Santana
by Santana

Album
Santana by Santana
Year: 1969
Release date: 1969-08-22
Overall rank: 699th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 439 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (21st)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1960s (78th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (699th)

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Santana bestography

Santana is ranked 2nd best out of 61 albums by Carlos Santana on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Carlos Santana is Abraxas which is ranked number 490 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,471.

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Santana track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Waiting
Average Rating: 81 (80 votes)Comments: View 1
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Evil Ways
Average Rating: 87 (126 votes)Comments: View 2
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Shades Of Time
Average Rating: 81 (81 votes)Comments: View 2
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Savor
Average Rating: 81 (78 votes)Comments: View 1
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Jingo
Average Rating: 85 (104 votes)Comments: View 1
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Persuasion
Average Rating: 82 (84 votes)Comments: View 1
7.
Treat
Average Rating: 82 (81 votes)Comments: View 1
8.
You Just Don't Care
Average Rating: 80 (72 votes)Comments: View 1
9.
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Soul Sacrifice
Average Rating: 86 (110 votes)Comments: View 1

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Santana rankings

Santana rankings summary
Overall rank: 699th | 1960s rank: 78th | 1969 rank: 21st  Overall chart history
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Santana ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 439 votes)
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80/100
 !		09/01/2026 01:50 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,33476/100
 
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 !		06/26/2026 08:37 ASOARE  Ratings distribution  2,54478/100
 
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 !		06/03/2026 04:37 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,71374/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.


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Santana forum mentions

This album has been referenced 128 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 43 hours ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - July 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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Santana comments

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95/100
From 08/02/2017 01:49 | #195342 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I would consider this album to be solid through-and-through. Everything is great about this album. I've got to listen to it again to appreciate it more. (Edited)
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85/100
From 11/30/2017 15:04 | #202375 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the most groundbreaking debut albums ever. A truly unique sound and heavenly jams. One of the alltime greats! (Edited)
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90/100
From 02/24/2016 16:41 | #160659 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is not in the top 100 albums, but some really crappy albums are...
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80/100
From 08/29/2014 13:01 | #120714 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the great all-time debuts (Edited)
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From 03/14/2015 18:51 | #136763 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I can see why some would say his guitar masks the rest of his flawed work. Doesn't matter. Sublime guitar + decent everything else = solid late 60s album.
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Best Albums of  1969
1. Abbey Road by The Beatles
2. In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) by King Crimson
3. Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
4. Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
5. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
6. The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground
7. Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
8. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. In A Silent Way by Miles Davis
10. Hot Rats by Frank Zappa