The Inner Mounting Flame

The Inner Mounting Flame
Studio album by Mahavishnu Orchestra
Released August 14, 1971 (1971-08-14)
Recorded 1971
Genre Jazz fusion, progressive rock
Length 45:30
Label C.B.S.
Columbia
Producer Mahavishnu Orchestra
Mahavishnu Orchestra chronology
The Inner Mounting Flame
(1971)		 Birds of Fire
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau(A)[2]
Sputnikmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The Inner Mounting Flame is Mahavishnu Orchestra's first studio album, released in 1971 and consisting solely of original compositions by John McLaughlin.

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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" was included in 2011 as part of "The Complete Columbia Albums Collection" boxset, along with the other albums by the first line-up of the band, including "The Lost Trident Sessions". This version includes a version of "The Noonward Race" recorded live at the Mar Y Sol Pop Festival 3 April 1972. That version was previously available on the compilation album Mar Y Sol: The First International Puerto Rico Pop Festival, but the version included in the boxset is two minutes longer.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John McLaughlin.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Meeting of the Spirits"   6:52
2. "Dawn"   5:10
3. "The Noonward Race"   6:28
4. "A Lotus on Irish Streams"   5:39
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Vital Transformation"   6:16
2. "The Dance of Maya"   7:17
3. "You Know You Know"   5:07
4. "Awakening"   3:32

Personnel

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Additional personnel

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)[5]

Year Chart Position
1972 Jazz Albums 11
1972 Pop Albums 89

References

  1. ↑ The Inner Mounting Flame at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau
  3. ↑ Sputnikmusic
  4. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 135. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ "The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra,John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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