Mr Hands
by Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock bestography
Mr Hands is ranked 26th best out of 42 albums by Herbie Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Herbie Hancock is Head Hunters which is ranked number 520 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,345.
(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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Mr Hands track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mr Hands rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 37 Music Albums of 1980 | 12/37 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 54 Music Albums of 1980 | 35/54 | 2 |
| 2024 |  Jboy56 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | Jakor | Top 90 Music Albums of 1980 | 68/90 | 1 |
| 2024 | stangetzaway | Going Bananas For Herbie | 11/18 | - |
| 2021 | stereo_mike | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 21/25 | 1 |
| 2020 |  sheep21 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 69/99 | 6 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Herbie Hancock Albums Ranked | 17/36 | - |
| 2013 | sheep21 | Top 24 Music Albums of 1980 | 7/24 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Mr Hands ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 09/18/2024 04:27 | stangetzaway | 2,216 | 84/100 | |
| 02/23/2024 18:17 | thepardunk | 2,572 | 69/100 | |
| 10/25/2023 18:31 | Jakor | 5,249 | 68/100 | |
| 05/28/2023 22:42 | TonySayers61 | 23,914 | 64/100 | |
| 11/06/2022 23:21 | KineticEchoes02 | 1,085 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.0/100, a mean average of 65.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.2.
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Jboy56 01/30/2022 16:19 | #280312
Follow your instincts and dig this album.
Anti 01/28/2020 20:28 | #247261
After a few listens, I went from lukewarm about this album to loving it. It's a very interesting sounding record because it sounds slightly new age-y from the synths on the first tracks, but then it morphs into this abstract-feeling jazz funk record toward the end. Each track is sonically unique from the other, but as a whole it's cohesive. I know that has been said about a lot of albums, but this one definitely has variety amongst the track selection. I feel like Herbie Hancock can take each track from this album and craft a new album based off the sounds from that particular track and each album would sound notably different. There isn't a climactic moment on this record, but that's fine because it makes it feel all the more like an abstract dream. In reality, dreams never really have a singular climax like the movies do (well, at least mine don't). They always feel like a sequence of particular events that seem somewhat random, but the work well together in the dream. That's exactly what this album does. Idk, I think I am just fascinated with how disjointed yet cohesive the track listing is. It's all sonically pleasant as well. If what I wrote doesn't make sense, hopefully a listen will clarify things for you.
OldToad 07/11/2019 03:20 | #239295
I guess the synths put people off, but this is album is filled with complex, imaginative compositions and great playing throughout, from people like Jaco, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, the Headhunters band, even Sheila E plays percussion on a couple of tracks. Mainly it showcases Herbie's own playing, though, which is always nothing less than dazzling.
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