The Allmusic review past times Robert Taylor awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Raw as well as powerful, the music herein is what made fusion such a feasible musical style... Easily 1 of the best fusion recordings of all time"
Drummers artist/alphonse-mouzon-mn0000003015">Alphonse Mouzon as well as artist/billy-cobham-mn0000767741">Billy Cobham led close parallel careers during the 1970s as well as helped to enhance the bar past times which all subsequent drummers were to last judged. They were both inwards legendary fusion bands (artist/mouzon-mn0000003015">Mouzon inwards artist/weather-report-mn0000243527">Weather Report as well as artist/larry-coryell-mn0000124784">Larry Coryell's artist/eleventh-house-mn0000140671">Eleventh House as well as artist/cobham-mn0000767741">Cobham inwards artist/dreams-mn0000804077">Dreams as well as artist/the-mahavishnu-orchestra-mn0000233862">the Mahavishnu Orchestra), both led their ain successful bands, both reinvented jazz-rock drumming, as well as both released 1 classic, genre-defining recording. artist/cobham-mn0000767741">Cobham's classic was Spectrum, a recording that is regularly considered equally 1 of the genre's best. This, Mind Transplant, is artist/mouzon-mn0000003015">Mouzon's classic recording that is oft hailed equally "Spectrum II." The mutual thread, equally good the aggressive drumming, is guitarist artist/tommy-bolin-mn0000933568">Tommy Bolin. Where artist/cobham-mn0000767741">Cobham used artist/bolin-mn0000933568">Bolin's aggressive playing equally a counterpoint to artist/jan-hammer-mn0000809357">Jan Hammer, artist/mouzon-mn0000003015">Mouzon features the guitarist equally the main attraction. The tunes themselves may non last equally memorable as, say, "Red Baron" or "Stratus," precisely the playing is no less inspired. artist/mouzon-mn0000003015">Mouzon as well as artist/bolin-mn0000933568">Bolin are a natural agree as well as force themselves to levels of inventiveness as well as science that few tin attain. Raw as well as powerful, the music herein is what made fusion such a feasible musical style. This recording has never been equally pop equally Spectrum, precisely was in conclusion released on CD inwards 1993 alongside the add-on of the 15-minute jam session "The Real Thing." Easily 1 of the best fusion recordings of all time.
Tracks Listing
1. Mind Transplant (4:05)
2. Snow Bound (3:05)
3. Carbon Dioxide (4:38)
4. Ascorbic Acid (3:26)
5. Happiness Is Loving You (4:09)
6. Some of the Things People Do (3:40)
7. Golden Rainbows (6:56)
8. Nitroglycerin (3:03)
Total Time: 33:06
Recorded at Wally Heider Sound Studio III inwards Los Angeles, California on Dec iv (tracks 2, five & 7), Dec five (track 6), Dec half dozen (tracks three & 8) as well as Dec nine & 10 (tracks 1 & 3), 1974
Line-up / Musicians
Alphonse Mouzon / drums, vocals, ARP 2600 synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electrical piano, Farfisa organ
Jerry Peters / Fender Rhodes electrical piano, Hammond B3 organ
Jay Graydon / Guitar, ARP 2600 synthesizer programming
Tommy Bolin / Guitar
Lee Ritenour / Guitar
Henry Davis / Bass
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