Jeff Meyerson mentioned Carlos Santana’s CD of duets in a comment a few weeks ago. I have a number of Santana CDs scattered throughout my Collection (yes, I’m trying to get more organized!). But, fortunately, I found my copy of ALL THAT I AM and listened to it again.
My favorite song is “I’m Feeling You” with Michelle Branch and The Wreckers with its energy. I also enjoyed Anthony Hamilton on “Twisted.”
Joss Stone and Sean Paul do a nice job with “Cry Baby Cry.” And Santana ends the album with “Da Tu Amor” with some classic Santana guitar riffs. Jeff was right about this album: it’s one of Santana’s best! Are you a fan of Carlos Santana? GRADE: A
Track Listing:
- “Hermes” – 4:08
- Written by Carlos Santana and S. Jurad
- Produced by Carlos Santana
- “El Fuego” – 4:17
- Written by Carlos Santana, Jean Shepherd and Richard Shepherd
- Produced by Carlos Santana
- “I’m Feeling You” – 4:13
- Featuring Michelle Branch and The Wreckers
- Written by Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks and Michelle Branch
- Produced by John Shanks and Kara DioGuardi
- “My Man” – 4:37
- Featuring Big Boi and Mary J. Blige
- Written by Antwan Patton, Nsilo Reddick, Nicholas Sherwood and Rob Thomas
- Produced by Big Boi and The Beat Bullies
- “Just Feel Better” – 4:12
- Featuring Steven Tyler
- Written by Jamie Houston, Buck Johnson and Damon Johnson
- Produced by John Shanks
- “I Am Somebody” – 4:02
- Featuring will.i.am
- Written by will.i.am and George Pajon, Jr.
- Produced by will.i.am
- Additional Production Lester Mendez
- This song is considered by most as a tribute to “I Am – Somebody“, a poem by Reverend Jesse Jackson.
- “Con Santana” – 3:18
- Featuring Ismaïla and Sixu Toure, also known as Touré Kunda
- Written by Carlos Santana, Ismaïla Toure and Tidane “Sixu” Toure
- Produced by Carlos Santana
- “Twisted” – 5:11
- Featuring Anthony Hamilton
- Written by Dante Ross and Nandi Willis
- Produced by Dante Ross
- “Trinity” – 3:33
- Featuring Kirk Hammett and Robert Randolph
- Written by Carlos Santana and Michael Brook
- Produced by Carlos Santana
- This song is a tribute to the Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and is a cover of his song Tere Bina
- “Cry Baby Cry” – 3:53
- Featuring Sean Paul and Joss Stone
- Written by Lester Mendez, Sean Paul, Kara DioGuardi and Jimmy Harry
- Produced and Arranged by Lester Mendez
- “Brown Skin Girl” – 4:44
- Featuring Bo Bice
- Written by Jamie Houston
- Produced by Lester Mendez and Jamie Houston
- Vocal Arrangement by Jamie Houston
- “I Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love” – 4:00
- Featuring Los Lonely Boys
- Written by Henry Garza, Ringo Garza and Joey Garza
- Produced by Carlos Santana
- Additional Production by John Proter and Los Lonely Boys
- “Da Tu Amor” – 4:03
- Written by Carlos Santana, Andy Vargas, and Gary Glenn
- Produced by Carlos Santana
Glad you liked it. I was impressed with Michelle Branch and Joss Stone too. I even got a kick out of the Steven Tyler. Jackie is a huge fan of Los Lonely Boys, who we’ve seen in concert several times, including opening for Santana.
Jeff, I’m glad you mentioned ALL THAT I AM. I had forgotten how good it is! Thanks for the heads up!
I’m really more of a fan of Santana from the “Black Magic Woman”/“Oye, Comi Va” era, however I really liked the song Michelle Branch did with them called “Game of Love” (“a little bit if this/a little bit of that…”), which doesn’t appear on this CD.
By the way, the co-writer of “Twisted” is Dante not Diana Ross.
Deb, “The Game of Love” is on SHAMAN, the followup to the mega-selling SUPERNATURAL.
Jeff, what ever happened to Michelle Branch? She had a string of hits and then…nothing.
Deb, oops! I confused Dante Ross with Diana Ross! My bad! “Game of Love” appeared on Santana’s SHAMAN CD. Here’s a fun fact about “Game of Love”: The song reached number one in Poland and was a top-ten hit in Canada, Hungary, New Zealand, Romania, and Spain!
I agree with Deb, Santana was for me more a kind of “background music” while working, reading …
Wolf, I think Santana started partnering with singers to break out of that “background music” ghetto.
Santana was one of many bands that I neither liked nor disliked, although they were popular enough that I heard them frequently. I didn’t recognize any of the titles on the CD, but the two Deb mentioned are familiar and still pop up frequently on Sirius XM.
Michael, like Deb I prefer the early Santana. But some of his later albums are worth a listen.
I haven’t heard this CD so I can’t comment on it. I liked early Santana but my interest waned over the years.
Saw Los Lonely Boys at the Mercury Lounge in NYC in 2002 when they played a benefit for Alejandro Escovedo who was having medical problems at the time. They shared the bill with Levon Helm, Mary Jane’s Corvette, Willie Nile and headliner Ian Hunter.
Steve, that sounds like quite a concert at the Mercury Lounge in NYC!
I saw Santana at JazzFest one year in the company of Wilba, Jeff, and Jackie.
It was Hades hot but the show was outstanding.
Beth, I have several friends who have seen Santana perform live. All of their reviews were as positive as yours!
Thr first album. Period.
I love the first album the best, but we have several others too. And we’ve seen him many times over the years. Like Beth said, he always does a great show.
I also like to watch the section in WOODSTOCK with a very young Santana doing “Soul Sacrifice.” A classic.
Jeff, I forgot Santana was at Woodstock!
Rick, Santana’s first album was very good, indeed!
I have a lot of early Santana — my favorite is Caravanserai — but eventually stopped buying them. I guess I just figured I have enough of them. I still enjoy the ones I have, but haven’t been tempted to buy another in quite some time.
Jeff, I pick up Santana CDs when I find them in thrift stores. I’m not sure I have CARVANSERAI. I’ll have to check.