[Jazz Fusion] Weather Report - Heavy Weather [Mastersound SBM 1997]

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Weather Report - Heavy Weather [1997 Mastersound SBM CD]
EAC wavpack | Log + Cue | No Scans | ~ 240 Mb | RS
Original 1977 | 37:39 min | Jazz Fusion


“Weather Report reached its critical and commercial peak with Heavy Weather. No other Weather Report album received as many awards as Heavy Weather. It was recognized as jazz "album of the year" by virtually every publication that gave out such an award. It destroyed the competition in Down Beat's annual reader's poll, topping Herbie Hancock's runner-up album V.S.O.P. for album of the year by a margin of 844 to 196 votes. Likewise, Weather Report was overwhelmingly voted jazz group of the year by Down Beat's readers, receiving 1418 votes to 277 for second place Return to Forever. Heavy Weather was awarded a five-star review in Down Beat, making it the group's third consecutive five-star album (and also the last). Even the album cover art by Lou Beach was nominated for a Grammy. Heavy Weather was also Weather Report's best selling record. It reached number 30 on the Billboard pop chart, quickly sold nearly half a million copies, and has subsequently gone gold (signifying sales of 500,000 copies). In his January 2001 Down Beat retrospective on the band, Josef Woodard said, "In 2000, Heavy Weather still sounds like a milestone in the cultural unconscious of jazz history. By some accounts, the album is the crowning achievement of the band's recorded output, and therefore, by extension, a towering landmark of 'fusion." MasterSound releases are 24-karat gold CDs remastered from first-generation masters. This process utilizes 20-bit technology and Sony's "Super Bit Mapping" system. ”

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