ELECTRIC DREAMS

This album was not a bad bounceback after the dismal final Mahavishnu Orchestra album, Inner Truth. While the album is not perfect, and does not have the majesty of the great MO albums, it does have some fine music, and excellent performances on it.

There is more jazz than rock here. I would categorize the album as something similar to Larry Coryell's excellent Spaces record (which happened to feature McLaughlin). It tends to be more in the vein of Miles Davis' early, somewhat spacey jazz rock fusion.

The only bad track on the album is Love And Understanding. Really, who was making all those great jazz musicians add simpering vocal songs to their albums? But otherwise, you get a fine batch of jazz weighted fusion here.

3.5 stars, rounded up.