Carlos Santana - Guitar Heaven The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time (2010)

Artist...............: Carlos Santana
Album................: Guitar Heaven The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2010
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Ape
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 463 Mb


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It is not necessarily a terrible idea for an album, having Santana interpret classic rock standards.
Carlos Santana is one of the great rock guitarists and he has a jazzy interpretative bent, cutting
duet albums with no less of a heavy hitter as John McLaughlin back in the ‘70s. It goes without
saying that those were different times and that the Santana of 2010 is not the Santana of 1972,
although he’s remarkably close to the Santana of 1999, the one who gave himself over to Clive Davis
for a shot at chart success. Davis once again follows his patented formula of teaming Santana with
guest singers, having his team of producers polish everything so it will glisten on as many cross-
platforms as possible. This worked remarkably well on 1999’s Supernatural, thanks to the freshness of
the concept and the presence of powerhouse pop tunes like “Smooth” and “Maria Maria,” but Guitar
Heaven isn’t Supernatural, no matter how much the producers try to replicate its success, right down
to bringing in all the superstars of 2000 -- Rob Thomas, Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Jacoby
Shaddix, Gavin Rossdale, Pat Monahan, Chester Bennington -- to act as frontmen, along with Chris
Daughtry who feels like he should be part of this class. They’re balanced by a handful of non-rockers
(India.Arie, Nas), a blues guitarist in the form of Jonny Lang, and, for old fans, Joe Cocker singing
Hendrix, but it doesn’t matter who is singing because every track is produced as a pop tune, not a
rock song. The vocals are pushed to the front and little room is left for extended solos, so Santana
winds up tossing off frilly fills while the vocalist is singing and each cut winds up as a cheery
bright wall of sound constructed from constrictive computer loops. There are no reinterpretations --
not even the Nas-fronted “Back in Black” changes the song much -- just restatements of riffs and
replicated effects, each familiar element offering a reminder that Santana, Davis, and company chose
to take the easy road by settling for gauche pop instead of guitar rock, winding up with a truly
terrible album.


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Tracklist
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01. Whole Lotta Love (featuring Chris Cornell) [03:51]
02. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (featuring Scott Weiland) [05:38]
03. Sunshine Of Your Love (featuring Rob Thomas) [04:43]
04. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (featuring India.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma) [06:02]
05. Photograph (featuring Chris Daughtry) [04:03]
06. Back In Black (featuring Nas) [04:20]
07. Riders On The Storm (featuring Chester Bennington & Ray Manzarek) [05:23]
08. Smoke On The Water (featuring Jacoby Shaddix) [05:06]
09. Dance The Night Away (featuring Pat Monahan) [03:23]
10. Bang A Gong (featuring Gavin Rossdale) [03:41]
11. Little Wing (featuring Joe Cocker) [04:52]
12. I Ain’t Superstitious (featuring Jonny Lang) [03:58]
13. Fortunate Son (featuring Scott Stapp) [03:45]
14. Under The Bridge (featuring Andy Vargas) [05:09]