The Essential Santana
The Essential Santana | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Santana | ||||
Released | October 22, 2002 | |||
Recorded | May 12, 1969 – 1989 | |||
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Producer | Various | |||
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Robert Christgau | (not rated)[2] |
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The Essential Santana is a compilation album by Santana, released on October 22, 2002. The collection is part of a series of Essential sets released by Columbia Records.
Uniquely among Santana compilations, "Soul Sacrifice" is included in the studio version from their first album, not the live performance from Woodstock.
The compilation contains no songs from the highly successful Supernatural album, despite it being released 3 years before this album. This is because Columbia and Santana's current label Arista Records were not under common ownership at the time. In 2013, Sony issued another "Essential Santana" 2-CD set which truncates the original's repertoire and does include music from the Arista era, as well as the live Woodstock version of "Soul Sacrifice".
Track listing
Disc one
- "Jingo" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:22
- "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) – 3:56
- "Soul Sacrifice" (Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone) – 6:36
- Tracks 1-3 from Santana, 1969
- "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (Peter Green/Gábor Szabó) – 5:19
- "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente) – 4:17
- "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) – 4:46
- Tracks 4-6 from Abraxas, 1970
- "Everybody's Everything" (Brown, Tyrone Moss, Santana) – 3:32
- "No One to Depend On" (Michael Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie) – 5:24
- "Toussaint l'Overture" (José Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve) – 5:56
- "Guajira" (Areas, Brown, Rico Reyes) – 5:44
- Tracks 7-10 from Santana III, 1971
- "La Fuente del Ritmo" (Mingo Lewis) – 4:33
- from Caravanserai, 1972
- "In a Silent Way" (Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis) – 7:58
- Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, July 4, 1971
- Previously featured on the compilation Fillmore: The Last Days, 1972
- "Love, Devotion and Surrender" (Richard Kermode, Santana) – 3:38
- from Welcome, 1973
- "Mirage" (Leon Patillo) – 4:43
- from Borboletta, 1974
- "Carnaval" (Tom Coster, Santana) – 2:15
- "Let the Children Play" (Patillo, Santana) – 3:28
- "Jugando" (Areas, Santana) – 2:12
- Tracks 15-17 from Festivál, 1977
Disc two
- "She's Not There" (Rod Argent) – 4:09
- from Moonflower, 1977
- "Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" – (Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Coster, David Rubinson) – 8:00
- Live at California Jam II; originally from Amigos, 1976
- "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Coster, Santana) – 5:05
- from Amigos, 1976
- "Stormy" (Buddy Buie, James Cobb) – 4:47
- "Well All Right" (Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Joe B. Mauldin, Norman Petty) – 4:09
- "Open Invitation" (Dennis Lambert, David Margen, Brian Potter, Santana, Greg Walker) – 4:45
- Tracks 4-6 from Inner Secrets, 1978
- "Aqua Marine" (Alan Pasqua, Santana) – 5:35
- "You Know That I Love You" (Alex Ligertwood, Pasqua, Santana, Chris Solberg) – 3:57
- "All I Ever Wanted" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg) – 3:35
- Tracks 7-9 from Marathon, 1979
- "Winning" (Russ Ballard) – 3:29
- from Zebop!, 1981
- "Hold On" (Ian Thomas) – 4:36
- "Nowhere to Run" (Ballard) – 2:53
- Tracks 11-12 from Shangó, 1982
- "Say It Again" (Val Garay, Steve Goldstein, Anthony LaPeau) – 3:28
- from Beyond Appearances, 1985
- "Veracruz" (Jeffrey Cohen, Buddy Miles, Rolie, Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 3:46
- from Freedom, 1987
- "Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Thompson) – 5:57
- from Blues for Salvador, 1987
- "The Healer" (John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Santana, Thompson) – 5:38
- with John Lee Hooker; from The Healer, 1989
Charts
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Portuguese Albums (AFP)[4] | 20 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] | 40 |
US Billboard 200[6] | 124 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[7] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. The Essential Santana at AllMusic
- ^ "Robert Christgau: Recyclables: The Essential Santana". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
- ^ Kemp, Mark (October 22, 2002). "Santana: The Essential Santana : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
- ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Santana – The Essential". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Santana – The Essential". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "American album certifications – Santana – The Essential Santana". Recording Industry Association of America.
