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Carlos Santana: Supernatural

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Arista Records
Released: 1999
Time:
 75:03
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Clive Davis, Carlos Santana
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.santana.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1999.09.18
Price in €: 15,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] (Da le) Yalleo (C.Santana) - 5:51
[2] Love of My Life (C.Santana & D.Matthews) - 5:48 [feat.Dave Matthews]
[3] Put Your Lights On (E.Schrody) - 4:47 [feat. Everlast]
[4] Africa Bamba (I.Toure, S.Tidiane Toure, C.Santana & K.Perazzo) - 4:40
[5] Smooth (C.Santana) - 4:56 [feat. Rob Thomas]
[6] Do You Like the Way (L.Hill) - 5:52 [feat. Lauryn Hill & Cee-Lo]
[7] Maria, Maria (W.Jean, J.Duplessis, C.Santana, K.Perazzo & R.Rekow) - 4:21 [feat. Wyclef Jean]
[8] Migra (R.Taha, C.Santana & T.Lindsay) - 5:24
[9] Corazon Espinado (F.Olvera) - 4:32 [feat. Mana]
[10] Wishing It Was (Eagle-eye Cherry, M.Simpson, J.King & M.Nishita) - 4:59 [feat. Eagle-Eye Cherry]
[11] Farol (C.Santana & KC Porter) - 4:49
[12] Primavera (KC Porter & JB Eckl) - 5:17
[13] The Calling (C.Santana) - 7:48 [feat. Eric Clapton]

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Carlos Santana - Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals, Sleigh Bells

Tom Barney - Bass
Alberto Salas - Keyboards
Benny Rietveld - Bass
Che Pope - Programming
David Crockett - Percussion, Drums
Earl Gardner - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Francis Dunnery - Rhythm Guitar
G & B Product - Vocals
Jeff Cressman - Trombone
Jeremy Cohen - Violin
Joseph Daley - Tuba
Joseph Herbert - Cello
K.C. Porter - Vocals, Accordion, Programming
Karl Perazzo - Percussion, Background Vocals
Lenesha Randolph - Background Vocals
Loris Holland - Keyboards
Marvin McFadden - Trumpet
Mic Gillette - Trumpet
Ramon Flores - Trombone
Raul Rekow - Conga
René Martínez - Guitar
Rob Thomas - Vocals
Sergio Vallin - Rhythm Guitar
Tony Lindsay - Background Vocals
William Oritz - Trumpet

Featuring:
Dave Matthews
Everlast
Rob Thomas
Lauryn Hill & Cee-Lo
Mana
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Eric Clapton
Product G & B
Wyclef Jean & Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


CD: 07822-19080-2

Samba Pa Ti 2000 - Congratulations for 9 Grammy Awards 2000!

There was no doubt whose night it was — by the time the Grammy ceremony started, Santana had already won six of the coveted awards.
The 52-year-old Santana and his comeback effort, Supernatural, ended up taking home eight statues, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year, while his hit single, "Smooth," netted its writers, Itaal Shur and Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas, Song of the Year honors. Santana's eight Grammys tied a record set by Michael Jackson in 1983, when The Gloved One took home the same number of awards for Thriller.



Dass Santana einer der Abräumer des Abends werden würde, war einerseits abzusehen, aber andererseits gar nicht so unspannend. Nicht etwa mit einer Neuauflage von einem seiner Klassiker ("Samba Pa Ti", "Oye Como Va" oder "Black Magic Woman"), sondern mit dem Album "Supernatural" holte sich Santana gleich neun Grammy Auszeichnungen. Nominiert war der in Mexiko Geborene, heute 52-Jährige, für elf Grammys.
Der in den USA gegenwärtige "Latin Music" Boom kam Santana, der in seiner 30-jährigen Karriere erst ein einziges Mal mit einem Grammy ausgezeichnet worden war, sicherlich sehr entgegen, dass er jedoch, neben allen anderen Konkurrenten, ebenfalls nominierte junge US-Amerikaner lateinamerikanischer Herkunft, wie Ricky Martin oder Marc Anthony, so kräftig schlagen würde, damit hatten wohl nicht so viele gerechnet.
Seine Zusammenarbeit mit vor allem jungen Sängern und Musikern hatte ebenfalls dazu beigetragen, dass "Supernatural" ein derartiger Erfolg wurde. So engagierte der in erster Linie als Gitarrist bekannte Carlos Santana etwa Rob Thomas von der Rock Band Matchbox 20 aus Florida und gewann mit dem Song "Smooth" in den Kategorien Platte des Jahres und Song des Jahres. Außerdem nicht unbeteiligt an diesem Santana-Erfolg sind Wyclef Jean aus dem direkten Umfeld der großen Grammy Siegerin des letzten Jahres, Lauryn Hill, und der vor allem bei einem jungen Alternative Rock Publikum angesagte Sänger Everlast.



