Welcome (Santana album)
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| Studio album by Santana | ||||
| Released | November 9, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | April to June 1973 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 50:34 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Carlos Santana, Mike Shrieve, Tom Coster | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  |
Welcome is the fifth studio album by Santana, released in 1973. It followed the jazz-fusion formula that the preceding Caravanserai had inaugurated, but with an expanded and different lineup this time. Gregg Rolie had left the band along with Neal Schon to form Journey, and they were replaced by Tom Coster and Leon Thomas, along with guest John McLaughlin, who had collaborated with Carlos Santana on Love Devotion Surrender. Welcome also featured John Coltrane's widow, Alice, as a pianist on the album's opening track, "Going Home" and Flora Purim (the wife of Airto Moreira) on vocals. This album was far more experimental than the first four albums, and Welcome did not produce any hit singles.
In 2003, the album was re-released with a bonus track, "Mantra", which was part of a jam session between Tom Coster, Carlos Santana, and Mike Shrieve.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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