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  • Audio CD (6 Oct 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B0000A2I1B
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,250 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Though there were hints of jazz fusion on Santana's first three albums, 1972's CARAVANSERAI introduced a dramatic shiftin the band's sound, away from essentially pop-based music to a freer, more harmonically complex jazz/rock hybrid. In addition, the record marked a splintering of the original Santana lineup (soon to splinter further still with the departure of organist Gregg Rolie and guitarist Neal Schon, who then formed Journey).
Seemingly unconcerned with the pursuitof hit singles, guitarist Carlos Santana and crew here turnin an exquisitely moody disc of mostly instrumental jammingwith a brooding intensity akin to Miles Davis's classic BITCHES BREW, underscored by the San Francisco-based ensemble'strademark propulsive rhythms. The new approach reaches its apex on the fiery, Chick Corea-like "La Fuente Del Ritmo", which features future key Santana musicians Armando Pereza (percussion) and Tom Coster (piano). Also of note is bassist Doug Raunch, who replaces David Brown's meat-and-potatoes R&Bplaying with a more technically accomplished style that edges the group closer to Tower of Power territory. A dark and perhaps intentionally non-radio-friendly album that likely shocked many fans upon its release, CARAVANSERAI is an underrated, but important and fascinating, chapter in Santana's history.

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wow, Every Step of the Way ...., 19 Nov 2003
By Gareth Smyth "Enjilos" (Beirut) - See all my reviews
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Thank God there are no 'extra takes', 'bonus tracks' and Bill Laswell remasters. This is Santana's neo-masterpiece, a record that begins at the beginning, rocks through the middle and exits in Mike Shrieve's magnificent 'Every Step of the Way' with Douglas Rauch on bass guitar.
Driving the caravan ever onward is James Mingo Lewis on bongos and Jose Chepito Areas on timbales - but check out Mr Santana himslef on 'Song of the Wind'. Beautiful, ethereal stuff.
Forget the later Santana-featuring-everyone-you-can-think-of-and-scoop-Grammies, this is the real McJobim.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Searing beauty, 18 May 2005
This is an astounding album. It sounds very different from anything else in the Santana canon, largely because it was very much a transitional work, retaining a sense of the psychedelic Latin rock of the first three albums whilst pointing to the fusion direction of later albums like Welcome and Borboletta but not entirely crossing over into jazz. Despite the success of the first 3 albums, by late 1971 Carlos Santana had become disillusioned with the rock n roll lifestyle and its trappings and felt that the music he had been making was no longer what he wanted to do. Clearly, this caused tensions within the band and Caravanserai was recorded with a different line up from the first 3, although Rolie and Shrieve were still present (this was Rolie's last album with the band however).
The album is something of a paradox, being fairly dense and abstract while at the same time being light and soulful. I know this sounds like a total contradiction, but if you hear the album, you'll know what I mean. Most of the tracks are instrumental and the first five or six are really one single flowing track, with shifting moods and delicate, heartstopping guitar playing. The bossa nova influenced cover of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Stone Flower" is lovely and the closing "Every Step Of The Way" contains mindblowing hyperspeed riffing with much use of Carlos' trademark almost infinite sustain. It is less immediately accessible than the first 3 albums and may take a few listens but this will be amply repayed, the inherent beauty of the music shining through.
Although I love the first 3 Santana albums, as well as later even more fusiony albums such as "Welcome", "Borboletta" and "Moonflower", this is unquestionably my favourite Santana album and one of the albums I listen to most frequently out of my entire collection. And every time I listen to it, it reveals something new to me. If you think "Supernatural" and "Shaman" are fantastic albums, then it's very possible that you won't like this as it's a million miles away from the all star Latin pop on these albums. However, you owe it to yourself to hear this album which firmly stakes Carlos Santana's claim to being one of the most innovative guitarists of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite album of all time, 16 Nov 2004
By Nick (Chester, England) - See all my reviews
I bought this album from a record fare when I was 15 or so after I'd read about Carlos Santana through various guitar magazines and thought I'd give it a listen. I remember thinking at the time of my first hearing that it wasn't what I expected and that it would probably end up at the back of my collection, forgotten and ignored. However, for the simple reason that I couldn't be bothered to bend over and put another record in its place it remained on my stereo and inevitably got played more and more until it gradually grew on me, and grew on me.

So much so that Caravanserai has become my most favourite and loved record, and Santana my favourite artist/guitarist of them all.

This masterpiece takes you on an hypnotic and trancendal journey from beginning to end, and the feeling of soul and passion transmitted throughout is so evident, particularly in Carlos' solo on 'Song Of The Wind', and my favourite 'All the Love Of The Universe' - inspirational.

18 Years on and I've become a great fan of the man. If you've not heard any Santana before and want to hear a true underhyped legend at work then don't even think about it, buy Caravanserai and begin your journey.....

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5.0 out of 5 stars this is nearly the one
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Pure music,pure genius.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Can't believe this is nearly 30 years young!
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