Spirits Dancing in the Flesh

Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
Studio album by Santana
Released	June 1990
Studio	The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	48:22
Label	Columbia
Producer	Carlos Santana, Vernon Reid, Chester Thompson, Jim Gaines
Santana chronology
Viva Santana! (1988) Spirits Dancing in the Flesh (1990) Milagro (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B
Rolling Stone

Spirits Dancing in the Flesh is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. It reached eighty-five in the Billboard 200.

Track listing

1. "Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 7:20
2. "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:29
3. "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana) – 4:32
4. "Soweto (Africa Libre)" (Santana, Thompson, Alphonso Johnson) – 5:06
5. "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:14
6. "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) – 4:26
7. "Full Moon" (Paulo Rustichelli) – 4:31
8. "Who's That Lady" (Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper) – 4:15
9. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:46
10. "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) – 4:30

Personnel

Band

• Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, percussion
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, horns, Hammond B3, vocals
• Armando Peraza – bongos, congas, percussion
• Walfredo Reyes – drums, timbales, percussion
• Alex Ligertwood – vocals, guitar
• Benny Rietveld – bass

Guest musicians

• Francisco Aguabella – congas
• Kevin Dorsey – background vocals
• Jim Gilstrap – background vocals
• Tramaine Hawkins – lead vocals
• Rashan Hylton – background vocals
• Phillip Ingram – background vocals
• Alphonso Johnson – bass
• Keith Jones – bass
• Stephen King – vocals
• Hugh "Sweetfoot" Maynard – background vocals
• Vernon Reid – guitar
• Raul Rekow – congas, vocals
• Paolo Rustichelli – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Wayne Shorter – soprano sax, tenor sax
• Orestes Vilató – timbales, vocals
• Oren Waters – background vocals
• Bobby Womack – lead vocals

Additional musicians

• Devon Bernardoni – keyboards
• Charisse Dancy – choir
• Sandra Hunter – choir
• Marjo Keller – choir
• Lynice Pinkard – choir
• Lovetta Brown – choir
• De Anna Brown – choir
• Kevin Swan Butler – choir
• Darryl Williams – choir
• Edwin M. Harper, Jr. – choir direction

Production

• Sergio Albonico – executive producer
• Chris Becker – engineering assistance
• Devon Bernardoni – engineering, mixing
• Paul Ericksen – engineering, mixing
• Arne Frager – mixing
• Lori Fumar – engineering assistance
• Jim Gaines – engineering, mixing, production
• Bernie Kirsh – engineering
• David Leonard – mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Diego Uchitel – photography
• Bob Venosa – design
• Peter Wolf – arranging, production