No Mystery
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ReleasedFebruary 1975
RecordedJanuary 1975
| No Mystery | ||||
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| Released | February 1975 | |||
| Recorded | January 1975 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive rock, latin jazz | |||
| Length | 42:57 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Chick Corea, Shelly Yakus | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
No Mystery (1975) is a studio album by jazz-rock fusion band Return to Forever, and the second featuring the quartet of Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White.
All members of the group contributed compositions to this album. Side 1 contains heavily funk-influenced material composed by each member of the group, whereas Side 2 is filled by Chick Corea compositions. Chick Corea won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group Grammy Award in 1975 for this album.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dayride" | Stanley Clarke | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Jungle Waterfall" | Chick Corea, Clarke | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Flight of the Newborn" | Al Di Meola | 7:23 |
| 4. | "Sofistifunk" | Lenny White | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Excerpt from the First Movement of Heavy Metal" | Corea, Clarke, White, Di Meola | 2:45 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "No Mystery" | Corea | 6:10 |
| 7. | "Interplay" | Corea, Clarke | 2:15 |
| 8. | "Celebration Suite, part I" | Corea | 8:27 |
| 9. | "Celebration Suite, part II" | Corea | 5:32 |
| Total length: | 42:57 | ||
Personnel
Return to Forever
- Chick Corea – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet, Yamaha electric organ, synthesizers (ARP Odyssey, Minimoog), snare drum, marimba, vocals
- Al Di Meola – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Stanley Clarke – electric bass, acoustic bass, Yamaha electric organ, synthesizer, vocals
- Lenny White – drums, percussion, congas, marimba
Production
- Shelly Yakus – engineer
- Tom Rabstenek – mastering
- Bill Levy – cover art direction