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- Carlos Santana
- Andy Vargas
- Benny Rietveld
- David K Mathews
- Karl Perazzo
- Paoli Mejías
- Ray Greene
- Tommy Anthony
- Cindy Blackman Santana
- Tony Lindsay
- David Brown
- Francisco Aguabella
- Coke Escovedo
- Tom Coster
- Doug Rauch
- Marcus Malone
- Leon Thomas
- Leon Patillo
- Richard Kermode
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
- Armando Peraza
- Gaylord Birch
- Graham Lear
- Alex Ligertwood
- Alan Pasqua
- Orestes Vilató
- David Sancious
- Chester Thompson
- Alphonso Johnson
- Buddy Miles
- Walfredo Reyes Jr.
- Curtis Salgado
- Horacio "El Negro" Hernández
- Dennis Chambers
- Santana (1969)
- Abraxas (1970)
- Santana III (1971)
- Caravanserai (1972)
- Welcome (1973)
- Borboletta (1974)
- Amigos (1976)
- Festival (1977)
- Moonflower (1977)
- Inner Secrets (1978)
- Marathon (1979)
- Zebop! (1981)
- Shangó (1982)
- Beyond Appearances (1985)
- Freedom (1987)
- Spirits Dancing in the Flesh (1990)
- Milagro (1992)
- Supernatural (1999)
- Shaman (2002)
- All That I Am (2005)
- Guitar Heaven (2010)
- Shape Shifter (2012)
- Corazón (2014)
- Santana IV (2016)
- Power of Peace (2017)
- Africa Speaks (2019)
- Blessings and Miracles (2021)
- Lotus (1974)
- Moonflower (1977)
- Sacred Fire: Live in South America (1993)
- Live at the Fillmore 1968 (1997)
- The Very Best of Santana – Live in 1968 (2007)
- The Woodstock Experience (2009)
- Santana's Greatest Hits (1974)
- The Very Best of Santana (1981)
- Viva Santana! (1988)
- The Best of Santana (1991)
- The Definitive Collection (1992)
- Dance of the Rainbow Serpent (1995)
- The Ultimate Collection (1997)
- Best Instrumentals Vol. 2 (1999)
- The Best of Santana Vol. 2 (2000)
- The Essential Santana (2002)
- Ceremony: Remixes & Rarities (2003)
- Love Songs (2004)
- Ultimate Santana (2007)
- Multi-Dimensional Warrior (2008)
- In Search of Mona Lisa (2019)
- "Jin-go-lo-ba" (1969)
- "Evil Ways" (1969)
- "Black Magic Woman" (1970)
- "Oye Como Va" (1971)
- "No One to Depend On" (1972)
- "Samba Pa Ti" (1973)
- "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (1976)
- "She's Not There" (1977)
- "You Know That I Love You" (1979)
- "Winning" (1981)
- "I Love You Much Too Much" (1981)
- "Hold On" (1982)
- "Gypsy Woman" (1990)
- "Smooth" (1999)
- "Put Your Lights On" (1999)
- "Maria Maria" (1999)
- "Corazón Espinado" (2000)
- "The Game of Love" (2002)
- "Nothing at All" (2003)
- "Feels Like Fire" (2003)
- "Sideways" (2003)
- "Why Don't You & I" (2003)
- "I'm Feeling You" (2005)
- "Just Feel Better" (2005)
- "Cry Baby Cry" (2005)
- "No Llores"
- "Into the Night" (2005)
- "This Boy's Fire" (2008)
- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (2010)
- "Photograph" (2010)
- "Fortunate Son" (2010)
- "Under the Bridge" (2010)
- "Dance the Night Away" (2010)
- "Sunshine of Your Love" (2011)
- "Soul Sacrifice" (1969)
performances
- 1960s–1970s
- Caravanserai Tour
- Welcome Tour
- 1980s
- Bob Dylan/Santana European Tour 1984
- Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour
- A 25–Year Celebration Tour
- Never Ending Tour 1993
- Supernatural Tour
- All Is One Tour
- Shaman Tour
- Latin American Tour 2005
- Embrace Your Light Tour
- The Voice, The Guitar, The Songs Tour
- Supernatural Now Tour
- Miraculous 2020 World Tour
- Miraculous Supernatural Tour
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