Amigos (Santana album)

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Amigos
File:Santana Amigos.png
Studio album by Santana
Released March 26, 1976
Recorded Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco
Genre Jazz fusion, funk rock, psychedelic rock, rock en Español
Length 41:14
Label Columbia
Producer David Rubinson
Santana chronology
Borboletta
(1974)Borboletta1974		 Amigos
(1976)		 Festival
(1977)Festival1977
Singles from Amigos
  1. "Let It Shine"
    Released: 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau (B)[2]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars[4]

Amigos is the seventh studio album from Santana. It contained a minor U.S. hit single in "Let It Shine" and was the band's first album to hit the top ten on the Billboard charts (it ultimately reached gold record status) since Caravanserai in 1972. In Europe the song "Europa" was released as a single and became a top ten hit in several countries.

Romanian band Bosquito included an adapted version of the song "Gitano" on their "Cocktail Molotov" album in 2003. The song was renamed "Goza como yo". Currently a live version of the song has been performed as a mashup of "Gitano" and Manu Chao's "Clandestino".

This album has been mixed and released in stereo and quadraphonic.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" (Leon Chancler/Tom Coster/David Rubinson) - 8:15
  2. "Take Me with You" (Chancler/Coster) - 5:27
  3. "Let Me" (Coster/Carlos Santana) - 4:51

Side two

  1. "Gitano" (Armando Peraza) - 6:13
  2. "Tell Me Are You Tired" (Chancler/Coster) - 5:42
  3. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Instrumental) (Coster/Santana) - 5:06
  4. "Let It Shine" (David Brown/Ray Gardner) - 5:43

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard Pop Albums 10
Billboard Black Albums 10

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1976 "Let It Shine" Billboard Hot 100 77
Billboard Black Singles 78

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[5] Gold 50,000
France (SNEP)[6] 2× Gold 200,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 500,000

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

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
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