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Man-Child is the 15th studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The album was released on August 22, 1975 by Columbia Records.

Reception.

The AllMusic review by Jim Newsom and wrote:”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.”

Track listing:
1. “Hang Up Your Hang Ups” (Hancock, Ragin, Jackson) 7:29
2. “Sun Touch” (Herbie Hancock) 5:12
3. “The Traitor” (Hancock, Ragin, Johnson, Shorter) 9:38
4. “Bubbles” (Hancock, Ragin) 9:03
5. “Steppin’ in It”(Herbie Hancock) 8:42
6. “Heartbeat” (Hancock, Ragin, Jackson) 5:16

Personnel:
Herbie Hancock – piano, keyboards
Bud Brisbois – trumpet
Jay DaVersa – trumpet
Garnett Brown – trombone
Dick Hyde – trombone, tuba
Wayne Shorter – alto and soprano saxophones
Bennie Maupin – soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, alto and bass flutes, saxello, percussion
Jim Horn – flute, saxophone
Ernie Watts – flute, saxophone
Dewayne McKnight, David T. Walker – guitar
Wah Wah Watson – synthesizer, voice bag, guitar
Henry E. Davis – bass guitar
Paul Jackson – bass guitar
Louis Johnson – bass guitar
Mike Clark – drums
James Gadson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Stevie Wonder – harmonica
Bill Summers – percussion

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Released: August 22, 1975
Recorded: 1974–75
Studio Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco; Village Recorders, Los Angeles;Funky Features, San Francisco; Crystal Studios, Los Angeles
Length: 45:17
Label: Columbia