Abraxas

Despite having "Oye Como Va" on it, this was a decent listen.

I first heard about this band through watching Life On Mars though I’d never heard their music other than that small clip. I liked it more than I thought I would !

Classic rock with a strong Latin influence. The percussion carries this more than Carlos' guitar.

I knew a few of these songs which kind of surprised me. I prefer 90's Santana to this but this ain't bad either.

3.25 - Good, maybe even great if I listened a few more times.

Rock latino com salsa chachacha e etc. Um mestre das cordas.

Opening an album with wind chimes is.. wild. It really opens up a lot of possibilities for ways of incorporating field recordings into music. While this isn’t come thing I would go out of my way to listen to, I appreciate the artistry and beauty in the songs.

A jam album with moments of greatness and a considerable amount of Latin noodling.

I see why it was innovative at the time, and it's got a couple classics on it, but I'm not super into Santana. They're definitely an act of their time.

Good mix of high energy tracks and mellow grooves.

Pretty cool stuff. Can even hear some television and bcnr in there. Not really for me tho

Nice, not a lot of excitement but it plays away in the background no worries.

Listened to 15/07/26 Santana is a rock band Genre: Latin rock, Chicano rock, jazz fusion, psychedelic rock, blues rock. (WiKi) Columbia records Favourite track: Samba Pa Ti. Translated to Samba for you. I think was my fav bc I have heard it before.

I am usually not a huge fan of primarily instrumental songs, and that was all of this album so it has a bit of a disadvantage from that standpoint, has done well given my predisposition tho. Top songs: Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen, Se a Cabo, Hope You're Feeling Better

um bom álbum marcado por fortes instrumentais, eu gosto da mistura dos elementos da música tropical latina com o rock psicodélico, é um álbum bem ambiente, escutaria outras vezes. destaque para as faixas: Singing Winds, Crying Beasts Incident at Neshabur Hope You're Feeling Better

Enjoyable enough, I usually like Santana in small doses but a whole album at once may be a bit much if I'm not the one picking it Playlist add: "Oye Como Va"

This was quite nice as background music, but I wouldn't necessarily choose to listen to it

Maybe a bit boring? The dimensionality of the music is good. But feels a bit background.

Already rated it

Better than I expected, considering how tired I am of Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va after all these years. But Incident at Neshabur and especially the beautiful Samba Pa Ti won me over. I can see why guitar people really like this guy.

Boomer rock that was not as bad as whatever swill Santana was putting out in the early aughts.

A classicccc everyone say thank you Santana. Favorite tracks: Incident at Neshabur, Mother's Daughter.

it’s pretty good

Enjoyed the vibes, def a banger.

"look something is very wrong! i don't want santana abraxis! i've just been in a terrible auto accident!" - lawrence gopnik, a serious man "so hold on a second. so they're called santana, right? but that guy who's singing is not santana." "no. santana's the guitar player." "then how did he get them to name the band after him?" "i don't know, man. maybe he's just a bad ass." "if that's true then that's... amazing." - a conversion, freaks and geeks somewhere between these two quotes lies the truth. as far as carlos goes, we've always heard about his virtuosity, but i am whelmed. he isn't bad. he isn't outstanding. somewhere between these two statements lies the truth. perhaps it's over saturation, but the two well known songs "oyo como va" and "black magic woman" are the least exciting ones on here. "incident at neshabur" is the most interesting. at least it isn't "smooth".

This is fine, but nothing remarkable

This was really fun. I'd heard this before for the first time recently, but it was nice to listen to it in the headphones. Lots of great musicians here, I would say

Creo que le doy un 6,5/7. No me mató la verdad. Tampoco había escuchado algo tipo seriamente. estoy seguro de que no es su mejor obra pero tampoco es mala.

This has a nice chill bluesy vibe for the current hot weather but it didn’t really blow my mind. Wouldn’t object to listening to it again but it wouldn’t be me putting it on.

Pretty solid sound, but nothing too crazy

Super abwechslungsreich passt nix auf sie tour playlist

Esperaba un poco más, podría ponerle más, pero seré fiel a la sensación con la que quedo

Nichts überraschendes - klingt wie santana

Not bad, always quite liked Santana and this hasn't moved the needle either way

Santana is the ultimate background music.

I remember reading an interview with The Mars Volta years ago where they talked about the influence of Santana on their music. Having mostly known the dude through singles (especially the later-era resurgence singles), that made me no sense to me. Listening to this today, I get it. Very rhythmic, lots of percussion, not as much guitar solo-ing per se as I was expecting, but more interesting noodling and texturing. I will say that it felt like it was just ending right as I was REALLY getting into it. Especially with the last track being a one-minute throwaway, it would have been cool if the album were just a little longer. Good, though.

336/1089 quite enjoyed this one, it was pretty cool and relaxed. my rating feels a little low in a way but it’s one that i need to see if i return to it and it would likely go up in my ratings if i did 64/100

Enjoyed the instrumental, makes me think this is used in older movies :) such an awesome album cover!

