Borboletta

Borboletta
Studio album by Santana
Released October 1974
Genre Jazz fusion, soul
Length 49:52
Label CBS
Producer Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster
Santana chronology
Illuminations
(1974)		 Borboletta
(1974)		 Amigos
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau C+[2]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[3]

Borboletta is the sixth studio album by Santana. It is one of his jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along with "Caravanserai", "Welcome", "Love, Devotion and Surrender" with John McLaughlin, and "Illuminations" with Alice Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard. The guitarist leaves a lot of room to percussion, saxophone and keyboards to set moods ("Spring Manifestations"), as well as lengthy solos by himself ("Promise of a Fisherman") and vocals ("Give and Take", a funky guitar-led song). The record was released in a shiny blue sleeve displaying a butterfly, an allusion to the album Butterfly Dreams by Brazilian musician Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound of "Borboletta".

Track listing

  1. "Spring Manifestations" - (A. Moreira, F. Purim) - 1:05
  2. "Canto de los Flores" - (T. Coster, Santana Band) - 3:39
  3. "Life Is Anew" - (C. Santana, M. Shrieve) - 4:22
  4. "Give and Take" - (C. Santana, T. Coster, M. Shrieve) - 5:44
  5. "One with the Sun" - (Jerry Martini, Earlyrin Martini) - 4:22
  6. "Aspirations" - (T. Coster, C. Santana) - 5:10
  7. "Practice What You Preach" - (C. Santana) - 4:31
  8. "Mirage" - (L. Patillo) - 4:43
  9. "Here and Now" - (A. Peraza, C. Santana) - 3:01
  10. "Flor de Canela" - (C. Santana, D. Rauch) - 2:09
  11. "Promise of a Fisherman" (Promessa de Pescador) - (Dorival Caymmi) - 8:18
  12. "Borboletta" - (A. Moreira) - 2:47

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011 [last update]). "Borboletta - Santana | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r48669. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: Album: Santana: Borboletta". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=7718. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Palmer, Bob (2011 [last update]). "Santana: Borboletta : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20090220204200/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/santana/albums/album/317057/review/5943643/borboletta. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
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