I Sing the Body Electric | ||||
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Studio album by Weather Report | ||||
Released | May 26, 1972 | |||
Recorded | November 1971 (A1-A2) January 1972 (A3-A4) January 13, 1972 (B1-B3) |
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Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 46:28 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Robert Devere | |||
Weather Report chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | (B) |
Rolling Stone | (not rated) |
Sputnikmusic | |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
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 and a 1969 short story by Ray Bradbury.