Santana was still a respected rock veteran in 1999, but it had been years since he had a hit. Early in the '90s, he severed ties with his long-time label Columbia, moving to Polydor, which gave him a boutique label.

The association didn't last too long -- only three albums, only one of which was a proper studio effort. It was enough to stall his recording momentum, even if he continued to fare well on the concert circuits. By 1999, it was time for him to relaunch his recording career and Clive Davis, the man who signed Santana to Columbia in 1968, offered him the opportunity to set up shop at his label, Arista.

In the tradition of comeback and label debuts by veteran artists in the '90s, Supernatural , Santana's first effort for Arista, is designed as a star-studded event. At first listen, there doesn't seem to be a track that doesn't have a guest star, which brings up the primary problem with the album -- despite several interesting or excellent moments, it never develops a consistent voice that holds the album together. The fault doesn't lay with the guest stars or even with Carlos, who continues to turn in fine performances. There's just a general directionless feeling to the record, enhanced by several songs that seem like excuses for jams, which, truth be told, isn't all that foreign on latter-day Santana records.

Then again, the grooves often play better than the ploys for radio play, but that's not always the case, since Lauryn Hill's "Do You Like the Way" (which also features Cee-Lo) and the Dust Brothers-produced, Eagle-Eye Cherry sung "Wishing It Was" are as captivating as the Eric Clapton duet, "The Calling." But that just confirms that Supernatural just doesn't have much of a direction, flipping between traditional Santana numbers and polished contemporary collaborations, which both extremes being equally likely to hit or miss. That doesn't quite constitute a triumph, but the peak moments of Supernatural are some of Santana's best music of the '90s, which does make it a successful comeback.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide



The Arista debut of Carlos Santana and band gives fans of the soulful guitar vet two albums in one, but it's a decidedly good-news, bad-news proposition. First, there's a fine collection of late-'90s-model Santana--tastefully tooled songs driven by Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms ("[Da Le] Taleo," "Africa Bamba," "Migra," "Primavera," and the emotionally charged instrumental "El Farol") that allow Carlos plenty of elbowroom for his passionate soloing. Then there's the collection of tracks featuring a lineup of de rigueur alternative and hip-hop stars, including Dave Matthews, Everlast, Rob Thomas, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Eagle Eye Cherry. To their credit, Matthews ("Love of My Life") and Eagle Eye Cherry ("Wishing It Was") muster enough chemistry to make the fusion work. But the rest of the collaborations feel like an unnecessary stretch to reach out to a younger demographic that El Jefe has little trouble attracting on his own terms.

Jerry McCulley, Amazon.com



A Santana név mielött mindenki megismerte volna a világzenében volt igen használatos. Carlos Santana ugyanis nagyon elegáns módon keverte zenéjében a 12 taktusos bluest rock-elemekkel, afrokubai hangzásokkal, mindezt persze úgy, hogy a gitártudását is megcsillogtatta a hallgatói elött. A dallamokból áradó energia és emocionális mélység rajongók millióit ragadott el. Ma, 30 évvel Carlos Santana debütálása után még mindig olyan magával ragadó az a zene, amit csinál, hogy sokan nagy csodálói tehetségének. A neves zenész rengeteg elismerést kapott már eddig, többek között bekerült a Rock 'n Roll hírességek termébe, van egy saját csillaga a hollywoodi hírességek sétányán, de ennek ellenére eszében sincs, hogy visszavonuljon a reflektorok fényébol. Ahelyett, hogy a babérjain pihengetne, Carlos az idei év elején ismét munkához látott, s nemrégiben megjelentette a legfrissebb munkáját, a 'Supernatural'-t. A lemez elkészítésében olyan neves sztárok müködtek közre, mint Dave Matthews, Wyclef Jean, az Everlast, Lauryn Hill, Eagle-Eye Cherry, a Dust Brothers, Rob Thomas a Matchbox 20-ból és még sokan mások. (Rob Thomas egyébként a maxira kimásolt 'Smooth'-on müködik közre.)

