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| Released | August 22, 1969[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 1969 | |||
| Studio | Pacific,San Mateo | |||
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| Length | 37:15 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Santana is the debut studio album by AmericanLatin rock bandSantana, released on August 22, 1969, byColumbia Records. Over half of the album's length is composed of instrumental music, recorded by what was originally a purely free-formjam band. At the suggestion of managerBill Graham, the band took to writing more conventional songs for more impact, but managed to retain the essence ofimprovisation in the music.
The album was destined to be a major release, given a boost by the band's performance at theWoodstock Festival earlier that August. The album's first single, "Jingo", was only a modest performer, spending eight weeks on the chart and reaching #56;[3] however, "Evil Ways", the second single taken from the album, was aU.S. Top 10 hit, reaching #9 and spending thirteen weeks on the chart.[3] The album spent more than two years (108 weeks) on theBillboard Top LPs chart and peaked at #4 in November 1969.[4] It also reached #34 on theUK Albums Chart. It has been mixed and released in both stereo andquadraphonic. The album cover features artwork byLee Conklin.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
| The Village Voice | C−[10] |
In a contemporary review forRolling Stone,Langdon Winner pannedSantana 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 tomethedrine, which "gives a high with no meaning", finding Rolie and Santana's playing repetitively unimaginative, amidst a monotony of incompetent rhythms and inconsequential lyrics.[11]Village Voice criticRobert Christgau shared Winner's sentiment in his "unreconstructed opposition to the methedrine school of American music. A lot of noise".[10]
A retrospectiveRolling Stone review was more enthusiastic, findingSantana "thrilling ... with ambition, soul and absolute conviction - every moment played straight from the heart".[8] In 2003, the magazine rankedSantana number 150 on their list ofthe 500 greatest albums of all time,[12] moving up to 149 in a 2012 revised list.[13]Colin Larkin deemed it an excellent example ofLatin rock in hisEncyclopedia of Popular Music (2011).[6]
All tracks are written by the members of Santana except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Waiting" (instrumental) | 4:03 | |
| 2. | "Evil Ways" | Clarence "Sonny" Henry | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Shades of Time" | 3:14 | |
| 4. | "Savor" (instrumental) | 2:47 | |
| 5. | "Jingo" | Babatunde Olatunji | 4:21 |
| 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) |
| 6:37 |
Writing credits and songs' lengths are in accord with album's inner notes.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Waiting" |
| 4:03 |
| 2. | "Evil Ways" | Henry | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Shades of Time" |
| 3:14 |
| 4. | "Savor" |
| 2:47 |
| 5. | "Jingo" | Olatunji | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Persuasion" |
| 2:33 |
| 7. | "Treat" |
| 4:43 |
| 8. | "You Just Don't Care" |
| 4:34 |
| 9. | "Soul Sacrifice" |
| 6:38 |
| 10. | "Savor" (Live at theWoodstock Festival,Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969; previously unissued) |
| 5:27 |
| 11. | "Soul Sacrifice" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel,New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969; released onWoodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More, 1970) |
| 11:39 |
| 12. | "Fried Neckbones" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969; previously unissued) | 7:13 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Waiting" |
| 4:07 |
| 2. | "Evil Ways" | Henry | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Shades of Time" |
| 3:13 |
| 4. | "Savor" |
| 2:46 |
| 5. | "Jingo" | Olatunji | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Persuasion" |
| 2:36 |
| 7. | "Treat" |
| 4:46 |
| 8. | "You Just Don't Care" |
| 4:37 |
| 9. | "Soul Sacrifice" |
| 6:38 |
| 10. | "Savor" (Alternate take #2) |
| 2:57 |
| 11. | "Soul Sacrifice" (Alternate take #4) |
| 8:50 |
| 12. | "Studio Jam" |
| 7:09 |
Note: Tracks 10–12 are from the studio sessions for the album recorded in May 1969.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fried Neckbones" |
| 7:41 |
| 2. | "Soul Sacrifice" |
| 9:06 |
| 3. | "Persuasion" |
| 3:52 |
| 4. | "Treat" |
| 6:49 |
| 5. | "Shades of Time" |
| 2:29 |
| 6. | "Jingo" | Olatunji | 5:20 |
| 7. | "Waiting" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) |
| 4:44 |
| 8. | "You Just Don't Care" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) |
| 4:55 |
| 9. | "Savor" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) |
| 5:25 |
| 10. | "Jingo" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) | Olatunji | 5:14 |
| 11. | "Persuasion" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) |
| 3:05 |
| 12. | "Soul Sacrifice" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) |
| 11:49 |
| 13. | "Fried Neckbones" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969) |
| 7:13 |
Note: Tracks 1–6 are from the original studio sessions for the album recorded January 27–29, 1969.
Production
| Chart (1969–1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[15] | 14 |
| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[16] | 6 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] | 5 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[18] | 5 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] | 12 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[20] | 98 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] | 19 |
| Spanish Albums Chart[22] | 1 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[23] | 34 |
| USBillboard Top LPs[4] | 4 |
| USBest Selling Soul LP's (Billboard)[4] | 13 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[24] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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