Welcome
by Santana

Welcome by Santana
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 17,903rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 68 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (261st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,272nd)
Award Best albums of all time (17,903rd)

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Santana bestography

Welcome is ranked 17th best out of 61 albums by Carlos Santana on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Carlos Santana is Abraxas which is ranked number 477 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,548.

Santana album bestography « Higher ranked (16,347th)
Festival
This album (17,903rd)
Welcome
Lower ranked (18,271st) »
Marathon

(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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 17,903rd | 1970s rank: 2,272nd | 1973 rank: 261st

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 68 votes)
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04/19/2026 16:17 marcoserra1966  Ratings distribution  83358/100
 
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01/02/2026 00:38 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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07/28/2025 06:34 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100
 
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07/03/2025 06:33 M4thSoad3r  Ratings distribution  31285/100
 
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06/05/2025 21:22 brent13  Ratings distribution  1,94068/100

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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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From 06/02/2018 02:35 | #215938
A little bit crazy...
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1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can
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12. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
13. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
14. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
19. Artaud by Pescado Rabioso
20. Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson