Santana (1969 album)
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Santana is the debut studio album by Latin rock band Santana released in 1969. Over half of the album's length is composed of 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 chart (only reaching #56), "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 and #26 on the UK Albums Chart. It has been mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.
In 2003 the album was ranked number 149 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | C−[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
Allmusic awards the album 4 and a half stars, 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."
Track listing
All tracks are written by the members of Santana except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Waiting (instrumental)" | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Shades of Time" (Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie) | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Savor (instrumental)" | 2:47 |
| 5. | "Jingo" (Babatunde Olatunji) | 4:21 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Persuasion" | 2:33 |
| 7. | "Treat (instrumental)" | 4:43 |
| 8. | "You Just Don't Care" | 4:34 |
| 9. | "Soul Sacrifice (instrumental)" (Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone) | 6:37 |
1998 reissue
Writing credits and songs' lengths are in accord with album's inner notes.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Waiting" | Santana, Rolie, José Areas, Brown, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Evil Ways" | Henry | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Shades of Time" | Rolie, Santana | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Savor" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 2:47 |
| 5. | "Jingo" | Olatunji | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Persuasion" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 2:33 |
| 7. | "Treat" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 4:43 |
| 8. | "You Just Don't Care" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 4:34 |
| 9. | "Soul Sacrifice" | Santana, Rolie, Malone, Brown | 6:38 |
| 10. | "Savor" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969; previously unissued) | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 5:27 |
| 11. | "Soul Sacrifice" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969; released on Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More, 1970) | Santana, Rolie, Malone, Brown | 11:39 |
| 12. | "Fried Neckbones" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969; previously unissued) | Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie | 7:13 |
2004 Legacy Edition
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Waiting" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Evil Ways" | Henry | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Shades of Time" | Rolie, Santana | 3:13 |
| 4. | "Savor" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 2:46 |
| 5. | "Jingo" | Olatunji | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Persuasion" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 2:36 |
| 7. | "Treat" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 4:46 |
| 8. | "You Just Don't Care" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 4:37 |
| 9. | "Soul Sacrifice" | Santana, Rolie, Malone, Brown | 6:38 |
| 10. | "Savor" (Alternate take #2) | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 2:57 |
| 11. | "Soul Sacrifice" (Alternate take #4) | Santana, Rolie, Malone, Brown | 8:50 |
| 12. | "Studio Jam" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 7:09 |
Note: Tracks 10–12 are from the studio sessions for the album recorded in May 1969.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fried Neckbones" | Bobo, Lastie | 7:41 |
| 2. | "Soul Sacrifice" | Santana, Rolie, Malone, Brown | 9:06 |
| 3. | "Persuasion" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Treat" | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 6:49 |
| 5. | "Shades of Time" | Santana, Rolie | 2:29 |
| 6. | "Jingo" | Olatunji | 5:20 |
| 7. | "Waiting" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 4:44 |
| 8. | "You Just Don't Care" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Savor" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 5:25 |
| 10. | "Jingo" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) | Olatunji | 5:14 |
| 11. | "Persuasion" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) | Santana, Rolie, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Shrieve | 3:05 |
| 12. | "Soul Sacrifice" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) | Santana, Rolie, Malone, Brown | 11:49 |
| 13. | "Fried Neckbones" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) | Bobo, Lastie | 7:13 |
Note: Tracks 1–6 are from the original studio sessions for the album recorded January 27–29, 1969.
Personnel
- Carlos Santana – guitar, backing vocals
- Gregg Rolie - organ, piano, lead vocals
- David Brown – bass
- Michael Shrieve – drums
- Michael Carabello – congas, percussion
- José "Chepito" Areas – timbales, congas, percussion
Production
- Brent Dangerfield and Santana band - producers
- David Brown - engineer
- Lee Conklin - Album cover art[5]
References
- ^ Levy, Joe; Steven Van Zandt (2006) [2005]. "150 | Santana – Santana". Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (3rd ed.). London: Turnaround. ISBN 1-932958-61-4. OCLC 70672814.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Santana at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Santana:Santana".
- ^ "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Cover Story – Santana's "Santana", with illustration by Lee Conklin | The Rock and Roll Report". Retrieved 2012-10-09.