Pretty cool album with the Latin influences. It's not something I'd come back to often but it's good. 6/10

I should like this more, but ...

Nothing much to say tbh. It was cool chill and stuff

Highlights: Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen, Oye Como Va, Se a Coba and Samba Pa Ti. 3.1

Great musicianship, most songs are ultimately forgettable. Would have been fun to see live

🎸🎶💃🏻🕺🏽🎉

it was a nice album to listen, diverse and easy to follow, not painful like others albums here 3,5/5

I didn't hate this nearly as much as I thought I would. Oye Como Va is a great tune but so incredibly overplayed.

6.5.26 General Thoughts: Very smooth and enjoyable. A nice variety of songs within the album, even though they do all cohere to a similar vibe. Some great jazz pieces. Favorite Song: Mother's Daughter Rating: 3.5/5

I liked it there were quite a few vibey ones.

mothers daughter was my favorite song. it was ok.

Funky!

Abraxas by Santana was pretty good. I liked the guitar and most of the instrumental to be honest I thought it was a lot stronger than the vocals. Overall not a bad album. Top three: Hope You’re Feeling Better, Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen, Oye Como Va

Significantly worse than Supernatural but still good.

A bit backgroundy.

Estos primeros álbumes del tipo son muy buenos. Ritmos latinos con psicodelia. Un viaje hermoso. Uno piensa cómo después fue capaz de hacer tanta mierda. 6/10

Pretty great!! I loved the instrumentals.. not a fan of when he opens his mouth and starts singing..

Bit too instrumental, but it's chill. Very jazzy.

Pretty good. Heard this one a lot

I listened to this while making pasta salad and it was great cooking music. No song really stood out to me and I think I would have to listen to it again with more focus but I did enjoy what I heard.

Solid I enjoyed the lyricism and for someone who generally mostly listen to songs with lyrics the instrumental sections were still quite funky and fun. I’m a fan but don’t know that I’ll relisten later. 6.87. Glass of orange juice. When you want it it’s great but most of the time not a huge need

Sympa

Pretty okay

Good mostly instrumental rock

Kjedelig med nice bakgrunnsmusikk

3.5 defintely some groovy moments in there outside of the hits

Second side struggles to be as good as the first, but the first is so darn good, it is a lost cause.

“Mother’s Daughter” and “Hope You’re Feeling Better” rock. The latter especially. Great progressive rock album. I will be listening to more Santana. Listen using good quality audio to hear Santana’s guitar picking and also the other instrument separation. Really well recorded. Listened via Spotify lossless or FLAC if physical copies not available.

Sambafiilistelyä.

Laik a la cancion n2

Too much noodling on the guitar

7/10 - Muito Bom!

This album mostly just washed over me. Fantastic guitar work throughout as one might expect from Carlos Santana. For an album that was a conscious effort to move away from the more cover-heavy sound of the first album, it's perhaps ironic that the stand out tracks are the covers of "Oye Como Va" and "Black Magic Woman." Which also makes the first half of the album much stronger than the second half, with "Hope You're Feeling Better" and "El Nicoya" becoming kind of a limp finale. Roughly half the album is in Spanish,.which I neither speak nor understand, but that doesn't really matter as the vocals are the least important thing here, regardless of language. Which is probably why the instrumentals work so well.

I knew some of this album, already being a fan of “Black Magic Woman”, “Oye Como Va”, and “Samba Pa Ti”. The rest of this album was very much in-line with that, but not as good. As much as I liked the pure instrumentals, it wasn’t clear where one song had begun and another ended. But, overall, this was a nice, relaxing album to play on a pleasant Friday evening.

This was ok.

Pretty cool High 3/5

energiczny , daje vibe jakiejs tradycyjnej afrykańskiej muzyki w połączeniu z jazzem i rockiem, nie ma zbyt duzo tekstu ale jest git , peak instrumental , ogl nie mój vibe ale na luźne dni da sie posluchac

Really great blues rock, just gets boring and repetitive after the 4th or 5th song

Decent experience, not so good but not bad either

Oye como va temazo

Some high points where he was channeling Hendrix but mostly too smooth to get excited

It was okay good vibes but not really memorable

Cool elevator music

so extremely competent and yet I find myself bored

not the vibe rn

Not the biggest fan of noodly psych but this exceeded (low) expectations - was kinda nice on a hot day.

7/10

Rökigt! Ljusår från vår generations ”Maria Maria”-santana. Stark 3a!

The three well-known hits stand out ("Black Magic Woman", "Oye Como Va", "Samba Pa Ti"). The rest of the album is not exactly my jam. 3,5

i've never actually listened to a santana album. this is probably his most famous. it's fine. the two big hits are the least interesting on the album, but "samba pa ti," possibly the third well-known song is still an outstanding listen. "incident at neshbaur" was a surprising instrumental of jazz chords over a standard rock arrangement. a really fun listen, that. "mother's daughter" is also a little gem. "hope you're feeling better" is some cool psych rock from the era.

