Audio CD review:
Santana - Santana III

Santana - Santana III

Band: Santana Title: Santana III Rating: Release Date: 21 February, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Batuka 2: No One To Depend On 3: Taboo 4: Toussaint L'Overture 5: Everybody's Everything 6: Guajira 7: Jungle Strut 8: Everything's Coming Our Way 9: Para Los Rumberos 10: Gumbo (bonus track) 11: Folsom Street (bonus track) 12: Banbeye (bonus track) 13: No One To Depend On (bonus track- single version) 14: Batuka (Live) 15: No One To Depend On (Live) 16: Toussaint L'Overture (Live) 17: Taboo (Live) 18: Jungle Strut (Live) 19: Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen (Live) 20: Incident At Neshabur (Live) 21: In A Silent Way (Live) 22: Savor (Live) 23: Para Los Rumberos (Live) 24: Gumbo (Live)

Customer Reviews Great Release Except For Neal Schon " The obvious attraction here is the live at the Fillmore CD and what great sound. Santana III Legacy Edition is the last of the 3 great Santana Records before the band split and went "fusion. One thing old recordings have is that fantastic attention to the stereo landscape and with the size of this band and the percussion involved, it is truly a great listening experience - that is - until Neal Schon solos. Do you like ear splitting high register solos? And not just once, but over and over again? And no low notes folks, just as high as they go? Then you will love the future Journey guitarist, NEAL SCHON!! I do realize that at 15 years of age it is quite an accomplishment to be in the Santana Band but why Carlos added him as a soloist is beyond me. Even to this day I cannot stand him. NO imagination - just high register guitar wankings over and over and over again. Schon is okay in a nothing bank like Journey, but he is not in a league to be trading solos with Carlos Santana - kind of like - Larry Lee standing next to Jimi Hendrix. The problem is - Neal gets A LOT OF SOLOS!!!!!! Anyway this is still a great release if you can blot out Neal. Chris Stevenson . great upbeat music Including the extra cuts every song is great. I like the live cd and am glad they included it but the first cd is a perfect album. . Pleasant enough, but doesn't live up to the hype I'd hoped to hear something more than just a live performance of the studio material-- I'd hoped to hear some of the jazz influence that would begin to surface with the material recorded for Caravanserai, but no luck. I bought this after reading the reviews here and was frankly less than blown away. If you prefer the "latin rock" sounds of the first three Santana albums, you'll no doubt enjoy this. Whether the live versions are really that much better than the studio versions is a matter of personal opinion. If you prefer the sound of the band after the Miles and Coltrane influences started creeping in, then you won't find a whole lot here to excite you. To my ears, "Lotus" is the live Sanatana CD to go for. Despite what its fans who have you believe, this live material is simply not in the same league with the best live rock cd's such as Allmans at Fillmore, Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat, Rock of Ages by the Band, or the Whos' Live at Leeds. . . You can see a complete list of all Santana discography, or go back to the Santana tabs