Weather Report (1971 album)

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Weather Report
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 1971
RecordedFebruary 16–18, 22 & March 17, 1971
Genre Jazz fusion
Length40:05
Label Columbia
Producer Shoviza Productions
Weather Report chronology
Weather Report
(1971)
Live in Tokyo
(1972)
Joe Zawinul chronology
Zawinul
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Weather Report
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Live in Tokyo
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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Sputnikmusic4/5 [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Weather Report is the debut studio album by American jazz fusion band Weather Report, released on May 12, 1971 by Columbia Records. The album was reissued by Sony and digitally remastered by Vic Anesini in November 1991 at Sony Music Studios in New York City.

Contents

Liner notes

Writing on the back sleeve of the album, Clive Davis, the then president of Columbia Records, opines: "There have always been two kinds of musicians-those who create and those who imitate. Weather Report creates. It is that rare thing in music, an original […] Together these gifted young musicians have created Weather Report, a soundtrack for the mind, the imagination, for opening up heads and hearts." [6]

Critical reception

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau called the album " In a Silent Way played mostly for atmosphere", and went on to write: "The Milesian demi-jazz of side two sounds pretty finky (no misprint intended), but the tone-poem impressionism of side one does its mysterious work. Highlight: the opening mood piece, 'Milky Way,' in which two Silent Way vets, soprano saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Joe Zawinul, make sounds that suggest a carillon approaching a time warp." [2]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Milky Way" Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul 2:33
2."Umbrellas"Shorter, Zawinul, Miroslav Vitouš 3:27
3."Seventh Arrow"Vitouš5:23
4."Orange Lady"Zawinul8:44
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Morning Lake"Vitouš4:26
6."Waterfall"Zawinul6:20
7."Tears"Shorter3:25
8."Eurydice"Shorter5:45
Total length:40:05

Personnel

Credits for Weather Report adapted from liner notes. [6]

Weather Report

Other musicians

Production

Awards

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References

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