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Santana - Festival Audio CD

A fair review of the Santana "Festival" 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: Festival
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-03-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Carnaval 2: Let the Children Play 3: Jugando 4: Give Me Love 5: Verão Vermelho 6: Let the Music Set You Free 7: Revelations 8: Reach Up 9: River 10: Try a Little Harder 11: Maria Caracoles

First and always...
The first album from Carlos. The first album I bought on my own was Santana. There came a time when I might have agreed with the popular view that Santana lost it. But with time and age I find that his work must be considered in increments roughly defined by the albums. This is an artist who has looked deep inside himself, his culture, and the world around him. I have seen him live. No matter what his latest recording may contain, it's always a great show.

With this album there are works that mark the age it was recorded. Then there are pieces that transcend - Revelations is one such piece. I can't imagine not being gripped by this music and carried far away. The whole album shows Carlos in one period perhaps not popular to those who could not let go of his early style. But people grow. If Santana had kept making music in the first form, would not we have grown tired of that?

Listen and Love.


Carlos en Rio. Baila! Baila! Baila!
This is Carlos getting in touch with his Latin roots, hombre. Not for those who prefer Santana's headier jazz/rock thru their headphones, but perfect for those who'd like to hear what Carneval would sound like if Carlos wrote the soundtrack. Excellent party music. Get up and shake your body boogie music.


Festival, by Santana - Excellant Music by any standard.
Having owned it before, I knew how great the music was. I ordered this CD again since my old one is missing. But it wasn't untill I heard it again that I realized how great the CD was and how much I really missed it.

I've always loved Carlos Santana's music. On this CD, all the tunes are great. The last tune, Maria Caracoles, is a Salsa tune which Carlos inserting teasing bits of lead electric guitar. A rarity in Salsa Music.

This is a great CD. .


good album, with some flaws
If the mediocre tracks on both albums were taken out, and the superb tracks were left in, what you would get is a extremely good album. First off, this album should have been merged with Amigos, since Festival was released the same year as the masterpiece Moonflower.
The first four songs on the album are great, but things kind of go down hill on "Verao Vermelho. " I don't see what people like in this song. "Revelations" is a breathtaking piece of music. Reach Up and The River are mediocre, but the album ends on the plus side with the "feel good" track Try A Little Harder" and the dance classic "Maria Caracoles. "
Chepito Areas returns on his last studio performance with Santana. He would come out in the live tracks on Moonflower.
The drummer does an "alright, so-so" job. Ndugu Chancler did a better job on Amigos, and he should have stayed for Festival as well. But no one can even come close to Michael Shrieve. If he would have stayed to play on festival with Chepito Areas, this album would have been much better.
Overall, minus some cons, this album is recommended.


A Righteous Rocker Looks At 30, With Excellent Results
Five of the eleven cuts are mediocre, but the excellent quality of the others- as well as his opposition to what recently happened to a young Australian tourist in Indonesia- earns this album five stars, especially in comparison with his "comeback" albums in the late 90s/early 00s. On FESTIVAL, Carlos Santana continued his 30th birthday celebration. The best songs feature group vocals, although the album's highlight, "Try A Little Harder", primarily features Leon Patillo in his most soulful moment, at least on this album.


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