It is arguably one of his most funk influenced albums and it represents his further departure from the "spacey, higher atmosphere jazz," as he referred to it, of his earlier career. Hancock uses more funk based rhythms around the hi-hat, and snare drum.

The tracks are characterized by short, repeated riffs by both the rhythm section, horns accompaniment, and bass lines. Man-Child features less improvisation from the whole band and more concentrated grooves with brief solos from the horns

Paul Jackson, Bill Summers, Harvey Mason, Bennie Maupin, and Mike Clark (who replaced Harvey Mason post-1974) formed the core of the group the Headhunters with which Hancock had toured and recorded for the previous three years. This was their final album as a group.

"Hang Up Your Hang Ups" (Hancock, Ragin, Jackson) — 7:29 VSOP現場版本比較好聽
"Sun Touch" — 5:11 沉靜的blaxploitation
"The Traitor" (Hancock, Ragin, Johnson, Shorter) — 9:38 0840飄渺
"Bubbles" (Hancock, Ragin) — 9:02
"Steppin' in It" — 8:41 開頭有參雜headhunter的味道非常的remix 那BASS沒錯就是加快板的chameleon
"Heartbeat" (Hancock, Ragin, Jackson) — 5:16 這開頭有夠搖滾黑暗悶嗨

Personnel[edit]

Herbie Hancock – synthesizer, piano, electric piano, ARP Odyssey, ARP Pro Soloist, Oberheim, Fender Rhodes,Clavinet
Wayne Shorter – alto and soprano saxophone
Jay DaVersa, Bud Brisbois – trumpet
Bennie Maupin – bass clarinet, alto flute, saxello, bass flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, percussion
Dick "Slide" Hyde – tuba and bass trombone
Garnett Brown – trombone
Ernie Watts, Jim Horn – flute and saxophone
Dewayne McKnight, David T. Walker – electric guitar

DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (born April 17, 1954) is an American guitarist. He was a member of The Headhunters, a jazz-funk fusion bandfrom 1975 through 1978 and Parliament-Funkadelic from 1978 though 2008. He served briefly as guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers after the death of Hillel Slovak in 1988 though was quickly replaced by John Frusciante.^[3]^[4] He also played briefly with Miles Davis in 1986.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewayne_McKnight