Egy fontos kérdés merül fel az emberben: Mi késztette arra Carlost, hogy elkészítse ezt a nagylemezt? "Aahh, az csak úgy jött", szabadkozik a szerény mester. "Nekünk rockmuzsikusoknak megvannak mindig a sajátos elképzeléseink, amelyeket van, hogy nagyon sokáig dédelgetünk, mígnem egyik napról a másikra rászánjuk magunkat, hogy eleresszük a fantáziánkat, s megvalósítsuk azt, ami bennünk megérett már. Igy született meg ez a lemez. Van egyébként egy története az egésznek. Néhány baráttal zenélni akartunk, felhívtam öket, hogy akkor OK-e a dolog, s ök igent mondtak. Nem tudtak semmit az egészröl, csak annyit, hogy valami jót összehozunk. Aztán ebböl lett a 'Supernatural'." Egy biztos: Carlos ezzel az albummal nem akar zenei történelmet írni, de azért megadta a módját a propagálásnak, hogy a rajongókhoz eljusson a hír: ö még létezik, alkot, s nagyon elemében van. "A 'Supernatural'-lal egy olyan munkát adtam ki a kezemböl, ami a belsö érzéseimet tükrözi."

BMG Hungary



After winning American Music Award 2000 (Best Album):

Carlos Santana personifies musical integrity, intelligence and passion. Thirty years after first signing with Clive Davis to Columbia Records, Santana has reunited with his mentor for his summer 1999 debut Arista Records release. The reunion has resulted in a truly Supernatural CD that unleashes a vibrant, soulful musical blend that is as timeless as it is contemporary. Filled with soaring riffs, inviting rhythms and an expansive one-world vibe, Carlos Santana has brought his musical vision to new heights. Ask Carlos Santana to describe Supernatural and he will only humbly offer that the sound of this collection is "not black, or white or gray. It is multi-dimensional. Supernatural is for me, simply, a serious jump-start."

Multi-dimensional is an understatement. Supernatural bridges cultural, generational and musical gaps that forge new and creative partnerships. Clive Davis, who served as the album's co-producer with Carlos, helped bring together a powerful and eclectic group of musical stars. Those who signed on to work on the CD came purely for their love of the music and their reverence to a musician that helped re-define music the day he walked on stage at Woodstock 30 years ago. Among the collaborators are five-time Grammy winner Lauryn Hill; Fugee and Grammy winner, Wyclef Jean; Everlast; Eric Clapton; Dave Matthews; Cee-Lo from Goodie MoB; Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20; Eagle Eye Cherry; the Dust Brothers; and, Mana. The Santana band, including "CT" Chester Thompson, Raul Rekow, Karl Perazzo, Tony Lindsay, Benny Rietveld and Rodney Holmes, comprises the core group of musicians on the recording. "You can really feel God's hand in this," Carlos humbly offers. "Usually when you do a CD with so many incredibly talented people there's no glue, there's no cohesiveness. But on Supernatural, everyone involved from the musicians to the engineers understood the intentions, motives and purpose of making this CD. We all hit the bullseye."

"Smooth" is the collection's first single. A salsa tinged, blues-smoked, mid-tempo rock song, it burrows its way into your consciousness and lingers there, as all classic songs should. "Some songs are just like tattoos for your brainÉyou hear them and then they are affixed to you," Carlos says. Produced by Matt Serletic (Matchbox 20, Aerosmith), it features moody and mysterious vocals from Rob Thomas, lead singer of the multi-platinum band Matchbox 20. Thomas co-penned the track as a sultry ode to love. As was the case with all of the artists who participated in the creation of Supernatural, for Rob, working with Carlos was a singular and emotional experience. "Somewhere in the middle of recording, it really hit me that I was actually jamming with Santana," offers Thomas. "As a musician, as a songwriter and as a lover of music, I think that something like this has made me better. To spend five minutes with Carlos is to look into someone who is without pretension and one who is pure talent. He is as fresh today as he was in 1968. He matters even more in fact."

