Santana's Greatest Hits

by Santana

Santana's Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:48
  • Community rating: 4.27/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Fred Catero, Brent Dangerfield

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Focusing exclusively on the San Francisco group's explosive first three studio albums, this collection isolates their most culturally pervasive commercial successes. The dynamic fusion of Afro-Cuban polyrhythms with blistering, psychedelic blues-rock guitar remains a definitive pillar of the Woodstock era.

Genres

Descriptors: percussive, guitar-led, infectious, classic, soulful

Tracklist

  1. Evil Ways (3:02)
  2. Jingo - Single Version (2:46)
  3. Hope You're Feeling Better (4:14)
  4. Samba Pa Ti (4:48)
  5. Persuasion (2:36)
  6. Black Magic Woman - Single Version (3:19)
  7. Oye Como Va (4:20)
  8. Everything's Coming Our Way (3:18)
  9. Se a Cabo (2:52)
  10. Everybody's Everything (3:30)

Credits

  • Sonny Henry - written-by
  • Babatunde Olatunji - written-by
  • Gregg Rolie - written-by
  • Carlos Santana - written-by
  • Peter Green - written-by
  • Tito Puente - written-by
  • Jos茅 "Chepito" Areas - written-by
  • Milton Brown - written-by

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