Weather Report - Mr Gone: Classic or Dud?

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(Or electropop jazz-lite - what's not to love?)

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 6 September 2003 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know their other albums but this is a real joy in all its overproduced 70s synth-drenched cheese-dripping glory from the intricate cascades of "Pinocchio" to the spooky noises of the title track to the pure blanked-out happy-pretty stuff in the first track.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 6 September 2003 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard a Muzak version of "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" in the grocery store today. I'd never appreciated the song so much before.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 6 September 2003 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the title track of this album is great for Halloween. Dread-inducing walking synth bass line, twilight zoney tri-tone synth wash... I can just picture apple bobbing contests with this on in the background (with parents smoking pot in the den).

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 6 September 2003 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

and worth every penny (all 100) i paid for it!

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Holy shit River People! Well, the first half anyway - it's a bit weak when the drums come in.

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

doesn't River People sound like something jay dee coulda produced?

― jaxon, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

This is actually decent? I know the critics absolutely KILLED it upon its release...

― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 22:52 (eighteen years ago)

it's not the best album in the world, but there's some really interesting things going on and it's usually found in the dollar bins, so it's not a terrible investment. i have river people up at my site http://www.robotsinheat.com and i think that song is just amazing. i like a lot of late 70s jazz, so maybe i'm crazy? it's been a minute, but i seem to remember the first track being a really cool african experiment too?

― jaxon, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:12 (eighteen years ago)

"River People" isn't bad -- even after the drums enter. Interesting that this isn't Zawinul's but Jaco's. My only real disappointment is that the vox are the only thing about it that's legitimately weird...

― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 03:28 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe not a Dilla track, but if it came out on DFA today the only thing that would surprise people is how awesome it is.

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 03:31 (eighteen years ago)

The drums aren't bad, just a bit disappointing because the beat sounds like it's going to be so kickin.

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 04:10 (eighteen years ago)

I find the album nice enough. But then, I like Spyro Gyra and Mezzoforte too.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 07:40 (eighteen years ago)

What an awful cover though..

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d841/d84156wmlii.jpg

― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 08:03 (eighteen years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d841/d84156wmlii.jpg

― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 08:04 (eighteen years ago)

ten months pass...

oh fuck you that cover rules

― El Tomboto, Sunday, 6 April 2008 06:45 (seventeen years ago)

five years pass...

absolutely insane that this record has the reputation it has, it's so amorphous and creepy

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 10 May 2013 17:42 (twelve years ago)

I think most people like Weather Report's catalog backwards. Heavy Weather is one of my least favorite of their records.

― THIS IS NOT A BENGHAZI T-SHIRT (Hurting 2), Friday, 10 May 2013 17:44 (twelve years ago)

I mean, Teen Town is the song all those bass solo jokes are about, basically

― THIS IS NOT A BENGHAZI T-SHIRT (Hurting 2), Friday, 10 May 2013 17:46 (twelve years ago)

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