Perhaps the funkiest album of {$Herbie Hancock}'s early- to mid-'70s {\jazz}/{\funk}/{\fusion} era, {^Man-Child} starts off with the unforgettable {&"Hang Up Your Hang Ups,"} and the beat just keeps coming until the album's end. {&"Sun Touch"} and {&"Bubbles"} are slower, but funky nonetheless. {$Hancock} is the star on his arsenal of keyboards, but guitarist {$Wah Wah Watson}'s presence is what puts a new sheen on this recording, distinguishing it from its predecessors, {^Head Hunters} and {^Thrust}. Others among the all-star cast of soloists and accompanists include {$Wayne Shorter} on soprano sax, {$Stevie Wonder} on chromatic harmonica, and longtime {$Hancock} cohort {$Bennie Maupin} on an arsenal of woodwinds. ~ Jim Newsom, All Music Guide