Santana - Amigos (1976)[FLAC]-Naftamusic

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Although Amigos is a strong album, you can hear, in the weaker tracks, the beginnings of Santana's decline. Having followed his classic trilogy of Latin Rock albums with three quasi-jazz-fusion albums, Santana wanted to come back down to Earth and rediscover his pop roots. He was mostly successful on Amigos, but subsequent albums fell off dramatically in quality as he continued to flounder in search of the right middle-of-the-road groove.
However, on Amigos, the superb material is more than worth the purchase price of the CD. Dance Sister Dance and Gitano showcase a new facet of Santana's Latin roots, and Europa is probably Santana's finest composition, featuring his most powerful and moving guitar work.
Let It Shine is an OK rhythm & blues pop song that became the minor hit Santana was looking for. Tell me are you tired is the worst track on the album, a dopey "lecture" song that, regrettably, was a harbinger of things to come.
It's worth buying this record for "Europa" alone, since none of the live performances I've heard come close to matching the studio original for shimmering, sparkling beauty and emotional resonance. As a whole this is a solid piece of work and at the current budget price is well worth it for any Santana fan.
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Tracklist:
01 - Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)
02 - Take Me with You
03 - Let Me
04 - Gitano
05 - Tell Me Are You Tired
06 - Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile)
07 - Let It Shine
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Line-up:
Carlos Santana – guitar, percussion, backing vocals,
David Brown – bass
Tom Coster – keyboards, backing vocals
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, percussion
Armando Peraza – percussion, backing vocals
Greg Walker – vocals
Ivory Stone – backing vocals
Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt_JMOlk3Bw
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Technical info:
Artist...............: Santana
Album................: Amigos
Genre................: Fusion
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1976
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 (Secure mode) & Plextor PX-L89SA
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 63 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Ripped by............: the fly on 2011.10.01.
Posted by............: the fly on 2011.10.01.
Releaser.............: Naftamusic Release Team
Tracker..............: Insane
Included.............: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back CD
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