Mr. Gone (album)

Mr. Gone
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Studio album by Weather Report
Released	September 1978
Recorded	May 1978 Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz fusion, disco
Length	37:15
Label	ARC/Columbia
Producer	Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius
Weather Report chronology
Heavy Weather (1977)Heavy Weather1977 Mr. Gone (1978) 8:30 (1979)8:301979

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(B)
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Mr. Gone is the ninth album by Weather Report. Recorded and released in 1978, it is perhaps best known for receiving a "one-star" rating by Down Beat magazine.

According to Down Beat magazine, "Zawinul, Shorter, et al. have made the controversial music a commercial product; unfortunately ... Weather Report has over-orchestrated its sound." The album was quickly certified Gold, being the follow-up to the widely successful Heavy Weather and topped out at #52 on the Billboard music charts.

Track listing

1. "The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat" (Zawinul) 5:03
2. "River People" (Pastorius) 4:50
3. "Young and Fine" (Zawinul) 6:55
4. "The Elders" (Shorter, arranged by Zawinul) 4:21
5. "Mr. Gone" (Zawinul) 5:26
6. "Punk Jazz" (Pastorius) 5:09
7. "Pinocchio" (Shorter) 2:26
8. "And Then" (musiс - Zawinul, lyrics - Sam Guest) 3:22

Personnel

Weather Report:

• Joe Zawinul - modified Rhodes 88 electric piano, acoustic piano, two ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase and Mu-Tron Volume Wah effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica, high hat, voice (track 1)
• Wayne Shorter - Tenor, alto and soprano saxophone, voice (track 1)
• Jaco Pastorius - Bass, drums (tracks 1 and 2), timpani (track 2), voice (tracks 1, 2 and 6)
• Peter Erskine - Drums (tracks 1 and 7), high hat (track 3), voice (track 1)

with

• Tony Williams - Drums (tracks 5 and 6)
• Steve Gadd - Drums (tracks 3 and 8)

Guests:

• Manolo Badrena - Voice Solo (track 1)
• Jon Lucien - Voice (track 1)
• Deniece Williams - Voice (track 8)
• Maurice White - Vocal (track 8)

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Mr. Gone