Spirits Dancing in the Flesh explained
Spirits Dancing in the Flesh |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Santana |
Cover: | Santana_Spirits_Dancing_in_the_Flesh.jpg |
Released: | June 1990 |
Studio: | The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California |
Genre: | Hard rock |
Length: | 48:22 |
Label: | Columbia |
Producer: | Carlos Santana, Vernon Reid, Chester Thompson, Jim Gaines |
Prev Title: | Viva Santana! |
Prev Year: | 1988 |
Next Title: | Milagro |
Next Year: | 1992 |
Spirits Dancing in the Flesh is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. It reached eighty-five in the Billboard 200.[1]
Track listing
- "Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 7:20
- "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:29
- "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana) – 4:32
- "Soweto (Africa Libre)" (Santana, Thompson, Alphonso Johnson) – 5:06
- "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:14
- "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) – 4:26
- "Full Moon" (Paolo Rustichelli) – 4:31
- "Who's That Lady" (Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper) – 4:15
- "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:46
- "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) – 4:30
Personnel
Band
- Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, percussion
- Alex Ligertwood – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
- Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, Hammond B3, horns, vocals
- Armando Peraza – bongos, congas, percussion
- Walfredo Reyes – drums, timbales, percussion
Guest musicians
Additional musicians
- Devon Bernardoni – keyboards
- Charisse Dancy – choir
- Sandra Hunter – choir
- Marjo Keller – choir
- Lynice Pinkard – choir
- Lovetta Brown – choir
- De Anna Brown – choir
- Kevin Swan Butler – choir
- Darryl Williams – choir
- Edwin M. Harper, Jr. – choir direction
Production
- Sergio Albonico – executive producer
- Chris Becker – engineering assistance
- Devon Bernardoni – engineering, mixing
- Paul Ericksen – engineering, mixing
- Arne Frager – mixing
- Lori Fumar – engineering assistance
- Jim Gaines – engineering, mixing, production
- Bernie Kirsh – engineering
- David Leonard – mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Diego Uchitel – photography
- Bob Venosa – design
- Peter Wolf – arranging, production
Notes and References
- Web site: Spirits Dancing in the Flesh - Santana | Awards | AllMusic . allmusic.com . November 26, 2013.
- Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.