Audio CD review:
Santana - Santana's Greatest Hits

Santana - Santana's Greatest Hits

Band: Santana Title: Santana's Greatest Hits Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Evil Ways 2: Jingo 3: Hope You're Feeling Better 4: Samba Pa Ti 5: Persuasion 6: Black Magic Woman 7: Oye Como Va 8: Everything's Coming Our Way 9: Se A Cabo 10: Everybody's Everything

Editoral Review Greatest Hits is an early collection, dating back to 1974, and it does a good job of skimming the cream from the band's classic 1969-71 period, which yielded the first three albums, Santana, Abraxas, and Santana III. If you only want the essentials, this is the package to get. It also avoids the great, sprawling mass of ephemera and second-line material that pads Santana's later catalog: The peaks after '71 are far more thinly spread--and are seldom as lofty. On the other hand, if you're an enthusiast, you might want to take a step up to the grander Best of Santana or Viva Santana collections, each of which covers more ground. --Gavin McNett .. You can see a complete list of all Santana discography, or go back to the Santana tabs