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: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 60 Music Albums of 1977 | 27/60 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  kinglyostrich | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 53/99 | 47 |
| 2026 | zsolti | Top 66 Music Albums of the 1970s | 19/66 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 97 Music Albums of 1977 | 60/97 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 60 Music Albums of 1977 | 47/60 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1977 | 20/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 50 Music Albums of 1977 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 69 Music Albums of 1977 | 63/69 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 158 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 589 | |||
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Heavy Weather ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/26/2026 12:42 | Devilwoac | 1,467 | 97/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 17:53 | iann97 | 2,123 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2026 20:03 |  AwaitingAndrew | 2,564 | 72/100 |
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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 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 10/23/2025 03:20 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 07/25/2025 11:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 02/14/2025 18:04 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Heavy Weather comments
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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)
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teague 09/07/2021 15:52 | #273422 | TOP COMMENT
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Heavy Weather shows a completely different side to jazz fusion than, say, Bitches Brew. Vibrant, colorful, and smooth, as opposed to dark, brooding, and jagged. (Edited)
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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)
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