I bought the LP when it first came out in '74 and later on, the cd. It was my introduction to Herbie and his music. Almost fourty years later, it's still one of my favourite albums.
My uncle schooled me on Herbie Hancock with this album & Head Hunters when I was 15 - and I'm THANKFUL he did! At that time, I thought Prince was all there was.
The drumming is amazing but it's also important to remember that all of the Fender Rhodes language that everybody takes for granted is stuff that Herbie was literally inventing during his soloing on this stuff.
For some bizarre reason, I just had a vision of Lars Ulrich walking up to Herbie saying, 'great tune man, but tell me, where's the 'One'? lol....I thought it was kinda funny! Long live Herbie!!