- rock, jazz rock
- 50 min
- 9 tracks
- Columbia
Welcome is the fifth studio album by Santana, released in 1973. It followed the jazz-fusion formula that the preceding Caravanserai had inaugurated, but with an expanded and different lineup this time.
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Character
Grave, spare, earnest and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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What critics gave it
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- Rolling Stone(favorable)
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- All About Jazz4.5/5 ★
- DownBeat3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1 1Going Home4:12
- 1 2Love, Devotion & Surrender3:38
- 1 3Samba de Sausalito3:11
- 1 4When I Look Into Your Eyes5:52
- 1 5Yours Is the Light5:45
- 2 1Mother Africa5:55
- 2 2Light of Life3:52
- 2 3Flame–Sky11:32
- 2 4Welcome6:29
9 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Santana
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1973-01
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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