Future Shock
by Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock bestography
Future Shock is ranked 7th best out of 42 albums by Herbie Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Herbie Hancock is Head Hunters which is ranked number 537 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,234.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Future Shock track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Future Shock rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 71/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Music I listend in 85 | 20/65 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | 26/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 55 Music Albums of 1983 | 30/55 | 2 |
| 2026 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1983 | 31/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | covecove | All That Jazz... | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 80 Music Albums of 1983 | 76/80 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 54 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 126 | |||
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Future Shock ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/12/2026 11:40 | Hyggevinyl | 4,480 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:54 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2025 01:41 |  ExTeaSea | 5,249 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
Future Shock forum mentions
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Future Shock comments
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Herbie Hancock is jazz music and this record is absolutely not, in the strict sense .... At the same time Miles Davis test funk and it is my sense that jazz starts and the electronic rap ... it's herbie Hancock disc UFO and then move to more things ... analog .... this disc represents the end of the underground for rap and electronica and switching to ground. And now the rap, as electronic music are naturally present in all ears! is this good, what is evil? this is not the issue, it is a fact! and you take what you like.
sssvnnn 11/28/2019 07:30 | #245247 | TOP COMMENT
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Rock is is good, the rest so lala.
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