한 맛이 있어야 한다고 생각함 그리고 앞의 세 곡이 너무 독특해서 베인 멜터는 맛이 옅다. 마지막 곡이라 잔잔하게 간 것일까 흐물흐물한 감각을 연출한걸까 그러나 제가 원한 것은 그랜드 피날레였나봅니다 한줄평: 난 재즈 피아노가 아니라 스윙이 좋은걸지도 몰라 취향★☆☆☆☆ 재방문★☆☆☆☆
Pretty cool if you are into jaxx
Al final no logré escucharlo por completo porque no es mi gusto, diría que instrumentalmente es estupendo ,muy Bahidora
More confirmation I just do not get jazz.
Boring
This is one of those albums where I feel out of touch with most of the reviews, I really wasn’t a fan of this, I’m not hugely into Jazz to begin with, so maybe this is lost on me, I just found it a bit of a mess of instruments.
Good Jazz/Funk artist. Good music.
Its giving ross con el pianito
I felt like I wasn’t on enough drugs to be sitting in his den jamming with him. Just my take. I respect it.
Not my cup of tea. The musicality is undoubtable, but it's not for me.
Not my kind of jazz, a bit all over the ye place
It was ok but not a huge fan of instrumental
3/10 When I first saw that this album was 40-minutes long and had only 4 songs I was alarmed. Upon listening, I feel extremely indifferent. It's fusion jazz from the 70s. Every song is overly long, lacks vocals and a climax. Not things that work for me. Overall I find the album to be background music, but like, the kind of background music I wouldn't even realize is playing because it's so dull. Don't get me wrong: the album is perfectly fine, and nothing is actively bad. I just don't think it's good.
Nothing wrong with this but not sure I'll remember anything off it if I hear it again. Elevator music
I enjoyed the twist and creativity he adds to Jazz but at the end of the day it’s Jazz.
Jazz is really not my type of music. But this album had fun notes and beats.
Fusion jazz is not my bag, man
I'm sorry --- I've tried this once before and never again
Bits of this are funky. Bits of this are cool. There's some good bass lines in here. But it's just so long. All of those details become lost when they're repeated and developed over such long track times. It becomes annoying and it's too much. Cool album cover though. 2.5 rounded down.
Random. Mid. Senseless in the list.
Again a jazz album misses for me.
Not a fan of jazz fusion but in this album there are sounds that are accessible for all. Good for 1974 and ok for a background tune but not one I would revisit too often.
Funky, jazzy, some interesting beats but songs are just way too long for me. 0/4 liked
Nice background sessions
#867. Oh. We're doing jazz again. I thought we were done with that. 2/5: jazz
79. alright
I liked the first two, really didn't like the second two. I can appreciate this for what it is but I probably wouldn't return
instrumental virtuoso electronico tunes that I don't care to listen to, even though there's some sick sections ripping along in the songs. Just a guy jamming.
not my thing but pretty cool regardless
5/10
Esta raro, creo que adrian le gustaria Vein melter 4/10
Jeg kunne godt lide Chaneleon men de tre andre numre sagde mig ikke så meget
The slow jazz was not for me
Not my bag.
Not a genre I particularly enjoy. It went on for a really long time…
Not my music taste at all.
Just a bit too jazzy for me
I even played watermelon man in middle school jazz band and was still underwhelmed. Long but unique. Loved the use of different sounds and instruments, overall not my thing
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My timing colliding with this one might have put Herbert in a tough spot. I was in the mood for fun/joy — got elevator music in its place! Don't get me wrong, there's some rhythm and groove here that appeals, diverging a bit from jazz's improvisational and solo-first approach, but I'm not gonna just pretend to sound smart: this was a wank-fest for me. WHERE'S THE BEEF?
Jazzy and funky, as advertised. It's aaaight, but not my jam. I think this is jazz for people who can't stand what jazz usually sounds like.
I sometimes just don't understand why people like jazz.
The stereo effects in chameleon go to far, very hard to concentrate on the melody when it's flipping sides so frequently. It started well, I was even enjoying it, then when they keyboard kicked in, it pissed me off. Track 4 did the same. Interesting sounds but pretty vapid instrumental stuff, could likely get into it, but it would be for a short while and would lose interest long term.
Donnerstag, 12.02.2026 ~ morgens, mittags, abends ~ Mehrfach probiert in die Stimmung für das Album zu kommen (erfolglos).
Freitag, 13.02.2026 ich weiß nicht mehr wo ich es gehört habe, glaube beim Schachspielen vormittags und auf dem Weg zur Uni am Mittwoch
Chameleon Sly
chameleon fucking slaps, absolutely brilliant, I love it, second song was not really memorable, third one is okay I guess, last one is okay again
Groooooovy stuff but 40 minutes of funky jazz with no lyrics is a bit much for md
Some of it was ok, but the more jazz-y stuff in some of the tracks gave me a headache
I appreciate the complexity of the music but it wasn’t the type of music I would choose to listen to.
Maybe this is me being lazy but I saw the length and I only listened to little bits of each song. The beats are fun but it just gets annoying because I prefer lyrics, ultimately coming to the conclusion that certain jazz is not for me
I’m glad there are people who enjoy listening to acid jazz. But I’m not really one of them. After the first few minutes of each song I kinda started to get irritated.
Too much gimmicky stuff for me. Don’t mind instrumental at time but this didn’t do it for me.
This dude signed the constitution? That’s what Tommy boy said at least but idk? His music isn’t really for me, really weird and just kinda noise pollution to my ears. But he is playing near me in may should I go chat?
This was interesting. The first song was really enjoyable. The second really irritating, The third really boring. And the fourth somewhat boring but mildly interesting. Doesn't average out that well though, sorry Herbie. I like some of the more electronic instruments intermixed though, especially on Chameleon.
