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Santana - Abraxas
#205 on Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums Of All Time List
Lineup:
Carlos Santana - Guitar, Vocals
Neal Schon - Guitar
Gregg Rolie - Keyboards
Michael Shrieve - Drums
After the success of Santana's debut album Santana released Nov 1969, one year later Abraxas was released. In December 1970, the album hit # 7 on the UK charts. Facts - Carlos Santana was born in July 20, 1947 in Autlan de Navarro, Mexico. His parents were Jose Santana and Josefina Santana.
1.Singing Wing, Crying Beasts
This song is just instrumental, thee is lots of keyboard and even some wind chimes in the background, nice guitar work here, it's a pretty good intro. 3.5/5
2.Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
This song is originally done by Fleetwood Mac, they did a pretty great job covering it, cool bass line, awesome guitar solo. 5/5
3.Oye Coma Va
Starts out with some keyboard then the drums kick in with the bass which fits in well. About halfway into the song there is an excellent keyboard solo done by Gregg. There are some lyrics but it's Spanish. 4/5
4.Incident At Neshabur
This is another instrumental song on the album. The song starts out fast with fast drums and keyboard. Most of the song is fast paced except for a few mellow parts. This is one of my favorite songs one the album. 5/5
5.Se A Cabo
This is another one of my favorite songs on the album, it's another fast paced song that is pretty short but sweet, has cool drums and keyboard. 5/5
6.Mother's Daughter
This song has the best guitar work on the whole album. The drums, keyboard, bass, and guitar fit well with the vocals. There are lyrics in the song that English. There is also a fast guitar solo at the end. 5/5
7.Samba Pa Ti
This is the slowest song on the album, there is no keyboard at the begining just drums, bass, and a smooth guitar line throughout the whole song. The keyboard kicks in fast paced in the middle of the song. There are no lyrics, it's just instrumental but it's still great. 4/5
8.Hope You're Feeling Better
Starts out with a cool keyboard intro which later kicks in with the guitar and bass, There are some lyrics which fit well with everything. Amazing guitar solo, good stuff, my all time favorite song on the album. 6/5
9.El Nicoya
Starts out with real fast bongos, no guitar, bass or keyboard, there are some lyrics but there Spanish, not much to say about this song. 3/5
Final Rating - 5/5
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Good review 
I love this album, and definatley my favorite album from Santana.
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Great review.
I don't agree with your rating of Oye como va, and You forgot to rate Samba pa ti.
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Originally Posted by mexicanfloydian
Great review.
I don't agree with your rating of Oye como va, and You forgot to rate Samba pa ti.
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Oops, i forgot  i'll fix that.
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Santana is an excellent band, and you did a great review. But 3.5 for Oye Coma Va, come on?
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Good review. Santana is a great Latin/Spanish?Rock band
Hope Your feeling better is awesome
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*Latin/Spanish/Rock*
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Ok people listen up. I know evey1 raves about this man, but you shouldnt. Ever heard of a man called Eric Clapton or a George Harrison???. This man has practically took what was Eric's and George's, its really the same. except for the latin whatever.... Santana = scam.
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Years go by and I always re-discover this album ... and it always kicks my ass. 
This Message Edited On 04.11.06
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Santana is a god, Somebody do a review for his new album "All that I am" i think thats what its called
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His new album is effectively tripe, and I hate to see the cd cover everyday as I dig to find this album.
This is one of my two top Santana albums (Lotus being the other), and I do play it in full at least once a week. I would have Santana's children, if he would allow me.
This Message Edited On 04.16.06
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I never heard this album, but who knows, maybe I'll check it out
Is it bad if I think Supernatural is a good album?
This Message Edited On 04.16.06
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Supernatural was excellent, if more poppy than most of his other works. If you liked it, definitely check out Abraxas. All That I Am is just an abysmal record.
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All That I Am basically, to be polite, VERY polite, truly SUCKS.
Santana has quit writing great songs or even rewriting covers and has simply become a "sideman" for talentless mall brats and thrash bands. It's very sad for a guitarist of his caliber to whore himself out like this. Supernatural was the beginning of the end, a pop album with few merits other than some of Santana's guitar work, and much of that was lightweight at best.
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Yah I have to agree with you, he rocked before he started going off doing songs with no-names.
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well not really no-names but i s'pose you know what im getting at.
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this is such a good album :P .... i cant stop listening to it...
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