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1983 studio album by Carlos Santana
Havana Moon is a solo album by
Carlos Santana , released in 1983.
It features
covers of
Bo Diddley and
Chuck Berry songs and performances by
Booker T & the MGs ,
Willie Nelson and
the Fabulous Thunderbirds , and also Carlos' father José singing "Vereda Tropical", a song Carlos had first heard when his father was
serenading his mother following an argument.
[1]
Reception
J. D. Considine of
Rolling Stone deemed Carlos Santana recording
Tex-Mex music to be a natural fit, and felt that
the Fabulous Thunderbirds were ideal collaborators for such a project. He particularly praised the renditions of "Who Do you Love" and "Havana Moon" for throwing in inspired Tex-Mex elements while staying true to the appeal of the original recordings. However, he found the album's roaming to other styles on the six cuts recorded without the Fabulous Thunderbirds to be dissatisfying, remarking, "It's not so much that Havana Moon is inconsistent — although it's that, too — as it is confusing, jumping from style to style as if Carlos Santana weren't sure what he wanted to do. It's nice to see that he's eager to expand his horizons, but it's disappointing that he undercuts his efforts by attempting to cover all the bases."
[4]
Track listing
Side one
"
Watch Your Step " (Phil Belmonte,
Bobby Parker ) – 4:01
"Lightnin'" (
Booker T. Jones ,
Carlos Santana ) – 3:51
"
Who Do You Love? " (
Ellas McDaniel ) – 2:55
"Mudbone" (Santana) – 5:51
"One with You" (Jones) – 5:14
Side two
"Ecuador" (Santana) – 1:10
"Tales of Kilimanjaro" (
Alan Pasqua ,
Armando Peraza , Raul Rekow, Santana) – 4:50
"Havana Moon" (
Chuck Berry ) – 4:09
"Daughter of the Night" (Hasse Huss,
Mikael Rickfors ) – 4:18
"
They All Went to Mexico " (
Greg Brown ) – 4:47
"Vereda Tropical" (Gonzalo Curiel) – 4:57
Personnel
Roberto Moreno – vocals
Willie Nelson – vocals
Greg Walker – vocals
Candelario Lopez – vocals
Carlos Santana –
guitar ,
percussion , backing vocals
José Santana – violin, vocals
Chris Solberg – keyboards, guitar, vocals
Jimmie Vaughan – guitar
Booker T. Jones –
keyboards , backing vocals
Richard Baker – keyboards
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Alan Pasqua – keyboards, vocals
Flaco Jiménez –
accordion
Orestes Vilató –
flute , percussion,
timbales , backing vocals
Kim Wilson –
harmonica , backing vocals
Greg Adams –
strings ,
horn
Jose Salcedo – trombone, trumpet
Óscar Chávez –
trombone ,
trumpet
Mic Gillette – trumpet, horn
Lanette Stevens – backing vocals
Emilio Castillo – horn,
backing vocals
Marc Russo – horn
Tramaine Hawkins – backing vocals
Stephen Kupka – horn
Gabriel Arias –
violin
Francisco Coronado – violin
Raymundo Coronado – violin
Keith Ferguson –
bass
Luis Gonsalez – bass
David Hood – bass
David Margen – bass, percussion
Fran Christina –
drums
Armando Peraza – percussion,
bongos , vocals
Graham Lear – percussion, drums
Raul Rékow – percussion,
conga , backing vocals
Alex Ligertwood – percussion, vocals
Cherline Hall – backing vocals
Charts
References
^
"Vereda Tropical by Santana - Songfacts" .
^ Ruhlmann, William.
Havana Moon at
AllMusic
^
"Robert Christgau: Album: Carlos Santana: Havana Moon" . robertchristgau.com . Retrieved September 4, 2011 .
^
a
b
Considine, J. D. (June 9, 1983).
"Havana Moon" .
Rolling Stone . No. 397. pp. 57–58. Archived from
the original on December 28, 2007.
^
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book.
ISBN
0-646-11917-6 .
^
"Austriancharts.at – Carlos Santana – Havana Moon" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^
"Top RPM Albums: Issue 6255b" .
RPM .
Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^
"Dutchcharts.nl – Carlos Santana – Havana Moon" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.
ISBN
978-951-1-21053-5 .
^
"Offiziellecharts.de – Carlos Santana – Havana Moon" (in German).
GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo:
Oricon Entertainment . 2006.
ISBN
4-87131-077-9 .
^
"Norwegiancharts.com – Carlos Santana – Havana Moon" . Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^
"Swedishcharts.com – Carlos Santana – Havana Moon" . Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^
"Carlos Santana | Artist | Official Charts" .
UK Albums Chart . Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^
"Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved October 27, 2022.
External links
Studio albums Live albums Compilations Extended plays Singles Other songs Live performances Carlos Santana solo albums
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