Audio CD review:
Santana - All That I Am

Santana - All That I Am

Band: Santana Title: All That I Am Rating: Release Date: 01 November, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Hermes 2: El Fuego 3: I'm Feeling You 4: My Man 5: Just Feel Better 6: I Am Somebody 7: Con Santana 8: Twisted 9: Trinity 10: Cry Baby Cry 11: Brown Skin Girl 12: I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love 13: Da Tu Amor

Editoral Review Blige, Will. Carlos Santana doesn't stop at just new material for his 2005 release All That I Am; the CD hits the streets with a blindingly bright lineup of guest stars: Joss Stone, Mary J. i. Am, Steven Tyler, Bo Bice, and a batch of others step up, tugging a listener into territory marked less by "Oye Como Va" than by an obsession with VMA-worthy performances. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Songs like "Twisted," with Anthony Hamilton, and "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love," with Los Lonely Boys, find the original Latin guitar god grooving in a vein similar to the one that caused charts to explode and careers to scrape the stratosphere when he teamed with Rob Thomas for 1999's "Smooth. " Other tracks, including opener "Hermes" and the aptly named "El Fuego," sound more authentically Latin--a nod to the faithful. The master comes closest to meeting his match on track nine. If there's an heir to the guitar-hero legend spawned by Santana, Eric Clapton, and others, pedal-steel whiz Robert Randolph makes a powerful case on "Trinity" that he's it. -Tammy La Gorce .. You can see a complete list of all Santana discography, or go back to the Santana tabs