Freedom (Santana album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Freedom
Type = Album
Artist = Santana


Released = February 1987
Length = 46:52
Label = Columbia
Producer = Jeffrey Cohen, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bneb97e7krjt link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/santana/albums/album/148920/review/5943610/freedom link] |
Last album = "Beyond Appearances"
(1985)
This album = "Freedom"
(1987)
Next album = "Blues for Salvador"
(1987)

"Freedom" is a 1987 album by Carlos Santana.

By this recording, Santana had nine members, some of which had returned after being with the band in previous versions. "Freedom" moved away from the more poppy sound of the previous album, "Beyond Appearances" and back to the band's original Latin rock. It failed, however, to revive Santana's commercial fortunes, reaching only ninety-five on the album chart.

Track listing

# "Veracruz" (Cohen, Miles, Rolie, Santana) – 4:23
# "She Can't Let Go" (Cohen Coster, Johnson, Lerios) – 4:45
# "Once It's Gotcha" (Cohen, Coster, Johnson) – 5:42
# "Love Is You" (Santana, Thompson) – 3:54
# "Song of Freedom" (Coster, Miles, Santana) – 4:28
# "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 4:18
# "Praise" (Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 4:36
# "Mandela"(Peraza) – 5:31
# "Before We Go" (Capaldi, Santana) – 3:54
# "Victim of Circumstance" (Crew, Miles, Rashid, Santana) – 5:21

Personnel

*Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals
*Tom Coster – keyboards
*Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
*Gregg Rolie – synthesizer, keyboards
*Alphonso Johnson – bass
*Graham Lear – drums
*Armando Pereza – percussion, conga
*Orestes Vilato – percussion, timbales
*Raul Rekow – percussion, conga, vocals
*Buddy Miles – vocals