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Welcome
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by Santana
Sales Rank: 10589
Price:$6.99
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Album Details
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1. Going Home - Santana,
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2. Love, Devotion and Surrender - Santana, Santana, Carlos
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3. Samba de Sausalito - Santana, Areas, Jose Chepito
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4. When I Look into Your Eyes - Santana, Coster, Tom
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5. Yours Is the Light - Santana, Kermode, Richard
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6. Mother Africa - Santana, Mann, Herbie
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7. Light of Life - Santana, Coster, Tom
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8. Flame-Sky - Santana, McLaughlin, John
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9. Welcome - Santana, Coltrane, John
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10. Mantra - Santana, Santana, Carlos
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Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2008.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Listener Reviews & Comments
Just as on their previous release, Caravanserai, Welcome sees Santana complementing their Latin rock sound with a jazz feel. Although there aren't any bonafide classics here like "Evil Ways" or "Black Magic Woman", the music and lyrics on Welcome embrace spirituality more than their music had previously. Also worth noting is that while Caravanserai must be listened to its entirety to fully digest, Welcome is more of a song-based collection. The opening "Going Home" continues the Santana trend of the instrumental opener providing the feel for the rest of the album. In this case, the organs provide a majestic churchlike feel before piano and Carlos' ringing guitar lines provide a feeling of peace. This kicks right into the funky "Love, Devotion and Surrender", a track where Carlos, Wendy Haas, and Leon Thomas share vocal duties, with each of them adding a little more emotion as the song progresses. "When I Look Into Your Eyes" is a love poem put to music with a dated keyboard outro while the excellent "Yours Is The Light" features near operatic vocals from Flora Purim. "Light Of Life", with its strings and majestic vocals from Thomas, is also a highlight. As for the instrumentals, both "Mother Africa" and "Flame Sky" are two of the band's best with the former featuring a killer sax solo from Jules Broussard while the latter contains wicked solos from both Carlos and guest guitarist John McLaughlin. The original closing title track projects a similar feel to its opener, one of eternal peace. The bonus track, "Mantra", has a very chaotic feel, similar in intensity to "Flame Sky", and complements the album well. Although not quite as cohesive as their first four albums, Welcome is a strong musical statement that still blows most of today's music, including Santana's more recent output, right out of the water.
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Welcome
by Santana
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