Caravanserai (album)
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Caravanserai marked a major point in Santana's career, as it was a sharp departure from his critically acclaimed first three albums. 1971 marked the departure of original bassist David Brown, and he was replaced by Doug Rauch and Tom Rutley. In addition, Gregg Rolie was having a falling-out with Santana, and he brought in keyboardist Tom Coster to play in a few songs.
The sound contrasts greatly with his trademark fusion of salsa, rock, and jazz, and concentrates mostly on jazz-like instrumental passages. All but three songs were instrumentals, and consequently the album yielded no hit singles. 1972 marked the start of a slide in Santana's popularity and music.
Track listing
- "Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation" (Rutley, Schon, Shrieve) – 4:28
- "Waves Within" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana) – 3:54
- "Look Up (to See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana) – 3:00
- "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrive) – 2:18
- "Song of the Wind" (Rolie, Santana, Schon) – 6:04
- "All the Love of the Universe" (Santana, Schon) – 7:40
- "Future Primitive" (Areas, Lewis) – 4:12
- "Stone Flower" (Jobim, Santana, Shrieve) – 6:15
- "La Fuente del Ritmo" (Lewis) – 4:34
- "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve) – 9:05
This album is a gem among the albums "The Santana Band" produced during their fusion experiments in the 1970's. It combines elements of rock, latin, jazz, afro-cuban and eastern influences that create unique sounds, textures and rhythms that reflect the musical interests and directions of it's various collaborative musicians. Although not considered one of the groups more popular outings, it is considered by some fans to be among the better albums ever recorded by Santana. Even though many of the songs contain lyrics, the album focuses more on "feelings" than thoughts. That is, the music conveys spiritual energy and musical emotion throughout. It begins with a gentle night breeze of a song inspired by the desert twilight; flows melodically through various fusion experiments inspired by the journey of the desert caravan and culminates in an orgasm of salsa flavored delight in the albums last two songs. Caravansarai is at the heart of Santana's fusion experiments of the '70's and is a must for "Old School" Sanatana fans. As Alex Henderson says in the All Music Guide, this album must be listened to many times over a period of years to be fully absorbed and appreciated.
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