Borboletta

Borboletta
Studio album by Santana
Released October 1974
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 49:52
Label CBS
Producer Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster
Santana chronology

Greatest Hits
(1974)		 Borboletta
(1974)		 Amigos
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (C+)[2]
Džuboks (mixed)[3]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [5]

Borboletta is the sixth studio album by Santana. It is one of his jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along with Caravanserai (1972), Welcome (1973), Love Devotion Surrender (1973) with John McLaughlin and Illuminations (1974) 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 (1973) by Brazilian musician Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound of Borboletta. In Portuguese, borboleta means "butterfly".

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Spring Manifestations" (Airto Moreira, Flora Purim) - 1:05
  2. "Canto de los Flores" (Tom Coster, Santana Band) - 3:39
  3. "Life Is Anew" (Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve) - 4:22
  4. "Give and Take" (Santana, Coster, Shrieve) - 5:44
  5. "One with the Sun" (Jerry Martini, Earlyrin Martini) - 4:22
  6. "Aspirations" (Coster, Santana) - 5:10

Side two

  1. "Practice What You Preach" (Santana) - 4:31
  2. "Mirage" (Leon Patillo) - 4:43
  3. "Here and Now" (Peraza, Santana) - 3:01
  4. "Flor de Canela" (Santana, Doug Rauch) - 2:09
  5. "Promise of a Fisherman (Promessa de Pescador)" (Dorival Caymmi) - 8:18
  6. "Borboletta" (Moreira) - 2:47

Personnel

Airto Moreira and Flora Purim appear courtesy of CTI Records

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Borboletta - Santana | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: Album: Santana: Borboletta". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Santana - Borboletta". Džuboks (in Serbian) (Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine) (6 (second series)): 23.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Bob (20 December 1978). "Santana: Borboletta : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "British album certifications – Santana – Borboletta". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Borboletta in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  7. ↑ "American album certifications – Santana – Borboletta". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH