I Sing the Body Electric (album)


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

Recording

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

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

Critical reception

Reviewing in , 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—'Crystals,' 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."

Track listing

Personnel

;Weather Report
;Special Guests
On "Unknown Soldier":
On "The Moors":
;Technical