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Track Listings
| 1. Estamos Chao |
| 2. Adouma |
| 3. Nothing At All |
| 4. The Game Of Love |
| 5. You Are My Kind |
| 6. Amoré (Sexo) |
| 7. Foo Foo |
| 8. Victory Is Won |
| 9. America |
| 10. Sideways |
| 11. Why Don't You & I |
| 12. Feels Like Fire |
| 13. Let Me Love You Tonight |
| 14. Aye Aye Aye |
| 15. Hoy Es Adios |
| 16. One Of These Days |
| 17. Novus |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Shaman starts with a problem--how do you follow the massive comeback, "make you a star again" success of his previous album Supernatural? Wyclef's no longer producing to bump things up and Santana's getting no younger. So what does he do? Pull in as many guest artists as possible. He has to; he's not a vocalist, and there's only so many guitar solos anyone can take. Shaman features, wait for it, Dido, Chad Kroeger from Nickelback, P.O.D., Macy Gray, Citizen Cope, Placido Domingo, Alejandro Lerner, Musiq, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Ozomatli, Seal, Michael Shrieve, and producers KC Porter and Kike Santander. Were the Neptunes busy? They're the only people missing.
Despite all these "stars", the instrumental "Victory Is One" is a standout track, blazing together Santana's age-old fusion of latin rock. Lead single "The Game of Love" sung by 19-year-old Michelle Branch is sugary 60s pop and shows a lack of consistency throughout the album. In truth it sounds like a record produced by a focus group. Each track targets a demographic with Santana playing the role of brand not band. Only Ozomatli and Macy Gray get Santana, themselves products of an alternative music upbringing. The rest of the artists such as Seal, Dido and Musiq (nee Musiq Soulchild) seem to have turned up for the pay-day. Santana doesn't play with any less conviction but many of his guests are here for the beer. That said his cover of Angelique Kidjo's "Adouma" is storming and on so called "world-music" territory ("Foo Foo", "Aye, Aye") Santana stands strong. However, you can only blame Santana and the focus group all stars for a ready meal album. If he'd concentrated a little more on who he is, not who he believes people would like him to be, this could have been a great album. --Jake Barnes
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SANTANA Shaman (2002 UK 16-track CD album - Carlos Santanas revival continues with a similar themed [but equally strong] album as his last the multi-Grammy winning Supernatural. This time co-horts include Dido Seal Macy Gray Chad KroegerandMichelle Branch picture sleeve)
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
And the criticism will be fairly predictable, too .. too much like Supernatural ... repeating a formula ... using younger artists to increase his demographic share ... too much variety shows lack of artistic focus ... blah blah ...
None of this really matters when you play the album. And I don't believe that creating something "to formula" is as easy as it sounds, anyway. This is a long, generous, beautifully constructed album, with no filler. Even the Placido Domingo song is pretty remarkable, once you're over the shock of hearing his voice riding a wave of Latin percussion. Let's face it, you're going to hear this music if you buy the album or not; there are hits all over it. I'm an old Santana fan, and I love the way he reinvents his music. I don't have any problems with the commerciality of this music (was anyone whining about the Beatles' commerciality at the time? What kind of criticism is that anyway? Because it's popular, it's bad?), but I do have real doubts about the wisdom of the merchandise marketing push in the booklet. For someone who likes to express his spirituality, this is pretty crass. That aside, this is a beautiful, gleaming, fascinating, entertaining and moving album, and time will show it the equal of Supernatural (put both discs on "shuffle" for a treat!). And if you haven't already, check out Amigos, a lost gem.
None of this really matters when you play the album. And I don't believe that creating something "to formula" is as easy as it sounds, anyway. This is a long, generous, beautifully constructed album, with no filler. Even the Placido Domingo song is pretty remarkable, once you're over the shock of hearing his voice riding a wave of Latin percussion. Let's face it, you're going to hear this music if you buy the album or not; there are hits all over it. I'm an old Santana fan, and I love the way he reinvents his music. I don't have any problems with the commerciality of this music (was anyone whining about the Beatles' commerciality at the time? What kind of criticism is that anyway? Because it's popular, it's bad?), but I do have real doubts about the wisdom of the merchandise marketing push in the booklet. For someone who likes to express his spirituality, this is pretty crass. That aside, this is a beautiful, gleaming, fascinating, entertaining and moving album, and time will show it the equal of Supernatural (put both discs on "shuffle" for a treat!). And if you haven't already, check out Amigos, a lost gem.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
well., i have loosely followed Carlos from 1971, and sampled him at different points in time.
l believe Carlos to be a true head warrior, in being able to embrace any artist,sound,studio,producer,writer and challenge.
