Electric Dreams is the six solo album by English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 guitarist John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin (musician)

John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...

 and his "One Truth Band", released in 1978. Between his fourth and fifth solo album he spent several years active with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

While performing with Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

, Davis had titled a song on the album Bitches Brew

Bitches Brew

Bitches Brew is a studio double album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in April 1970 on Columbia Records. The album continued his experimentation with electric instruments previously featured on his critically acclaimed In a Silent Way album...

after McLaughlin. McLaughlin returns the favor 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
  John McLaughlin (musician)
  John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
  
   – Electric Guitar, 6 + 12 + 13 String Acoustic Guitars and Banjo
• L. Shankar
  L. Shankar
  Lakshminarayanan Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.-Early life:...
  
   – Acoustic and Electric Violin
• Stu Goldberg – Electric Piano, Moog Synthesizer with Steiner Parker Modifications, Prophet Synthesizer, Hammond Organ
• Fernando Saunders
  Fernando Saunders
  Fernando Saunders is a musician, performer, vocalist and bass player from Detroit, Michigan.-Biography:Fernando Saunders has performed all around the world with music legends such as Marianne Faithfull, Joan Baez, Slash, Tori Amos, Jimmy Page, Luciano Pavarotti and Jeff Beck...
  
   – Fender Bass, Acoustic Bass, Vocals on "Love and Understanding"
• Tony Smith – Drums, Vocals
• Alyrio Lima – Percussion, Amplified Chinese Cymbals
• David Sanborn
  David Sanborn
  David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school...
  
  – alto saxophone on "The Unknown Dissident"

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	14
1979	Billboard Pop Albums	147