Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Džez, Fank i Soul, Hard Rok i Metal, Latino, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

Original, made in Austria

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Studio album by Santana
Released August 22, 1969[1]
Recorded May 1969
Studio Pacific, San Mateo
Genre
Latin rockjazz fusionpsychedelic rock
Length 37:15
Label Columbia
Producer
SantanaBrent Dangerfield
Santana chronology
Santana
(1969) Abraxas
(1970)

Santana is the debut studio album by American Latin rock band Santana. It was released on August 22, 1969. Over half of the album`s length is composed of instrumental music, recorded by what was originally a purely free-form jam band. At the suggestion of manager Bill Graham, the band took to writing more conventional songs for more impact, but managed to retain the essence of improvisation in the music.

The album was destined to be a major release, given a boost by the band`s performance at the Woodstock Festival earlier that August. The album`s first single, `Jingo`, was only a modest performer, spending eight weeks on the chart and reaching #56;[2] however, `Evil Ways`, the second single taken from the album, was a U.S. Top 10 hit, reaching #9 and spending thirteen weeks on the chart.[2] The album spent more than two years (108 weeks) on the Billboard 200 pop album chart and peaked at #4 in November 1969.[3] It also reached #26 on the UK Albums Chart. It has been mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. The album cover features artwork by Lee Conklin.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [5]
Q [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [8]
The Village Voice C−[9]
In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Langdon Winner panned Santana as `a masterpiece of hollow techniques` and `a speed freak`s delight - fast, pounding, frantic music with no real content`. He compared the music`s effect to methedrine, which `gives a high with no meaning`, finding Rolie and Santana`s playing repetitively unimaginative, amidst a monotony of incompetent rhythms and inconsequential lyrics.[10] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau shared Winner`s sentiment in his `unreconstructed opposition to the methedrine school of American music. A lot of noise`.[9]

A retrospective Rolling Stone review was more enthusiastic, finding Santana `thrilling ... with ambition, soul and absolute conviction - every moment played straight from the heart`.[7] In 2003, the magazine ranked Santana number 150 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[11] moving up to 149 in a 2012 revised list.[12] Colin Larkin deemed it an excellent example of Latin rock in his Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2011).[5]

All tracks are written by the members of Santana except where noted

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Waiting` (instrumental) 4:03
2. `Evil Ways` Clarence `Sonny` Henry 3:54
3. `Shades of Time` Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie 3:14
4. `Savor` (instrumental) 2:47
5. `Jingo` Babatunde Olatunji 4:21
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. `Persuasion` 2:33
7. `Treat` (instrumental) 4:43
8. `You Just Don`t Care` 4:34
9. `Soul Sacrifice` (instrumental) Santana, Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone 6:37

Personnel
Carlos Santana – guitar, backing vocals
David Brown – bass guitar
Gregg Rolie – lead vocals, Hammond organ, piano
Michael Shrieve – drums
Michael Carabello – congas, percussion
José `Chepito` Areas – timbales, congas, percussion
Production

Brent Dangerfield and Santana band – producers
David Brown – engineer
Lee Conklin – album cover art[13]
David Rubinson – producer (original first session January 27–29, 1969)