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Santana is the third studio album by the American rock band Santana. The band's second self-titled album, it is often referred to as III or Santana III to distinguish it from the band's 1969 debut album. The album was also known as Man with an Outstretched Hand, after its album cover image. It was the third and last album by the Woodstock-era lineup, until their reunion on Santana IV in 2016. It was also considered by many to be the band's peak commercially and musically, as subsequent releases aimed towards more experimental jazz fusion and Latin music. The album also marked the addition of 17-year-old guitarist Neal Schon to the group.

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Santana
Studio album by Santana
Released	September 1971
Recorded	January – July 4, 1971
Studio	Columbia Studios, San Francisco
Genre	Latin rock Chicano rock psychedelic rock jazz fusion
Length	41:27
Label	Columbia Legacy (2006 edition)
Producer	Santana
Santana chronology
Abraxas (1970) Santana (1971) Caravanserai (1972)
Singles from Santana III
"Everybody's Everything" Released: September 27 1971 "No One to Depend On" Released: January 12 1972

Release and reception

The original album was recorded at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.

The album featured two singles that charted in the United States. "Everybody's Everything" peaked at No. 12 in October 1971,[1] while "No One to Depend On", an uncredited adaptation of Willie Bobo's boogaloo standard "Spanish Grease", received significant airplay on FM radio and peaked at No. 36 in March 1972. Santana III was also the last Santana album to hit #1 on the charts until Supernatural in 1999. The 2005 edition of Guinness World Records stated that was the longest gap between #1 albums ever occurring (a record which is now held by Paul McCartney since his seventeenth solo studio album, Egypt Station, topped the Billboard 200 chart on 2018, his first since his 1982's Tug of War). The original album was re-released in 1998 with live versions of "Batuka", "Jungle Strut" and a previously unreleased song, "Gumbo", recorded at Fillmore West in 1971 which features lead guitar solos by both Santana and Schon.

As was done with the band's debut album, released two years earlier, in 2006 Sony released the "Legacy Edition" of the album, featuring the original album in re-mastered sound, and bonus material:

• Three other songs recorded in the sessions for the album
• The single version of "No One to Depend On"
• The complete 1971 Fillmore West concert (from which the 1998 bonus tracks were taken)

The original Quadraphonic mix of the album was remastered and released on multichannel SACD by Sony Japan in 2021.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[3]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
The Daily Vault	B+[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]

Track listing

Standard edition

2006 Legacy Edition

• Tracks 2–4, 6, 9, 10: previously unissued
• Tracks 1, 5, 11: from the 1998 reissue of Santana III (see above)
• Tracks 7–8: previously released on the album Fillmore: The Last Days (recorded 29 June – 4 July 1971, released in 1972, containing performances by 14 different bands)[9]

Singles

• 1971 - "Everybody's Everything" (#3 Canada)[10]
• 1972 - "No One to Depend On" (#17 Canada)[11]

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year	Chart	Position
1971	Billboard 200	1[1]
1971	R&B Albums	5[1]
1972	Jazz Albums	16[1]
1971	RPM 100	1 (5 wks)[12]

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	16

Personnel

• Gregg Rolie – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, producer
• Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Everything's Coming Our Way," producer
• Neal Schon – guitar, producer
• David Brown – bass, producer, engineer
• Michael Shrieve – drums, percussion, producer
• José "Chepito" Areas – percussion, conga, timbales, drums, producer
• Mike Carabello – percussion, conga, tambourine, vocals, producer

Additional personnel

• Rico Reyes – percussion, vocals, lead vocals on "Guajira"
• Thomas "Coke" Escovedo – percussion, vocals
• Luis Gasca – trumpet on "Para los Rumberos"
• Mario Ochoa – piano solo on "Guajira"
• Tower of Power – horn section on "Everybody's Everything"
• Linda Tillery – background vocals
• Greg Errico – tambourine
• John Fiore – engineer

References

External links

• Santana - Santana III (1971) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• Santana - Santana III (1971) album user reviews & credits at ProgArchives.com
• Santana - Santana III (1971) album review by Thom Jurek, credits, releases and Billboard charts at AllMusic.com

На других языках

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[de] Santana III

Santana ist das dritte Studioalbum der Latin-Rock-Band Santana aus San Francisco. Zur Unterscheidung vom ebenfalls Santana betitelten Debütalbum wird es auch als Santana III oder The Third Album[A 1] bezeichnet. Es wurde im September 1971 bei Columbia Records veröffentlicht.

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- [en] Santana (1971 album)

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[es] Santana III

Santana III es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda de rock estadounidense Santana. Fue el tercer álbum (y el último hasta la reunión de la agrupación en 2016) grabado por la famosa alineación que se presentó en el festival de Woodstock, y también es considerado como el pico más alto en la carrera de la banda, ya que sus siguientes trabajos discográficos se enfocaron más hacia el jazz fusión y la música latina.[1] El álbum produjo dos sencillos, "Everybody's Everything", que logró la posición #12 en las listas de éxitos en octubre de 1971[2][3] y "No One to Depend On", canción que logró una fuerte radiodifusión. El álbum también marcó el ingreso a la banda de un joven Neal Schon al grupo. En Argentina, el disco fue publicado con el título de "Taboo", el mismo de una de sus piezas.

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[it] Santana III

Santana è il terzo album del gruppo di Carlos Santana, uscito nel settembre 1971. Tuttavia è noto come Santana III per distinguerlo dall'album di debutto. È stato il terzo ed ultimo album della line-up della Woodstock-era ed è anche uno degli album di maggior successo commerciale del gruppo. L'album contiene due singoli, "Everybody's Everything", che ha raggiunto la posizione numero 12 nel mese di ottobre del 1971, e "No One To Depend On", divenuto un successo radiofonico. Santana III è l'album di debutto del chitarrista allora diciassettenne Neal Schon (autore, in entrambi i brani precedentemente citati, degli assolo di chitarra). Nel 1972 Schon e Gregg Rolie abbandonarono la band di Santana e insieme fondarono i Journey.

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