Electric Guitarist is the fourth solo album by guitarist John McLaughlin, released in 1978 through Columbia Records originally on vinyl; a remastered CD was issued in 1990 as part of the Columbia Jazz Contemporary Masters series. Among McLaughlin’s former collaborators appearing on the album are drummers Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette and Billy Cobham, keyboardist Chick Corea, alto saxophonist David Sanborn, violinist Jerry Goodman, bassists Jack Bruce, Stanley Clarke and Fernando Saunders and fellow guitarist Carlos Santana.

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that the music is "in a more conventional jazz or jazz-rock format."

Track listing

Personnel

"New York on My Mind" "Friendship" "Every Tear from Every Eye" "Do You Hear the Voices That You Left Behind?" "Are You the One? Are You the One?" "Phenomenon - Compulsion" "My Foolish Heart"

Charts