Everlast made his contribution to the project with a haunting melody and powerful lyrics in the song "Put Your Lights On." Produced by Dante Ross, it's significant because it was the first song that Everlast wrote after open-heart surgery. "To be honest, I didn't know if I was gonna give this song up," Everlast says, "And, you know, if it wasn't Carlos, I wouldn't have." Carlos says that the song is one of his favorite tracks on the CD. He said, "it reminds me of the time when I played San Quentin prison for the real hard-core inmates. The intensity and the message that Everlast singsÉHey now, all you killers, put your lights onÉ is a powerful message to rescue people from having to be miserable." After working with Carlos on her multiple Grammy winning debut The Miseducation of É Lauryn Hill, Ms. Hill returns the favor by producing and writing the soulful track "Do You Like The Way." It teams Carlos up with Goodie MoB's Cee-Lo who was thrilled to work with him. "Everybody knows Carlos' music," Cee-Lo says. "Rappers, everyone." Carlos laughs, "I told my daughter that I was gonna work with Lauryn Hill and she didn't believe me!"

Wyclef brings the sultry Spanish textured stroll "Maria, Maria" to Supernatural. The track, co-produced by Wyclef and Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis, gracefully fuses Latin, African and pan-Caribbean influences and is ample proof of Carlos' across-the- board multicultural appeal. "Anyone who has ever picked up a guitar is a Carlos Santana fan," declares Wyclef. "He's the god of music and the god of guitar. With Carlos, I knew that all I had to do is show up with a pad and pen and it would just happen. Cause I knew that Carlos' energy would just bring the vibe." The vibe continues with a Dave Matthews' collaboration on the co-penned "Love Of My Life," featuring Dave Matthews Band drummer Carter Beauford. Carlos says, "I think that Dave channeled the spirit of Billie Holiday on this song. He is my brother and I really appreciate him not only as a friend, but also as a great musician. My daughter turned me on to Dave a couple of years ago, and I am forever grateful." Matthews echoes the same sentiment, "I remember at one point Carlos just hit this note and it was likeÉ there was no question. That note was Carlos and I realized that what he brings to the music is Carlos."

Supernatural is filled with other contemporary Latin music stars including tracks produced by Grammy winner KC Porter and "Corazon Espinado," co-written by and performed with Mana. "Every musician who participated on this record was on the same wavelength and the same artistic energy as I was," Carlos explains. "They had been hearing my music and feeling my spirit and I in turn, had been feeling theirs. Supernatural is a beautiful example of synchronicity." One listen to Supernatural and two things are obvious. First, this isn't a "star" tribute. Second, you will quickly understand that this is the next musical evolution of a man who has continued on his own musical journey without compromise.

Carlos says it best, "the whole process of making this record has been natural; as soon as we all got together in the studio, we all just heard the music. And because of that ease and that natural quality, making Supernatural has been a truly glorious experience."

ABC.COM



"Die 13 Songs ruhen auf den Rhythmen des Latin-Rock, dem Markenzeichen des Santana-Sounds. Doch die Zutaten der unterschiedlichen Gäste transponieren die Musik auf neue Ebenen. Grandiose Santana-Musik in modernem Gewand hört man in "Do You Like The Way" mit Lauryn Hill und "Maria Maria" mit ihrem Fugees-Kollegen Wyclef Jean. Hier swingt der Santana-Geist im Sound moderner schwarzer Musik in die Zukunft. Viva Carlos!"

W. Andresen, stereoplay 8/99



Fans old and new have much to celebrate about SUPERNATURAL, Carlos Santana's Arista Records debut. After several years of quiet in the studio, Santana is joined by his seasoned contemporary Eric Clapton and by such young luminaries as Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Rob Thomas, and Fher (of famed Mexi-rockers Mana). As an album that caps a rock career spanning more than three decades, SUPERNATURAL is a testament to the stylistic breadth of Carlos' musical world, to his dynamic communicative abilities, and to the fact that rolling stones truly gather no moss. The man continues to make a guitar wail like no other.

To the sound of punchy horns, Rodney Holmes' double-bass drum kick, and of course, Santana's searing string-bending, "Yaleo" tears it up with abandon. "Migra" is another signature Santana 'Latin rock' piece with a pulsing Bo Diddley beat and a strong message about the U.S. immigration officers' harassment of Latinos. "Love Of My Life" is a sultry number with Matthews pouring sweetness all over the microphone, while "Do You Like The Way" features Hill dropping the light of her wisdom to slow, rough beats.



"...Eclectic, lively and only occaisionally goofy, SUPERNATURAL offers a glossy but winning context of musical fusion that highlights Santana's unique ability to make that guitar of his cry expressively..."

