1977 studio album by Santana
Festivál Released January 1977 Recorded 1976 Genre
Length 45 :32 Label Columbia Producer David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
"Let the Children Play" Released: 1977
"Jugando" Released: 1977
"Verão Vermelho" Released: 1977
Festivál is the eighth studio album by Santana , released in January 1977. It peaked number twenty seven in the Billboard 200 chart and number twenty nine in the R&B Albums chart .[ 1]
This was the band's second and last album with Leon Patillo on vocals, and the last full-studio album with longtime keyboardist Tom Coster . It also was the first one with percussionist Raul Rekow, who would remain with the band until 2013 (save for 1987–1990).
Critical reception
Rolling Stone wrote: "Though this record is far stronger on the whole than Amigos , it lacks that album’s memorable chordal quirks and peaks of intensity, sometimes sounding like a prisoner of its own commercial aspirations."[ 5]
Track listing
Side one
"Carnaval" (Tom Coster , Carlos Santana ) – 2:15
"Let the Children Play" (Leon Patillo , Santana) – 3:28
"Jugando" (José Areas , Santana) – 2:12
"Give Me Love" (Pablo Téllez) – 4:29
"Verão Vermelho" (Nonato Buzar) – 5:00
"Let the Music Set You Free" (Coster, Patillo, David Rubinson , Santana) – 3:39
Side two
"Revelations" (Coster, Santana) – 4:37
"Reach Up" (Coster, Paul Jackson , Patillo, Santana) – 5:23
"The River" (Patillo, Santana) – 4:53
"Try a Little Harder" (Patillo) – 5:04
"María Caracóles" (Pello el Afrokán - credited "P. African") – 4:32
Personnel
Oren Waters – vocals, background vocals
Maxine Willard Waters – vocals, background vocals
Francisco Zavala – vocals, background vocals
Carlos Santana – guitar , bass, percussion, vocals, background vocals
Leon Patillo – keyboards, percussion, piano , vocals, background vocals
Tom Coster – keyboards , percussion, synthesizer , vocals
Pablo Téllez – bass, percussion, vocals, background vocals
Paul Jackson – bass
Gaylord Birch – drums , percussion, tympani
José "Chepitó" Areas – conga, percussion , timbales
Raul Rekow – conga, percussion, background vocals
Joel Badie – percussion, vocals, background vocals
Julia Waters – background vocals
Production:
Charts
Certifications
References
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