Tag: Santana Live Albums

Live Albums By Santana

Santana are a fascinating Latin rock band led by guitarist Carlos Santana. While they first came to prominence in the late 1960s, they also had a commercially successful boom much later in their career.

Before looking at the live albums in detail, I think it’s useful to see the timing of the solo albums and the hit singles.

Studio Albums By Santana

I’ve indicated where the albums broke into the top ten album charts in the United States with their positions.

1969 Santana #4
1970 Abraxas #1 (also top 10 in the UK)
1971 Santana III #1 (also top 10 in the UK)
1972 Caravanserai #8 (also top 10 in the UK)
1973 Welcome (top 10 in the UK)
1974 Borboletta
1976 Amigos #10
1977 Festival
1977 Moonflower (part of this album is recorded live) #10 (also top 10 in the UK)
1978 Inner Secrets
1979 Marathon
1981 Zebop! #9
1982 Shango
1985 Beyond Appearances
1987 Freedom
1990 Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
1992 Milagro
1999 Supernatural #1 (also #1 in the UK and a huge hit elsewhere)
2002 Shaman #1
2005 All That I Am #2
2010 Guitar Heaven (an album of rock covers given the Santana treatment) #5
2012 Shape Shifter
2014 Corazón #9

As for success in the singles chart, the following were top 20 hits in the United States:

1969 Evil Ways #9
1970 Black Magic Woman #4
1971 Oye Como Va #13
1971 Everybody’s Everything #13
1981 Winning #17
1982 Hold On #15
1999 Smooth #1
1999 Maria Maria #1
2002 The Game Of Love #5
2003 Why Don’t You And I

Live Albums By Santana

1968 Live At The Fillmore
1969 The Woodstock Experience
1970 Live At Tanglewood
1972 Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles Live!
1973 Lotus
1975 Live At The Rynearson Stadium
1976 Moonflower
1978 Live At The Bottom Line
1993 Sacred Fire
2013 Corazon Live From Mexico Live It To Believe It

To help you to find the best of these live albums, there is a poll.

Buying Albums By Santana

You can get these Santana albums from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

The Best Live Albums Of All Time

At this stage I normally show the role the band or artist plays in its genre but I don’t (yet) have a poll for Latin rock or world music. Santana have touched many different categories from psychedelic rock, blues rock, jazz and classic rock and pop without neatly fitting into any of them.

Please vote in the poll to find the best live psychedelic albums.

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