Electric Dreams (John McLaughlin album)

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Electric Dreams
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Studio album by
John McLaughlin
Released1979
RecordedNovember–December 1978
StudioSound Mixer Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz fusion
Length38:40
Label Columbia
Producer John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin chronology
Electric Guitarist
(1978)		Electric Dreams
(1979)		 Belo Horizonte
(1981)

Electric Dreams is the fifth solo album by English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin and his "One Truth Band" (featuring violinist L. Shankar, keyboardist Stu Goldberg, bassist Fernando Saunders, percussionist Alyrio Lima and drummer Tony "Thunder" Smith), released in 1979. Between his third and fourth solo albums he spent several years leading the Mahavishnu Orchestra (which featured Goldberg), and Shakti (which featured Shankar).

Contents

While performing with Miles Davis, Davis had titled a song on the album Bitches Brew "John McLaughlin". McLaughlin returns the favour here, naming a song "Miles Davis".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

All About Jazz wrote that "Electric Dreams offers some of the best composing and playing of McLaughlin's career and has been unfairly overlooked." [5]

Track listing

All songs by John McLaughlin unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Guardian Angels" – 0:51
  2. "Miles Davis" – 4:54
  3. "Electric Dreams, Electric Sighs" – 6:57
  4. "Desire and the Comforter" – 7:34
  5. "Love and Understanding" – 6:36
  6. "Singing Earth" (Stu Goldberg) – 0:37
  7. "The Dark Prince" – 5:15
  8. "The Unknown Dissident" – 6:16

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [6] 75
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 27
US Billboard 200 [8] 147
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [9] 14

References

  1. ↑ Ginell, Richard S. "Electric Dreams – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 7 March 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 977. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  135. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ Kolosky, Walter (17 November 2002). "John McLaughlin w/ The One Truth Band: Electric Dreams". All About Jazz. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Charts.nz – John McLaughlin with the One Truth Band – Electric Dreams". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 October June 2024.
  8. ↑ "John McLaughlin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 October June 2024.
  9. ↑ "John McLaughlin Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 October June 2024.
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