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Inner Secrets

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{{Infobox album

| name = Inner Secrets

| type = Album

| artist = Santana

| cover = InnerSecretsAlbum.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 1978

| recorded = July–August 1978

| venue =

| studio = Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California

| genre = Rock

| length = 42:48

| label = Columbia

| producer = Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert

| prev_title = Moonflower

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Marathon

| next_year = 1979

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Inner Secrets

| type = studio

| single1 = Well All Right" / "Wham!

| single1date = 1978

| single2 = Move On" / "Stormy

| single2date = 1979

| single3 = One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" / "Move On" or "Wham!" or "Life Is a Lady/Holiday

| single3date = 1979>

| single4 = Life Is a Lady/Holiday" (as "Life Is a Lady") / "Move On

| single4date = 1979

| single5 = Open Invitation" / "Move On

| single5date = 1979

}}

}}

Inner Secrets is the tenth studio album by Santana. It was released in 1978 and, unlike the fusion of Latin, jazz, rock, and spirituality that characterized previous records, it was considered a rock album.

"Stormy" and "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" were both hit singles. In the Netherlands "Well All Right" was released as a single and reached #22 in the top 40.

Most CD releases of Inner Secrets use a different version of track 3, "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)", than the one that appeared on the original LP, Columbia FC 35600. The version used on most CD releases is an extended disco mix (running time 7:10), that appeared on a 12” single (Columbia 23-10957). The original album version of the track is available on CD in a Japanese Mini LP sleeve, Sony Music SICP 2875, released in 2010 (running time 6:13).

The only two tracks on the album that were not released as singles are "Dealer/Spanish Rose" and "The Facts of Love".

The album cover photo by Norman Seeff divided the nine-piece lineup between the front and back cover, with Chris Solberg, Pete Escovedo, Raul Rekow and Greg Walker shown with Carlos Santana on the front while David Margen, Armando Peraza, Graham Lear and Chris Rhyne appeared on the back.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r48675 |title=Inner Secrets - Santana AllMusic |first=William |last=Ruhlmann |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=August 28, 2011}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = C+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = (not rated){{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/inner-secrets-19830309 |title=Santana: Inner Secrets : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=J.C. |last=Costa |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 9, 1983 |access-date=April 14, 2012}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/santana/albumguide |title=Santana: Album Guide |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128073225/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/santana/albumguide |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

}}

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the former fusion-jazz experiments as well as the earlier Latin and acid-rock influences have all been evened out on this album in an attempt to emphasize Carlos Santana the rocker."{{cite news |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=Inner Secrets |work=The Globe and Mail |date=January 3, 1979 |page=F5}}

Cover songs on the album

Several of the album's tracks are covers:

  • The "Dealer" portion of "Dealer/Spanish Rose" is a cover of the song "Dealer" by Traffic appearing on their 1967 album, Mr. Fantasy
  • "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" is a cover of a Four Tops song "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" appearing on their 1974 album Meeting of the Minds, and as a single on the same year
  • "Well All Right" is a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Well... All Right" (appearing as B-side of Holly's 1958 single "Heartbeat") and it was covered earlier by Blind Faith on their 1969 self-titled and only studio album Blind Faith
  • "Stormy" is a cover of the Classics IV's 1968 top-10 hit (Hot 100 No. 5)[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/classics-iv-mn0000135059/awards AllMusic.com: Classics IV - "Stormy" single in 1968 as No. 5 on The Billboard Hot 100] and included on their 1968 album Mamas and Papas/Soul Train, and 1970 album Stormy

Track listing

=Side one=

  1. "Dealer/Spanish Rose" (Jim Capaldi/Carlos Santana) – 5:50
  2. "Move On" (Santana, Chris Rhyne) – 4:27
  3. "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 6:13
  4. "Stormy" (Buddy Buie, James Cobb) – 4:45

=Side two=

  1. "Well All Right" (Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin) – 4:09
  2. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Greg Walker, David Margen) – 4:45
  3. "Life Is a Lady/Holiday" (Lambert/Santana) – 3:47
  4. "The Facts of Love" (Lambert, Potter) – 5:28
  5. "Wham!" (Santana, Graham Lear, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Pete Escovedo) – 3:24

=CD Reissue=

  1. "Dealer/Spanish Rose" (Capaldi/Santana) – 5:50
  2. "Move On" (Santana, Rhyne) – 4:27
  3. "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (Extended disco version) (Lambert, Potter) – 7:13
  4. "Stormy" (Buie, Cobb) – 4:45
  5. "Well All Right" (Petty, Holly, Allison, Mauldin) – 4:09
  6. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Walker, Margen) – 4:45
  7. "Life Is a Lady/Holiday" (Lambert/Santana) – 3:47
  8. "The Facts of Love" (Lambert, Potter) – 5:28
  9. "Wham!" (Santana, Lear, Peraza, Rekow, Escovedo) – 3:24

Personnel

;Technical

  • Mick Brigden – artwork, cover concept
  • Norman Seeff – design, art director, photography

Charts

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! Chart (1978-1979)

! Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

| align="center"| 5

{{Album chart|Austria|19|artist=Santana|album=Inner Secrets|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
{{Album chart|Canada|25|chartid=0062a|artist=Santana|album=Inner Secrets|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
{{Album chart|Netherlands|7|artist=Santana|album=Inner Secrets|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts){{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5| language= fi}}

| align="center"| 8

scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=June 9, 2012 |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |archive-date=October 22, 2014 }} Select Santana from the menu, then press OK.

| align="center"| 3

{{Album chart|Germany4|11|id=9061|artist=Santana|album=Inner Secrets|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
scope="row"|Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi){{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e Dischi|language=it|access-date=June 6, 2024}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Santana".

| align="center"| 8

scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}

| align="center"| 35

{{Album chart|New Zealand|20|artist=Santana|album=Inner Secrets|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
{{Album chart|Norway|17|artist=Santana|album=Inner Secrets|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
{{Album chart|Sweden|14|artist=Santana|album=Inner Secrets|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
{{Album chart|UK2|17|date=19781112|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
scope="row" | US Billboard Top LPs & Tape{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/santana/chart-history/tlp/|title=Santana Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 6, 2024}}

| style="text-align:center;"|27

scope="row"| US Soul LPs (Billboard)

| style="text-align:center;"|36

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Inner Secrets|artist=Santana|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1979}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=Inner Secrets|artist=Santana|award=Gold|source=infodisc|relyear=1978|certyear=1979}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=Inner Secrets|artist=Santana|award=Gold|id=1979-05-04|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1978}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Inner Secrets|artist=Santana|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1979|id=3335-1766-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Inner Secrets|artist=Santana|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1978}}

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.discogs.com/Santana-Inner-Secrets/master/65861 Inner Secrets album releases & credits] at Discogs.com
  • [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=13248 Inner Secrets album user reviews & credits] at ProgArchives.com

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Category:1978 albums

Category:Albums produced by Carlos Santana

Category:Columbia Records albums