Rolling Stone (7/8-22, p.144) - 3 1/2 Stars (out of 5)



"...Whether he's spraying lyrical notes over a soulful Lauryn Hill composition, trading molten licks with Clapton, or playing spacey blues with Everlast, Santana still has that old 'Black Magic Woman' thing goin' on..." - Rating: B+

Entertainment Weekly (6/18/99, p.79)



"...easily the best place to hear this pleasantly inconsequential noise would be at a barbecue on a hot summer night, especially if you didn't want to disturb the neighbors."

Mojo (9/99, p.103)



From the beginning of a transcendent career that just entered its fourth decade, Billboard Century Award winner Carlos Santana has been a pioneer of many musical cultures, from rock and pop to salsa, jazz, and psychedelia. For the first time, he weaves all of these strands, plus other genres, into a single album-a rainbow of styles and colors and a celebration of a life in music. His Arista debut, "Supernatural," is an all-star affair in which the participants, happily, seem to be there for the right reasons. Highlights include the catchy first hit "Smooth," featuring an engaging appearance by Rob Thomas; the Dave Matthews track "Love Of My Life"; "Put Your Lights On," a catchy cut by Everlast punctuated by Santana's signature guitar licks; "Do You Like The Way," penned and produced by Lauryn Hill and featuring soulful vocals by Cee-Lo; and "Coraz-n Espinado," a heartbreak tale featuring Mexican rockers Many. Other performers include Eagle-Eye Cherry, Wyclef Jean, and Eric Clapton, who helps Santana close the album with a guitar duet. A new landmark in a career filled with them.

Originally reviewed for week ending 6/19/99
Billboard-Online.com



The same night Woodstock #99 went up in flames, an icon of the original 1969 event kept the fire of peace and love burning a continent away. As fans literally raped and pillaged in New York, guitarist Carlos Santana joined hip-hop diva Lauryn Hill in California to play "To Zion," Hill#s song celebrating the birth of her first child and the Creator#s gift of life. Fifty-two-year-old Santana and 24-year-old Hill bridge a generation of musicians who perform music with the conscious aim of transforming their listeners and creating positive change in the world. Despite how corny this idealism may seem by the bonfires of late #90s cynicism, it hasn#t dissuaded artists like Santana and Hill from spreading the spirit that characterized the first Woodstock. Supernatural, Santana#s latest release, captures the artist#s spiritual collaborations with some of the biggest names in today#s music industry. Dave Matthews, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Everlast, and Matchbox 20 singer Rob Thomas all make appearances on this album, blending their own styles and genres with the distinctive sound of Santana#s guitar. Supernatural also features singer Eagle-Eye Cherry, Latin music producer K.C. Porter, Rock-en-Espa±ol superstars Mana, and a bluesy call-and-response duet with Eric Clapton#where at least Carlos picks with someone his own age!

The magic of Supernatural can#t be contained within the classic formula of Santana hits such as "Black Magic Woman," "Evil Ways," or "Oye Como Va." Rather it blends a diversity of musical genres, from Latin to hip hop, without losing its focus. Many of the songs make clear the deep synergy between Latin and African music. "(Da le) Yaleo" opens Supernatural with a powerful Afro-Latino groove and some seriously distorted guitar soloing that carries the tune higher and higher. "Africa Bamba," based on a song by Senegalese group TourT Kunda, starts as a sweet, rural-sounding melody and wraps up with a strong salsa-vamp from Santana#s timbales player, Karl Perazzo. For Santana, these are organic growths springing from the same root. "This whole wave of Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, and Gloria Estefan is not Spanish or Latin," he told an interviewer. "It#s really African music, whether it#s a bolero, cha-cha, rhumba, or samba. Whatever you call it, it#s still African music. That#s what I play, and that#s what I#ve played from the beginning. I combined it with blues, but it#s always been African music."

WHILE THE FINANCIAL potential of this new release may have caused industry executives to drool with anticipation, Santana approached this album with different intentions. "This album is going to spread a spiritual virus," he told Latin Style magazine. "No matter who you are, all are going to be affected. You are going to remember you are a multidimensional spirit with enormous opportunities which are your choice and yours alone." Working with so many popular artists gives Santana the opportunity to reach out to young people, but he#s not preaching about "living la vida loca." "It#s important to present them more principles, more menus, more opportunities, more dimensions, more possibilities," Santana said. The recent death of Santana#s father#a musician who started Carlos out playing traditional Mexican songs#may have spurred his desire to share wisdom with a new generation. The instrumental "El Farol" (The Lighthouse), which Carlos played at his father#s funeral, is as soft, sensual, and oceanic as the purple-hued mermaid that artist Michael Rios painted for the album#s cover. The song is followed by a short offering of silence that then blooms into "Primavera" (Spring), an inspiring affirmation of new life filled with images of the resurrection found in scripture. But even if you can#t understand the Spanish lyrics, Santana#s passionate guitar solo on this song gets the message across.

