Shape Shifter (album)
| Shape Shifter | ||||
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| Studio album by Santana | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Latin rock | |||
| Length | 57:22 | |||
| Label | Starfaith[1] | |||
| Producer | Carlos Santana, Eric Bazilian, Walter Afanasieff | |||
| Santana chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone Brasil | [2] |
Shape Shifter is the twenty-first studio album (thirty-sixth album overall) by Santana. It was released on May 14, 2012. This album is the first from his new record label Starfaith Records,[3] which is distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, owners of most of Santana's albums (except those recorded for Polydor Records which are owned by Universal Music Group).[4] It is also the first album since 1992's Milagro that does not feature guest singers in any of the songs, a style that characterized Santana's albums since Supernatural. The album contains only one song with vocals ("Eres La Luz").[5] The track "Mr. Szabo" is a homage to the Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó, who released a series of 8 albums for Impulse Records between 1966 and 1967, and one of Carlos Santana's early idols, and features a similar rhythmical and harmonic structure to "Gypsy Queen", a Szabó hit from 1966 covered by Santana in 1970 as a medley with Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shape Shifter" | Carlos Santana | 6:16 |
| 2. | "Dom" | Hamidou Touré, Ousmane Touré, Ismaila Touré, Tidiane Sixu Touré | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Nomad" | Carlos Santana | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Metatron" | Carlos Santana | 2:39 |
| 5. | "Angelica Faith" | Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Never the Same Again" | Carlos Santana, Eric Bazilian | 5:01 |
| 7. | "In the Light of a New Day" | Carlos Santana, Narada Michael Walden | 5:06 |
| 8. | "Spark of the Divine" | Carlos Santana | 1:03 |
| 9. | "Macumba in Budapest" | Carlos Santana, Walter Afanasieff | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Mr. Szabo" | Carlos Santana | 6:20 |
| 11. | "Eres La Luz" | Carlos Santana, Walter Afanasieff, Andy Vargas, Karl Perazzo | 4:51 |
| 12. | "Canela" | Carlos Santana, Salvador Santana | 5:22 |
| 13. | "Ah, Sweet Dancer" | Micheal O Suilleabhain | 3:08 |
Total length: |
57:22 | ||
Personnel
- Carlos Santana – guitar
- Andy Vargas and Tony Lindsay – vocals
- Chester Thompson – keyboards
- Dennis Chambers – drums
- Benny Rietveld – bass
- Salvador Santana – keyboards
- Raul Rekow – congas
- Karl Perazzo – percussion
Charts
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 29 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[7] | 46 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 82 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] | 27 |
| Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10] | 63 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[11] | 71 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] | 19 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart[13] | 2 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[14] | 19 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[15] | 75 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 8 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2012) | Position |
|---|---|
| Hungarian Albums Chart[17] | 69 |
References
- 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Shape Shifter - Santana | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ↑ Lima, Carlos Eduardo (6 July 2012). "36º disco marca o retorno de Santana ao formato que caracterizou sua carreira". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ "Santana's 36th Album, 'Shape Shifter,' Set For May 15 Release". GuitarPlayer. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ↑
- ↑ "Interview: Carlos Santana on his new album, Shape Shifter". MusicRadar.com. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Santana – Shape Shifter" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Santana – Shape Shifter" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Santana – Shape Shifter" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Santana – Shape Shifter" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Santana – Shape Shifter". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Santana – Shape Shifter". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Santana – Shape Shifter". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Santana – Shape Shifter". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Best selling albums of Hungary in 2012". Mahasz. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- All information from CD release booklet (Copyright © 2012 Starfaith Records, catalog #76692-99966-2).
External links
- Shape Shifter at Discogs (list of releases)
