I Sing the Body Electric (album)

I Sing the Body Electric
Studio album by Weather Report
Released	May 1972
Recorded	November 1971 (A1-A2) January 1972 (A3-A4) January 13, 1972 (B1-B3)
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	46:28
Label	Columbia
Producer	Robert Devere
Weather Report chronology
Weather Report (1971) I Sing the Body Electric (1971) Live in Tokyo (1972)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(B)
Rolling Stone	(not rated)

I Sing the Body Electric is the second album released by Weather Report from 1972. 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.

The album takes its title from an 1855 poem by Walt Whitman, also a 1969 short story by Ray Bradbury.

Track listing

1. "Unknown Soldier" (Zawinul) – 8:00
2. "The Moors" (Shorter) – 4:45
3. "Crystal" (Vitous) – 7:25
4. "Second Sunday In August" (Zawinul)– 4:13
5. "Medley: Vertical Invader" (Zawinul) /"T.H." (Vitous) /"Dr. Honoris Causa" (Zawinul)– 10:40
6. "Surucucú" (Shorter) – 7:42
7. "Directions" (Zawinul) – 4:36

Personnel

Weather Report

• Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, ARP 2600 synthesizer
• Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
• Miroslav Vitous - Bass
• Eric Gravatt - drums
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion

Special Guests

• Andrew White - English horn ("Unknown Soldier" only)
• Wilmer Wise - D and piccolo trumpet
• Ralph Towner - 12-string guitar ("The Moors" only)
• Yolande Bavan - Voice
• Joshie Armstrong - Voice
• Chapman Roberts - Voice

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: I Sing the Body Electric