Shango
by Santana
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Shango is ranked 26th best out of 61 albums by Carlos Santana on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carlos Santana is Abraxas which is ranked number 484 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,511.
(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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Shango track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Shango rankings
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Shango ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/04/2025 06:09 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
| ! | 09/20/2025 16:35 |  Sandrof1969 | 2,719 | 68/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2024 09:34 | dukeboxkool | 2,225 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2024 18:19 |  MagicSix | 1,051 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2023 08:41 |  Igtonumama | 10,785 | 63/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.7/100, a mean average of 62.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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As a die-hard Santana fan, this was another slight disappointment. It's not a terrible album, but it is comes across as a rather "dumbed down" version of their earlier, truly great albums. It is not even very satisfying (to me) as a pop album. If I want pop, I'll listen to ABC, not this. But I know this period of Santana has its fans. Perhaps they are people who are a bit younger than the fans of the early albums, and therefore only started to listening to music seriously around the late 70s/early 80s.
sssvnnn 04/01/2022 21:16 | #283713
I like the album.
It´s pretty Pop orientated 80`s Santana, but the songs are fine.
Fischman 01/13/2019 01:34 | #229595
Essentially the same crew as Zebop, but without the dmsame flair.
Uninspired and rather bland. Where's the passion?
timtooky 04/03/2014 19:11 | #108406
meaningless collection of easy-minded, slightly funky sambaesque songs, which always remind of the "originally" 70s - but they create just a glimpse of it. not a bad record, but there is missing some ardor here.
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