Santana (1971 album)

Santana (III)
Studio album by Santana
Released September 1971
Recorded January – July 4, 1971 at Columbia Studios, San Francisco
Genre Latin rock, psychedelic rock
Length 41:26
Label Columbia
Producer Santana Musicians
Santana chronology
Abraxas
(1970)		 Santana III
(1971)		 Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
(1972)
Singles from Santana III
  1. "Everybody's Everything"
    Released: 1971
  2. "No One to Depend On"
    Released: 1972

Santana is the third studio 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. The album was also known as Man with an Outstretched Hand. 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" (again with solo by Schon), a staple in FM radio. This is the first album to feature 17-year-old 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. According to Guinness Book of World Records 2005, this is the longest delay between #1 albums ever occurring. 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 which features lead guitar solos by both Santana and Schon.

As was done with the band's debut album, released two years earlier, in 2006 Sony released the "Legacy Edition" of the album, featuring the original album in re-mastered sound, and bonus material:

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Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Batuka" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve) – 3:34
  2. "No One to Depend On" (Escovedo, Rolie, Carabello) – 5:31
  3. "Taboo" (Areas, Rolie) – 5:34
  4. "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:57

Side Two

  1. "Everybody's Everything" (Brown, Brown, Moss, Carlos Santana) – 3:33
  2. "Guajira" (Areas, Brown, Reyes) – 5:45
  3. "Jungle Strut" (Ammons) – 5:23
  4. "Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) – 3:15
  5. "Para Los Rumberos" (Puente) – 2:51

Bonus Tracks (1998 Reissue)

All Recorded Live at the Fillmore West, July 4, 1971

  1. "Batuka" – 3:41
  2. "Jungle Strut" – 5:59
  3. "Gumbo" – 5:26

Legacy Edition (2006)

Disc One - Original Santana III

  1. "Batuka" – 3:35
  2. "No One to Depend On" – 5:31
  3. "Taboo" – 5:34
  4. "Toussaint L'Overture" – 5:56
  5. "Everybody's Everything" – 3:31
  6. "Guajira" – 5:43
  7. "Jungle Strut" – 5:20
  8. "Everything's Coming Our Way" – 3:15
  9. "Para Los Rumberos" – 2:47

Bonus Tracks:

  1. "Gumbo" (Previously Unissued Studio Recording) – 4:24
  2. "Folsom Street - One" (Previously Unissued Studio Recording) – 7:08
  3. "Banbeye" (Previously Unissued Studio Recording) – 10:21
  4. "No One To Depend On" (Single Version) – 3:13

Disc Two

Live At The Fillmore West, July 4, 1971

  1. "Batuka" – 3:47
  2. "No One to Depend On" – 5:29
  3. "Toussaint L'Overture" – 6:10
  4. "Taboo" – 5:10
  5. "Jungle Strut" – 5:49
  6. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" – 6:15 (Green/Szabó)
  7. "Incident At Neshabur" – 5:28
  8. "In A Silent Way" – 6:55
  9. "Savor" – 3:35
  10. "Para Los Rumberos" – 3:41
  11. "Gumbo" – 5:26

Tracks 2-4, 6, 9, 10: previously unissued
Tracks 1, 5, 11: from the 1998 reissue of Santana III (see above)
Tracks 7, 8: previously released on the sampler Fillmore - The Last Days [1]

Singles

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1971 Billboard 200 1

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/Fillmore_Last_Days.htm
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"Jingo" • "Evil Ways" • "Black Magic Woman" • "Oye Como Va" • "Hope You're Feeling Better" • "Everybody's Everything" • "No One to Depend On" • "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" • "Let It Shine" • "She's Not There" • "Stormy" • "You Know That I Love You" • "Changes" • "Searchin'" • "Winning" • "The Sensitive Kind" • "Hold On" • "Say It Again" • "Smooth" (w/ Rob Thomas) • "Maria Maria" (w/ The Project G&B) • "Put Your Lights On" (w/ Everlast) • "The Game of Love" (w/ Michelle Branch) • "Nothing At All" (w/ Musiq Soulchild) •"Feels Like Fire" (w/ Dido) • "Why Don't You & I" (w/ Chad Kroeger) • "I'm Feeling You" (w/ Michelle Branch & The Wreckers) • "Just Feel Better" (w/ Steven Tyler) • "Cry Baby Cry" (w/ Sean Paul and Joss Stone) • "No Llores" (w/ Gloria Estefan, Jose Feliciano and Sheila E.) • "Into the Night" (w/ Chad Kroeger) • "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (w/ India.Arie and Yo-Yo Ma) • "Photograph" (w/ Chris Daughtry)
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