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Santana - Caravanserai Audio CD

A fair review of the Santana "Caravanserai" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Santana reviews here, or go back to the Santana tabs.

Santana Band: Santana
Title: Caravanserai
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Release Date: 2003-09-30
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation 2: Waves Within 3: Look Up (To See What's Coming Down) 4: Just in Time to See the Sun 5: Song of the Wind 6: All the Love of the Universe 7: Future Primitive 8: Stone Flower 9: Fuente del Ritmo 10: Every Step of the Way

caravanserai
If like good music and something that you will fall in love with . This the best Santana album ever, The frist i heard it to today it is still great. It's too bad not all his albums are like this one . People call it jazz i call good . You heaar this .


Too Heavy or Too Light?
It was also, according to the liner notes in this attractively packaged reissue, an attempt to convey in musical terms the spiritual awakening which leader/guitarist Carlos Santana had undergone through his involvement with guru Sri Chinmoy. Released in 1972, CARAVANSERAI was Santana's fourth album and first overt stab at the then-ascendant jazz fusion market. If so, it's rather ironic that his newfound mysticism led Carlos to craft what anyone might have expected of him at the time: a percussion-driven package which slicked up the trademark Santana sound while dispensing with its more radio-friendly elements and any sort of clear song cycle. In the era of Return to Forever, Weather Report and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, CARAVANSERAI was hardly revolutionary, even if its progeny might have raised a few eyebrows.
While all of the members of the classic Santana lineup appear on this album, they are never all together and only Carlos and drummer Mike Shrieve are on hand throughout. Of the numerous unfamiliar musicians present, some would remain in the band for years while others would never play with Santana again. Thus the start of the revolving-door personnel changes which remain one of Carlos' trademarks to this day. To some extent this is reflected in the music, which is admirably played and suitably spacey but lacks the strong stamp of collective personality so evident on CARAVANSERAI's three predecessors - not to mention anything which might qualify as a likely single. This is basically an instrumental suite in the jazz-lite vein so popular at the time, with more and tastier percussion and (thanks to Carlos) worse vocals than the average. A solid piece of work, certainly, but one understandably left out of most compilations and little known among the uninitiate.
If the jammier selections on the first few Santana LPs are your thing, CARAVANSERAI makes sense as a follow-up purchase. If you're into the early efforts of Chick Corea and John McLaughlin, it could almost qualify as a must. If you consider "Black Magic Woman" to be the apex of this band's career, it's surprising that you're even reading this, but you can rest assured you'll have little interest in the collection in question. To put it another way, for headphone people only.


Santana forgets his roots.

That which made his music unique, stand out, something fresh that shook the rock world as on his first 3 classic albums. On this one Santana is starting to(if he hasnt already) forget his roots. . . that which defines the word SANTANA!

Come on folks, if I want to hear jazz or fusion I will go that section at the music store, Santana is in the rock or Latin section FYI.
I didnt like Welcome as it was all jazz-fusion jamming with some nonsensible lyrics. I am getting a Santana album to hear what he is known for, not some subjective, artistic experiment.
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True spiritual musicianship
Released in 1972, it's Santana's fourth. Caravanserai is my favourite Santana album. The album broke new ground and it is a truthful journey into music and spirit. Carlos plays his soul out on Song of the Wind and Future Primitive has masterful percussion with an eerie background. Also, the remastered edition has done a very good job making Caravanserai sound as it should. Shame albums don't come like this anymore.


Class class class
First bought this album early 70's when first release on cassette, then had my car stolen and lost forever. . . now why I decide to buy again. . maybe living in Spain and chillin I dont know but WHAT A CLASS ALBUM. . its over 30 years old but absolutely magnificent. . . we've all heard the usual quality songs from Carlos but all these tracks aren't on his "best of" which makes it even better for me. . . . . jazz blues awesome licks. . . truly memorable.


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