Genre: Rock, Pop, Jazz
Year of release: 1969-2019
Country of artist (band): USA
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: image+cue
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: 35:41:59
Size: 17 GB
Santana is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1966 by Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana. The band has undergone various recording and performing line-ups in its history, with Santana being the only consistent member. After signing with Columbia Records, the band’s appearance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 increased their profile and they went on to record the critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums Santana (1969), Abraxas (1970) and Santana III (1971). These were recorded by the group’s “classic” line-up, comprising lead vocalist Gregg Rolie, percussionists José “Chepito” Areas and Michael Carabello, drummer Michael Shrieve and bassist David Brown. Hit songs of this period include “Evil Ways” (1970), “Black Magic Woman” (1970), “Oye Como Va” (1971) and the instrumental “Samba Pa Ti” (1973).
Following a change in line-up and musical direction in 1972, the band experimented with elements of jazz fusion on Caravanserai (1972), Welcome (1973) and Borboletta (1974). The band reached a new peak of critical and commercial success with their eighteenth album, Supernatural (1999), which included the Billboard Hot 100-number one singles “Smooth” (featuring Rob Thomas) and “Maria Maria” (featuring The Product G&B). The album peaked atop the charts in eleven countries and sold 12 million copies domestically. It won eight Grammy Awards at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, a record tied with Michael Jackson and three Latin Grammy Awards. In 2014, the “classic” line-up—with the exception of Brown, who died in 2000—reunited for Santana IV (2016) and the group continue to perform and record.
Santana is one of the best-selling groups of all time, with over 47 million certified records sold in the US and an estimated 100 million sold worldwide. Its discography includes 25 studio albums, 14 of which reached the US Top 10. In 1998, the line-up of Santana, Rolie, Carabello, Shrieve, Brown and Areas was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Album List
1969 – Santana – Santana
1970 – Santana – Abraxas
1971 – Santana – 3
1972 – Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles – Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
1972 – Santana – Caravanserai
1973 – Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin – Love Devotion Surrender
1973 – Santana – Welcome
1974 – Devadip Carlos Santana, Turiya Alice Coltrane – Illuminations
1974 – Santana – Borboletta
1974 – Santana – Lotus
1974 – Santana – Santana’s Greatest Hits
1976 – Santana – Amigos
1977 – Santana – Festival
1977 – Santana – Moonflower
1978 – Santana – Inner Secrets
1979 – Devadip Carlos Santana – Oneness, Silver Dreams – Golden Reality
1979 – Santana – Marathon
1980 – Devadip Carlos Santana – The Swing Of Delight
1981 – Santana – Zebop!
1982 – Santana – Shango
1983 – Carlos Santana – Havana Moon
1985 – Santana – Beyond Appearances
1987 – Carlos Santana – Blues For Salvador
1987 – Santana – Freedom
1990 – Santana – Spirits Dancing In The Flesh
1992 – Santana – Milagro
1993 – Santana – Sacred Fire
1994 – Santana Brothers – Brothers
1997 – Santana – Live At The Fillmore ’68
1999 – Santana – Supernatural
2002 – Santana – Shaman
Extra
BandLink
2005 – Santana – All That I Am
2010 – Santana – Guitar Heaven
2012 – Santana – Shape Shifter
2014 – Santana – Corazon
2014 – Santana – Corazon Live From Mexico (Live It To Believe It)
2016 – Santana – Santana IV
2019 – Santana – Africa Speaks
2019 – Santana – In Search Of Mona Lisa
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