C’était cool ! Et c’est donc Santana qui fait Oye Como Va, bon à savoir ! J’ai trouvé ça un petit peu plat, mais je pense qu’il faudrait que je l’écoute un peu plus et je finirai par plus l’apprécier.

not into latin rock but they did a good job with this

N/A didn’t listen yet and it won’t change it

bit wa wa woo wee for me

Some classic Santana kicks this one off. Good stuff

REALLY weird and so bipolar but I liked it

I have never liked Santana and black magic woman has always been a song that just irritates me. I was not looking forward to listening to this but I enjoyed it more than I thought and black magic woman played in full with the opening track was really good. It is a solid jam album. Its short and doesnt over stay its welcome and I imagine if i loved guitar solos this would jave been perfect.

Nice, but not my type of music. Nice Listen for bike ride in the sun. Love the guitar tho!

I liked the hits off the album, but I found the album hummed around a 2.5 for me. I'll round up since Oye Como Va is fun

The hits hit. The misses are probably only misses because I wasn't on some sort of mind-altering substance while listening to this. A solid 3.5 stars because of the hits, but rounding down.

alberto grooving a little bit

Se la noia si incarnasse in una chitarra

I like Santana, very much. But this one I enjoyed it... Not that very much.

Rocksito psicodélico chimba

A short but sweet album that shows off how fantastic of a guitarist Carlos Santana is. It has a couple of big hits, which I think work better in the context of the album than on their own, but this is the kind of record that really rewards you by listening to it from front to back.

Rart nok med noget såkaldt ikke-vestligt.

Really like the instrumentals, Carlos Santana is an amazing guitar player, I overall like the vibe of this album. Album feels like Carlos Santana showing off his guitar skills. Notable songs: Black magic women and oye como va

Man can certainly play guitar. Other than that, this was mostly enjoyable if not anything outstanding.

Guitar work is amazing. Songs lack a little. Black Magic Woman and Oy Come Va are both excellent.

So far isn't all to bad i like it

Good guitar work

No m'esperava aquesta mescla de cançons en castellà i angles i una altra vegada que hi ha mooolta més instrumental que lletra... Que està xulo eh però un poc de lletra, nose, deixaume cantar una mica ni que sigui. I que se que es s'objectiu i es gènere musical, però no es es meu rollo.

I enjoyed vibe

The first half of the album was chill, but then it just wound down to white noise

If this was instrumental, it probably could have gotten a 4

7.5 good solid

Good stuff. A nice listen.

3.5

6/10 Not something i listem to usual but some I genuinely liked a few songs

I’m not sure I’ve ever listened to a complete Santana album before. I did like the singles and the vibe. Definitely better than some and I would probably listen to it again. Probably a 3.5 for me.

I enjoyed this well enough. The two hits are cool. I love Santana's tone. He really is one of the great guitarists. I just prefer other albums by them more. Like Caravanserai. That one is a gem. Also, the album he did with John McLaughlin. This one just doesn't quite do it for me to get more than a 3.

Good rythms and professional guitarplay. Somewhat meditative. I thank the album for our time together, but it will never happan again.

Day 237 Fun album, obviously the guitar the highlight Highlights Black Magic Woman I Hope your Feeling Better

Probably the most accessible Santana album with a mix of covers from rock to salsa, all well played.

Felt like I was transported to a psychedelic hippie den while listening to this album. Oye Como Va and Black Magic Woman are classics, the rest are decent songs with impressive guitar riffs. (3)

TA GUENO, NO ME ESPE

I largely ignored Santana in my teens even though I was told he is a great guitarist and I was massively into Rock music. I put this down to Smooth being released and it just sounding like a cheesy rock song at the time. Since then I have heard different things and it's clear he is great guitarist, but this album didn't do that much for me. I feel kinda justified in the fact that I mainly listened to Deep Purple, Hendrix, Led Zep from the same era as they are a lot better in my opinion. That being said, some great moments on this album and all round I'll give it a 3.

I couldn’t vibe with the super jammy, jazzy tracks, but the hits are great, and Carlos’ guitar playing across the entire record is exceptional. Killer bongos too.

p4zedostatnia piosenkq chyba calkim spoko, pozatym nic szczegolnego, ladna okladka

dosta nedosljedno. prema ima momenata i pjesama gdje sam si mislio "fora!" ili "baš dobro!", ima i bumerskih rok momenata i, najgore, tortiljskih baljezgarija zbog kojih ne može dobiti više od trojke. zapravo šteta

Excellent organ representation. Good album for getting high.

