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Inner Secrets

Inner Secrets
InnerSecretsAlbum.jpg
Studio album by Santana
Released October 1978
Recorded July - August 1978
Studio Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length 42:48
Label Columbia
Producer Brian Potter
Dennis Lambert
Santana chronology
Moonflower
(1977)Moonflower1977
Inner Secrets
(1978)
Marathon
(1979)Marathon1979
Singles from Inner Secrets
  1. "Well All Right" / "Wham!"
    Released: 1978
  2. "Move On" / "Stormy"
    Released: 1979
  3. "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" / "Move On" or "Wham!" or "Life Is a Lady/Holiday"
    Released: 1979
  4. "Life Is a Lady/Holiday" (as "Life Is a Lady") / "Move On"
    Released: 1979
  5. "Open Invitation" / "Move On"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars
Robert Christgau C+
Rolling Stone (not rated)
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2/5 stars

Inner Secrets is the ninth studio album by Santana. It was released in 1978 and marks the start of the phase of Santana's career where he moved away from the fusion of Latin, jazz, rock and blues that marked his previous records and began to move towards an album-oriented rock direction. As such, the album's quality is widely disputed among fans. "Stormy" and "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" were both hit singles. In The Netherlands "Well All Right" was released as a single and reached #22 in the top 40.

Most CD releases of Inner Secrets use a different version of track 3, "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)", than the one that appeared on the original LP, Columbia FC 35600. The version used on most CD releases is an extended disco mix (running time 7:10), that appeared on a 12” single (Columbia 23-10957). The original album version of the track is available on CD in a Japanese Mini LP sleeve, Sony Music SICP 2875, released in 2010 (running time 6:13).

Several of the album's tracks are covers:

The only two tracks on the album that were not released as singles are "Dealer/Spanish Rose" and "The Facts of Love".

The album cover photo by Norman Seeff divided the nine-piece lineup between the front and back cover, with Chris Solberg, Pete Escovedo, Raul Rekow and Greg Walker shown with Carlos Santana on the front while David Margen, Armando Peraza, Graham Lear and Chris Rhyne appeared on the back.

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone


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