INNER WORLDS

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Jazz Rock/Fusion

2.61 | 140 ratings

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Evolver
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I can't imagine that this album was John McLaughlin's idea. This had to be the brainchild of some brilliant record company executive. Just look at the cover. I'm sorry I had to do that to you.

The album starts out with an okay song, All In The Family. It's just a jam on a nice rhythm section, fronted by Narada Michael Walden. The next song is a step down. A simple jam, with McLaughlin playing on a primitive (hey, this was 1976) guitar synthesizer. After that, forget it. The rest of the album is primarily what the industry was selling as "fusion" in those days: polyester pseudo-soul, with insipid lyrics and occasional unchallenging solos.

But the lowest this stinker of an album sinks is Planetary Citizen, a thankfully short obnoxious disco excursion (hey, this was 1976).

The album gets slightly better with Inner Worlds Pts. 1 & 2, a song that tries, and fails, to recapture the spirit of the earlier Mahavishnu albums. No wonder you didn't see another album from this band for quite a while. I would hide, too.

Stop looking at the cover.

Evolver | 1/5 | 2010-7-16

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