This Is This! Explained

This Is This!
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Weather Report
Cover:	Thisisthis-wr.jpg
Released:	August 26, 1986
Recorded:	December 1985
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	45:41
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Prev Title:	Sportin' Life
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Live and Unreleased
Next Year:	2002

This Is This! is the fourteenth and final studio album by Weather Report, released in August 1986. The band thought that it had fulfilled its contract with Columbia Records through the release of the previous album, Sportin' Life. This, however, was not the case, and the band had to release one more record.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joe Zawinul, except where noted.

1. "This Is This" – 7:06
2. "Face the Fire" – 2:34
3. "I'll Never Forget You" – 7:51
4. "Jungle Stuff, Part I" (Mino Cinélu) – 4:43
5. "Man with the Copper Fingers" – 6:12
6. "Consequently" (Victor Bailey) – 4:56
7. "Update" – 6:08
8. "China Blues" – 6:11

Personnel

Weather Report

• Josef Zawinul - keyboards, cover concept
• Wayne Shorter - saxophones
• Victor Bailey - bass
• Mino Cinélu - percussion, vocals
• Peter Erskine - drums
• Omar Hakim - drums (track 6)

Additional musicians

• Carlos Santana - guitar (tracks 1 & 5)
• Marva Barnes - vocals
• Colleen Coil - vocals
• Siedah Garrett - vocals
• Darryl Phinnessee - vocals

Production

• Howard Siegel – engineer
• Paul Ericksen – engineer
• Tony Lane – cover artwork
• Nancy Donald – cover artwork
• Lou Beach – cover illustration

External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: This Is This!

Notes and References

1. Book: Mercer, Michelle . Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter . Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin . 2007 . 207–208 .