Lotus

by Santana

Lotus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: CBS/Sony
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:03:05
  • Community rating: 4.25/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Tom Coster, Doug Rauch, Armando Peraza, José 'Chepito' Areas, Michael Shrieve, Leon Thomas, Carlos Santana, Richard Kermode

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Japan, this colossal triple-live album captures the group fully immersed in deep, spiritually driven jazz-rock fusion, steered by Carlos Santana's devotion to Sri Chinmoy. Driven by immensely complex Latin percussion and scorching guitar improvisations, it stands as the absolute pinnacle of the band's exploratory "New Santana Band" era.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, improvisation, technical, dissonant, live

Tracklist

  1. Meditation (1:40)
  2. Going Home (3:53)
  3. A-1 Funk (3:12)
  4. Every Step Of The Way (11:41)
  5. Black Magic Woman (3:52)
  6. Gypsy Queen (3:52)
  7. Oye Como Va (5:46)
  8. Yours Is The Light (5:31)
  9. Batukada (0:54)
  10. Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) (4:23)
  11. Stone Flower (Introduction) (1:23)
  12. Waiting (4:07)
  13. Castillos De Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle) (2:56)
  14. Free Angela (4:45)
  15. Samba De Sausalito (3:44)
  16. Mantra (7:17)
  17. Kyoto (10:00)
  18. Castillos De Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle) (1:11)
  19. Se A Cabo (5:22)
  20. Samba Pa Ti (9:31)
  21. Mr. Udo (3:06)
  22. Toussaint L'Overture (7:44)
  23. Incident At Neshabur (17:15)

Credits

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