1. Flame Sky 16:32
2. Let's Us Go Into The House Of The Lord 25:10
3. The Life Divine 20:05
4. A Love Supreme 19:39
5. Follow Your Heart 29:09
6. Naima 6:08
Mahavishnu John Mclaughlin - Guitar
Carlos Santana - Guitar
Larry Young - Organ
Doug Rauch - Bass
Billy Cobham - Drums
Armando Peraza - Percussion
Wiki:
"Both men were recent disciples of the guru Sri Chinmoy, and the title of the album echoes basic concepts of Chinmoy's philosophy, which focused on 'love, devotion and surrender'. Sri Chinmoy spoke about the album and the concept of surrender:
Unfortunately, in the West surrender is misunderstood. We feel that if we surrender to someone, he will then lord it over us....But from the spiritual point of view...when the finite enters in the Infinite, it becomes the Infinite all at once. When a tiny drop enters into the ocean, we cannot trace the drop. It becomes the mighty ocean.
Both men had recently become followers of Sri Chinmoy, and for both the album came at a transitional moment spiritually and musically: Love Devotion Surrender was a 'very public pursuit of their spiritual selves.' Carlos Santana was moving from blues toward jazz and fusion, experiencing a 'spiritual awakening,' while McLaughlin was about to experience the break-up of the Mahavishnu Orchestra after being criticized by other band members. Santana had been a fan of McLaughlin, and McLaughlin had introduced Santana to Sri Chinmoy in 1971, at which time the guru bestowed the name 'Devadip' on him, and the two had started playing and recording together in 1972. According to his biographer Marc Shapiro, Santana had much to learn from McLaughlin: 'He would sit for hours, enthralled at the new ways to play that McLaughlin was teaching him,' and his new spirituality had its effect on the music: 'the feeling was that Carlos's newfound faith was present in every groove'."
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