Beyond Appearances

Infobox Album |
Name = Beyond Appearances
Type = Album
Artist = Santana


Released = February 1985
Genre = Rock
Length = 44:39
Label = Columbia
Producer = Val Garay
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6ojweal04xf7 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (unfavorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/santana/albums/album/193186/review/5940381/beyond_appearances link]
Last album = "Havana Moon"
(1983)
This album = "Beyond Appearances"
(1985)
Next album = "Freedom"
(1987)

"Beyond Appearances" is an album by Santana, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).

The album took seven months to make, and (apart from Carlos Santana himself) involved a completely different line-up from Santana's previous album (released two and a half years earlier). It was firmly in the style of the 1980s, making much use of synthesizers and drum machines. "Beyond Appearances" performed relatively poorly, reaching only fifty on the Billboard 200 album chart; one of its tracks, "Say It Again", reached forty-six on the Billboard Hot 100 single chart (though it did better on the "Mainstream Rock" chart, reaching fifteen).

Track listing

#"Breaking Out" (Johnson, Ligertwood) – 4:30
#"Written in Sand" (Froom, Stahl) – 3:49
#"Brotherhood" (Sancious, Santana, Thompson) – 2:26
#"Spirit" (Johnson, Ligertwood, Rekow) – 5:04
#"Right Now" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 5:58
#"Who Loves You" (Santana, Thompson, Vilato) – 4:06
#"I'm the One Who Loves You" (Mayfield) – 3:17
#"Say It Again" (Garay, Goldstein, Lapeau) – 3:27
#"Two Points of View" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 4:54
#"How Long" (Patton) – 4:00
#"Touchdown Raiders" (Santana) – 3:08

Credits

* Carlos Santana – guitars
* Alphonso Johnson – bass
* Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, synthesizers
* David Sancious – keyboards, synthesizers
* Chester Cortez Thompson – drums
* Greg Walker – vocals