Santana (1969) (studio album)
by Santana
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Santana (1969) 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 481 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,575.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/11/2025 01:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,177 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 16:46 |  covecove | 6,489 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 03:25 | adbrack1988 | 1,016 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2025 03:39 |  AAL2014 | 3,560 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2025 12:06 | platus | 5,779 | 74/100 |
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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 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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One of my earliest debut vinyl’s I bought whose track Evil Ways' simple lyrics got stuck in my head. The instrumental songs and Carlos Santana guitar solos are something that should be heard. I do equally like the Abraxas album, but this album is about listening how it goes.
Some great guitar work but it doesn't lead to much for me when put into a song and then an album. Pleasant music that would be nice to have on in the background but nothing I'd rush to listen to again. Evil Ways is the best track for me.
This timeless release still sounds as good, and almost as fresh and exciting, as it did on its release 55 years ago. Like good wines, good music simply improves with age.
This was just the beginning.
Perfection was a few notes away. There are no flaws, just the lack of total brilliance that would mark Santana's next few releases.
A very good album, with moments of excellence brought about by the inspired guitar playing. 9/10.
Excellent album with a foot clearly in the psychedelic camp. Guitar work is superb.
The guitar work on here is simply phenomenal and it really blows you away every time you hear it. That is the main selling point for this record as it is made the centrepiece for the music and everything else seems weak in comparison to it. Songs like Jingo, Persuasion and Evil Ways best display his quality and they are the songs that drag me back to this album every time. The percussion does have some great moments as well and the piano work on Treat is simply sublime. However, the rest of the instrumentation could be better and it sounds a bit plain. A few songs don't really hit for me as well and I find myself switching off during those tracks. Overall, if you want an example of a true genius on a guitar this is a brilliant album for you and while the rest of the instruments are still decent they just fade into the background in comparison, which holds the record back for me as it could be built upon better. It is still a great record though and deserves a lot of praise.
Great guitar work.
seb7 12/21/2020 19:01 | #263031
Great album!
teague 09/08/2020 00:14 | #257885
Good album to make dinner to.
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