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Supernatural is the seventeenth album by Santana, released in 1999. It went 15 times platinum in the US and won nine Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year as well as three Latin Grammy Awards including Record of the Year.[1]

The album, conceived by Clive Davis and A&R'd by Pete Ganbarg, was a major global hit, eventually selling more than 30 million copies.[2] It is the most successful album by Santana, hitting the number one spot in ten countries, including the United States. It is also the highest selling album of original material released by any artist who had already been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame prior to its release and second highest selling overall behind The Beatles compilation album 1.

Supernatural debuted at number nineteen on the Billboard 200 on July 3, 1999 but topped (after 18 weeks) the chart on October 30, 1999 and stayed there for 12 non-consecutive weeks. It included the hit single "Smooth", which featured Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas on vocals, and was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks. The follow-up single, "Maria Maria" (which featured The Product G&B), was number one on the same chart for 10 weeks. Santana and Rob Thomas won three Grammys for their collaboration on the song "Smooth" while Santana and Everlast won another for the song "Put Your Lights On". Santana also won a Grammy for "Maria Maria". Carlos Santana became the first Hispanic to win the Record of the Year Grammy Award, while the Album of the Year award was bestowed upon Davis.

Among the other guest artists are Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná and Cee-Lo Green.

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Robert Christgau(choice cut)[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic noted that "there doesn't seem to be a track that doesn't have a guest star, which brings up the primary problem with the album [...] it never develops a consistent voice that holds the album together." He added that the album is "directionless" but concluded by saying "the peak moments of Supernatural are some of Santana's best music of the '90s, which does make it a successful comeback."[3] Rolling Stone writer David Wild also noted the amount of featured artists on the album. He goes on to say "Not everything is quite so appealing", mentioning the song, "Do You Like The Way" featuring Lauryn Hill and Cee Lo Green, saying that it "seems a bit more forced."[6]

Commercial reception

The album is one of the best-selling albums in the world, and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide,[2] with 11.8 million copies sold in the United States alone.[7] It is the best-selling album by a Hispanic artist,[8] peaking at number 1 in many countries.

According to the Guinness World Records in 2005, it was the band's first album to peak at number 1 on the Billboard 200 since Santana III in 1971, making it the longest gap between two number 1 albums, 28 years in total.[8] The album debuted at number 19 on the US Billboard 200 and eventually peaked at number one in October 1999 selling 169,000 copies that week, it would increase even more its sales the following weeks, selling 183,000, 199,000 on its first three weeks atop. Its highest sale came in year's final week when it sold 527,000 copies. Its sales would still stay in stratosphere after Holiday season, selling 583,000 copies after winning 9 Grammys in a night, it barely dropped in sales, selling again another monstruous 441,000 copies. Its last of 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 would still see huge sales, 307,000 copies that week, it later was replaced by NSYNC No Steings Attached after selling 2.4 million copies in a week. It also debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.[9] However, it was removed from the chart the following week after it was determined by Billboard that the album did not meet the requirement of having at least 50% of its songs recorded in Spanish.[10] It was ranked on Billboard's top 200 albums of the decade as the ninth best selling album of the 2000s.[11]

In Australia, the album debuted at number 48 and would peak at number 1 on March 6, 2000. In the UK, the album peaked at number 1 for two weeks starting on April 1.

Singles

"Maria Maria"
sample of "Maria Maria" performed by Santana featuring The Product G&B
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The first single released from the album was "Smooth", which featured Rob Thomas on vocals and peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks while it went to number 3 in the UK and number 4 in Australia. The next single was "Maria Maria" which featured The Product G&B as the single peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks, number 6 in the UK and number 49 in Australia. The third single, "Put Your Lights On", only peaked at number 18 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles, a poor number 97 in the UK, and was a minor hit in Australia at number 32. The single "Corazon Espinado", which featured Maná, was a hit in Spanish-speaking countries.

Track listing

Standard edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."(Da Le) Yaleo"
  • Carlos Santana
  • Shakara Mutela[12]
  • Christian Polloni[13]
Santana5:51
2."Love of My Life" (featuring Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford)
  • Santana
  • Matthews
  • Stephen Harris
  • Santana
5:48
3."Put Your Lights On" (featuring Everlast)Everlast
  • Dante Ross
  • John Gamble
4:47
4."Africa Bamba"
  • Santana
  • Ismaïla Touré and Sixu Tidiane Touré (as Touré Kunda)
  • Karl Perazzo[14]
Santana4:40
5."Smooth" (featuring Rob Thomas)
Matt Serletic4:56
6."Do You Like the Way" (featuring Lauryn Hill and CeeLo Green)HillHill5:52
7."Maria Maria" (featuring Sincere (David McRae)[15] and Money Harm (Marvin Moore-Hough) [16] (as The Product G&B)
  • Duplessis
  • Wyclef Jean
4:21
8."Migra"
5:24
9."Corazón Espinado" (featuring Maná)Fher Olvera
4:32
10."Wishing It Was" (featuring Eagle-Eye Cherry)
4:59
11."El Farol"
  • Santana
  • Porter
Porter4:49
12."Primavera"
Porter5:17
13."The Calling" (featuring Eric Clapton)
Santana7:48

Mastered by Ted Jensen

Notes
  • "The Calling" includes hidden track "Day of Celebration" starting at 8:00, but is a separate track (#14) on the 2010 "Legacy Edition" (length 4:27).
  • (*) Asterisk notes co-producer.

