Festival (Santana album)

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	C+
Rolling Stone	(not rated)
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Festivál is a 1977 album from Santana. It was their eighth studio album. It peaked number twenty seven in the Billboard 200 chart and number twenty nine in the R&B Albums chart.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Carnaval" (Tom Coster, Carlos Santana) – 2:15
2. "Let the Children Play" (Leon Patillo, Santana) – 3:28
3. "Jugando" (José Areas, Santana) – 2:12
4. "Give Me Love" (Pablo Téllez) – 4:29
5. "Verão Vermelho" (Nonato Buzar) – 5:00
6. "Let the Music Set You Free" (Coster, Patillo, David Rubinson, Santana) – 3:39

Side two

1. "Revelations" (Coster, Santana) – 4:37
2. "Reach Up" (Coster, Patillo, Rubinson, Santana) – 5:23
3. "The River" (Patillo, Santana) – 4:53
4. "Try a Little Harder" (Patillo) – 5:04
5. "María Caracóles" (Traditional) – 4:32

Personnel

• Oren Waters – vocals, background vocals
• Maxine Willard Waters – vocals, background vocals
• Francisco Zavala – vocals, background vocals
• Carlos Santana – guitar, bass, percussion, vocals, background vocals
• Leon Patillo – keyboards, percussion, piano, vocals, background vocals
• Tom Coster – keyboards, percussion, synthesizer, vocals
• Pablo Téllez – bass, percussion, vocals, background vocals
• Paul Jackson – bass
• Gaylord Birch – drums, percussion, tympani
• José "Chepitó" Areas – conga, percussion, timbales
• Raul Rekow – conga, percussion, background vocals
• Joel Badie – percussion, vocals, background vocals
• Julia Waters – background vocals

Production:

• Fred Catero – engineer
• David Rubinson – engineer, producer

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)	Gold	100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	75,000^
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.