Lite Me Up is a pop album with a strong disco-funk feel by Herbie Hancock. It was Hancock's first release without producer David Rubinson since 1969. On this album, Hancock was influenced by his long-time friend, producer Quincy Jones[4] and sessions included many musicians associated with Jones including Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro of Toto. The album was the first on which Hancock played the Synclavier, a digital polyphonic synthesizer.

Lite Me Up
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	April 15, 1982
Recorded	1981-1982 by George Massenburg
Studio	George Massenburg Studio, L.A. Additional recording at El Dorado Studios, Hollywood; Garden Rake Studios, Studio City
Genre	R&B, pop
Label	Columbia
Producer	Herbie Hancock, Jay Graydon, Narada Michael Walden
Herbie Hancock chronology
Magic Windows (1981) Lite Me Up (1982) Quartet (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

1. "Lite Me Up!" (Rod Temperton)
2. "The Bomb" (Herbie Hancock, Temperton)
3. "Gettin' to the Good Part" (Hancock, Temperton)
4. "Paradise" (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Hancock)
5. "Can't Hide Your Love" (Jeffrey Cohen, Hancock, Narada Michael Walden)
6. "The Fun Tracks" (Temperton)
7. "Motor Mouth" (Temperton)
8. "Give It All Your Heart" (Hancock, Temperton)

Personnel

• Herbie Hancock - clavinet, keyboards, Minimoog, piano, synthesizer, synthesizer drums, vocals, vocoder
• Jerry Hey - flugelhorn, trumpet
• Gary Herbig - saxophone, woodwind
• Chuck Findley - trombone, trumpet
• William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach, Jr. - trombone
• Michael Boddicker, Corrado Rustici, Frank Martin - synthesizer
• Steve Lukather, David Williams, Jay Graydon - guitar
• Louis Johnson, Randy Jackson, Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - bass
• Narada Michael Walden, Jeff Porcaro, John "J.R." Robinson - drums
• Paulinho da Costa - percussion
• Wayne Anthony - lead vocals (2, 6 & 7), Patrice Rushen - vocals, vocoder (8)
• Patti Austin, Paulette Williams, Jim Gilstrap, Venette Gloud, Linda Lawrence, John Lehman, Richard Page - backing vocals
• David Foster - piano

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