Moonflower (album)

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Moonflower
MoonflowerAlbum.jpg
Studio album / Live album by
Santana
ReleasedOctober 1977
RecordedDecember 1976 (live tracks / Europe)
1977 (studio tracks / San Francisco)
GenreJazz fusion, Latin rock
Length86:50
LabelColumbia
ProducerCarlos Santana, Tom Coster
Santana chronology
Festival
(1977) 		Moonflower
(1977) 		Inner Secrets
(1978)
Singles from Moonflower
  1. "She's Not There"
    Released: October 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 stars[4]

Moonflower is a double album released in 1977 by Santana. The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album. It is perhaps the group's most popular live album, because Lotus did not receive a U.S. domestic release until 1991. It displays a mix between the fusion of Latin and blues-rock styles of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the much more experimental and spiritual jazz fusion sound that characterized the band's mid-1970s work. The live material was recorded during the supporting tour for the Amigos album.

A cover version of the Zombies' mid-1960s hit song "She's Not There" was released as a single and peaked at #27. The song was the first Santana recording to hit the Top 40 of the Billboard charts since "No One to Depend On" reached #36 in 1972. The album reached #10 on the Billboard charts and was eventually certified platinum, neither of which occurred again until the star-studded Supernatural in 1999.

Track listing[]

All tracks written and composed by Tom Coster and Carlos Santana, except where noted;

Side one[]

  1. "Dawn/Go Within" – 2:44 (Studio)
  2. "Carnaval" – 2:17 (Live)
  3. "Let the Children Play" (Leon Patillo, Santana) – 2:37 (Live)
  4. "Jugando" (José "Chepito" Areas, Santana) – 2:09 (Live)
  5. "I'll Be Waiting" (Santana) – 5:20 (Studio; also issued on single)
  6. "Zulu" – 3:25 (Studio)

Side two[]

  1. "Bahia" – 1:37 (Studio)
  2. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (Peter Green, Gábor Szabó) – 6:32 (Live)
  3. "Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" (Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Coster, David Rubinson) – 7:45 (Live)
  4. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" – 6:07 (Live)

Side three[]

  1. "She's Not There" (Rod Argent) – 4:09 (Studio; also issued on single)
  2. "Flor d'Luna (Moonflower)" (Coster) – 5:01 (Studio)
  3. "Soul Sacrifice/Head, Hands & Feet" (Santana, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone, Graham Lear) – 14:01 (Live)

Side four[]

  1. "El Morocco" – 5:05 (Studio)
  2. "Transcendance" (Santana) – 5:13 (Studio)
  3. "Savor/Toussaint L'Overture" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, Areas) – 12:56 (Live)

Bonus tracks on 2003 reissue[]

  1. "Black Magic Woman" (Single edit) (Green) – 2:37 (Live)
  2. "I'll Be Waiting" (Single edit) (Santana) – 3:12 (Studio)
  3. "She's Not There" (Single edit) (Argent) – 3:19 (Studio)

Musicians[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[5] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[6] Platinum 300,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[7] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[9] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Moonflower - Santana | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Swenson, John (16 December 1981). "Santana: Moonflower : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Santana – Moonflower". Music Canada.
  6. ^ "French album certifications – Santana – Moonflower" (in French). InfoDisc. Select SANTANA and click OK. 
  7. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Santana – Moonflower" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Moonflower in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  8. ^ "British album certifications – Santana – Moonflower". British Phonographic Industry.Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Moonflower in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  9. ^ "American album certifications – Santana – Moonflower". Recording Industry Association of America.
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