Zebop!

Zebop!
Studio album by Santana
Released April 1981
Length 47:12
Label Columbia
Producer Carlos Santana, Bill Graham
Santana chronology

Marathon
(1979)
Zebop!
(1981)
Shangó
(1982)
Singles from Zebop!
  1. "Changes"
    Released: 1981
  2. "Searchin'"
    Released: 1981
  3. "Winning"
    Released: 1981
  4. "The Sensitive Kind"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

Zebop! is the eleventh studio album by Santana. The album has had several releases, and several different colour backgrounds for the cover have been produced, including pink and red. It featured one of Santana's last commercial hits until Supernatural, "Winning".

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Changes" (Cat Stevens) – 4:27
  2. "E Papa Ré" (Santana, Baker, Margen, Vilató, Ligertwood) – 4:32
  3. "Primera Invasion" (Lear, Margen, Pasqua, Santana) – 2:08
  4. "Searchin'" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg) – 3:54
  5. "Over and Over" (Meyers) – 4:46
  6. "Winning" (Russ Ballard) – 3:28

Side two

  1. "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua, Peraza, Rékow, Santana) – 3:24
  2. "The Sensitive Kind" (J.J. Cale) – 3:32
  3. "American Gypsy" (Ballard, Lear, Ligertwood) – 3:39
  4. "I Love You Much too Much" (Alexander Olshanetsky, Raye, Towber) – 4:43
  5. "Brightest Star" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 4:49
  6. "Hannibal" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Rékow, Santana) – 3:41

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Chart positions

Album Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1981 The Billboard 200 9
Black Albums 36
Jazz Albums 10

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Changes" Mainstream Rock 45
"Searchin'" Mainstream Rock 26
"Winning" Mainstream Rock 2
Billboard Hot 100 17
"The Sensitive Kind" Billboard Hot 100 56

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[3] Gold 100,000*
United States (RIAA)[4] Platinum 1,000,000^

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

References

  1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17344
  2. "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  3. "French album certifications – Santana – Zebop!" (in French). InfoDisc. Select SANTANA and click OK
  4. "American album certifications – Santana – Zebop_". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH