I Sing the Body Electric (album)

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I Sing the Body Electric
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Studio album with 3 live recordingsby
Weather Report
ReleasedMay 26, 1972
RecordedNovember 1971;
January 13, 1972
Venue Shibuya Kokaido Hall, Tokyo, Japan
StudioColumbia Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz fusion
Length46:28
Label Columbia
Producer Shoviza Productions
Weather Report chronology
Live in Tokyo
(1972)		I Sing the Body Electric
(1972)		 Sweetnighter
(1973)

I Sing the Body Electric is the second studio album released by the American jazz fusion band Weather Report in 1972.

Contents

Recording

The album includes two new members of the band: percussionist Dom Um Romão and drummer Eric Gravatt. The last three tracks were recorded live in concert in Tokyo, Japan on January 13, 1972. These tracks have been edited for this album and can be heard in their entirety on Weather Report's 1972 import album Live in Tokyo .

Title

The album takes its name from an 1855 poem by Walt Whitman and a 1969 short story by Ray Bradbury.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Rolling Stone (not rated) [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5 [6]

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Significantly less Milesian than their debut, which is impressive but not necessarily good—the difference is that this is neater, more antiseptic, its bottom less dirty and its top less sexy. I find myself interested but never engaged, and I'm sure one piece is a flop—'Crystal', described by the annotator as 'about' time. Sing the body electric and I'm with you. Sing the body short-circuited and you'd better turn me on." [2]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Unknown Soldier" Josef Zawinul 8:00
2."The Moors" Wayne Shorter 4:45
3."Crystal" Miroslav Vitouš 7:25
4."Second Sunday in August"Zawinul4:13
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Medley: Vertical Invader / T.H. / Dr. Honoris Causa"Zawinul, Vitouš10:40
6."Surucucú"Shorter7:42
7."Directions"Zawinul4:36
Total length:46:28

Personnel

Weather Report

Guest musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ Ginell, Richard S. "I Sing the Body Electric Weather Report". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 22, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1474. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Bob. "Weather Report: I Sing The Body Electric : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  5. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  204. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Hernan M. (July 10, 2012). "Review: Weather Report - I Sing The Body Electric | Sputnikmusic". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
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