The Essential Santana

Infobox Album |
Name = The Essential Santana
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Santana


Released = September 10, 2002
Recorded = 1969 - 2001
Genre = Rock
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = various
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifuxqwaldae link]
*Review-Christgau|nr|album=12386|review=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/recyc/santana-03.php
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/santana/albums/album/270700/review/5947079/the_essential_santana link]
Last album = "Supernatural"
(1999)
This album = "The Essential Santana"
(2002)
Next album = "Shaman"
(2002)

"The Essential Santana" is a compilation album by Santana, released on 10 September 2002. The collection is part of a series of "Essential" sets released by Columbia Records.

Uniquely among Santana compilations, "Soul Sacrifice" is included in the studio version from their first album, not the live performance from .

Track listing

Disc one

#"Jingo" (Olatunji, Santana) – 4:22
#"Evil Ways" (Henry, Zack) – 3:56
#"Soul Sacrifice" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 6:36
#*Tracks 1-3 from "Santana"
#"Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (Green, Szabo) – 5:19
#"Oye Como Va" (Puente) – 4:17
#"Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) – 4:46
#*Tracks 4-6 from "Abraxas"
#"Everybody's Everything" (Brown, Moss, Santana) – 3:32
#"No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Escovedo, Rolie) – 5:24
#"Toussaint l'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:56
#"Guajira" (Areas, Brown, Reyes) – 5:44
#*Tracks 7-10 from "Santana III"
#"La Fuente del Ritmo" (Lewis) – 4:33
#*from Caravanserai
#"In a Silent Way" (Zawinul) – 7:58
#*live
#"Love, Devotion and Surrender" (Kermode, Santana) – 3:38
#*from "Welcome"
#"Mirage" (Patillo) – 4:43
#*from "Borboletta"
#"Carnaval" (Coster, Santana) – 2:15
#"Let the Children Play" (Patillo, Santana) – 3:28
#"Jugando" (Areas, Santana) – 2:12
#*Tracks 15-17 from "Festival"

Disc two

#"She's Not There" (Argent) – 4:09
#*from "Moonflower"
#"Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" – (Chancler, Coster, Rubinson) – 8:00
#*live
#"Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Coster, Santana) – 5:05
#"Stormy" (Buie, Cobb) – 4:47
#"Well...All Right" (Allison, Holly, Mauldin, Petty) – 4:09
#"Open Invitation" (Lambert, Margen, Potter, Santana, Walker) – 4:45
#"Aqua Marine" (Pasqua, Santana) – 5:35
#*live
#"You Know That I Love You" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Santana, Solberg" – 3:57
#"All I Ever Wanted" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg) – 3:35
#"Winning" (Ballard) – 3:29
#"Hold On" (Thomas) – 4:36
#"Nowhere to Run" (Ballard) – 2:53
#"Say It Again" (Garay, Goldstein, Lapeau) – 3:28
#"Veracruz" (Cohen, Miles, Rolie, Santana, Thompson) – 3:46
#"Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Thompson) – 5:57
#"The Healer" (Hooker, Rogers, Santana, Thompson) – 5:38
#*with John Lee Hooker