Es muy distinto a lo que suele haber en esta lista. Es interesante la mezcla de sonidos que tiene, pero por momentos se siente como música de ascensor. No sé si lo volvería a escuchar.

Yeah okay

Fun and upbeat latin music, not many vocals. Good instrumentals, great, even.

es un disco raro a primera escucha pero buenos temas, una guitarra hermosa, mamas daughter temon

good

Didn't love this but Carlos sure plays a sweet guitar.

Slightly different sound to the mountain of 60s/70s blues rock on here. Not different enough though. 3 Heard before? Some Owned: No 59/241 (24%) Will I get: No

Solid album with some fun jams

Three and a half, some good tunes and guitar for a sunny day

I like the drums a lot and the screechy guitar. I am not usually a big fan of almost purely instrumental music. This is probably the type of music i would love to listen to at the beach with my peers, not at home though.

killer jams. "Hope You're Feeling Better" is a good find. the sound of santana's guitar is singular.

top 3 - Singing Winds, Crying Beasts, Black Magic Woman, Mother’s Daughter. It’s nice but I’m not sure how often I would be in the mood to listen to this. Really great guitar playing!

I had never heard this whole album, and it was good! This put Latin beats back on the American cultural map in the 60’s and they continue to thrive.

Very good!

Good but not my thing. Did really like the last three tracks though

This is what white people wanted Bad Bunny to sound like at the Super Bowl.

Great Latin album with lots of cool sounds like the electric organ and chimes.

None of these songs are the same. Which makes some of them memorable and fun. Others are nails on a chalkboard.

nice album but not something i think ill revisit a lot

groovy

His guitar playing holds up! Still sounds great. The songs themselves didn't do that much for me on their own, but there wasn't anything bad about it.

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Enjoyable, but not something I see myself returning to often.

On the one hand I think, “What a hero,” on the other hand I know I won’t be listening to this album again on my own.

Solid album Standout songs: Se a Cabo Samba Pa Ti

I liked this album far more than I expected. I didn't like Oyo Como Ya, expecting it to be the best song on the album. Instead, it is kind of the worst. I could listen to this album in the background and enjoy it.

Santana (not featuring Rob Thomas)

Ok for me. Got a groove, but not really feeling it. Maybe I’m too sober?? 3

Technically impressive. Definitely some fine guitar work. I'd probably rate a 4 or 5 if I were still consuming the devil's lettuce, but there's not really enough structure to satisfy sober me. If you love it when jam bands go off on a 45 minute tangent, you'll probably love this.

Liked more than I expected to given how much I dislike that song he did with Rob Thomas

This album definitely deserves more than 3 stars but it doesn’t fit my personal taste profile and that’s what I’m ranking it for. Delightful journey, wonderfully mastered, and 100% belongs on this list of albums you MUST listen to at least once

Damn good album. Even if I’m not a huge Santana fan.

Enjoyable beyond the well know tracks but also not completely deserving of repeat listens.

Vissa låtar är feta men albumet känns mer som en jam session utan någon klar bild

“oye como va” good song un álbum bien casual, pero no es algo que suela escuchar

Guy plays guitar in most over elaborate way. Why use 1 note when you can use 6? Very mid.

Ganske ok guitarmusik, jeg kunne forestille mig en stor sværhedsgrad i at formidle det ud, men jeg som lægmand lytter ikke til sværhedsgrad, men derimod mit hjerte

This is a jazzy, latin album that is mostly instrumental. The guitar work is smooth and soaring and the tracks are definitely great to dance to and very fun to listen to.

2.5

Pretty nice stuff, but doesn't set me alight. Favourite tracks: Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen, Se a Cabo, El Nicoya. TOP TIP: Check out little-known Spanish band Alameda for similar vibes. I love them.

Some of these songs got so much airplay they just exist fully stored in my brain. I'm okay with this being on in the background but it isn't very interesting to be actively listening to. Nothing really wrong with it though, the guy doing the conga drums or whatever was really just going for it

𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘴 makes it easy to hear why Carlos Santana is sometimes framed as a kind of “Mexican Hendrix” — his guitar tone is warm, fluid, and instantly expressive — though he never quite reaches the same explosive unpredictability. The album has its strengths, but for me it never fully comes together as a great record. 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗣𝗮 𝗧𝗶 stands out as the clear highlight, a beautifully melodic piece that’s probably his most universally recognized work. The rest is solid, but not essential.

This was pretty good. Psychedelic is always fun when done right. Santana is a master and it's easy to tell. I do wish some of the tracks at the end were pushed to the front, but that's a stylistic choice. Highlights: Oye Como Va (ofc), Hope You're Feeling Better (!!!)

The first two songs absolutely blew me out of the water and I thought this would be a five star. But honestly, it slowly declined through the rest of this album. Nevertheless, some of the most insane guitar playing I have ever heard. I can also tell how Fleetwood was inspired by them. The sound makes a lot of sense.

