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Abraxas (Remaster) (CD)

By: Santana (Artist)

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Santana Artist Snapshot:

Carlos Santana is one of those rare guitarists whose sound is instantly recognizable. His fiery, soulful blend of rock, blues, and Latin music made his band, also named Santana, an international success. From 1960s San Francisco psychedelia to '70s fusion to enormously successful pop crossovers in the early 2000s, Carlos Santana has remained a respected and influential force in music. Though he scored hits with his band from the late '60s to the early '80s, Santana operated under the mainstream radar for much of the '80s and '90s until the multi-platinum 1999 "comeback" album, SUPERNATURAL, studded with pop-star collaborations, brought him (and the band) a whole new audience.

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DISC 1 for Abraxas (Remaster) (CD) Album By Santana (Artist)
1   Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
2   Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen
3   Oye Como Va
4   Incident At Neshabur
5   Se A Cabo
6   Mother's Daughter
7   Samba Pa Ti
8   Hope You're Feeling Better
9   El Nicoya
10   Se A Cabo - (previously unreleased, live, CD only, bonus track)
11   Toussaint L'Overture - (previously unreleased, live, CD only, bonus track)
12   Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen - (previously unreleased, live, CD only, bonus track)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (12/24/70, p.54) - "...On ABRAXAS, Santana is a popularized Mongo Santamaria and they might do for Latin music what Chuck Berry did for the blues....a total boogie and the music is right from start to finish."
Q (5/00, p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Displays even more grace and power...[than their] fresh, fierce debut..."
Vibe (12/99, p.156) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Musician (7/98, pp.86-88) - "...Sony Legacy's sonic wizards have made...[Santana's] first three albums reappear, each appended with additional live recordings....epochal works...an explosive fusion of Hispanic-edged rock, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and interstellar improvisation..."

Title Note

Santana: Carlos Santana (vocals, guitar); Gregg Rolie (vocals, keyboards); Dave Brown (bass instrument); Michael Shrieve (drums); Jose Areas (congas, timbales); Michael Carabello (congas).

Additional personnel: Rico Reyes (vocals, percussion); Alberto Gianquinto (piano).

Recording information: Wally Heider Studio, San Francisco, California; Pacific Recording, San Mateo, California; Royal Albert Hall, London, England (04/18/1970).

ABRAXAS, the second album by the original (and arguably most powerful) Santana line-up, proved the band's commercial breakthrough. The album's contains two of the group's biggest hits, "Black Magic Woman," a slinky, smooth-edged interpretation of the song written by Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green, and their take on Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va," which injects Carlos Santana's stinging guitar leads into a surging salsa groove. The band's unique, genre-blurring approach makes these singles--and everything else here--unlike anything that had been heard before.

The opener, "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts," showcases Carlos Santana's passionate, soulful six-string mastery over a drifting, psychedelic backdrop. The album ranges in feel, encompassing furiously propulsive jams ("Se A Cabo"), low-key Brazilian grooves ("Samba Para Ti"), and jazzy instrumentals ("Incident at Neshabur"). All the elements that made Santana's debut dazzling--roiling, polyrhythmic percussion, dense, pancultural influences, virtuoso guitar work--are here--sharpened and painted with the rich, heady sound of late-'60s San Francisco (Santana was just as exploratory and innovative as their hometown cohorts the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane). ABRAXAS remains a seminal Latin-rock release, and one of the undisputed classics of the era.

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