Abraxas

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Product Details

Artist : Santana
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0074646549025
Label : Sony Mid-Price
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1998-04-21
UPC : 074646549025

ASIN : B0000062FL

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
2. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
3. Oye Como Va
4. Incident at Neshabur
5. Se a Cabo
6. Mother's Daughter
7. Samba Pa Ti
8. Hope You're Feeling Better
9. Nicoya
10. Se a Cabo [Live][#][*]
11. Toussaint l'Overture [Live][#][*]
12. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen [Live][#][*]

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Editorial Reviews

Santana's 1970 follow-up to their Woodstock-propelled smash '69 debut found leader Carlos Santana further expanding his San Francisco group's already broad musical boundaries. To wit: two hit singles that emanated from opposite ends of the spectrum--"Black Magic Woman," originally written and recorded by English blues-rock guitarist Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac, and New York Latin percussionist/dance music king Tito Puente's infectious "Oye Como Va." Tying blues, rock, and salsa together in one pancultural package, Abraxas also featured such standout tracks as "Gypsy Queen" and "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts." The latter underscored the growing Eastern sensibilities of guitarist Santana. --Billy Altman

Customer Reviews

One of the best albums ever ?? (2005-08-06)

This album is one of the best albums in all of rock history. I mean what Carlos Santana did for music in general was huge, mixing all sorts of styles together. Here's a quick breakdown of each track.

1.Singing Winds/Crying Beasts-What a opener. Everything just works so well on this cut. Carlos's guitar is exaclty that !crying on this track. It a great opener to the album. 10

2.Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen-Great keyboard riff and the guitar work on this is stellar. Classic Santana ! 10

3.Oye Como Va-A Tito Puente songs that sounds even better when Santana does it. Classic Santana ! 10

4.Incident At Neshabur-I love the jaz feel to this. The ending is my fav part when they go really slow. Carlos is once again on top on this track.

5.Se A Cabo-Can anyone say conga ! The percussion in this track is unbeleivable ! i dig the cowbell ! 10

6.Mother's Daughter-My Greg Rollie song ! What a vocal performance. Carlos's guitar work is great on this track. 10

7.Samba Pa Ti-OH MY GOD !! This is IMO the instrumentals to end all instrumentals ! The best guitar work I've ever heard on any record. Better than Stairway to Heaven, even though I ama huge Zep fan. This song will change anyones perception of what a great guitar can sound like while doing a solo ! 10000000000000000000

8.Hope Your Feeling Better-Great vocals once againg by Mr. Rollie. Great guitar riff from Carlos. 10

9.Il Nicoya-Interesting vamp on one chord. I hgave no idea what the title means but it's a great way to finish of the album. 10

Bonus tracks-The 3 bonus tracks were recorded live in 1970 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Out of all 3, Toussant L'overture sticks out ot me the most becasue of the guitar riff and the percussion.

IF YOU ARE A CLASSIC ROCK FAN THIS IS AN ALBUM YOU SHOULD NOT BE WiTHOUT !!!

Disraeli Gears, Axis and Abraxas (2004-07-18)

There are some people who believe that Carlos Santana does not belong in the same company as Clapton and Hendrix. These people include Santana himself. He is dead wrong. Not only is Santana's stellar guitar work on par with both men but he frequently surpassed them. While others were content to wring chords out of the blues, Santana leaped for the stratsophere with an older vision: more tribal, more latin, more african and in the end created a music that was paradoxically, both past and future at once. Don't think that Hendrix didn't notice. Abraxas is where it came together for the first time. The abstract songs are the best, but it's telling that a throwaway like "Hope You're Feeling Better," still out-Claptons all of Layla. Carlos did not sing (unlike Clapton and Hendrix), but that only made his guitar more urgent than ever. It had to be, it was his only voice. Hard to believe that American tastes were so sophisticated once, but this was one of the biggest selling albums of the seventies.

DTS Entertainment really blew this one (2004-06-03)

In my humble opinion, this is the finest album by Santana. The music is an absolutely fabulous fusion of latin/caribbean rythms and rock. And no one can get into the meaning of a note the way Carlos Santana can. I have owned this album on vinyl, CD, SACD, and now on DTS. The music is 5 star, and this is truly an essential album in any collection.

However, THE POWERS THAT BE in the music industry really blew it both when they converted the album to SACD and to DTS. To my ears, when THE POWERS produced the SACD, rather than go back to the original analog master tapes, they went back to a 24 bit digital master. On my near audiophile system, I hear there is no discernable difference between the CD and the SACD.

With the DTS version, THE POWERS THAT BE made a different mistake. On the positive side, some of what is on the DTS version is absolutely amazing. Notes and instruments and some vocals which were edited out of the original album show up, making a different experience and take on the music. However, it appears they forgot to mix in the bass. What is there sounds like blead over of the bass picked up on different microphones, or the engineer/producer or someone really didn't know the sound of the original album when they mixed this version. Santana's work is very dense, with tons of percussion and Santana's incredible guitar work. The bass anchored and gave the rest of the music a primal feel. Its absence on the DTS is really missed, and leaves the music feeling incomplete.

So, I give this version of Abraxas 3 stars for the mistakes.

Proof that even the "Supernatural" won't keep Santana Down (2004-04-27)

Santana may have sacrificed his musical integrity for top ten hits in recent years, but Abraxas is still a crowning achievement in the unique guitarists extensive catalog of music. The band's eclectic blend of blues, afro-cuban poly rhythms and jazz sound absolutely stellar on Abraxas. From the Tito Puente classic "Oye Coma Va", to the delicately beatiful samba ballad, "Samba Pa Ti". The band's biggest hit was of course "Black Magic Woman", even here Santana showed he could start a fire with pop hooks and experimentation, he also proved he didn't need 20 matchboxes to get it started.

Amazing at times but lacking a few things (2004-04-10)

I'm glad I bought this CD though there are a few things that keep it from being a five-starred classic in my opinion. It doesn't have a strong ending. That's all I can complain about, though, because this is a GREAT album with a lot of emotional, amazing guitar work by no other than Carlos Santana. "Samba pa ti" is very touching, and could bring one to tears. "Hope you're feeling Better" is a straight-ahead rock song with some cool wah-infused solos and great performances by the whole band, the lead singer especially. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen", a very popular song, doesn't disappoint. overall a good album...

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