El album me llegó en un momento justo. Muy lindas percus, y tiene black magic woman que es un temon

Heck yeah.

Nice chill little album, don't think I'd really go back to it but I appreciate it for what it is, it was pleasant. 7/10.

Makes me miss summer, good for kitchen chaos. Favorite song is oye como va.

Opens strong but fizzles out. A bit jazzier than I like. Surprisingly short which I appreciate on this project. 3/5

Proto-hårdrock. Gitarrerna låter Zeppelin. Men rytmsektionen låter gammaldags. En stark trea.

This Santana album ain’t bad at all, it’s got cool use of Latin influences sprinkled into it and the rock elements are pretty atypical for this list.

Better than I expected. Almost kind of jazzy, but acid jazz. Wouldn’t seek it out to play it, but would leave it on the background if it came on.

It was aight, but the title of the second track is kinda questionable.

Recognized a couple of songs and enjoyed most of the rest. Jam band isn't really my thing, no matter the country of origin.

I have a lot of opinions about this album and Carlos Santana and "Latin" music as a whole, but I will simply acknowledge the bliss of listening to Samba Pa Ti. I think that song will just always hit me like that one critic in Ratatouille.

the guitar playing was good but overall i felt a little underwhelmed by this

I’ve always like Oye Como Va, but I was never a fan of Santana’s guitar work. this album was better than I thought it’d be.

very new to me, love the vibe tho. overall good album

It was a good groove for most of it. Some seemed a bit disjointed at the end.

chilliger

Way better than I expected! I liked it and will definitely revisit it.

Nothing I would really listen to on a daily basis, but it’s super vibey and the instrumentation is great.

Bandet Santana, som jeg trodde utelukkende var navnet på en gitarist, men som snarere har fått navn etter gitaristen. Kanskje ikke så overraskende at dette er et sterkt gitar-preget album, da. Sjangeren latin rock. Det er leit å si det, men dette er musikk som (for meg) i stor grad går inn det ene øret og ut det andre, uten at det skjer noe verdt å nevne på veien gjennom valnøtta. Låtene som er nevnt i top 3 er likevel solide, og Se a Cabo hadde vært en skikkelig stilig låt med Fela Kuti-vokaler over. Fortjener en treer, men den er litt svak. Top 3: Hope You’re Feeling Better, Mother’s Daughter, Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen

Fun and funky fresh

This is a good album, if you're in the right mood for it. Personally, I am always going to prefer an album with actual lyrics, no matter how good the instrumental is. I don't think I'll be listening to this one again, but it wasn't a bad experience. Three stars. (Favorite track: Black Magic Women / Gypsy Queen.)

I like the variety and half the songs I liked. I enjoyed the mix in languages. And the mix in instruments used. It’s not really my genre but it was good I would give it a 3.5/5 stars I also love the album cover .

Soothing

Nice

Good not great.

From the cover I was expecting this to be a black/death metal album. Safe to say that I was pleasantly surprised

Ba o fost ok merge

I’ve always had a fondness for Santana I’ve also always loved bands that have mass appeal. This album isn’t perfect but it’s better than The Black Album.

I am really not sure why I didn't quite get this project but I dug Santana's self titled so much. Abraxas is Sanatana's sophomore album and is full of what made their debut so good, but expanded even more into more impressive tracks and an iconic cover. I would say this album is more technical than Santana's self titled and while some people may enjoy that, I personally found it made the project feel a bit dry at times in terms of enjoyment and a bit loose with how cohesive everything is here. Don't get me wrong there are some certified bangers here like Oye Como Va and Samba Pa Ti, but I really struggled with more of the instrumental tracks here and listening to this project as a fully fleshed out album. I think Abraxas is solid, but I think there will be plenty of other Santana I will take over this any day.

3.5

What an epic use of an electric guitar what more can I say.

Cool to see some early Latin Rock. I didn’t know the well-known tracks were theirs, I always thought of them as a 90s band so this was very useful to help correct that. I still was bored through most of it unfortunately. Rating: 2.7

I like me a talented genre masher. Santana makes a unique gumbo for sure. In spite of all that, just not my favourite musician. Fine but never really brings me to my feet. Weirdly, when I listen to it as highly accessible jazz I like it more than when I think of it as rock.

Big guitar starts coming and it don’t stop coming. Definitely better than Jeff Beck, but I didn’t dig it as much as Floyd so three (3) it is. Let’s move on

3/5- very jazz soothing vibe

Fan of this guy, easy listening and listened to it immediately after it finished.

Not my cup of tea

I’d only heard ‘Black Magic Woman’ and ‘Oye Como Va’ before, and having now heard the full album I still think they’re probably the best tracks. The fusion of Latin jazz with psychedelic blues rock is well-executed, though I wasn’t completely sold on some of the instrumental tracks, and overall I was slightly underwhelmed, despite the undeniable fact that Carlos Santana is a great guitarist. Sure enough, he dominates the album instrumentally, but Gregg Rolie deserves particular praise too; his organ playing and vocals are great and the two tracks he wrote are the best original songs on the album.