I would’ve given this a much higher rating if the instruments were different- not a huge fan of the keyboard. Watermelon man sounded ape like to me at times, but the other tracks on here made me smile. What this album does a great job at is the fusion- jazz and funk couldn’t be combined better.
Har försökt med Herbie tidigare och i synnerhet den här skivan. Det är hjälpligt svängigt stundtals. Förstås samplat till förbannelse inom hiphop och det kan man förstå varför, här finns utmärkta små små tårtbitar. Men det klickar inte för mig. Det blir för duktigt, för akademiskt, musik som en matematisk formel. För lite blod som nestor Persson skulle sagt. Syntjazzen är inte för mig, svag tvåa
Känns som ett ganska typiskt sound för 70-tala jazz i gränslandet mellan fusion och funk. Låter helt okej men knappast någon aha-upplevelse.
itt bråkete, og vanskelig å skille de lange sangene fra hverandre. Men det var ikke så verst, kan muligens høre på nytt med riktig humør.
Okay
i don’t like jazz sorry herbie
Not for me. The lack of lyrics made me kind of distracted.
I’m not really a big “sounds” person. I think I could appreciate this if I listened another time through but alas I only had one listen. Time to move on
Pues un jazz experimental y canciones muy largas que no son para todos los gustos, pero si quieres oír algo diferente y estás abierto a cualquier ritmo puede que te guste
Jazz, no lyrics at all, tracks are 10 mins long, it’s good but not for me
It reminds me a bit of robots the movie. It’s only 4 songs, but the first song is 13 minutes long hahah. I like it whilst playing along w acnh, but I’m not keen on the high instrument, it’s a bit grating. The musicality of this album is great, it’s not my personal taste, but I can recognise how cool & clever it is. Vein melter is my favourite track.
Not my fav, I don’t think I’d go back. At first I liked the sound as I do listen to funk like this occasionally but the chamelon was too long for my liking. 2/5
Instrumental 70s soundtrack stuff
Overall not my vibe but I did enjoy that the songs were each 10-15 mins long and had their own winding arc. Very funky
I went into Head Hunters fully expecting to feel confused and under qualified, since this was my first real time listening to Herbie Hancock and neither jazz or fusion is my usual thing, but this album totally caught me off guard. Chameleon starts with a groove that immediately pulls you in, but after a while it begins to lose its appeal, like Herbie dared you to stop nodding your head. Probably my least favorite in the album, but still a vibe. Watermelon Man was an instant favorite, funky, weird, playful, and just straight-up fun. It takes you out of the repetitive circle that is Chameleon and gives you something new. Sly feels like the band just locked in and said “yeah, let’s see where this goes,” and somehow it works, even when it’s a little all over the place. Vein Melter then comes in sounding like the lights just got dimmed and everyone stopped talking, and it’s lowkey feels like you’re floating in space. Overall, for someone who doesn’t normally reach for jazz or fusion, Head Hunters surprised me by being way more groovy and enjoyable than I ever expected. Definitely a solid 7/10. Would get funked again
Familiar and Meh for me
I'll happily listen to a complete jazz album, and I enjoy funk, and I appreciate crossovers. This fusion was just...fine? No doubts about musicianship. Some of the instrumentation on the tracks sounded silly or was downright irritating.
No thank you
You either like this stuff or you don’t. It all sounds like one running song to me, to the point that Spotify kept playing Herbie Hancock and I didn’t realize we had moved on to some other album. It’s background music that doesn’t even register as background music.
This album makes me feel a lot of ways and I’m not so certain I like it. I admire the artistry behind the sound but if this is abstract art, this makes me uncomfy. At some points I felt this would be good listening music but also if there was ever a lull in conversation it would be hard to ignore.
chameleon: good bass and would be repetitive enough to use for studying but has way too many jumpscares so im not able to actually use it, and why is it 16 minutes long?? i dont really like it but heard way worse so its a 5.8/10 watermelon man: had high hopes cuz i like the title but um. seriously what the fuck is this. 1st part is so dissonant for what, i actually kinda like the 2nd half but still bad. why the dissonance back at the end i dont like this. big skip. maybe like a 2/10 just for the middle part. absolutely not. sly: um. no. better than watermelon man but atp i think its pretty fucking clear i do not like jazz. what is this. bass is good, sax bad because wtf, drums not too bad but i do not understand the concept. why 10 minutes long. what do we need 10 minutes for. 1 is too long already. why fake end the song at the middle. what the fuck is going on. 3.5/10 vein melter: like the rhythm. drums kinda melt into the bass, its funky, sax actually kinda fits into the picture. still dont really get the concept but its aight, background music typa thing. 6.7/10 overall avg: 4.5/10
Thought this was like a car or something. Honestly skipped a few songs. Though it could’ve been my mood.
Super short album with funky jazz songs. I wish there was singing but it’s just instruments. Maybe would be a good listen if I was high on mushrooms but definitely not a sober listen.
Genuinely just sounds like background music, idk why I just haven't enjoyed much of the jazz I've listened to
Definitely inspired tons of guys I do like. Similar to bob dylan that way, where I don’t love them but I love what they began. The best damn hold music you ever heard.
ja przepraszam bardzo, ale spodziewalam sie normalnego albumu a nie melodyjek. jeśli chciałabym posłuchać samej melodii bez tekstu, posluchalabym muzyki klasycznej. jestem zawiedziona
Lowk didn’t listen
Not for me.
Not exactly sure how to rate instrumentals as albums compared to others with actual lyrics but it sounded great of course.
Not my kinda music
Im not really a fan of this one. No singing.
I like the Abstract Jazz but it's not really my thing