Though there are guitarists with more technical flash than Santana, he is one of those rare artists able to convey spiritual experience through music. Even with the considerable talent and charisma of the album#s other stars, it is Santana#s spirituality that carries each song and distinguishes this music from most commercial recordings. Like some of those at Woodstock #99, many fans and performers haven#t learned to respect the force music has to unleash either angels or demons. Supernatural shows that Santana is fully aware of this spiritual dynamic and has made a conscious decision to heal people through music. Yet perhaps the most beautiful thing is that he convinced a group of young superstars to make the same resolution. #Aaron McCarroll Gallegos

AARON McCARROLL GALLEGOS
a Sojourners contributing editor, is a writer living in Toronto.



A Santana zenekar elsö három albuma a hatvanas évek végén, a hetvenes évek elején még Angliában is sikert aratott, pedig az angol rockrajongóktól addig mi sem állt távolabb, mint a latin ritmusok. Márpedig a Santana zenekar új kategóriát teremtett a kritikusok által latin rocknak keresztelt muzsikával. Persze mint minden zenei kategória, ez is kissé megtévesztö egyszerüsítés. A mexikói születésü gitáros-énekes együttesének ritmusszekciójában valóban hemzsegtek a latin-amerikai ütöhangszerek. Az is kétségtelen, hogy Carlos Santana, akkor még inkább Los Angeles vagy New York tetemes spanyol anyanyelvü fiatalságát, semmint Európát megcélozva, elöszeretettel énekelt spanyolul is. Romantikus, szárnyaló gitárjátéka, a blueshoz való tagadhatatlan affinitása és a zenéjében gyakran felbukkanó dzsesszes beütések azonban emészthetöbbé tették az európai közönség számára, mint az Amerikában dívó és sokkal szégyentelenebbül, egyértelmübben latinos salsa bármelyik exponensét.

Carlos Santana fogékonynak bizonyult a késöi hatvanas, korai hetvenes évek zenei határmezsgyéken áthágni óhajtó kísérleteire. Amíg ez a fogékonyság inkább ösztönös volt, semmint tudatos, addig zenéjének minduntalan kiütközö latin gyökerei megadták azt a fajta spontaneitást, amellyel például a blues ruházta fel Jimi Hendrix muzsikáját. Az egyre tudatosuló útkeresés egy ideig a dzsessz irányába sodorta. Ez nem is volt halva született vállalkozás, hiszen a fúzió világában a latin rock irányából érkezö Santana talán maradandóbbakat alkotott, mint azok, akik a dzsessz felöl közelítve próbálták tagadhatatlan tehetségüket aprópénzre váltani (Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard - hogy csak néhányat említsek!). Ezen az úton azonban Santana, talán 1976-ban kiadott Amigos címü albumával végül is megrekedt. És ezen az úton kihalt zenéjéböl az az életerö és latin spontaneitás, amely kezdeti sikerének a titka volt.

Új albuma, a Supernatural legnagyobb erénye, hogy, úgy tünik, Santana ismét rátalált régi énjére, anélkül, hogy zenéje a felmelegített leves benyomását keltené. A latin elemek ismét dominánsak, több felvételen spanyolul énekelnek, míg az érzelem és az érzékiség úgy vegyül, hogy az egy pillanatra sem csap át olcsó érzelgösségbe vagy számító erotikába. Ez az album már csak azért sem lehetne szentimentális idögéputazás vissza 1969-be, mert akkor még nem hallhattuk Santana zenéjében a néhai Marvin Gaye hatását (Do You Like the Way), akkor még nem jutott volna eszébe latin melódiákat Bo Diddley ritmikájára alkalmazni (Migra), gitárkísérete a Corazon Espinadon még nem visszhangozhatta volna Eric Clapton emlékezetes Layláját, és harminc évvel ezelött elképzelhetetlen lett volna a bossa nova, a rap és a latin rock olyan szellemes ötvözete, mint a Wishing It Was. Ezek a kombinációk így leírva talán bizarrnak tünnek, de az albumon mindez maga a természetesség. A Supernatural címü albumon nem egy régi dicsöségét erötlenül idézö, korosodó rocksztárt hallunk, hanem egy harminc évet fiatalodott Santanát.