This was a nice album to listen to. Flowed and was very chill. I knew a few of the songs

Better than most of the 70s rock on here, really good vibe.

Good

Nice latin rock

Bastante melódico y musical. Pocas voces, adecuado para escuchar la guitarra. Me gustaron 3 canciones - Black magic woman - Samba pa ti - Oye como va (obviamente) Me gustó tambien aprender sobre la historia, lo que hizo Jose Feliciano con la cancion samba pa ti y lo historica que es. Tambien sobre la revista Rolling Stone y el top 500 que se suele hacer.

Firstly, the album cover caught my eye. I've long had an appreciation for the concept of Horror Vacui and the amount of detail in every corner, preventing you from focusing on one point, is very pleasing. Just like the cover, every second of these songs is jam packed with detail. The bass and guitar lines are good, and this album overall has a nice, groovy atmosphere with some high energy more rock-heavy tracks. It's a simply solid (mostly) instrumental album, not so much my type, but good music is undeniably good music.

loved the latin jazz rock feel, though at times i found myself wishing there were more riffs, but thats just preference. I’ll definitely reacg for this album again for some of its songs

Круто, но не совсем то к чему я бы часто возвращался. Тем не менее есть пара очень классных песен

Nice vibey album. Already familiar with the hits. Nice to see the wider context. Makes me forgive him for Smooth but only slightly.

Classic Santana. What more can you say?

Vynikajúca gitara, zohratá partia, ale mňa to až tak nebaví.

Good listen, didn't blow me away but super chill.

I like the vibe but lean toward something w more lyrics

Decent I very like the instrumental

More recognisable than I expected. Pleasant and easy listening

Un álbum perfecto para pensar en movidas esotéricas mientras te fumas un canuto bajo las estrellas. Cómo si estuvieras viajando a otra galaxia de dobles elefantes telepatas de guerra. Bonito álbum para relajarse y escucharlo de fondo mientras estudias, muy relajante, muy fuera de mi estilo pero para nada decepcionante.

Not really my thing. Save for a few moments at the very beginning and end, I felt this was very one note. That being said, it’s not BAD music by any means, just a bit monotonous.

Hits are amazing and classic. Others are solid.

Enjoyed the groove but felt a sense of sameness from song to song.

Mostly indistinguishable guitar, this was fine

its ok

Kinda boring but still good, a lot of instrumental and almost no lyrics. It has rock, a little jazz and some latin rhythms. Fav song is „Mother‘s daughter“

Good but I probably won’t come back to it much has some banging guitar parts though.

If you were in college in 1970 this would have been everywhere. great musicianship, great feel. But just a "sure its good" from me, would never drop cash to own it

Very very groovy. But not much else.

Lighter rock that's a bit groovie. Maybe some spanish influence and of course some classic Santana songs. Nice background music. Not a lot of vocals.

7/10- easy listen, wouldn’t listen to many of these songs on their own but still enjoyed. Favorite was black magic woman/gypsy queen

There’s some cool sounds here but after a while comes across fairly conservative. I like the mix of rock and latin, they sometimes sound ferocious together! Nice warm jams all around. Would have been great to hear this at a dorm party in the 70s, on acid.

Santana seems like one of the classic rock bands that were kind of big back in the day but have faded out of the public consciousness. It’s not bad music but it generally doesn’t stand out, and other than Black Magic Woman it isn’t particularly memorable

Favourite tracks: Black Magic Woman, Incident at Neshabur and Samba PaTi. Overall a very extravagant, vibrant and colourful album. Sounds costal and beachy. Not quite my taste but it's ok. A great classic. Rating: 6/10

wait so type o negative took lyrics from there???

Okok I like the mood of this album for sure. I’ve never dove deep into Santana myself but I had already heard black magic woman from this album. On some of these tracks (Se a Cabo and Incident at Neshabur) I see a little bit of jazz influence. But still staying true to the rock genre.

Cool instrumentering men inte min grej

It was cool, if had vibes like Hendrix and other 60-70s bands but just wasnt as good

Classic

More fun than I expected, but maybe a bit too proggy for me?

My first album in this project and unfortunately I don't have a whole lot to say about it. I'd only been familiar with Santana from his later pop career (mostly the overplayed "Smooth") and didn't know him as a prog rock guitarist. His guitar playing is instantly recognizable and impressive. I'm really unfamiliar with prog rock so I have a hard time picking out details about this album. Oddly enough, my favorite track was probably the atmospheric opener "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts" and it led me to think I was going to enjoy the album a lot more than I did. This may be because it's an instrumental track and I enjoyed the instrumentation more than the bland vocals from Gregg Rolie (sorry, I'm not a Journey fan either). I think this album might grow on me over time. This is probably an album best enjoyed when put on a turntable in the background with a glass of wine (or something much stronger) rather than focused listening through headphones. It's great at contributing to a hazy and psychedelic mood even when the individuals songs don't particularly impress.

