Santana - Ultimate Santana (2007) {2019, Japanese Reissue}

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Artist: Santana
Title: Ultimate Santana
Year Of Release: 2007 / 2019
Label: Arista / RCA / Sony Music Labels Inc. #SICP 6292
Genre: Latin Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, Electronic, Fusion, R&B
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 01:17:41
Total Size: 657 / 282 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Ultimate Santana is a collection by rock band Santana, combining hits from recent albums Supernatural, Shaman and All That I Am with early classics. Amongst the 18 tracks there are three new recordings. On November 3, 2007 the album debuted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.

Billed as the first Santana compilation to span his entire career, it is true that Ultimate Santana does indeed run the gamut from 1969's "Evil Ways" to 2002's "Game of Love," but if you think that means it handles all phases of his career equally, you'd be sadly mistaken. Essentially, this 18-track set plays like a collection of highlights from his Supernatural-era comebacks, spiked with a couple of classic rock oldies – because that's what it really is. It contains no less than ten superstar duets, including new numbers with Nickelback's Chad Kroeger (the streamlined and smoothed "Into the Night," which has little of Kroeger's trademark growly histrionics) and Jennifer Lopez and Baby Bash ("This Boy's Fire," a dance number where Santana seems incidental), plus a version of "The Game of Love" with Tina Turner (don't worry, the lighter, brighter, superior Michelle Branch version is here too) and plus "Interplanetary Party," which is a new band recording that sounds like a star duet. These are piled upon seven previously released duets – including, of course, the hits "Smooth," "Maria Maria," and "The Game of Love," but also album tracks with Everlast, Steven Tyler, and Alex Band of the Calling – with classic rock radio staples "Oye Como Va," "Black Magic Woman," "Evil Ways," "Europa," "Samba Pa Ti," and "No One to Depend On" for good measure. In other words, this is certainly not a hits disc for the fan of his earliest music, or his most adventurous music either; it's for the pop fans won over by his latter-day comeback, and for those listeners, it's the hits disc they'd want – but for everybody else, it's better to seek out other compilations or original albums, because those paint a better picture of what Santana was all about than this crisp, clean collection of lifestyle pop.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

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Track List:

01. Into the Night (feat. Chad Kroeger) [3:42]
02. Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas) [4:56]
03. Maria Maria (feat. The Product G&B) [4:21]
04. This Boy's Fire (feat. Jennifer Lopez & Baby Bash) [3:30]
05. She's Not There [4:09]
06. Black Magic Woman [3:16]
07. The Game of Love (feat. Michelle Branch) [4:14]
08. Samba Pa Ti [4:45]
09. Evil Ways [3:56]
10. Put Your Lights On (feat. Everlast) [4:46]
11. Corazon Espinado (feat. Mana) [4:36]
12. Why Don't You & I (feat. Alex Band of The Calling) [3:51]
13. Just Feel Better (feat. Steven Tyler) [4:12]
14. Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) [5:06]
15. No One to Depend on [5:34]
16. Oye Como Va [4:18]
17. Interplanetary Party [4:07]
18. The Game of Love (feat. Tina Turner) [4:21]

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