Legacy Edition Disc 2

A "Legacy Edition" of Supernatural was released on February 16, 2010, with a new Santana-supervised remastering.[21]

  1. "Bacalao Con Pan"
  2. "Angel Love (Come for Me)"
  3. "Rain Down on Me"
  4. "Corazon Espinado (Spanish Dance Remix)"
    • Featuring Maná
  5. "One Fine Morning" (Lighthouse Cover)
  6. "Exodus/Get Up Stand Up (Bob Marley cover)"
  7. "Ya Yo Me Cure"
  8. "Maria Maria (Pumpin' Dolls Club Mix)"
    • Featuring The Product G&B
  9. "Smooth (Instrumental)"
  10. "The Calling Jam"
  11. "Olympic Festival"

Personnel

  • "(Da Le) Yaleo"
    • Guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Keyboards – Chester D. Thompson
    • Bass – Benny Rietveld
    • Drums – Billy Johnson
    • Percussion – Karl Perazzo
    • Congas – Raul Rekow
    • Vocals – Tony Lindsay, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo
    • Trombone – Jose Abel Figueroa, Mic Gillette
    • Trumpet – Mic Gillette, Marvin McFadden
  • "Love of My Life"
  • "Put Your Lights On"
    • Lead guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Rhythm guitar and lead vocal – Everlast
    • Keyboards – Chester D. Thompson
    • Programming – Dante Ross, John Gamble
    • Bass – Benny Rietveld
    • Congas and percussion – Carlos Santana
  • "Africa Bamba"
    • Guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Keyboards – Chester D. Thompson
    • Bass – Benny Rietveld
    • Drums – Horacio Hernandez
    • Percussion – Karl Perazzo
    • Congas – Raul Rekow
    • Lead vocal – Carlos Santana
    • Vamp out vocal – Karl Perazzo
    • Background vocals – Karl Perazzo, Carlos Santana, Tony Lindsay
  • "Smooth"
    • Lead guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Lead vocal – Rob Thomas
    • Keyboards – Chester D. Thompson
    • Bass – Benny Rietveld
    • Drums – Rodney Holmes
    • Percussion – Karl Perazzo
    • Congas – Raul Rekow
    • Trombone – Jeff Cressman, Jose Abel Figueroa
    • Trumpet – Julius Melendez, William Ortiz
  • "Do You Like The Way"
  • "Maria Maria"
    • Guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Lead vocal – The Product G&B
    • Additional vocal – Carlos Santana
    • Cello – Joseph Herbert
    • Viola – Daniel Seidenberg, Hari Balakrisnan
    • Violin – Jeremy Cohen
  • "Migra"
    • Guitar and sleigh bells – Carlos Santana
    • Keyboards – Chester D. Thompson
    • Programming and accordion – K. C. Porter
    • Bass – Benny Rietveld
    • Drums – Rodney Holmes
    • Percussion – Karl Perazzo
    • Congas – Raul Rekow
    • Vocals – Tony Lindsay, K. C. Porter, Karl Perazzo
    • Trombone – Ramon Flores, Mic Gillette
    • Trumpet – Jose Abel Figueroa, Marvin McFadden, Mic Gillette
  • "Corazón Espinado"
    • Lead guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Lead vocal – Fher Olvera
    • Rhythm guitar – Sergio Vallín
    • Keyboards – Alberto Salas, Chester D. Thompson
    • Bass – Juan Calleros
    • Drums – Alex González
    • Timbales and percussion – Karl Perazzo
    • Congas – Raul Rekow
    • Background vocals – Gonzalo Chomat, Alex González
    • Vocal direction – Jose Quintana
  • "Wishing It Was"
    • Lead and rhythm guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Lead vocal – Eagle-Eye Cherry
    • Background vocals – Chad & Earl
    • Keyboards – Chester D. Thompson
    • Bass – Benny Rietveld
    • Drums – Rodney Holmes
    • Timbales and percussion – Karl Perazzo
    • Congas and percussion – Raul Rekow
    • Additional percussion – Humberto Hernandez
  • "El Farol"
    • Lead guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Rhythm guitar and percussion – Raul Pacheco
    • Keyboards and programming – K. C. Porter, Chester D. Thompson
    • Bass – Benny Rietveld
    • Drums – Gregg Bissonette
    • Timbales – Karl Perazzo
    • Congas – Raul Rekow
  • "Primavera"
    • Lead guitar – Carlos Santana
    • Rhythm guitar – J. B. Eckl
    • Keyboards – K.C. Porter, Chester D. Thompson
    • Programming – K. C. Porter
    • Bass – Mike Porcaro
    • Drums – Jimmy Keegan
    • Timbales and percussion – Karl Perazzo
    • Congas and percussion – Luis Conte
    • Lead vocal – K. C. Porter
    • Background vocals – Fher, Carlos Santana, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, K. C. Porter
    • Spanish translation – Chein Garcia Alonso
  • "The Calling"
    • Lead and rhythm guitar – Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana
    • Keyboards – Chester D. Thompson
    • Percussion – Carlos Santana
    • Programming – Mike Mani
    • Vocals – Tony Lindsay, Jeanie Tracy
    • Pro Tools editing – Andre for Screaming Lizard

Charts and certifications

See also

Release history

Region Date Label Edition
United States June 15, 1999[57] Arista Standard
Canada[58] Sony Canada
France June 21, 1999 Arista
United Kingdom July 12, 1999[59] Arista
United States February 16, 2010[60]
Deluxe

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