Abraxas

Instrumental, meant to be listened to as a whole. Really nice. Samba Pa Ti, Singing Winds, Crying Beasts and Incident at Neshabur were the best.

Santana. That name says it all in regards to guitar, and music in general. this was the first album, I had heard of Santana growing up, and it is still an amazing listen to this day

Boomer tier.

Liked it a lot. Didn't know Black Magic Woman was covered in this album too. Really dug the soft instrumentals and the feel of the album as a whole. 8/10.

i like it but it don’t have anything special to make me wanna give it more than 3 stars

Though pretty dated and is clearly the showcase for black magic woman & oye como va, it is a solid and energetic, groove-infused album. Not a giant fan of the date electronic keyboards and percussion as the message, but still give props.

Aunque el inicio no me encanta, siento que el album va de 'menos' (Black Magic Woman) a (mucho) más (Mother's-Samba-Hope). Al inicio de las 3 vueltas no me sentía muy atraído pero constantemente retomó mi atención hacia el final, es momento de fiesta y alguien deme una cerveza!! El uso de otros sonidos lo hace agradable sin ser muy denso o ecléctico. Termina por ser muy disfrutable y variado, momentos lentos, de muchas percusiones o incluso pesados. Los riffs son una maravilla y la ejecución es perfecta. 3.5 que sube a 4. Songs: Mother's Daughter, Hope You're Feeling Better, Samba Pa Ti

Good Album! Knew a lot of the songs, just didn’t know they were all from the same album!

Sublime guitar work. Really can hear how he shape it for the next gen and the next gen

Great listen as smooth background music.

Honestly didn't really enjoy this. It hasn't aged well and it is certainly note memorable or remarkable. In fact, as I am writing this my memories of having heard this album are fading....

I appreciate the skillful and soulful guitar work, the songs themselves don't do much for me.

OYE COMO VA! QUE LINDO!

perfeito, santana é foda

Good shit

This album showcases why Santana is considered one of the greatest guitarists ever. Giving mixes of jazz, rock, funk and of corse Latin dance rhythms. Most would be turned off by mixing of so many sounds in one album but for Santana it's a stage for how great his music really is. Transcending genres and remaining timeless.

Very good album, classic Santana songs.

Fav: Black Magic Woman

I do like me some Santana!

str8 vibes 😎this was gOOd naked lady👌🏽

*dances*

top track - oye como va not the biggest fan of intrumental music tbh

vibe

I can't believe I've never listened to this before. It was great.

Natuurlijk gewoon een steengoed album, misschien wel één van de beste van hem

heard alot of these tracks in passing (radio, random occurences) but man this guy knows how to make the guitar sing

Its okay. I really enjoyed Black Magic Woman and Incident at Neshabur, nice mostly instrumental album.

Love the atmospheric instrumental opening. Really got lost in it. Kinda prefer the more instrumental passages throughout the album.

Classic Latin Rock. It's nice to have in the background but beyond that doesn't do a ton, but it's definitely culturally significant, 3.5 down to 3.

Este disco me gustó mucho, y como comenté en MDH, creo que una razón por la que me gusta es porque no es "tan Santana", en el sentido de que por lo general se asocia a Santana con requintos atascadísimos y eternos de guitarra (no que sea algo malo, por cierto). Este disco no es "sólo" de requintos de Santana. Es una mezcla exquisita de rock ácido con influencias latinas y africanas. Just sit, listen, and relax.

Tengo sentimientos encontrados con Santana. Por un lado es el disco que más canciones tiene que creo conoce el mundo, es una perfecta mezcla de rock-jazz fussion-salsa que te hace vibrar con cada instrumento. Por el otro lado no dejo de pensar en un maestraxo de música que tuve y era contemporáneo de Santana y decía que lo que tocaba Carlos era amanzapendejos por qué siempre hace los mismos shrederings solo que con diferente distorsion, repetitivos una y otra vez. Pero 3ste dicho en especial si me gusta

Mucho mejor de lo que me esperaba. Sí, es un disco que tiene canciones que quemaron hasta durante la cena en bodas y graduaciones, pero poniéndolo en su contexto original debió ser un disco que sorprendía la gente y le presentaba ritmos latinos y bailables a los rockeros y hippies. Me gustó aprender que 'Black Magic Woman' es un cover a Fleetwod Mac y me gustó en especial 'Incident at Neshabur' en la que ponen el énfasis en el piano y la guitarra haciendo una especie de duelo.

klassiker

V chill

The LP is at its best when it takes on the frantic but freewheeling energy found in 'Se a Cabo' and ;Hope You're Feeling Better,' but often eschews these joyrides for bogged-down noodling and annoyances like 'Oye Como va'

ohh lots of percussion and naki no guitar

Spy Kids

I really loved this album. Santana is such an incredible guitarist, and the arrangements on this album are so complex and interesting. An all timer.

Cool, classic rock, with a little Latin flair - exactly what I expect from Santana. Black Magic Woman is iconic.

graande santanaa

awesome

2.4

The problem I always have with Santana is that the instrumentals always sound like they were designed to have a lyric, it's just been removed, or the track has remained unfinished. The vocal tracks are awesome though, and obviously the guitar is stunning throughout. This is a really good album to stick on while you're doing other things.

I’ve never really been too into this.

Never been a huge Santana fan, but this album has two of his greatest hits.

First Santana record I listened too. Knew "Black Magic Women" and "Oye Como Va". "Samba Pa Ti" has a killer guitar sound and feel but beyond this this album did not move me too much.

Santana is undoubtedly a great guitar player. This album has black magic woman and oye como va. Overall the album isn't that great but santana needs a mention on this list

idk

better than i expected from Santana,

Bem diferente das coisas q ja ouvi

2 huge Santana hits that would make anyone dance (Black magic woman and Oye como va) on there, but there's just too many instrumental songs/parts of songs for me to give 4 stars.

Lots of classics, my first real taste of Santana

Argued with myself on this one, undeniably a great album but you have to be in the right mood/frame of mind to listen to it.

Very good, I love Santana. Black Magic Woman and Oyler Como Va were obviously the best, but all the songs were amazing

Santana at his best

You know I love Santana. This one feels a lot more jammier than their debut. We do get some ventures into Jazz Rock on Incident at Neshabur. I don’t think anything is like mindblowingly incredible, but Carlos is ON POINT and the songs kick ass. They fuck. Not in love with the intro, but all the other songs absolutely go hard.

Love this album. Found it 30 years ago in high school.

IMPECÁVEL

Black Magic Woman immediately added to cooking playlist!

One of the greats. Best track: Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen

Chill and vibrant, with many colors. Good background, didn't pay enough attention to songs with lyrics unfortunately.

I've listened to Black Magic Woman before, of course. "Accidentally", thanks to its reach, and on purpose a few times at least. It's a fine song if familiar. On Abraxas, its position in the tracklist does no favors. The harshest juxtapositions between rock and jazz are there, but they turn out to be evidence of the band dipping in and out of genre before weaving the rest of the tracks masterfully. There's a lot of range on the rest of the record, and as far as I can tell the keystone is the percussion, informing the electric instruments and blending in the jazzier elements. Fantastic playing and no drags.

I know I've heard this before and remember thinking it was pretty cool. Some cruisy Latin nonsense is just what I need to ease me through this morning's mild hangover. 4/5.