Pallai Péter - Jazz Kritikák
Budapest Music Center - www.bmc.hu
 

 L y r i c s


Da Le Yaleo

Yo la vi cantando en Paris
Ella quiso estar junto de mi
Yo me sorprendi
Quando dijo Yaleo

Vamos caminando el ise
Tomando vino y partiendo pan
Ella dijo dame, dame ya YALEO YALEO

YALEO - YALEO - YALEO - YALEO
Tika n’gai wa yo
Simba n’gai wa yo yaya

Si tu pudieras, desir me ami
Yo no lo creo, lo que pasa aqui
Ella es mia, y me da su amor
Estoy complete y soy feliz
Ahora tengo nios que dicen Yaleo


Love of My Life

Where you are, that’s where I wanna be
And through your eyes, all the things I wanna see
And in the night, you are my dream
You’re everything to me

Chorus:
You’re the love of my life
And the breath in my prayers
Take my hand, lead me there

I can’t forget the taste of your mouth
From your lips the heavens pour out
I can’t forget when we are one
With you alone I am free

Bridge:
Everyday, every night, you alone
You’re the love of my life
Everyday, every night, you alone,
You’re the love of my life

Outro:
We go dancing in the moonlight
With the starlight in your eyes
We go dancing till the sunrise
You and me we’re gonna dance, dance, dance


Put Your Lights On

Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you lovers
Put your lights on, put your lights on

Hey now, all you killers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on

Cause there’s a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I’ve got nothing to fear

There’s a darkness deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, into my hole
God, don’t let me lose my nerve
Lose my nerve

Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Wo oh hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now

Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on

Because there’s a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say's I’ve got nothing to fear
La ill aha ill allah
We all shine like stars
We all shine like stars
Then we fade away


Africa Bamba

Ella baila la portugueza

Estoy llamando a todas las morenas
Y las llamada la viene da la luz
Con calma se baila esta danza
Y con amor canto yo esta cancion
Africa bamba ase a un lado a la tristeza
Y otra mas dulce no la podras encontrar

Oye eso te va sentir feliz
Ella, ella, baila portuguesa
Africa yo te estoy llamando a ti
Oye Puerto Rico adonde estas
Levanta las manos Colombia
Oye donde estas Peruanos
Venezuela yo te quiero
China, China yo te quiero tambien
Japon, Japon, Japon que rico Japon
Japon baila con Santana
No se olviden Mexico, Mexico, mi Mexico
Mi Mexico


Smooth

Man it’s a hot one
Like seven inches from the midday sun
I hear you whisper & the words melt everyone
But you stay so cool
My mu-equita, my Spanish harlem mona lisa
Your my reason for reason
The step in my groove

RIDGE:
And if you say this life ain’t good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
Cause you’re so smooth

CHORUS:
And just like the ocean under the moon
Well that’s the same emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of lovin that can be so smooth
Gimme your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it

I’ll tell you one thing
If you would leave it would be a crying shame
In every breath and every word I hear your name calling me out
Out from the barrio, you hear my rhythm from your radio
You feel the turning of the world so soft and slow
Turning you round and round


Do You Like The Way

(Lauryn’s rap)
Watch the master plan, the pastures span
Through the streets, move the sheep
Flipped the beat, like the shepherd
It’s a new day, my crew stay forever striving
Give thanks cause we alive, and been through the gutter
Now we see the horizon
It’s clear to me now
Used to be confused, took a lot of years to see how
Now, we moving planets
Take the average mind and expand it
You take for granted like we’re always gonna be disadvantaged
But soon come, it soon come, ya soon done
Ya start run, you stumble, we catch one
In the rhythm, Santana lick the guits with precision
Not accidental, intentional conscious decision
To Zion, we’re marching through with African Mayans
Conquering Babylon with the heart of a lion
And the walls of Jericho come a-tumbling down

Tell me, how long has it been
Is everything, everything alright my friend

You see, time is passing, people asking how come none of this ain’t lasting
Money will make people deal like they don’t even have to feel
But no, it ain’t real, it ain’t real

Oh, do you like the way that it’s going down
Do you like the way that it’s going down
Ooh, do you like the way

How long, how long will we wait, to sit down and communicate
See, everything is relative, if you want to get then give
Can’t we all just build and live,can’t we, can’t we?

