The Inner Mounting Flame

The Inner Mounting Flame
Studio album by
Mahavishnu Orchestra
ReleasedNovember 3, 1971[1][2]
RecordedAugust 14, 1971[3]
StudioCBS Studios (New York City)
Genre
Length46:15[4]
LabelColumbia
ProducerJohn McLaughlin
Mahavishnu Orchestra chronology
The Inner Mounting Flame
(1971) 		Birds of Fire
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Christgau's Record GuideA[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[8]
Sputnikmusic5/5[7]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[9]

The Inner Mounting Flame is the debut studio album by jazz-rock fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, recorded in August 1971 and released later that year by Columbia Records. After their formation, the group performed several debut gigs before they entered the studio to record their first album featuring all original material written by guitarist John McLaughlin.

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  2. ^ "The Inner Mounting Flame". Amazon Music. Amazon. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Smith, Chris (2009). 101 Albums that Changed Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 89.
  4. ^ "The Inner Mounting Flame von Mahavishnu Orchestra bei Amazon Music – Amazon.de". Amazon.de. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. ^ The Inner Mounting Flame at AllMusic
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 2, 2019 – via Robertchristgau.com.
  7. ^ "Review: Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  8. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 135. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  9. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 922. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.