The real Santana on this album exposes itself through the fantastic opening track and track number seven.
All other cuts are clearly flirting with fashion and a great appeal to younger listeners, but sadly have absolutely nothing to do with the real Carlos Santana, except that he is showing us, that HE can influence ANY song.
Track 16 with Placido Domingo, first hearing l thought that this simply didn;t work, but i am glad to say, i am wrong. lt is, i do really think an absolute haunting classic and very beautiful,a moving picture in music.
lf anything, Carlos has moved on, just like all his albums, they find a way to move on. And of course, Carlos's guitar playing is truely breathtaking, moving on all the time.
l believe Carlos to be a true head warrior, in being able to embrace any artist,sound,studio,producer,writer and challenge.
The real Santana on this album exposes itself through the fantastic opening track and track number seven.
All other cuts are clearly flirting with fashion and a great appeal to younger listeners, but sadly have absolutely nothing to do with the real Carlos Santana, except that he is showing us, that HE can influence ANY song.
Track 16 with Placido Domingo, first hearing l thought that this simply didn;t work, but i am glad to say, i am wrong. lt is, i do really think an absolute haunting classic and very beautiful,a moving picture in music.
lf anything, Carlos has moved on, just like all his albums, they find a way to move on. And of course, Carlos's guitar playing is truely breathtaking, moving on all the time.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD is a classic example of the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mentality i.e. if you finally got an armload of grammy awards from a certain formula, don't mess with it. Yes, the formula of bringing in 'current' artists certainly works. Each track is fresh and musically diverse - it contains just about every style/genre (except country - thank goodness) such as Latin, rock, pop, r&b, blues, dance, urban, etc. The pop track 'the game of love' feels a bit overproduced and too strategically aimed at being a hit single. Having said that, Carlos' brilliant guitarwork can even make that sound pleasurable. In fact, no matter how contrived any of the songs feel, Carlos always 'saves the day' with his stunning licks/solos. His guitarwork is truly masterful and is the glue that hold this CD together. The percussion section is excellent as well. Carlos just keeps getting better with age. If you can't get enough of Carlos' guitar playing, then buy this CD. You'll find yourself quickly addicted to it.
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THE GENIUS THAT IS CARLOS SANTANA
This is an 02 release if my memory is correct.
The cd features many different vocalists assisted by Carlos Santana and his faithfull band of musicians. Read more
The cd features many different vocalists assisted by Carlos Santana and his faithfull band of musicians. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. Paul Minihan
it pops!
If you've ever heared of Abraxas or Caravanserai or the one w/ John (Mclaughlin-that is) then you will find that this album does not rock...it pops! Read more
Published 22 months ago by awendas
What Are You Doing Carlos?
The musicianship on Shaman is very competent, sprinkled with the occasional Santana-esque highlights, but apart from that, this is a very mediocre effort by the virtuoso guitarist. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. A. Lanfranchi
Good but lacks a coherent feel.
Shaman is the follow-up to the hugely successful "Supernatural". Like its predecessor, each song on the album has a different guest appearing with the band. Read more
Published on 16 April 2008 by alextorres
Santana
Carlos Santana collaborating with a few mainstream artists and some less well-known ones. This is album is pure magic!
Published on 9 Mar 2008 by O. Austin
'Son Of' Supernatural
I read a newspaper review the week this album was released which slated it. That is because this CD splits opinion a great deal. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2007 by Andy
i have to say that ...
i don't love all the tracks on this album not by a long way (for a start i can't stand macy gray) but some of the tracks are brilliant. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2004 by "emzy-baby"
Not one for long time fans, but some good moments
There are perhaps two decent tracks on this album: the enjoyable dance opener, Adouma and the latin/R&B Nothing At All. After that it is pretty much downhill. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2003 by Zamby
Superb!
This is my first venture into the world of Santana, and WOW what an album! I never went out and bought Supernatural because I wasn't sure if I would like it, but took the plunge... Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2002 by David Godfrey
Music that is sheer joy
With the album 'Shaman', Santana continue from the success of the winning formula used on 'Supernatural', with a liberal dose of guest appearances. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2002 by "benpalombo"
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