Sale!
Still drifting after leaving Weather Report, Shorter meanders about in a sea of electronically dominated backings, following the tide in search of a direction.
Nothing wrong with electronics per se; it's just that Wayne's compositions in that idiom are weak, the endlessly undulating melodic lines go nowhere and have nothing fresh to say.
Stu Goldberg, Mitch Forman, Jeff Bova and Jim Beard unimaginatively bathe the record in synthesizers, and the drum programming by a host of co-conspirators makes for a rather sterile rhythm environment.
On a sheer technical level, Wayne's soprano and tenor work is alright, yet on "Yamanja" he does a depressingly mechanical sounding turn on a lyricon.
Pass this right by.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Condition RedWayne Shorter | Wayne Shorter | Play | 05:12 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 2 | Mahogany BirdWayne Shorter | Wayne Shorter | Play | 06:13 | 14 MB | 36 MB |
| 3 | Remote ControlWayne Shorter | Wayne Shorter | Play | 07:58 | 18 MB | 54 MB |
| 4 | YamanjaWayne Shorter | Wayne Shorter | Play | 06:27 | 14 MB | 43 MB |
| 5 | Forbidden, Plan-It!Wayne Shorter | Wayne Shorter | Play | 06:09 | 14 MB | 40 MB |
| 6 | FlagshipsWayne Shorter | Wayne Shorter | Play | 06:37 | 15 MB | 37 MB |
| 38 mins | 88 MB | |||||
| 38 mins | 251 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duncan Aldrich | Assistant Engineer |
| 2 | Jim Beard | Synthesizer |
| 3 | Jeff Bova | Synthesizer |
| 4 | Jimmy Bralower | Drum Programming, Drums, Percussion |
| 5 | Tom Brechtlein | Drums |
| 6 | Dr. George Butler | Executive Producer |
| 7 | Michael Christopher | Assistant Engineer |
| 8 | Chick Corea | Piano |
| 9 | Nancy Donald | Art Direction |
| 10 | Gary Duncan | Assistant Engineer |
| 11 | Mitchel Forman | Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer |
| 12 | Stu Goldberg | Synthesizer |
| 13 | Erik Hanson | Synthesizer |
| 14 | Paul Heckert | Programming, Synthesizer |
| 15 | Alphonso Johnson | Guitar (Bass) |
| 16 | K2 | Engineer, Producer |
| 17 | Tony Lane | Art Direction |
| 18 | Bob Ludwig | Engineer |
| 19 | John Patitucci | Bass, Bass (Acoustic) |
| 20 | Jean-Francois Podevin | Artwork |
| 21 | Scott Roberts | Percussion |
| 22 | Ana Maria Shorter | Vocals |
| 23 | Wayne Shorter | Composer, Lyricon, Primary Artist, Producer, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Vocals |
| 24 | Bill Summers | Percussion |
| 25 | Gary Willis | Bass (Electric), Guitar (Bass) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |