3 (Santana album)
| Santana III | ||||
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| Studio album by Santana | ||||
| Released | September 1971 | |||
| Recorded | January – July 4, 1971 at Columbia Studios, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Latin rock, chicano rock, jazz-rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 41:26 | |||
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Columbia Legacy (2006 edition) |
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| Producer | Santana Musicians | |||
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| Singles from Santana III | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
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| Albun review at AllMusic |
(Legacy edition) |
| Robert Christgau | (B) |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
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Santana is the third studio album by Santana. The band's second self-titled album, it is often referred to as III to distinguish it from the band's 1969 debut album. The album was also known as Man with an Outstretched Hand. It was the third and last album by the -era lineup, and it was also considered by many to be the band's peak commercially and musically, as subsequent releases aimed towards more experimental jazz and Latin music. The album featured two singles, "Everybody's Everything" (guitar solo by Neal Schon), which hit #12 in October 1971, and "No One to Depend On" (solo also by Schon), a staple in FM radio. This is the first album to feature 17-year-old Schon on guitar.
The original album was recorded at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.
Santana III was also the last Santana album to hit #1 on the charts until Supernatural in 1999. According to Guinness Book of World Records 2005, this is the longest delay between #1 albums ever occurring. The original album was re-released in 1998 with live versions of "Batuka", "Jungle Strut" and a previously unreleased song, "Gumbo", recorded at Fillmore West in 1971 which features lead guitar solos by both Santana and Schon.
As was done with the band's debut album, released two years earlier, in 2006 Sony released the "Legacy Edition" of the album, featuring the original album in re-mastered sound, and bonus material:
All recorded live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, July 4, 1971
Bonus tracks:
Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, July 4, 1971
Tracks 2-4, 6, 9, 10: previously unissued
Tracks 1, 5, 11: from the 1998 reissue of Santana III (see above)
Tracks 7, 8: previously released on the album Fillmore: The Last Days (recorded 29 June – 4 July 1971, released in 1972, containing performances by 14 different bands)
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