The Heart of Things is a jazz/rock album released in 1997 by John McLaughlin on Verve, catalogue number 539 153-2. The genre is very much brawny electric jazz fusion featuring some young newcomers to McLaughlin's orbit as well as the familiar Beard and Chambers. All the pieces were written by McLaughlin, who also produced the album.
The executive producers were Jean-Philippe Aliard and Daniel Richard. Production co-ordination was by Christian Pégand, assisted by Karen Strugg. It was recorded and mixed at the Officine Mechaniche studio in Milan, Italy, with engineering by Paolo Iafelice and Celeste Frigo, assisted by Maurizio Andiloro. Editing was carried out at the Massimo Spinosa Studios in Milan by Massimo Spinosa, assisted by Max Costa. The mixing engineers were Max Costa and Celeste Frigo.
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