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Spirits Dancing in the Flesh

Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1990
StudioThe Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
GenreHard rock
Length48:22
LabelColumbia
ProducerCarlos Santana, Vernon Reid, Chester Thompson, Jim Gaines
Santana chronology
Viva Santana!
(1988)
Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
(1990)
Milagro
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Select3/5[4]

Spirits Dancing in the Flesh is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. It reached eighty-five in the Billboard 200.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 7:20
  2. "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:29
  3. "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana) – 4:32
  4. "Soweto (Africa Libre)" (Santana, Thompson, Alphonso Johnson) – 5:06
  5. "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:14
  6. "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) – 4:26
  7. "Full Moon" (Paolo Rustichelli) – 4:31
  8. "Who's That Lady" (Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper) – 4:15
  9. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:46
  10. "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) – 4:30

Personnel

Band

Guest musicians

Additional musicians

  • Devon Bernardoni – keyboards
  • Charisse Dancy – choir
  • Sandra Hunter – choir
  • Marjo Keller – choir
  • Lynice Pinkard – choir
  • Lovetta Brown – choir
  • De Anna Brown – choir
  • Kevin Swan Butler – choir
  • Darryl Williams – choir
  • Edwin M. Harper, Jr. – choir direction

Production

  • Sergio Albonico – executive producer
  • Chris Becker – engineering assistance
  • Devon Bernardoni – engineering, mixing
  • Paul Ericksen – engineering, mixing
  • Arne Frager – mixing
  • Lori Fumar – engineering assistance
  • Jim Gaines – engineering, mixing, production
  • Bernie Kirsh – engineering
  • David Leonard – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Diego Uchitel – photography
  • Bob Venosa – design
  • Peter Wolf – arranging, production

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 28
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 99
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 66
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[9] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 68
US Billboard 200[13] 85

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Spirits Dancing in the Flesh at AllMusic
  2. ^ Sandow, Greg (July 6, 1990). "Spirits Dancing in the Flesh". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Goodman, Fred (September 20, 1990). "Santana: Spirits Dancing In The Flesh : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  4. ^ Rice, Glenn (August 1990). "Santana: Spirits Dancing in the Flesh". Select. p. 104.
  5. ^ "Spirits Dancing in the Flesh - Santana | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Santana – Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1353". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Santana – Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  9. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Santana – Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Santana – Spirits Dancing in the Flesh". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  13. ^ "Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.