Freedom (Santana album)

Freedom
Studio album by Santana
Released	February 1987
Studio	The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Length	46:52
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jeffrey Cohen, Carlos Santana; with: Chester Thompson, Sterling Crew
Santana chronology
Beyond Appearances (1985) Freedom (1987) Viva Santana! (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone	(mixed)
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Freedom is the fifteenth studio album by Santana. By this recording, Santana had nine members, some of which had returned after being with the band in previous versions. Freedom moved away from the more poppy sound of the previous album, Beyond Appearances and back to the band's original Latin rock. It failed, however, to revive Santana's commercial fortunes, reaching only ninety-five on the album chart.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Veracruz" (Jeffrey Cohen, Buddy Miles, Gregg Rolie, Carlos Santana) – 4:23
2. "She Can't Let Go" (Cohen, Tom Coster, Alphonso Johnson, Cory Lerios) – 4:45
3. "Once It's Gotcha" (Cohen, Coster, Johnson) – 5:42
4. "Love Is You" [Instrumental] (Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 3:54
5. "Songs of Freedom" (Coster, Miles, Santana) – 4:28

Side two

1. "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Sterling Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 4:18
2. "Praise" (Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 4:36
3. "Mandela" [Instrumental] (Armando Peraza) – 5:31
4. "Before We Go" (Jim Capaldi, Santana) – 3:54
5. "Victim of Circumstance" (Crew, Miles, Gary Rashid, Santana) – 5:21

Personnel

• Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals
• Tom Coster – keyboards
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
• Gregg Rolie – synthesizer, keyboards
• Sterling Crew – keyboards/synths
• Alphonso Johnson – bass
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – percussion, conga
• Orestes Vilató – percussion, timbales
• Raul Rekow – percussion, conga, vocals
• Buddy Miles – vocals

External links

• Freedom at Discogs (list of releases)