Santana - Amigos / Speakers Corner

Santana’s music is like the game of Mikado – a tight bundle of pieces in various styles that is difficult to handle, even for experienced musicians. No whether the sticks are labelled funk,

jazz, rock, R & B, or folk: when you try to pick out just one of these, the whole lot vibrates alongside.It seems relatively simple (and is often attempted) to try and sort out track lists according to

more or less commercially oriented compilations. And having fastidiously set up the ranking and astutely discussed it in your circle of friends, you can sit back and enjoy the brilliant guitar sound

of such blockbusters as "Caravanserai" (Columbia KC 31610) or "Welcome" (Columbia PC 32455) – quality rules the day!In his seventh album the guitar guru is once again surrounded by numerous

freshly recruited supporting musicians and the star producer David Rubinson. The latter watches carefully over the development of this project, which is highly reminiscent of the early Santana sound.

A perceptible infatuation with the vocals, or the wealth of buzzing, pulsating, clattering, clicking rhythms, or yet again the inimitable bubbling, frothy guitar solos: a Santana LP is simply unthinkable without

all this. Why then should one try to pick out the various styles, genres or consumer groups when this record belongs to his best and most important six, seven – or maybe even eight? At the end of the day,

we all remain amigos with Santana.

Title

Side One

1. Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)

2. Take Me With You

3. Let Me

Side Two

1. Gitano

2. Tell Me Are You Tired

3. Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)

4. Let It Shine