Heavy Weather
by Weather Report
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Heavy Weather is ranked as the best album by Weather Report.
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Heavy Weather track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Heavy Weather rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  kinglyostrich | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 53/99 | 46 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 55 Music Albums of 1977 | 36/55 | 2 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 69 Music Albums of 1977 | 63/69 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 39 Music Albums of 1977 | 3/39 | 5 |
| 2026 | Molunat | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 20/20 | 5 |
| 2026 | zsolti | Top 67 Music Albums of the 1970s | 19/67 | 15 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1977 | 32/92 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 158 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 582 | |||
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Heavy Weather ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/28/2026 20:35 | Svelte8 | 1,957 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 12:42 | Devilwoac | 1,547 | 97/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 17:53 | iann97 | 2,235 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Heavy Weather forum mentions
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Heavy Weather comments
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discojets1 06/24/2016 03:11 | #169596 | TOP COMMENT
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A classic jazz fusion album from the 1970's. Great musicianship especially from Jaco Pastorius (fretless bass), and Joe Zawinul (keyboards). Also this album has classic jazz standards such as "Birdland","Teen Town", and Wayne Shorter composition "A Remark You Made." Classic album. (Edited)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/07/2019 02:08 | #229173 | TOP COMMENT
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Weather Report's best album. Birdland is one of the great jazz instrumental that you don't have to be a jazz fan to appreciate. (Edited)
Epic, unearthly sonics - Weather Report speak a musical language that could be from lightyears ahead in the future, or is as old as time itself. (Edited)
TheDude85 10/13/2019 16:18 | #243698 | TOP COMMENT
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The Album where Jaco Pastorius really cements his place in the group. His bass is such a complimentary voice and shines when soloing. (Edited)
I don't like this kind of jazz music. Sounds too smooth and slick for me.
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