Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality is a 1979 album by Carlos Santana. It was his second of three solo albums (the others being Illuminations and The Swing of Delight) to be released under his temporary Sanskrit name Devadip Carlos Santana, given to him by Sri Chinmoy. The album, which consists mostly of instrumental songs and ballads, features members of the band Santana, as well as Carlos Santana's first wife Deborah and father-in-law Saunders King.[3] According to Santana, Oneness was influenced by Weather Report's album Mysterious Traveller.[4] The track "Transformation Day" is an adaptation of part of Alan Hovhaness's symphonic work Mysterious Mountain.[3]
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Released | March 1979 | |||
Recorded | December 1977–1978 (A1–A6 recorded live at Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, Japan; A7–B6 recorded at The Automatt in San Francisco, California) | |||
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Length | 45:55 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Devadip Carlos Santana | |||
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Christgau's Record Guide | B−[2] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Chosen Hour" | Carlos Santana | 0:36 |
2. | "Arise Awake" | Santana | 2:05 |
3. | "Light Versus Darkness" | Santana | 0:48 |
4. | "Jim Jeannie" | Chico Hamilton | 3:30 |
5. | "Transformation Day" | Alan Hovhaness, Santana | 3:45 |
6. | "Victory" | Santana | 1:10 |
7. | "Silver Dreams Golden Smiles" | Tom Coster, Santana, Greg Walker | 4:09 |
8. | "Cry of the Wilderness" | Santana | 3:11 |
9. | "Guru's Song" | Sri Chinmoy | 3:06 |
Total length: | 22:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Oneness" | Santana | 6:21 |
2. | "Life Is Just a Passing Parade" | Santana | 5:15 |
3. | "Golden Dawn" | Santana | 2:17 |
4. | "Free as the Morning Sun" | Santana | 3:16 |
5. | "I Am Free" | Sri Chinmoy, Santana | 1:27 |
6. | "Song for Devadip" | Narada Michael Walden | 5:03 |
Total length: | 23:37 |
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