Sportin' Life

:"See Sportin' Life for information about the Mink DeVille album by this name."Infobox Album |
Name = Sportin' Life
Type = Studio album
Artist = Weather Report


Released = March, 1988
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3y67mpsd9fco link]
Last album = "Domino Theory"
(1984)
This album = "Sportin' Life"
(1985)
Next album = "This is This!
(1986)

"Sportin' Life" is the fourteenth album by Weather Report, released in 1985. Although featuring many more vocal performances than any of their previous albums, words are rare and most vocals are chants from Bobby McFerrin or Carl Anderson.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul; except where indicated

#"Corner Pocket" – 5:46
#"Indiscretions" – 4:05
#"Hot Cargo" – 4:41
#"Confians" (Cinelu) – 5:07
#"Pearl On the Half Shell" (Shorter) – 4:06
#"What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 6:29
#"Face on the Barroom Floor" (Shorter) – 3:59
#"Ice-Pick Willy" – 5:00

Personnel

Weather Report
*Josef Zawinul - Keyboards
*Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
*Omar Hakim - Drums, background vocals on "Confians"
*Victor Bailey - Bass, background vocals on "Confians"
*Mino Cinélu - Percussion, lead vocal and acoustic guitar on "Confians"

Guests
*Bobby McFerrin - Vocalist (tracks 1, 3, 5, and 8)
*Carl Anderson - Vocalist (tracks 1, 3, and 8)
*Dee Dee Bellson - Vocalist (tracks 1, 3, and 8)
*Alfie Silas - Voice (tracks 1, 3, and 8)

External links

* [http://www.binkie.net/wrdisc/Sportin%20Life.html Weather Report Annotated Discography: Sportin' Life]