Amigos

by Santana, Tom Coster

Overview

By the release of Amigos, the Santana band's seventh album, only Carlos Santana and David Brown remained from the band that conquered Woodstock, and only Carlos had been in the band continuously since. Meanwhile, the group had made some effort to arrest its commercial slide, hiring an outside producer, David Rubinson, and taking a tighter, more up-tempo, and more vocal approach to its music. The overt jazz influences were replaced by strains of R&B/funk and Mexican folk music. The result was an album more dynamic than any since Santana III in 1971. "Let It Shine" (number 77), an R&B-tinged tune, became the group's first chart single in four years, and the album returned Santana to Top Ten status.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/01/2008
Label:	Sbme Special Mkts.
UPC:	0886972511825
catalogNumber:	725118
Rank:	1313

Tracks

1. Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)
2. Take Me with You
3. Let Me
4. Gitano
5. Tell Me Are You Tired
6. Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
7. Let It Shine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Santana   Primary Artist
Tom Coster   Piano,Keyboards,Hammond Organ,Electric Piano,Vocals,Background Vocals,Clavinet,Moog Synthesizer,ARP,fender rhodes,Arp Pro Soloist,Arp Odyssey,Hammond B3
Armando Peraza   Percussion,Bongos,Conga,Vocals,Background Vocals
Greg Walker   Vocals
David Brown   Bass
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Percussion,Conga,Drums,Timbales,Vocals,Background Vocals,Roto Toms
Julia Tillman Waters   Vocals,Background Vocals
Ivory Stone   Vocals,Background Vocals
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals,Background Vocals
Julia Waters   Background Vocals
Carlos Santana   Guitar,Percussion,Conga,Vocals,Background Vocals,Guiro

Technical Credits

Tom Coster   Composer,Contributor,Arp String Ensemble
Fred Catero   Engineer
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Composer
David Rubinson   Composer,Producer,Engineer
Friends, Inc.   Producer