| Product Summary | | Label: Arista Records | | UPC: 00078221473729 | | Release Date: 10/22/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60571194 | | Item#: M42CFC | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24281 | Format:  CD |
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| The magic that informs every note played by Carlos Santana reaches a new intensity with Shaman, his long-awaited second album on Arista Records. The album was produced by Carlos Santana and Clive Davis, and executive produced by Antonio "LA" Reid, President and CEO of Arista Records. Its release was preceded by the first single (and video), "The Game Of Love," featuring Michelle Branch. She was the first to be introduced--the song came in as the #1 most-added track at top 40 radio, Mainstream AC and Hot AC upon its impact in September--but the album's guest list goes on to include Citizen Cope, Dido, Placido Domingo, Macy Gray, Melky Jean, Chad Kroeger, Alejandro Lerner, Musiq, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Ozomatli, P.O.D., Seal, Michael Shrieve, Govner Washington and producers Wyclef Jean, KC Porter and Kike Santander.
"...Santana delivers an album that will, no doubt, please fans of its globally successful predecessor, while at the same time reel in new ones." Billboard
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Carlos Santana (vocals, acoustic 12-stirng, nylon string & electric guitars, keyboards, timbales, rainstick); Rene Martinez (acoustic guitar); Musiq, Michelle Branch, Seal, Macy Gray, Chad Kroeger, Andy Vargas, JB Eckl, Alejandro Lerner, Placido Domingo, Dido, Melkie Jean, Governor Washington (vocals); Fernando "Toby" Tobon (electric guitar, cuatro, mandolin, bass, backgrond vocals); Ulises Bella (saxophone); Asdru Sierra (trumpet); Arturo Velasco (trombone); Jose Gaviria (keyboards, background vocals); Chester Thompson, Andres Munera (keyboards); John Ginty (organ, keyboards); Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Benny Reitveld (bass); Rodney Blade, Michael Shrieve (drums); Karl Perazzo (congas, percussion); Dan Shea (programming); Kike Santander, Cori Rooney, Shelene Thomas, Ozomalti, Ola Taylor, Pauline Taylor (background vocals). | | P.O.D: Sonny (vocals); Marco (guitar); Traa (bass); Wuv (drums). | | "The Game Of Love" (w/ Michelle Branch) won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. | | On Santana's second Arista album, SHAMAN, the formula that turned SUPERNATURAL into a multi-platinum comeback machine is employed again with equally positive results. Carlos and his returning band of semi-regulars play backup to a revolving door of hit-making lead singers. Consequently, the album is a mixed, multi-format bag of great singles, each of which feature lots of Carlos's distinctive lead guitar (placed appropriately high in the mix). | | This time out there's even more variety. Apparently not satisfied with simply crossing over, album co-producer Clive Davis ambitiously brokered an album that attempts to snare record buyers of every conceivable type. To this end, SHAMAN includes not only Latin, R&B, rap, and rock tracks, but also features grunge, classical and Nu Metal. Amazingly, the record is much more cohesive than would seem possible, sounding utterly contemporary and radio-ready throughout. Regardless of its disparate elements, SHAMAN is one thing for sure: a stunning pop record. |
Producer: Clive Davis; Carlos Santana |
Musical Guests | | Michelle Branch | | Musiq Soulchild | | Seal | | Macy Gray | | P.O.D. | | Citizen Cope | | Chad Kroeger | | Dido | | Ozomatli | | Placido Domingo | | Governor Washington | | Melkie Jean | | Alejandro Lerner |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/22/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 14737 | | Label : Arista Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00078221473729 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (10/25/02, pp.73-4)
- "...Ultimately, the real angel on Santana's shoulder is his guitar..." - Rating: B-Mojo (Publisher)
(1/03, p.97)
- "...[The] old time Latin rockers sway seductively. The R&B connections work..." |
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| | Bio | | Carlos Santana has successfully navigated the stormy waters of popular music for more than three decades with a unique balance of intelligence, passion, inspiration and honesty. Like certain musicians who have earned such rare affection in the hearts of people around the world--Olatunji, John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, and Miles Davis all come to mind--Santana's music bridges the physical world and the spiritual realm. To feel the music of Santana, whether it was radiating from the stage of the Woodstock festival on a steamy August afternoon in 1969, or bursting forth from a top 40 station on the car radio, or heard in a thousand venues from the Fillmore to Wembley, from Atlanta to Osaka, from the Cotton Bowl to the Waldorf-Astoria Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction dinner in 1998, is to experience a vision that is humble and uplifting at the same time. Hear the soaring riffs, infectious rhythms, and the all-encompassing rock-soul-jazz-Latin-R&B one-world groove that have set Santana apart, and know in your heart that this is timeless music.
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