- This Is This!
Infobox Album |
Name = This Is This!
Type = Studio album
Artist =Weather Report
Released = June, 1986
Genre =Jazz fusion
Length = 45:41
Label =Columbia Records
Producer =Joe Zawinul ,Wayne Shorter
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1oue4jn71wau link]
Last album = "Sportin' Life "
(1985)
This album = "This Is This!"
(1986)
Next album = "Live and Unreleased
(2002)"This Is This!" is the fifteenth and final studio album by
Weather Report . The band thought that they had fulfilled their contract withColumbia Records with the release of the previous album "Sportin' Life ". This, however, was not the case and the band had to release one more record. Along with "Sportin' Life", this record is considered by many to be their weakest, despite some inspired compositions and playing on "some" of the tracks on both albums. (The requirement from CBS to make an album was largely behind its creation.)Track listing
#"This Is This" (Zawinul) – 7:06
#"Face the Fire" (Zawinul) – 2:34
#"I'll Never Forget You" (Zawinul) – 7:51
#"Jungle Stuff, Part 1" (Cinelu) – 4:43
#"Man With the Copper Fingers" (Zawinul) – 6:12
#"Consequently" (Bailey) – 4:56
#"Update" (Zawinul) – 6:08
#"China Blues" (Zawinul) – 6:11Personnel
Weather Report
*Josef Zawinul - Keyboards
*Wayne Shorter -Saxophone s
*Victor Bailey - Bass
*Mino Cinelu - Percussion ,Vocals
*Peter Erskine -Drum s
*Omar Hakim -Drum s on "Consequently"Special Guests
*Carlos Santana -Guitar on "This Is This" & "Man With the Copper Fingers"
*Marva Barnes -Vocals
*Colleen Coil -Vocals
*Siedah Garrett -Vocals
*Darryl Phinnessee -Vocals External links
* [http://www.binkie.net/wrdisc/This%20Is%20This.html Weather Report Annotated Discography: This Is This!]
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