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I Sing the Body Electric
I Sing the Body Electric
Studio album with 3 live recordings; by Weather Report
Released	May 26, 1972
Recorded	November 1971; ; January 13, 1972
Venue	Shibuya Kokaido Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Studio	Columbia Recording Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	46:28
Label	Columbia
Producer	Shoviza Productions
Weather Report chronology

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[2]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

Recording edit

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 edit

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

Critical reception edit

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 edit

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(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"	Zawinul	4:13

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Medley: Vertical Invader / T.H. / Dr. Honoris Causa"	Zawinul, Vitouš	10:40
6.	"Surucucú"	Shorter	7:42
7.	"Directions"	Zawinul	4:36
Total length:			46:28

Personnel edit

Weather Report

Josef Zawinul - electric & acoustic pianos, synthesizers (ARP 2600)
Wayne Shorter - saxophones
Miroslav Vitouš - bass
Eric Gravatt - drums
Dom Um Romão - percussions

Guest musicians

Andrew White - english horn (track A1)
Hubert Laws, Jr. - flute (track A1)
Wilmer Wise - D & piccolo trumpets (track A1)
Yolande Bavan - vocals (track A1)
Joshie Armstrong - vocals (track A1)
Chapman Roberts - vocals (track A1)
Roger Powell - ARP programming (track A1)
Ralph Towner - 12-string guitar (track A2)

Production

Robert Devere - executive producer
Wayne Tarnowski - engineer
Susumu Satoh - engineer
Don Meehan - mixing
Ed Lee - cover design
Fred Swanson - cover artwork
Jack Trompetter - cover artwork

References edit

^ Ginell, Richard S. "I Sing the Body Electric - Weather Report | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Palmer, Bob. "Weather Report: I Sing The Body Electric : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
^ Campbell, Hernan M. (10 July 2012). "Review: Weather Report - I Sing The Body Electric | Sputnikmusic". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 204. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1474. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.