The Inner Mounting Flame

Infobox Album | Name = The Inner Mounting Flame
Type = Album
Artist = Mahavishnu Orchestra


Released = August, 1971
Recorded = 1971
Genre = Jazz-rock fusion Progressive rock
Length = 45:30
Label =
Producer = Mahavishnu Orchestra
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:auknikmhbbc9~T1 link]
*Robert Christgau (A) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4993&name=Mahavishnu+Orchestra%2FJohn+McLaughlin link]
Last album =
This album = "The Inner Mounting Flame" (1971)
Next album = "Birds of Fire" (1972)

"The Inner Mounting Flame" (1971) is the Mahavishnu Orchestra's first studio album. (See 1971 in music.)

The back cover of the LP features a poem entitled "Aspiration" by Sri Chinmoy.

A remastered version of the album, on CD, was released in 1998 by Sony Music Entertainment. It features a facsimile of the LP front cover, a new set of liner notes by Bob Belden, as well as many photographs of the band.

"The Inner Mounting Flame" consists solely of original compositions by John McLaughlin.

The track "You Know You Know" was sampled in Massive Attack's "One Love" and Mos Def's "Kalifornia".

Track listing

All tracks composed by John McLaughlin.

#"Meeting of the Spirits" – 6:52
#"Dawn" – 5:10
#"Noonward Race" – 6:28
#"A Lotus on Irish Streams" – 5:39
#"Vital Transformation" – 6:16
#"The Dance of Maya" – 7:17
#"You Know You Know" – 5:07
#"Awakening" – 3:32

Personnel

*John McLaughlin - Guitar
*Rick Laird - Bass
*Billy Cobham - Drums, Percussion
*Jan Hammer - Keyboards, Organ
*Jerry Goodman - Violin

External links

* [http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/eternity-breath/40.html Aspiration - by Sri Chinmoy]