Santana (1969 album)
Santana is the first studio album made by Santana, an American Latin rock band. It was released on June 22, 1969. More than half of the album is instrumental music. This was because Santana was a jam band, and they played music without singing. The singles from the album have singing.
| Santana | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | August 22, 1969[1] |
| Recorded | May 1969 |
| Studio | Pacific, San Mateo |
| Genre | Latin rock, jazz fusion, psychedelic rock |
| Length | 37:15 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Producer | Santana, Brent Dangerfield |
| Singles from Santana | |
The album sold better because the band played music at the Woodstock Festival before it was released.[2] The album was on the Billboard 200 music chart for more than two years.[3] In November 1969, it was number four on the chart. A single from the album, "Evil Ways", was top ten on music charts in the United States.[3] The album was put on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[4]
Track listing
changeAll songs written and composed by the members of Santana except where noted.
| Side one | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Waiting" (instrumental) | 4:03 | |||||||
| 2. | "Evil Ways" | 3:54 | |||||||
| 3. | "Shades of Time" | 3:14 | |||||||
| 4. | "Savor" (instrumental) | 2:47 | |||||||
| 5. | "Jingo" | 4:21 | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 6. | "Persuasion" | 2:33 | |||||||
| 7. | "Treat" (instrumental) | 4:43 | |||||||
| 8. | "You Just Don't Care" | 4:34 | |||||||
| 9. | "Soul Sacrifice" (instrumental) | 6:37 | |||||||
References
change- ↑ "Santana - Santana". Dutch Album Top 100. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ↑ Leng, Simon (2000). Soul Sacrifice: The Santana Story. Firefly Pub. ISBN 978-0-946719-29-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Santana". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2009-05-31. Retrieved 2022-11-26.