Lotus
by Santana
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Santana bestography
Lotus is ranked 11th best out of 61 albums by Carlos Santana on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carlos Santana is Abraxas which is ranked number 473 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,569.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Lotus track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lotus rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 68 Music Albums of 1974 | 21/68 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 36 Music Albums of 1974 | 14/36 | 3 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1301-1400 | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 17 Music Albums of 1974 | 13/17 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 41/99 | 3 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  NickVolos | Favorite Live Albums | 17/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 38 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 99 | |||
Lotus collection
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Lotus ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/10/2026 21:50 |  EyeKanFly | 9,142 | 65/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2026 15:30 | mpeterm | 9 | 93/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 09:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,814 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
Lotus favourites
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Lotus forum mentions
Anti 03/23/2024 16:16 in The Great Revisitation Project: 2023-24 Edition
Mercury 05/21/2018 14:28 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I! Romanelli 07/09/2016 12:15 in The Romanelli Music Diary: UnpluggedLotus comments
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Good underestimate live album. Very cosmic with excellent drummers (Shrieve and Peraza). High moment : Michael Shrieve's drum solo on "Kyoto" unchained with "Incident at Neshabur" with one of the best Carlos Santanas 's solo.
UofTBlues 08/04/2021 17:21 | #272251 | TOP COMMENT
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A great live album from Carlos in his early 70s fusion days.
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