Niet echt mijn ding, maar zou het ook niet uitzetten

I never really listened to Santana, and overall it was pretty good.

Overall this was an enjoyable listen, with interesting textures and fun rhythms, but still not a huge amount to hook me into another listen.

This was a solid listen, but nothing that really blew me away. Black Magic Woman is obviously a classic and still sounds great, and Samba Pa Ti was surprisingly good for an instrumental. Carlos Santana’s guitar tone is smooth and instantly recognizable. The rest of the album kind of settles into a groove that’s nice but doesn’t really go anywhere for me. It’s enjoyable while it’s on, just not something I felt pulled back to once it ended.

Sexy riffs over nothing substantial yet this album still grooves. The Incident at Neshabur being a welcome exception. 3.5/5

Maybe I’m an ipad kid with brain rot but I was struggling to get through the first song. Great instrumentals but after a while it started to lose the appeal. The transition into black magic woman/gypsy queen was phenomenal though. Ofc I knew that one already, 10/10 song. Also already knew Oye Como Va, another certified classic. Overall amazing instrumental performances (obviously) but I have to admit I don’t think I’ll be coming back to this one.

Groooovy

Guitar sex

haven’t listened before had no idea that santana has been around that long fav: oye como va, samba pa ti

pretty chill

I lovedd the guitar. it sounded so good. Very smooth instrumentals. I’d definitely have these songs playing as background music while i’m doing stuff.

I enjoyed this album listen and I thought it was a solid Latin American rock album! I have fond memories of playing ‘Black Magic Woman’ on Guitar Hero so that was a fun throwback. Overall, I had a good time listening to this album and would give it another listen in the future!

Interesting, quite varied as well which is nice, at times it reminded me alternatively of David Bowie, Bob Dylan or Jimmy Hendrix, whilst still retaining the rock sound. None of the tracks stood out to me as outright favourites but they were overall enjoyable. 61/100

I don't think I realized how psychedelic Santana was

I really enjoyed this one! 7.5/10

An easy listen, good playing, no standout poor tracks. I didn't completely connect with it, but I don't regret listening and i may revisit. 3 Stars.

As someone who's not a big fan of "jamming," this does not really appeal to me. I don't find it objectionable; it's fine for background music. But it doesn't get me excited either.

That was pretty good, but not anything I could listen to with any regularity. If I want long guitar drive instrumental pieces, I'm going.to gravitate toward something a tad noisier. But, still, I enjoyed it. Oye Como Va has a special place for me, as our high school drumline adapted the drum break to a marching setup, and it was actually really fun to play and march to. So, there's that. But, random anecdotes aside, this a solid 3.

This was much more fun than I expected. I’m pretty sure I listened to this album 30 years ago and didn’t like it, so my expectations were low. Also, maybe I’ve been softened up by Bjork

Disclosure: I ran out of time to listen to this and only got about halfway through. But I'm pretty confident in the rating. Doesn't have my favorite Santana songs on it (She's Not There, Evil Ways, Smooth, a few others) but I like it pretty well. Occurs to me that Carlos S. is an unusual sort of guitar virtuoso in that he fits himself into what sounds like a giant band with all kinds of other instruments. I really like the big jams, like the song that flows out of the end of Black Magic Woman. Something I learned only recently: Greg Rolie, the lead vocalist on this album (and on all of Santana's first few albums) co-founded the band with Carlos, and after leaving Santana went on to co-found Journey with Neil Schon. I found this out because I was looking up who was that really good vocalist on some of Journey's earlier tracks, e.g. Anytime, before they decided to entirely give over to Steve Perry's awful whine.

3/5 - So it turns out that while I'm really averse to the Santana songs that have been played a bazillion times on classic rock radio, I don't mind the ones I'm not familiar with. No surprise to say that the guitar work throughout is top notch. I really liked the instrumental track, Samba Pa Ti.

interesting...

Santana was truly skilled. This album was heavily instrument focused. Great to put on in the background.

Excellent.

De Albumname und das Cove rhänd bi mir Erinnerige geweckt, ich kenn das, aber weiss nöd vo wo und wieso. nach 0.75 mal durelose isch mir es Liecht ufgange. ich glaub 2015ish in Amsterdam, i eim vo de CoffeeShops, de heisst per Zuefall au na grad Abraxas, hani eise vo dene 'psycadelic guitar riffs' track s erstmal ghört (isch au es Musikgenre woni dazumals nöd würki kennt ha) und lässig gfunde und s Musiksuech app Nummero uno ufdah (also Shazam) und mir heds das einte Abraxas Lied ahzeigt. has geil gfunde & vlt na 3 mal glosst aber denn bis zum letste Fritig i mim ghirni verstaubt, und denn die Erinnerige zruggcho. Vlt au biz e spezialität vum Albumclub, mir denkt a Sache zrugg wo irgendwie verstaubt sind. S Album isch gut bis recht guet, das heisst 3 oder 4 chröte? i do not know. Am fritig bini uf 4 gsi, hüt morge heds mi aber biz nervös dunkt

My dad loved this. I think it’s ok. Carlos Santana is a masterful guitar player. 3.5 stars

I was too harsh on it the first time I listened but still just don’t low this type of rock that much

Great guitar. Interesting collection of instruments. Funky tunes. I liked it

Pleasant and fun. ★★★

Different, don’t think I’ve listened to a full album like this. Very enjoyable

Pretty fun background music

Very mood dependant, between a 3 and a 4

Every song I know from Santana is basically on this album, except “Smooth”. (Man, Rob Thomas looks like such dork white boy in that video). This kind of guitar-jam, electric organ sound is not really my speed, but it’s a classic of its kind.

Okay

Great musicianship but got bored…

Good. Probably worth another listen

Great guitars, cool atmosphere. Incident at Neshabur is transcendental. I might have to smoke a blunt and give this another go. 6/10

First track was a real snooze. Black Magic Woman is the hit here I guess, but it’s pretty noodley. Oye Como Va has a good groove but gets repetitive quick. Incident at Neshabur is actually cool, is this a jazz album? Mother’s Daughter is sort of typical 70s fare. Samba Pa Ti has such potential but the guitar and organ tone is grating. This is fine with a few enjoyable moments but overall just isn’t my thing.

Yeah I'm not really feeling this one for some reason.

Santana has some great songs and is a cultural staple...I've never met a Santana fan in my life. Not a statement about this album. Merely an observation. I actually really enjoyed sections of this. I used it as cleaning music. It worked pretty well for that purpose.

Overall I enjoyed, but there was nothing extremely memorable about the album itself, the cover art is beautiful though!

26/1001 First listen. It’s got The Doors sound right off the hop. I’ve heard Black magic woman and Oyo como va countless times of course . Samba pa ti was the stand out for me. 5/10

A veritable mixed bag of a record. Some great stuff - mostly for me the heavier stuff on the second half like Mother’s Daughter and Hope You’re Feeling Better, but also some cheesy bits and a lot where it’s too smooth for its own good. Definitely stuff to revisit though

Meh. Good musicians. Too much noodling.

Latin Rock with Jazz Fusion influence. Really big Jazz and Blues influence. It’s incredibly good. I like it. I enjoy it. Feeling like I’m in Mexico or Colombia right now. Listened to it almost twice. Solid 3/5 —————————————— Liked: — Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen — Oye Como Va

Pretty good, not as good as what I originally thought. However a nice mix of latin rock, psychedelic tendencies, jazz fusion and blues. Will listen again. low 3.5

Više je neoporecivo vješto odsvirano nego što je nešto naročito prijatno za slušati, nije bilo potrebe da iko ovoliko cijedi gitaru ali eto.

【一句話（中文）】 《Abraxas》（1970）超前到離譜—放到今天聽依然合拍、好聽；一想到它是 1970 年發行，真的被震撼到。 【這是什麼類型（中文）】 類型：拉丁搖滾（Latin Rock）× 藍調／迷幻色彩（Blues/Psychedelic），帶強烈打擊與循環感的節奏。 預期：大量康加鼓、丁巴列、搖鈴等拉丁打擊，律動先行、可長時間 groove，電吉他與鍵盤做層次。 不是：電子舞曲或四拍落地的 house／EDM（節奏像舞曲，但是真人樂手與類比音色）。 建議試聽：〈Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen〉、〈Oye Como Va〉、〈Samba Pa Ti〉。 【One-liner (EN)】 “Abraxas” (1970) feels shockingly ahead of its time—still stylish and highly listenable today; considering the release year, it’s genuinely mind-blowing. 【What it is (EN)】 Style: Latin rock with blues/psychedelic hues, built on hand percussion and cyclical, dance-leaning grooves. Expect: congas, timbales, shakers driving the rhythm; guitar/keys layering on top—live band energy, not electronic beats. Not: house/EDM or strict four-on-the-floor; it only *feels* club-friendly because of the relentless groove. Starter cuts: “Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen,” “Oye Como Va,” “Samba Pa Ti.”

Überraschend unterhaltsam. Das hat Spaß gemacht an einem ruhigen Samstagmorgen.

Nie auf Länge ein Album gehört. Hat sich nicht vollends qualifiziert dies nochmal aus eigenen Stücken nachzuholen, aber irgendwie ist der Sound doch ein Stück weit im Ohr geblieben.

Grundsolide Gitarrenmusik

Lovely record. Carlos Santana is one of my favorites guitarists, and the percussion on this album is fantastic.

3.5