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Artist: Santana
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-02-01
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
  1. Going Home
  2. Love, Devotion and Surrender
  3. Samba de Sausalito
  4. When I Look into Your Eyes
  5. Yours Is the Light
  6. Mother Africa
  7. Light of Life
  8. Flame-Sky
  9. Welcome
  10. Mantra [#][*]

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Free Music Review: a masterpiece that most people don't own
Hit: 5 Stars

Welcome to perhaps the most underrated Santana album in his discography.

Why this album hasn't received the same kind of attention that the previous albums did is beyond me. Sure, Santana was probably feeling jazzy and wanted to spice up his music a bit. Add a little variety to his classic sound. That's what Welcome is all about- variety, and solid songwriting. But we already knew Santana would provide the consistently wonderful songwriting, since he's been doing it on every album since the 60's.

Now, with the mid 70's approaching, what would Santana whip up for us? How about a really good album. If you like the idea of jazzy elements mixed with Santana's latin style, you'll love this. I'm about ready to call it the lost masterpiece. It's almost impossible to believe people aren't looking at Welcome as Santana's most underrated record.

"Going Home" scares me. A LOT. It sounds like something you'd hear after something went wrong in the middle of an ocean, and the survivors are coming home, breathing a sigh of relief that they survived, but feeling sick to their stomach because they can't shake the horrible memories of what went wrong while out there, lost at sea. A quiet jam song that just continues to impress me every time I hear it.

"When I Look In To Your Eyes" has a mood that changes dramatically, and now we're back home watching Marsha Brady push shopping carts around (at least, that's what the flute solo reminds me of). I love the vocals though.

"Yours Is the Light" has some highly unusual and downright creepy female vocals (did I just say "highly" and "downright" in the same sentence? Does that make sense?). Anyway, the female singer here has a high pitched voice that immediately reminds me of a very cold climate, such as the north pole where Santa lives.

"Mother Africa" has a GREAT rhythm section, and a short, but very interesting jazzy jam in the middle. How a song like this flew under the radar, we'll never know.

I love Welcome. Please buy it if you're a Santana fan.

Welcome Poster

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2008.

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