Freedom (Santana album)

Freedom
Studio album by
Santana
ReleasedFebruary 1987
StudioThe Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Length46:52
LabelColumbia
ProducerJeffrey Cohen, Carlos Santana; with: Chester D. Thompson, Sterling Crew
Santana chronology
Beyond Appearances
(1985) 		Freedom
(1987) 		Viva Santana!
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Freedom is the fifteenth studio album by Santana. By this recording, Santana had nine members, some of whom 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. However, it failed to revive Santana's commercial fortunes, reaching only ninety-five on the album chart.[4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Veracruz" (Jeffrey Cohen, Buddy Miles, Gregg Rolie, Carlos Santana) – 4:23
  2. "She Can't Let Go" (Cohen, Tom Coster, Alphonso Johnson, Cory Lerios) – 4:45
  3. "Once It's Gotcha" (Cohen, Coster, Johnson) – 5:42
  4. "Love Is You" [Instrumental] (Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 3:54
  5. "Songs of Freedom" (Coster, Miles, Santana) – 4:28

Side two

  1. "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Sterling Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 4:18
  2. "Praise" (Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 4:36
  3. "Mandela" [Instrumental] (Armando Peraza) – 5:31
  4. "Before We Go" (Jim Capaldi, Santana) – 3:54
  5. "Victim of Circumstance" (Crew, Miles, Gary Rashid, Santana) – 5:21

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 83
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 24
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 44
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[8] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 23
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 75
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 9
US Billboard 200[14] 95

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Freedom at AllMusic
  2. ^ Guterman, Jimmy (May 7, 1987). "Santana: Freedom : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  3. ^ "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  4. ^ "Freedom - Santana | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Santana – Freedom" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  7. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Santana – Freedom" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Santana – Freedom" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  10. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  11. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Santana – Freedom". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  12. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Santana – Freedom". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  13. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Santana – Freedom". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  14. ^ "Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2022.


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