The Inner Mounting Flame
| The Inner Mounting Flame | ||||
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| File:MahavishnuOrchestraInnerMountingFlamealbumcover.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by Mahavishnu Orchestra | ||||
| Released | August 14, 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 45:30 | |||
| Label | C.B.S. Columbia |
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| Producer | Mahavishnu Orchestra | |||
| Mahavishnu Orchestra chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| 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.
The track "You Know, You Know" was sampled in Massive Attack's "One Love", Mos Def's "Kalifornia", Black Sheep's single "Similak Child", David Sylvian's "I Surrender", Cecil Otter's "Rebel Yellow" and Blahzay Blahzay's "Intro" from Blah Blah Blah album.
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.
Contents
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 |
| 2011 remaster bonus track | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 9. | "Noonward Race (live)" | 15:03 |
Personnel
Mahavishnu Orchestra
- John McLaughlin: guitar
- Rick Laird: bass
- Billy Cobham: drums, percussion
- Jan Hammer: keyboards, organ
- Jerry Goodman: violin
Additional personnel
- Don Puluse: engineer
- Robert Honablue: engineer
Charts
- Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Jazz Albums | 11 |
| 1972 | Pop Albums | 89 |
References
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- ↑ The Inner Mounting Flame at AllMusic
- ↑ Robert Christgau
- ↑ Sputnikmusic
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