Overview
The Inner Mounting Flame was the first album that totally captured the power of hard rock and the freewheeling improvisational aspects of jazz. The ascending and descending distortion-laden mantra-like riffs and unison playing set a standard for jazz-rock still in place today. Its Indian influences merged with blues scales and rock rawness set the music world on fire. The musical attack was relentless, the sound loud, raw, and dangerous. Drummer and bassist do take a short rest on the beautiful, graceful, and delicate "A Lotus On Irish Streams". Melodies and rhythms like these had never been heard before. In short, this was the greatest jazz-fusion recording ever made. – All About Jazz
