Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
1990 studio album by Santana
Spirits Dancing in the Flesh | ||||
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Studio album by Santana | ||||
Released | June 1990 | |||
Studio | The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 48:22 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Carlos Santana, Vernon Reid, Chester Thompson, Jim Gaines | |||
Santana chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Select | 3/5[4] |
Spirits Dancing in the Flesh is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. It reached eighty-five in the Billboard 200.[5]
Track listing
- "Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 7:20
- "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:29
- "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana) – 4:32
- "Soweto (Africa Libre)" (Santana, Thompson, Alphonso Johnson) – 5:06
- "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:14
- "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) – 4:26
- "Full Moon" (Paolo Rustichelli) – 4:31
- "Who's That Lady" (Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper) – 4:15
- "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:46
- "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) – 4:30
Personnel
Band
- Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, percussion
- Alex Ligertwood – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
- Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, Hammond B3, horns, vocals
- Armando Peraza – bongos, congas, percussion
- Walfredo Reyes – drums, timbales, percussion
Guest musicians
- Vernon Reid – guitar
- Alphonso Johnson – bass
- Keith Jones – bass
- Paolo Rustichelli – keyboards, acoustic piano
- Wayne Shorter – soprano sax, tenor sax
- Bobby Womack – lead vocals
- Tramaine Hawkins – lead vocals
- Oren Waters – background vocals
- Kevin Dorsey – background vocals
- Jim Gilstrap – background vocals
- Rashan Hylton – background vocals
- Phillip Ingram – background vocals
- Hugh "Sweetfoot" Maynard – background vocals
- Stephen King – vocals
- Orestes Vilató – timbales, vocals
- Raul Rekow – congas, vocals
- Francisco Aguabella – congas
Additional musicians
- Devon Bernardoni – keyboards
- Charisse Dancy – choir
- Sandra Hunter – choir
- Marjo Keller – choir
- Lynice Pinkard – choir
- Lovetta Brown – choir
- De Anna Brown – choir
- Kevin Swan Butler – choir
- Darryl Williams – choir
- Edwin M. Harper, Jr. – choir direction
Production
- Sergio Albonico – executive producer
- Chris Becker – engineering assistance
- Devon Bernardoni – engineering, mixing
- Paul Ericksen – engineering, mixing
- Arne Frager – mixing
- Lori Fumar – engineering assistance
- Jim Gaines – engineering, mixing, production
- Bernie Kirsh – engineering
- David Leonard – mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Diego Uchitel – photography
- Bob Venosa – design
- Peter Wolf – arranging, production
Charts
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 28 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] | 99 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 66 |
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[9] | 38 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 34 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 19 |
UK Albums (OCC)[12] | 68 |
US Billboard 200[13] | 85 |
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. Spirits Dancing in the Flesh at AllMusic
- ^ Sandow, Greg (July 6, 1990). "Spirits Dancing in the Flesh". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Goodman, Fred (September 20, 1990). "Santana: Spirits Dancing In The Flesh : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ Rice, Glenn (August 1990). "Santana: Spirits Dancing in the Flesh". Select. p. 104.
- ^ "Spirits Dancing in the Flesh - Santana | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Santana – Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1353". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Santana – Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Santana – Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Santana – Spirits Dancing in the Flesh". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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- The Woodstock Experience (2009)
- Santana's Greatest Hits (1974)
- The Very Best of Santana (1981)
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- "Jin-go-lo-ba" (1969)
- "Evil Ways" (1969)
- "Black Magic Woman" (1970)
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- "No One to Depend On" (1972)
- "Samba Pa Ti" (1973)
- "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (1976)
- "She's Not There" (1977)
- "You Know That I Love You" (1979)
- "Winning" (1981)
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- "Hold On" (1982)
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- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (2010)
- "Photograph" (2010)
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- "Dance the Night Away" (2010)
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- Bob Dylan/Santana European Tour 1984
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- A 25–Year Celebration Tour
- Never Ending Tour 1993
- Supernatural Tour
- All Is One Tour
- Shaman Tour
- Latin American Tour 2005
- Embrace Your Light Tour
- The Voice, The Guitar, The Songs Tour
- Supernatural Now Tour
- Miraculous 2020 World Tour
- Miraculous Supernatural Tour
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