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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0696998669826 Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Sony Release Date: October 22, 2002 Studio: Sony Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Guitar hero, world-music pioneer, and Latin-rock superstar--Carlos Santana embodies them all on this 33-track double-disc anthology of the legend's first 20 years in music. Yet none of those labels seem to capture the true musical essence of the mercurial, Mexican-born icon. Literally from the very beginning here (the furiously rhythmic 1969 reworking of Nigerian star Babatunde's Olatunji's "Jingo"), Santana cuts his own rewarding and peculiar swath across rock history, whether giving similar "Jingo" treatment to Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" or infusing the meat-and-potatoes R&B of "Everybody's Everything" with his emotional soloing. While that familiar, warm guitar tone adds compelling new dimensions to covers of staples like the Zombies' "She's Not There" and the Classics IV's "Stormy," as well as to the string of '80s hits also included here, it's the sense of spiritual freedom he gives tracks like Joe Zawinul's "In a Silent Way" and the gorgeous, understated "Europa" that seem his greatest legacy. And lest anyone thought the pop affectations of the Grammy-winning Supernatural a fluke, there are plenty of reminders in the set's second half (the joyous funk of "Vera Cruz," his bluesy duet with John Lee Hooker, "The Healer") to remind us that Santana's commercial timing has oft been as masterful as his fleet-fingered soloing. --Jerry McCulley Average Rating:
 Rating:  - santana suckstabla's to annoying cheesy crappy solo's for 40 mins.....no thanks. This is the elevator music from hell. Rating: - BAD EDITThe Essential SANTANA This album is a really really bad edit. The songs cut into each other. Tracks from the albums these songs were taken from start a few bars before the song which is supose to be playing starts. I like carlos work very much, but the producers of this album really suck big time. I am thinking about re-editing this album and burning it for myself. It drives me nuts. That is why I could not recomend this album. Buy ... Read More Rating:  - A must-have for the Classic Rock fan!Owner of an extensive Classic Rock collection, mostly "Best of" compilations, I found this to be hugely worthwhile! There's about 10 (out of 35?) songs that prove to be as good as anything else I have. (Almost all the rest are forgettable.) 5-star songs I've never heard on the radio. I couldn't be happier with it! Rating:  - Nearly perfectThe Essential Santana, like most releases in the Essential series is missing one key track. That track is "Hope You're Feeling Better" from Abraxas. Other than that the track listing is stellar, except it would've been nice to have the studio version of "Dance Sister Dance". Rating: - An excellent collection!Mexico native Carlos Santana gives his fans his best recording just like any other artist on any essential/ultimate compilation. Carlos' career began in or around 1969 or '70,one of his first Top 20 hits being EVIL WAYS. Other memorable tunes include WINNING from his 1981 album ZEBOP!. When I first heard the tune,I thought it was Journey frontman Steve Perry singing(Journey are Carlos' Columbia Records labelmates). I found out one of Carlos' bandmates is a vocal clone of Perry. I also heard the Perry ... Read More |