Do you like the way that it’s going down
Do you like the way that it’s going down
Do you like the way that it’s going down
Do you like the way that it’s going down


Maria Maria

Ho Maria Maria
She reminds me of a west side story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She’s living the life just like a movie star

Ho Maria Maria
She fell in love in East L.A.
To the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah
Played by Carlos Santana

Stop the looting, stop the shooting
Pick pocking on the corner
See as the rich is getting richer
The poor is getting poorer

Se mira Maria on the corner
Thinking of ways to make it better
In my mailbox there’s an eviction letter
Somebody just said see you later

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola

I said a la favella los colores
The streets are getting hotter
There is no water to put out the fire
Mi canto la esperanza

Se mira Maria on the corner
Thinking of ways to make it better
Then I looked up in the sky
Hoping of days of paradise

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola

Maria you know you’re my lover
When the wind blows I can feel you
Through the weather and even when we’re apart
It feels like we’re together


Migra

Migra Migra pinche Migra dejame en pas
Migra Migra pinche Migra dejame en pas

Malicia veo en tus ojos desprecio en tu corazon
Malicia veo en tus ojos desprecio en tu corazon

Es hora de reconocer que todos somas una voz
Abrasa el concepto venimos de la misma voz

Me necesitas tu a me mas y mas que yo a ti
Me necesitas tu a me mas y mas que yo a ti
Me necesitas tu a me mas y mas que yo a ti
Me necesitas tu a me mas y mas que yo a ti

People people let’s start together let’s do it right
People people let’s love one another I know we know how

Me necesitas tu a mi mas y mas que yo a ti
Me necesitas tu a mi mas y mas que yo a ti
Me necesitas tu a mi mas y mas que yo a ti
Me necesitas tu a mi mas y mas que yo a ti

Migra Migra pinche Migra dejame en pas

People people let’s love one another I know we know how


Corazon Espinado

Esa mujer me esta matando
Me a espinado el corazon
Por mas que trato de olvidarla

Mi alma no da razon
Mi corazon aplastado
Herido y abandonado
Aber aber tu sabes dime mi amor por favor
Que dolor nos quedo

Chorus:
Ah ah ah corazon espinado
Ah ah ah como me duele el amor

Como duele como duele el corazon
Cuando nostiene entregados
Pero no olvides mujer que algun dia diras
Hay ya yay como me duele el amor

Como me duele el olvido
Como duele el corazon
Como me duele estar vivo
Sin tenerte aun lado amor

Corazon espinado


Wishing It Was

Beauty and grace is what touches me most
Good time can put me in fear
Always feel safe when things are bad
So I cannot let you come near
It seems that I thrive on the dark side of things
I always feel alive when the death bell rings
Now you have come and bring out the tears in me

Pain never makes me cry, but happiness does
It's so strange to watch my life go by
Wishing it was
Wishing it was more like a fantasy
Where everyone surprises me
Wishing it was

This feeling won’t last cause I cannot survive
I tell you I’ve been here before
When it’s movin this fast
It's a matter of time
One of us walks out that door
It seems that I thrive on the dark side of things
I always feel alive when the death bell rings
Now you come and you bring out the tears in me

Give this some thought
And I’m sure you will know
This is the way it must be
Emotions will rise, emotions will flow
You bring out the tears in me

It's so strange to watch your life walk and where everyday
I've been burning the candle at both ends
And lied the truth I can’t pretend
This is why I will not stay baby
Just like that I’m on my way


El Farol

(Instrumental)


Primavera

Lluvia de sol
Como Una Bendicion
La vida renace con su luz
La primavera ya llego

Todo es asi
Regreso a la raiz
Tiempo de inquieta juventud
En primavera ya

La tierra negra se vuelve verde
Y las montanas y el desierto
Un bello jardin

Como la semilla
Lleva nueva vida
Hay en esta primavera una nueva era

En el aire de este nuevo universo
Hoy se respira libertad
En primavera ya

La tierra negra se vuelve verde
Y las montanas y el desierto
Un bello jardin

Como la semilla
Leeva nueva vida
Hay en esta primavera una nueva era


The Calling

(instrumental)

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