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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | 1973 album for Columbia that reached #25 in the Billboard album charts that year. Nine tracks, including 'Love,Devotion & Surrender', 'When I Look Into Your Eyes' and acover of John Coltrane's 'Welcome'. Sony. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | February 01, 2008 | | Studio: | Sbme Special Mkts. | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 49 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | Going Home | | 2. | Love, Devotion and Surrender | | 3. | Samba de Sausalito | | 4. | When I Look into Your Eyes | | 5. | Yours Is the Light | | 6. | Mother Africa | | 7. | Light of Life | | 8. | Flame-Sky | | 9. | Welcome | | 10. | Mantra [#][*] | |
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27 of 27 found the following review helpful:
Latin Rock, Jazz and Fusion Feb 24, 2007
By W. Noshie
Welcome is Santana's Fifth studio recording album; Nothing like Santana I, Abraxas or Santana III; yet a pure state of art (Latin Jazz Rock fusion) musical release.
After his great success in his first 3 releases, Santana begins to discover new musical routes hand in hand with the Great guitarist John Mc Laughlin.
They release this CD hand in hand with "Love, Devotion and surrender".
Back in 1973, both albums were disregarded by most of the radio stations and even by most of Santana fans, who expected a more Latin Rock albums.
Obviously Carlos Santana was deviating from his original Latin Rock roots sound and taking the Jazz Rock fusion path.
Back to "Welcome"; if you are a Santana guitar fan, you will be pleased listening to this album today; it did not age one single minute.
If you are into Jazz, Rock and Fusion, this album would fit as a real Jewel in your musical collection.
Last and not Least; If you like this CD, I believe you would probably enjoy the following releases as well:
1. Love Devotion and Surrender by Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin
2. Caravanserai by Santana
3. Illuminations by Santana
4. Devotion by John McLaughlin
Welcome to the great Jazz Fusion sounds and music; Highly recommended.
26 of 27 found the following review helpful:
 Santana embraces spirituality (4.5 stars) Mar 06, 2006
By John Alapick
Just as on their previous release, Caravanserai, Welcome sees Santana complementing their Latin rock sound with a jazz feel. Although there aren't any bonafide classics here like "Evil Ways" or "Black Magic Woman", the music and lyrics on Welcome embrace spirituality more than their music had previously. Also worth noting is that while Caravanserai must be listened to its entirety to fully digest, Welcome is more of a song-based collection. The opening "Going Home" continues the Santana trend of the instrumental opener providing the feel for the rest of the album. In this case, the organs provide a majestic churchlike feel before piano and Carlos' ringing guitar lines provide a feeling of peace. This kicks right into the funky "Love, Devotion and Surrender", a track where Carlos, Wendy Haas, and Leon Thomas share vocal duties, with each of them adding a little more emotion as the song progresses. "When I Look Into Your Eyes" is a love poem put to music with a dated keyboard outro while the excellent "Yours Is The Light" features near operatic vocals from Flora Purim. "Light Of Life", with its strings and majestic vocals from Thomas, is also a highlight. As for the instrumentals, both "Mother Africa" and "Flame Sky" are two of the band's best with the former featuring a killer sax solo from Jules Broussard while the latter contains wicked solos from both Carlos and guest guitarist John McLaughlin. The original closing title track projects a similar feel to its opener, one of eternal peace. The bonus track, "Mantra", has a very chaotic feel, similar in intensity to "Flame Sky", and complements the album well. Although not quite as cohesive as their first four albums, Welcome is a strong musical statement that still blows most of today's music, including Santana's more recent output, right out of the water.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
One of Santana's top five albums Feb 08, 2000
By kireviewer
This is the first Santana album after Carlos got into his religious/mystic stage. It is quite a departure from other material by the "group", although Carlos does have a number of solo albums along the same lines. It is more of a jazz fusion than the traditional latin beat. There is a duet with John McLaughlin and a cover of a Herbie Hancock number. There are also three excellent jazz flavored songs. Fans of the more traditional Santana music might not appreciate this experimentation into jazz, while the jazz fusion fans might not appreciate the latin rhythms. I found it to be an excellent merger of the two styles.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
One of Santana's Finest Nov 21, 2005
By Mario Bonilla
Continuing the path that Caravanserai started on, Welcome is what jazz fusion really is all about. Released in 1973 between two world tours, Welcome showcased Santana's ability to play excellent music, even after Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon left the band. This album shows a high level of maturation in the band's music. Santana went from Afro-Cuban/rock jams, to highly sophisticated compositions.
The "latin" feel is virtually gone in this album. "Only Samba de Sausalito" and "Yours Is the Light" show a hint of latin music in them. Nevertheless, all the songs on the album are very good. The highlight of the album, however, is "Flame Sky".
This 11 minute song showcases Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin's breathtaking guitar work.
This album is highly recommended for Santana fans and Jazz fans as well. However, if you are new to Santana and you are expecting to hear songs such as "Oye Como Va" and "Evil Ways", you might want to get this album a little later, after you have familiarized yourself with Santana's music. You also might want to get Caravanserai first too.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Unique Masterpiece... A surprise. Nov 23, 2002
By NDBx
"NDBx"
Of all the recording Santana has made over 35 years. This is his most unique. Carlos went totally conceptual on this. With a totally unique and new band and special guests such as Flora Purim, Airto, Wendy Haas, John McLaughlin and Billy Cobham, Carlos expands greatly upon what he attempted in "Caravanserai". The title track is one of the most poignant and beatiful renditions of the John Coltrane piece. You can't feel this one, you're in trouble. Mother Africa is a percussive, jazzy, wonder of a piece. It features a driving polyrhythmic percussion section, sax solo and beautiful melody. Flame-Sky is a fusion piece with Carlos and John McLaughlin playing off one another much in the way they did in their Love Devotion Surrender collaboration. "Samba De Sausalito" is the most Santana-like of the pieces. Then there is a the stunning "Yours Is The Light" featuring Airto Moreira on percussion and the melliflous crystal clear voice of Flora Purim. Carlos performs one of his most stunning solos on this one. It shows how closely he is listening because he doesn't overplay it but gives the piece exactly what it needs. "When I Look Into Your Eyes" is also an expansive piece featuring a driving beat and Leon Thomas' lead vocal and unusual warbling in background. It works very well. Carlos is very selective as to where and in what pieces he will solo. A very interesting recording. His jazziest. His playing was in top form here.
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