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).

Electric Dreams
Studio album by John McLaughlin
Released	1979
Recorded	November–December 1978
Studio	Sound Mixer Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	38:40
Label	Columbia
Producer	John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin chronology
Electric Guitarist (1978) Electric Dreams (1979) Belo Horizonte (1981)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
All About Jazz	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

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".

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

• John McLaughlin – Electric Guitar, 6 + 12 + 13 String Acoustic Guitars and Banjo
• L. Shankar – Acoustic and Electric Violin
• Stu Goldberg – Electric Piano, Moog Synthesizer with Steiner Parker Modifications, Prophet Synthesizer, Hammond Organ
• Fernando Saunders – Fender Bass, Acoustic Bass, Vocals on "Love and Understanding"
• Tony Thunder Smith – Drums, Vocals
• Alyrio Lima – Percussion, Amplified Chinese Cymbals
• David Sanborn – Alto Saxophone on "The Unknown Dissident"

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