Consumer Guide Album

Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric [Columbia, 1972]
Significantly less Milesian than their debut, which is impressive but not necessarily good--the difference is that this is neater, more antiseptic, its bottom less dirty and its top less sexy. I find myself interested but never engaged, and I'm sure one piece is a flop--"Crystals," described by the annotator as "about" time. Sing the body electric and I'm with you. Sing the body short-circuited and you'd better turn me on. B