Santana (1971 album)
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| Studio album by Santana | |||||
| Released | September 1971 | ||||
| Recorded | January–July 4, 1971 | ||||
| Genre | Latin rock | ||||
| Length | 41:26 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
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Santana is the third album by Santana. The band's second self-titled album, it is often referred to as III to distinguish it from the band's 1969 debut album. It was the third and last album by the Woodstock-era lineup, and it was also considered by many to be the band's peak commercially and musically, as subsequent releases aimed towards more experimental jazz and Latin music. The album featured two singles, "Everybody's Everything" (solo by Neal Schon), which hit #12 in October 1971, and "No One To Depend On," a staple in FM radio. This is the first album to feature 17-year-old Neal Schon on guitar. In 1972 he and Gregg Rolie left the band to form Journey.
The original album was recorded at Columbia Studios, San Francisco.
Santana III was also the last Santana album to hit #1 on the charts until Supernatural in 1999. The original album was re-released in 1998 with live versions of "Batuka", "Jungle Strut", and a previously unreleased song, "Gumbo", recorded at Fillmore West in 1971.
Like done with the band's debut two years earlier, in 2006 Sony released the "Legacy Edition" of the album, featuring the original album in re-mastered sound, and bonus material:
- Three other songs recorded in the sessions for the album
- The single version of "No One to Depend On"
- The complete 1971 Fillmore West concert (from which the 1998 bonus tracks were taken from)
Also known as the LP "Man With Outstretched Hand" - Mon C.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Batuka" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve) – 3:34
- "No One To Depend On" (Escovedo, Rolie, Carabello) – 5:32
- "Taboo" (Areas, Rolie) – 5:34
- "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:57
- "Everybody's Everything" (Brown, Brown, Moss, Carlos Santana) – 3:30
- "Guajira" (Areas, Brown, Reyes) – 5:45
- "Jungle Strut" (Ammons) – 5:23
- "Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) – 3:15
- "Para Los Rumberos" (Puente) – 2:56
[edit] Singles
- 1971 - "Everybody's Everything"
- 1972 - "No One To Depend On"
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1971 | Billboard 200 | 1 |
[edit] Personnel
- Michael Shrieve – Drums, Percussion, Producer
- José "Chepito" Areas – Percussion, Conga, Timbales, Drums, Producer
- Gregg Rolie – Keyboards, Piano, Vocals
- David Brown – Bass, Producer, Engineer
- Mike Carabello – Percussion, Conga, Tambourine, Vocals, Producer
- John Fiore[disambiguation needed] – Engineer
- Rico Reyes – Percussion, Vocals
- Carlos Santana – Guitar, Vocals, Producer
- Thomas "Coke" Escovedo – Percussion
- Neal Schon – Guitar, Producer
- Mario Ochoa – Piano
- Tower of Power – Horn section
- Luis Gasca - Trompet
- Linda Tillery - Background Vocalls
- Maria Ochoa - Piano
- Greg Errico - Tambourine
| Preceded by Shaft (soundtrack) by Issac Hayes |
Billboard 200 number-one album November 13 - December 17, 1971 |
Succeeded by There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & the Family Stone |
