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Free Music Review: And So It Began...
Hit: 5 Stars
I was in High School when this album came out and remember hearing it for the first time at a friend's party. I had never heard anything like it before. The 3 song sequence of 'Shades of Time-Savor-Jingo' just blew me away especially when 'Savor' faded out as 'Jingo' faded in with the dark and brooding drum sequence first and then Santana's piercing guitar. I only got the remastered CD of this recently and forgot how many really good songs are on here - some that you can't get on the greatest hits CD's. Notable are 'Waiting' and 'Treat' and the already mentioned 3 song set. So, added with the classics of 'Evil Ways' and 'Soul Sacrifice' there are at least 7 great songs out of the original 9-song set. And the other 2 are very good.
Unlike most of the other reviewers, I'm not a huge fan of 'Soul Sacrifice' - don't get me wrong I like it, but it's just not a song I'd listen to over and over.
Highly recommended. I think ABRAXAS is a little better but this first LP was so raw, so amazingly dark for 1969, that it should be in any Santana fan's collection (just for 'Treat' alone). The remastering is excellent and the bonus tracks are a good addition. I'm glad to have the nearly 12 minute Woodstock version of 'Soul Sacrifice' for history's sake but the 7 minute studio version is long enough for me!
Hard to believe this LP came out the same year as Led Zep I & II, The Who's TOMMY,Crosby, Stills and Nash's first, the Beatles ABBEY ROAD, CCR's BAYOU COUNTRY, WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS and GREEN RIVER, Dylan's NASHVILLE SKYLINE and the Stones LET IT BLEED. Wow, what a year.
Free Music Review: Are you sure you may do without of this album?
Hit: 5 Stars
With this album, Santana ignited the stages materializing a dreamy project that previously had nestled in the minds of Tito Puente and Carl Tjader, which was to blend with supreme perfection an old desire, the best of the Latin music, the seductive African rhythm and enrooting with basic principles of the jazz; the result was an album whose resonance has widely overcome the test of time to become since the days of its immediate classic. Since the first time I listened it, I perceived it by intuition, so after thirty seven years elapsed, this recording has wrought its own landmark and enviable place among the famous status of cult recordings.
Free Music Review: The Best Santana Ever!
Hit: 5 Stars
Wow! I remember hearing Santana when I was in high school. A fellow freshman played Treat on the piano for me one day and I was blown away. Then later I saw the band play in the movie Woodstock and I was mesmerized by the fantastic latin grooves and Carlos Santanta's blistering guitar, not to mention the teenage drum prodigy of Michael Shrieve. This is Carlos Santana at his very best without stooping to enlisting the latest brand name pop stars of the period. Viva La Santana - CiaoFree Music Review: Santana's First Album is Well Worth It
Hit: 5 Stars
Hard-driving, original, and imaginative, the music on this album was way ahead of its time. These songs are as easy-going and enjoyable as they are deep expressions of emotion. You'll be glad you have this one. The bonus tracks are Santana at Woodstock, including the previously unreleased "Fried Neckbones".Free Music Review: (3.5 stars) Good, but sadly not excellent
Hit: 4 Stars
Okay, each of Santana's first five albums (everything from this, his/their debut, to Love, Devotion, Surrender) is awesome to a certain degree. And this is the weakest of it. Why? I'm sorry, but three of the four songs sung in English BLOW. It's true. Do I buy a Santana album because I want to hear Greg Rolie bellowing "You've got the Persuasion, blah, blah, blah...", whining about how "You just don't care..." (a true statement!) or babbling about Shades of Time? No. I buy a Santana album because Carlos Santana can play his friggin' guitar. Okay, the notable exception is Evil Ways. [...]. It's true. Come on, sing it with me... "You've got to change your evil ways/baby..." Pretty damn catchy, no? And Rolie makes up for singing all those crap lyrics on those other song with that little organ blurb after the first chorus.
Don't panic, though. If it's not sung in English (or is an instrumental, for that matter), it's probably an absolute KILLER. Soul Sacrifice is a showstopper, the song that broke them through at Woodstock and is, without a doubt, the best song here. I especially love that part when Rolie and Carlos trade bars for a couple seconds. Cool, no? Jingo would've made for a killer opener, I think, but what the hell. It's one of my favorites regardless of where it was sequenced. You want polyrhythm? Well, you got it! Waiting kicks things off on a solid note, sure it sounds a bit like Soul Sacrifice but Soul Sacrifice is so damn good that doesn't mean a thing. Savor takes a bit longer than the other good tracks here to get its mojo workin', but once it gets past that introduction it's good. Not great, but good. Treat's the only instrumental here I DON'T like - it's just kinda blah.
Don't start here if you're building a Santana collection - Abraxas and III are places to go. But don't miss it, either. Added bonus: The best cover art EVER to grace a Santana record.