Santana's Greatest Hits

Santana

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: July 1974
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B00000252Y
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,185 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
If you only want the essentials, this is the package to get. Greatest Hits is an early collection, dating back to 1974, and it does a good job of skimming the cream from the band's classic 1969-71 period, which yielded the first three albums, Santana, Abraxas, and Santana III. It also avoids the great, sprawling mass of ephemera and second-line material that pads Santana's later catalog: The peaks after '71 are far more thinly spread--and are seldom as lofty. On the other hand, if you're an enthusiast, you might want to take a step up to the grander Best of Santana or Viva Santana collections, each of which covers more ground. --Gavin McNett

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It Was Greatest Hits For Its Time, April 10, 2002

By	carl womack (north carolina) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One must realize before buying this CD, that the original music was released on LP in 1974 and it WAS his Greatest Hits for that time. But as you know, Santana has since propelled to the top of the charts again and again and again. These are studio versions of his early hits. And while they do sound great, nothing and I mean NOTHING compares to Santana live. Might I also suggest Santana Live in South America? Amazon.com sells it, and I think it gives his best performance of Black Magic Woman. As for this CD, the two biggest hits are Black Magic Woman and Evil Way's. But the rest of the CD is cool also. You are going to get that Latin sound. This is a combination of Head Music with Good Rock, great vocals and great rhythm mixed in. This is a CD to share with on a date, or just relax too.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Complete waste of money (allow me to explain), August 22, 2000

By	andreas (Seattle) - See all my reviews

The reason I give this album 1 star is not the compilation of music, which clearly deserves an easy 5 stars. But did anyone care to mention that almost every song is cut off or shortened? This album is 33 minutes long! Black Magic Woman ends at the beginning of the solo, Evil Ways is drastically shortened, as well as everything else. I wish I had known this before I wasted 18 dollars on this album. If this album had been complete, I would have praised it for everything it's worth, but in this case, it's worth absolutely nothing. Go buy the albums instead. Buying this album is like downloading 3/4 of every song and burning it onto an album. So if soundclips are what you're looking for, you might as well check out the clips here -trust me- the album is not much better.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this album!, December 26, 2001

By	William Garrett (Sunnyvale, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Don't buy this album. Sure, it does contain some of Santana's greatest hits-- and I do love Santana's music-- but it's not the group's best collection album. I urge you to buy "The Best of Santana" (1998) instead. It has all the classics this disc contains, plus additional great hits from the later 70s and early 80s, plus much better sound quality on all tracks.