Santana (1971 album)

The original album was recorded at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.

The album featured two singles that charted in the United States. "Everybody's Everything" peaked at No. 12 in October 1971,{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/santana-iii-mw0000357213/awards |title=Santana - Santana III (1971) | Awards | AllMusic |work=AllMusic.com |access-date=November 26, 2013}} while "No One to Depend On", an uncredited adaptation of Willie Bobo's boogaloo standard "Spanish Grease", received significant airplay on FM radio and peaked at No. 36 in March 1972. Santana III was also the last Santana album to hit #1 on the charts until Supernatural in 1999. The 2005 edition of Guinness World Records stated that was the longest gap between #1 albums ever occurring (a record which is now held by Paul McCartney since his seventeenth solo studio album, Egypt Station, topped the Billboard 200 chart on 2018, his first since his 1982's Tug of War). The original album was re-released in 1998 with live versions of "Batuka", "Jungle Strut" and a previously unreleased song, "Gumbo", recorded at Fillmore West in 1971 which features lead guitar solos by both Santana and Schon.

As was done with the band's debut album, released two years earlier, in 2006 Sony released the "Legacy Edition" of the album, featuring the original album in re-mastered sound, and bonus material:

• Three other songs recorded in the sessions for the album
• The single version of "No One to Depend On"
• The complete 1971 Fillmore West concert (from which the 1998 bonus tracks were taken)

The original Quadraphonic mix of the album was remastered and released on multichannel SACD by Sony Japan in 2021.

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=santana-iii-mw0000357213|first=Thom|last=Jurek}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B{{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=978-0-89919-026-6|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}}

|rev4 = Rolling Stone

|rev4score = (favorable) {{cite web |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/santana-iii-19721125 |title=Santana III | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone |first=Ralph J. |last=Gleason |work=RollingStone.com |date=November 25, 1972 |access-date=November 26, 2013}}

|rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{cite web |url= http://www.RollingStone.com/music/artists/santana/albumguide |title=Santana: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music |work=RollingStone.com |access-date=November 26, 2013}}

| rev6 = The Daily Vault

| rev6Score = B+{{cite web |url= http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=1558 |title=The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Santana III |first=Roland |last=Fratzi |work=dailyvault.com |year=2019 |access-date=February 17, 2019}}

| rev7 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

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{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Batuka

| writer1 = José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = No One to Depend On

| writer2 = Carabello, Rolie, Coke Escovedo

| length2 = 5:31

| title3 = Taboo

| writer3 = Areas, Rolie

| length3 = 5:34

| title4 = Toussaint L'Overture

| writer4 = Areas, D. Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve, Carlos Santana

| length4 = 5:56

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title5 = Everybody's Everything

| writer5 = Santana, Milton Brown, Tyrone Moss{{Cite web |url=http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/get-rhythm/item/34093-santana-meets-pa-s-emperors-1971 |title=Kienzle, Rich: Santana Meets PA's Emperors: 1971 Article at CommunityVoices.Post-Gazette.com |access-date=December 13, 2015 |archive-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20151214072842/http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/get-rhythm/item/34093-santana-meets-pa-s-emperors-1971 |url-status=dead }}

| length5 = 3:31

| title6 = Guajira

| writer6 = Areas, D. Brown, Rico Reyes

| length6 = 5:43

| title7 = Jungle Strut

| writer7 = Gene Ammons

| length7 = 5:20

| title8 = Everything's Coming Our Way

| writer8 = Carlos Santana

| length8 = 3:15

| title9 = Para los Rumberos

| writer9 = Tito Puente

| length9 = 2:47

| total_length = 41:27

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{{Track listing

| headline = 1998 reissue bonus tracks – live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, July 4, 1971

| title10 = Batuka

| length10 = 3:41

| title11 = Jungle Strut

| length11 = 5:59

| title12 = Gumbo

| writer12 = Santana, Rolie

| length12 = 5:26

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc one – Original Santana III

| title1 = Batuka

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = No One to Depend On

| length2 = 5:31

| title3 = Taboo

| length3 = 5:34

| title4 = Toussaint L'Overture

| length4 = 5:56

| title5 = Everybody's Everything

| length5 = 3:31

| title6 = Guajira

| length6 = 5:43

| title7 = Jungle Strut

| length7 = 5:20

| title8 = Everything's Coming Our Way

| length8 = 3:15

| title9 = Para los Rumberos

| length9 = 2:47

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Bonus tracks

| title10 = Gumbo

| note10 = previously unissued studio recording

| length10 = 4:24

| title11 = Folsom Street – One

| note11 = previously unissued studio recording

| length11 = 7:08

| title12 = Banbeye

| note12 = previously unissued studio recording

| length12 = 10:21

| title13 = No One to Depend On

| note13 = single version

| length13 = 3:13

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc two – Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, July 4, 1971

| title1 = Batuka

| length1 = 3:47

| title2 = No One to Depend On

| length2 = 5:29

| title3 = Toussaint L'Overture

| length3 = 6:10

| title4 = Taboo

| length4 = 5:10

| title5 = Jungle Strut

| length5 = 5:49

| title6 = Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen

| writer6 = Peter Green, Gábor Szabó

| length6 = 6:15

| title7 = Incident at Neshabur

| length7 = 5:28

| title8 = In a Silent Way

| writer8 = Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis

| length8 = 6:55

| title9 = Savor

| length9 = 3:35

| title10 = Para los Rumberos

| length10 = 3:41

| title11 = Gumbo

| length11 = 5:26

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• Tracks 2–4, 6, 9, 10: previously unissued
• Tracks 1, 5, 11: from the 1998 reissue of Santana III (see above)
• Tracks 7–8: previously released on the album Fillmore: The Last Days (recorded June 29 – July 4, 1971, released in 1972, containing performances by 14 different bands){{cite web|url=http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/Fillmore_Last_Days.htm |title=Grateful Dead Family Discography: Fillmore : The Last Days |publisher=DeadDisc.com |access-date=January 7, 2012}}

• 1971 - "Everybody's Everything" (#3 Canada){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7566.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - December 4, 1971}}
• 1972 - "No One to Depend On" (#17 Canada){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7727.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - April 8, 1972}}

• Gregg Rolie – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, producer
• Carlos Santana – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Everything's Coming Our Way," producer
• Neal Schon – guitar, producer
• David Brown – bass, producer, engineer
• Michael Shrieve – drums, percussion, producer
• José "Chepito" Areas – percussion, conga, timbales, drums, producer
• Mike Carabello – percussion, conga, tambourine, vocals, producer

• Rico Reyes – percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Guajira"
• Thomas "Coke" Escovedo – percussion, backing vocals
• Luis Gasca – trumpet on "Para los Rumberos"
• Mario Ochoa – piano solo on "Guajira"
• The Tower of Power Horns – horn section on "Everybody's Everything"
• Linda Tillery – backing vocals
• Greg Errico – tambourine
• John Fiore – engineer

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• [https://www.discogs.com/Santana-Santana/master/37570 Santana - Santana III (1971) album releases & credits] at Discogs.com
• [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=13238 Santana - Santana III (1971) album user reviews & credits] at ProgArchives.com
• [http://www.allmusic.com/album/santana-iii-mw0000357213 Santana - Santana III (1971) album review by Thom Jurek, credits, releases and Billboard charts] at AllMusic.com

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