Weather Report discography

Weather Report discography

Weather Report live June 11, 1981.
Studio albums 14
Live albums 3
Compilation albums 11
Video albums 6
Singles 5
B-sides 1
Tribute albums 2
Unofficial releases 10

The discography of Weather Report, an influential American jazz band with a career lasting sixteen years between 1970 and 1986, consists of fourteen studio albums, three live albums, eleven compilation albums, five singles, one B-side, and six video albums.[1][2][3][4]

Weather Report's self-titled debut album Weather Report, released in 1971, caused a sensation in the jazz world and is still considered a classic of early fusion. It was awarded Album of the Year by Down Beat magazine’s polls that year.[5] In 1972 Weather Report released its second album, I Sing the Body Electric. The first side featured new studio recordings, while the second side was taken from live recordings of a concert in Tokyo, Japan.[6] On 1973's Sweetnighter, Weather Report began to take a new more funk and groove-oriented direction.

Breakout album Mysterious Traveller, released in 1974, was the second of Weather Report's albums to win Down Beat’s "Album of the Year" award. Released in 1975, Tale Spinnin' was Weather Report’s most solid album to date. It won the Down Beat best album award for 1975.

By 1976's Black Market album, Weather Report's music had evolved further from open-ended funk jams into more melody and rock-oriented and concise forms. It continued Weather Report’s ongoing run of success, selling well and being the fourth of the band’s albums to win Down Beat's album of the year award. The band’s next album was 1977’s acclaimed Heavy Weather, which proved to be the band's most successful recording. It would dominate Weather Report's disc awards, including their last Down Beat "Album of the Year" award.

By 1978 the band released its eighth album, Mr. Gone. It received only a 1-star review rating from Down Beat magazine. The 1979 double live album 8:30, recorded on the Mr Gone tour, won that year’s Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance.[7] Weather Report's ninth studio album, Night Passage, was released in 1980, and its second eponymous release following the 1970 debut album was recorded in 1981 and released in 1982.

In 1983, the band released its eleventh studio album Procession, which showed the band returns to the "world music". It was praised by Down Beat for its "unity and joy"[8] and it has come to be seen as one of the best Weather Report albums. Weather Report then recorded Domino Theory and Live in Japan in 1984, Sportin' Life in 1985, and the finale album This Is This! in 1986. By February 1986, Shorter left the band,[9] and Zawinul dissolved the band in 1987.

Many video, compilation and live albums were released after the breakup of the band. Live and Unreleased was made available in 2002. In September 2006 Columbia/Legacy released a Weather Report box set, Forecast: Tomorrow. A DVD video of the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival performance has become available as well. Columbia/Legacy have also re-released the 1984 Live in Japan concert on DVD.

Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
Billboard album charts[10] SWE
[11]
UK
[12]
200 Jazz R&B
1971 Weather Report 191 7
1972 I Sing the Body Electric 147
1973 Sweetnighter 85 2 41
1974 Mysterious Traveller 46 2 31
1975 Tale Spinnin' 31 3 12
1976 Black Market 42 2 20
1977 Heavy Weather 30 1 33 40 43
1978 Mr. Gone 52 1 42 47
1980 Night Passage 57 2
1982 Weather Report 68 5 92
1983 Procession 96 3 46
1984 Domino Theory 136 5 54
1985 Sportin' Life 191 13
1986 This Is This! 195 13
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
Billboard albums charts[10]
200 Jazz
1972 Live in Tokyo
1979 8:30 47 3
2002 Live and Unreleased 21

Compilations

Year Album Peak chart positions
Billboard Jazz[10]
1983 Die 70er Jahre
1990 Best of Weather Report Vol. I
The Collection
1993 Starbox
1996 Birdland
This Is Jazz, Vol. 10: Weather Report
1998 This Is Jazz, Vol. 40: Weather Report – The Jaco Years
2002 The Best of Weather Report
2006 Forecast: Tomorrow 18
2007 Original Album Classics: Weather Report
2008 Collections

Singles

Year Title
1973 "125th Street Congress"
"Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Stereo)
1978 "Birdland"
"River People"
1983 "Procession" / "Where the Moon Goes"

B-sides

Videography

Year Title
1971 Beat Club 1971
1976 Live at Montreux 1976
1978 Young and Fine Live!
1984 The Evolutionary Spiral
Japan Domino Theory: Weather Report Live in Tokyo
2010 Live in Hamburg 1971

Tribute albums

Year Title
2000 Celebrating the Music of Weather Report
2005 Mysterious Voyages: A Tribute to Weather Report

Unofficial releases

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