"An all-time classic… Zawinul, Pastorius and Shorter at their zenith." The group was formed in 1971 and released "Heavy Weather" in 1977 and remains easily the bestselling album by this pioneering jazz-rock fusion band. The music ranges from Zawinul's catchy crossover hit single "Birdland" to his haunting tone poem "A Remark You Made", and from Shorter's stately "Harlequin" to the rocking undertow of Pastorius' "Teen Town". "Released just as the jazz-rock movement began to run out of steam, this landmark album proved that there was plenty of creative life left in the idiom." - Richard S. Ginell, allmusic.com