Weather Report – Sportin' Life
Tracklist
| A1 | Corner Pocket | 5:46 | |
| A2 | Indiscretions | 4:05 | |
| A3 | Hot Cargo | 4:41 | |
| A4 | Confians | 5:07 | |
| B1 | Pearl On The Half Shell | 4:06 | |
| B2 | What's Going On | 6:29 | |
| B3 | Face On The Barroom Floor | 3:59 | |
| B4 | Ice-Pick Willy | 5:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
- Copyright © – CBS Inc.
- Published By – Ringside Music
- Published By – Mino Cinelu Music
- Published By – Wayana Music
- Published By – Jobete Music
- Published By – Stone Agate Music Division
- Recorded At – Crystal Sound
- Recorded At – The Music Room
- Mixed At – Crystal Sound
- Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Credits
- Art Direction – Tony Lane/Nancy Donald*
- Artwork [Album Artwork] – Jerry McDonald (2)
- Bass – Victor Bailey
- Drums – Omar Hakim
- Engineer – Howard Siegel
- Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Bernie Fromm, Peter Kelsey
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Jim McMahon, Matt Pakucko
- Management [Exclusive Representation] – Corvalan-Condliffe Management
- Percussion – Mino Cinelu
- Photography By – Hideo Kawahara (2)
- Producer – Zawinul*, Wayne Shorter
- Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
- Synthesizer – Zawinul*
- Vocals – Alfie Silas (tracks: A1, A3, B4), Bobby McFerrin (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B4), Carl Anderson (tracks: A1, A3, B4), Dee Dee Bellson (tracks: A1, A3, B4)
Notes
B2 is a cover of Marvin Gaye's song.
© 1985 CBS Inc./℗ 1985 CBS Inc./Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc.
Recorded and mixed at Crystal Recording, Hollywood, California. Additional recording at The Music Room, Pasadena, California. Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California.
Publishing Information:
Tracks A1, A2, A3, and B4 published by Ringside Music BMI.
Track A4 published by Mino Cinelu Music SACEM.
Tracks B1 and B3 published by Wayana Music BMI.
Track B2 published by Jobete Music ASCAP & Stone Agate Music Division BMI.
© 1985 CBS Inc./℗ 1985 CBS Inc./Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc.
Recorded and mixed at Crystal Recording, Hollywood, California. Additional recording at The Music Room, Pasadena, California. Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California.
Publishing Information:
Tracks A1, A2, A3, and B4 published by Ringside Music BMI.
Track A4 published by Mino Cinelu Music SACEM.
Tracks B1 and B3 published by Wayana Music BMI.
Track B2 published by Jobete Music ASCAP & Stone Agate Music Division BMI.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7464-39908-1
- Barcode (String): 07464399081
- Barcode (Scanned): 074643990813
- Matrix / Runout: AL 39908
- Matrix / Runout: <B-MP> AL 39908 GIA G1 C1
- Matrix / Runout: BL 39908
- Matrix / Runout: <B-MP> BL 39908 GIA G1 B4
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: BMI
- Rights Society: SACEM
- Pressing Plant ID: G1
Other Versions (5 of 38)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Sportin' Life (LP, Album, Stereo) | CBS | CBS 26367 | Europe | 1985 | ||
| Sportin' Life (CD, Album) | CBS | CDCBS 26367 | Europe | 1985 | |||
Recently Edited | Sportin' Life (CD, Album) | Columbia | CK 39908 | US | 1985 | ||
Recently Edited | Sportin' Life (CD, Album) | CBS/Sony | 32DP 225 | Japan | 1985 | ||
Recently Edited | Sportin' Life (LP, Album) | CBS | SBP 8071 | Australia | 1985 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- I first picked this up in 1986 in High School on cassette and just yesterday received the SUPER clean vinyl copy I purchased from an ebay seller. LOVE this album still, but HEAVY WEATHER is the WR benchmark of course.
- Just diving into this one--
Worth it for Indiscretions alone.
Solid stuff, always can count on WR 
I slept on this one for years and finally gave it a listen in 2023. Incredible stuff on this one. Now one of my favorite WR records.- "Confians" is an extremely fantastic acoustic track. Very rich sounding guitars and excellent vocal performance by Mino Cinelu. Definitely the most stand-out track on this record for me.
Release
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