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A1	Perfect Machine Written-By – Laswell*, Collins*, Hancock*, Skopelitis*	6:35
A2	Obsession Written-By – Laswell*, Collins*, Hancock*, Bonner*	5:18
A3	Vibe Alive Written-By – Laswell*, Collins*, Hancock*, Bonner*, Mico Wave	5:25
B1	Beat Wise Written-By – Laswell*, Collins*, Hancock*, Bonner*	5:49
B2	Maiden Voyage / P. Bop Written-By – Laswell*, Collins*, Hancock*, Skopelitis*	6:32
B3	Chemical Residue Written-By – Hancock*	6:01

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Quad Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Garage Sale Recording
• Mixed At – Power Station
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Records Inc.

Credits

• Art Direction – Tony Lane / Nancy Donald*
• Bass, Vocoder – William "Bootsy" Collins*
• Computer [Apple / Mac Plus], Synthesizer [Yamaha DX1, DX7, DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K-250, Fairlight Series II And Series III, Roland Super Jupiter, Rhodes Chroma, Oberheim Matrix 12], Sampler [Akai 900-S], Electronics [Yamaha TX 8/16], Vocoder, Piano [Acoustic] – Herbie Hancock
• Cover [Cover "Trans Jovian Pipeline, 1979" Computer Generated Painting] – David Em
• Drums [Fairlight Drums] – Nicky Skopelitis
• Engineer [Assistant At Garage Sale Recording] – Lawrence Duhart III*
• Engineer [Assistant At Power Station] – John Goldberger*, Michael Christopher , Steve Boyer
• Engineer [Assistant At Quad Recording] – Robbie Morris*
• Management – AGM Management Inc.*, Tony Meilandt
• Management [Administration For Bill Laswell] – Mike Knuth*, Roger Trilling
• Management [Agency] – Bobby Brooks , Brian Loucks, Creative Artist Agency, Mike Piranian, Rob Light, Tom Ross , Tony Krantz
• Management [Public Relations] – Bobbi Marcus Public Relations, Inc.
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Eika Aoshima
• Producer – Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Material
• Producer [Associate] – Tony Meilandt
• Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Jeff Bova
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Robert Musso
• Synthesizer [Mini Moog], Bass, Talkbox, Vocoder – Mico Wave
• Turntables – DST*
• Vocals – Sugarfoot*

Notes

Jacket printed in Holland.
Record made in Greece.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 099746 067915
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A [stamped]): 01 460679 1A1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B [stamped]): 01 460679 1B1
• Other (Label Side A): 01-460679-1
• Other (Label Side B): 01-460679-2
• Label Code: LC 0149
• Rights Society: BIEM / AEPI
• Other (Distribution code): CB 291
• Other (Price Code): 58 [circled]

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 460679 1	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 460679 1	Europe	1988
FCT 40025, CT40025	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(Cass, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	FCT 40025, CT40025	US	1988
FC 40025	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	FC 40025	Canada	1988
FC 40025, C 40025	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	FC 40025, C 40025	US	1988
CK 40025	Herbie Hancock	Perfect Machine ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia	CK 40025	US	1988