This Is This!

This Is This!
Studio album by
Weather Report
ReleasedAugust 26, 1986
RecordedDecember 1985
GenreJazz fusion
Length45:41
LabelColumbia
ProducerJoe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Weather Report chronology
Sportin' Life
(1985) 		This Is This!
(1986) 		Live and Unreleased
(2002)
Joe Zawinul chronology
Sportin' Life
(1985) 		This Is This!
(1986) 		Di•a•lects
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

This Is This! is the fourteenth and final studio album by Weather Report, released in August 1986. The band thought that it had fulfilled its contract with Columbia Records through the release of the previous album, Sportin' Life. This, however, was not the case, and the band had to release one more record.[3] It was their only album to feature no compositions by saxophonist Wayne Shorter.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joe Zawinul, except where noted.

  1. "This Is This" – 7:06
  2. "Face the Fire" – 2:34
  3. "I'll Never Forget You" – 7:51
  4. "Jungle Stuff, Part I" (Mino Cinélu) – 4:43
  5. "Man with the Copper Fingers" – 6:12
  6. "Consequently" (Victor Bailey) – 4:56
  7. "Update" – 6:08
  8. "China Blues" – 6:11

Personnel

Weather Report

Additional musicians

Production

  • Howard Siegel – engineer
  • Paul Ericksen – engineer
  • Tony Lane – cover artwork
  • Nancy Donald – cover artwork
  • Lou Beach – cover illustration

References

  1. ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "This Is This! Weather Report". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1475. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Mercer, Michelle (2007). Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter. Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin. pp. 207–208.