Santana (1969 album)

Santana
Studio album by Santana
Released	August 1969
Recorded	May 1969 at Pacific Recording, San Mateo, California
Genre	Latin rock, blues-rock, jazz fusion
Length	37:29
Label	Columbia
Producer	Carlos Santana, Brent Dangerfield
Santana chronology
Santana (1969) Abraxas (1970)
Singles from Santana
"Jingo" Released: October, 1969 "Evil Ways" Released: December 30, 1969

Santana is the debut studio album by the San Francisco rock group Santana released in 1969. It is a release of largely instrumental music, recorded by what was originally a purely free-form jam band. At the suggestion of manager Bill Graham, the band took to writing more conventional songs for more impact, but managed to retain the essence of improvisation in the music.

The album was destined to be a major release, given a headstart by the band's seminal performance at the Woodstock Festival earlier that August. Although "Jingo" failed to create much interest when released as a single, "Evil Ways", the second single taken from the album, was a U. S. Top 10 hit. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 150 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Allmusic (Legacy)
Robert Christgau	C-

The album was awarded 4 and a half stars by Allmusic, by stating: "Carlos Santana was originally in his own wing of the Latin Rock hall of fame, neither playing Afro-Cuban with rock guitar, as did Malo, nor flavouring mainstream rock with Percussion, as did Chicago."

The album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200 and number 26 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing (1969 original issue (Columbia CS 9781))

Side one

1. "Waiting" (Santana) – 4:07
2. "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) – 3:58
3. "Shades of Time" (Santana) – 3:13
4. "Savor" (Santana) – 2:47
5. "Jingo" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:23

Side two

1. "Persuasion" (Santana) – 2:36
2. "Treat" (Santana) – 4:46
3. "You Just Don't Care" (Santana) – 4:37
4. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana) – 6:34

Track listing (1998 reissue)

Writing credits and songs' lengths are in accord with album's inner notes.

1. "Waiting" (Santana) – 4:03
2. "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) – 3:57
3. "Shades of Time" (G. Rolie / C. Santana) – 3:14
4. "Savor" (Santana) – 2:47
5. "Jingo" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:21
6. "Persuasion" (Santana) – 2:33
7. "Treat" (Santana) – 4:43
8. "You Just Don't Care" (Santana) – 4:34
9. "Soul Sacrifice" (C. Santana / G. Rolie / Marcus Malone / D. Brown) – 6:38

Bonus tracks: All recorded live at the Woodstock Festival, Saturday, August 16, 1969:

10. "Savor"† (Santana) – 5:27
11. "Soul Sacrifice"‡ (C. Santana / G. Rolie / Marcus Malone / D. Brown) – 11:39
12. "Fried Neckbones"† (Willie Bobo (William Correa) / Melvin Lastie) – 7:13

† Previously unreleased.
‡ Released Woodstock (Cotillion SD3-500), July 1970.

Track listing (2004 Legacy Edition)

Disc 1:

1. "Waiting" – (Santana)  – 4:07
2. "Evil Ways" – (Clarence Henry)  – 4:00
3. "Shades of Time" – (Rolie/Santana)  – 3:13
4. "Savor" – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 2:46
5. "Jingo" – (Olatunji)  – 4:23
6. "Persuasion" – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 2:36
7. "Treat" – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 4:46
8. "You Just Don't Care" – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 4:37
9. "Soul Sacrifice" – (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana)  – 6:38
10. "Savor" (Alternate Take #2) – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 2:57
11. "Soul Sacrifice" (Alternate Take #4) – (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana)  – 8:50
12. "Studio Jam" – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 7:09

Disc 2:

1. "Fried Neckbones" – (Willie Bobo/William Correa/Melvin Lastie)  – 7:41
2. "Soul Sacrifice" – (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana)  – 9:06
3. "Persuasion" – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 3:52
4. "Treat" – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 6:49
5. "Shades of Time" – (Rolie/Santana)  – 2:29
6. "Jingo" – (Olatunji)  – 5:20
7. "Waiting" (live) – (Santana)  – 4:44
8. "You Just Don't Care" (live) – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 4:55
9. "Savor" (live) – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 5:25
10. "Jingo" (live) – (Olatunji)  – 5:14
11. "Persuasion" (live) – (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)  – 3:05
12. "Soul Sacrifice" (live) – (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana)  – 11:49
13. "Fried Neckbones" (live) – (Willie Bobo/William Correa/Melvin Lastie)  – 7:13

Tracks 1–6 are from the original studio sessions for the album. Tracks 7–13 are from Santana's performance at the Woodstock Festival.

Personnel

• Carlos Santana – Guitar, Vocals
• Gregg Rolie - Organ, Piano, Vocals
• David Brown – Bass
• Michael Shrieve – Drums
• Michael Carabello – Percussion, Congas, Timbales
• José "Chepito" Areas – Percussion, Conga, Timbales

Production

• Carlos Santana - Producer
• David Brown - Engineer