Moonflower (album)

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Moonflower
Live album by Santana
Released	October 1977
Length	86:50
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Carlos Santana, Tom Coster
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Santana chronology
Festival (1977) Moonflower (1977) Inner Secrets (1978)

Moonflower is a 1977 live double album by Santana. The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album. It is considered to be a fan favorite, and is perhaps the group's most popular live album, because Lotus did not receive a U.S. domestic release until the early 1990s. It displays a mix between his fusion of Latin and blues-rock styles of the late sixties and early seventies, and his much more experimental and spiritual jazz fusion sound that he eventually moved over to. It was recorded during the supporting tour of his Festival album, which displayed this similar mix of style, and many of the album's songs are featured here - namely, the three song medley which opens Festival.

A cover version of the Zombies' mid-60s hit song "She's Not There" was released as a single and peaked at #27. The song was the first Santana recording to hit the Top 40 of the Billboard charts since "No One to Depend On" reached #36 in 1972. The album reached #10 on the Billboard charts and was eventually certified platinum, neither of which occurred again until the star-studded Supernatural in 1999.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 1.3 Side three 1.4 Side four 1.5 Bonus tracks on 2003 ressiue

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Dawn/Go Within" (Coster, Santana) – 2:44
2. "Carnaval" (Coster) – 2:17
3. "Let the Children Play" (Santana) – 2:37
4. "Jugando" (Santana) – 2:09
5. "I'll Be Waiting" (Santana) – 5:20
6. "Zulu" (Santana, Coster) – 3:25

[edit] Side two

1. "Bahia" (Santana, Coster) – 1:37
2. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (Green, Szabo) – 6:32
3. "Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" (Chancler, Coster, Rubinson) – 7:45
4. "Europa" (Santana, Coster) – 6:07

[edit] Side three

1. "She's Not There" (Argent) – 4:09
2. "Flor d'Luna (Moonflower)" (Coster) – 5:01
3. "Soul Sacrifice/Head, Hands & Feet" (Santana Band, Lear) – 14:01

[edit] Side four

1. "El Morocco" (Coster, Santana) – 5:05
2. "Transcendance" (Santana) – 5:13
3. "Savor/Toussaint L'Overture" (Santana Band, Santana) – 12:56

[edit] Bonus tracks on 2003 ressiue

1. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (single edit) (Green) – 2:37
2. "I'll Be Waiting" (single edit) (Santana) – 3:12
3. "She's Not There" (single edit) (Argent) – 3:19

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