Remastered CD and MiniDisc reissue of the album. Heavy Weather is the seventh album by Weather Report, released in 1977 through Columbia Records. By 1991, the release had sold 1,000,000 copies in the US alone; it would prove to be the band's most commercially successful album and one of the best sellers in the Columbia jazz catalog. DownBeat magazine gave Heavy Weather a five-star review, and later its readers voted it jazz album of the year. The lineup for the album consisted of Weather Report founders Joe Zawinul (keyboards, synthesizers) and Wayne Shorter (saxophone), alongside Jaco Pastorius (bass), Alex Acuña (drums), and Manolo Badrena (percussion). It was produced and orchestrated by Zawinul, with additional production by Shorter and Pastorius, and engineered by Ron Malo. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Recorded At – Devonshire Studios Mastered At – Sony Music Studios, New York City A&R [Columbia Jazz Reissue Series] – Kevin Gore, Steve Berkowitz Art Direction [Reissue Art Direction] – Howard Fritzson Co-producer – Jaco Pastorius Coordinator [A&R Coordination] – Patti Matheny Coordinator [Project Director] – Seth Rothstein Design – Nancy Donald Design [Reissue Design] – Randall Martin Engineer – Ron Malo Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Brian Risner, Jerry Hudgins Illustration – Lou Beach Liner Notes [July 1997] – John Ephland Management [Packaging Manager] – Nicholas Bennett Mastered By [Digitally Mastered By] – Mark Wilder Other [Chief Meteorologist] – Brian Risner Photography By – Keith Williams* Photography By [Liner Photography] – Don Hunstein Photography By [Page 4] – Sony Music Archives Producer [Assistant Producer] – Wayne Shorter Producer [Original Producer], Orchestrated By [Orchestrator] – Joe Zawinul Producer [Production Assistance] – Rene Arsenault Reissue Producer [Produced For Reissue By] – Bob Belden © 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./ ℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Disc(s) made in Germany. Packaged in USA.