Santana's Greatest Hits

Santana's Greatest Hits is a 1974 compilation album by Santana. It offers highlights from the group's first three albums. It is the band's best-selling compilation album, selling over 7 million copies in the U.S..

Santana's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Santana
ReleasedJuly 1974
RecordedMay 1969 - July 1971
GenreRock, jazz fusion, blues rock
Length34:31
LabelCBS
ProducerSantana
Santana chronology
Lotus
(1974)		 Santana's Greatest Hits
(1974)		 Borboletta
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[2]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Three of the tracks are the edited single versions, as annotated below.

Track listing
  1. "Evil Ways" (Single version) (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) (from Santana, 1969) - 3:00
  2. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) from Santana - 2:44
  3. "Hope You're Feeling Better" (Gregg Rolie) (from Abraxas, 1970) - 4:11
  4. "Samba Pa Ti" (Carlos Santana) (from Abraxas) - 4:47
  5. "Persuasion" (Single version) (Santana, Rolie, José Areas, David Brown, Michael Shrieve, Michael Carabello) (from Santana) - 2:34
  6. "Black Magic Woman" (Single version) (Peter Green) (from Abraxas) - 3:17
  7. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente) (from Abraxas) 4:19
  8. "Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) (from Santana III, 1971) - 3:16
  9. "Se a Cabó" (Areas) (from Abraxas) - 2:51
  10. "Everybody's Everything" (Santana, Tyrone Moss, Brown) (from Santana III) - 3:31

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[5] Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[6] 2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[7] Platinum 500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Gold 170,000[9]
United States (RIAA)[10] 7× Platinum 7,000,000^
Summaries
Europe — 1,000,000[9]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Ruhlmann, William. Santana's Greatest Hits at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Palmer, Bob (19 December 1974). "Santana: Greatest Hits : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  4. "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. "Canadian album certifications – Santana – Santana's Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
  6. "French album certifications – Santana – Greatest Hits" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  7. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Carlos Santana; 'Santanas Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  8. "British album certifications – Santana – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry.
  9. Mike Hennessey (8 January 1977). "'Continental' Gold Won By Santana In Europe". Billboard. p. 51. Retrieved 21 August 2021 – via Google Books.
  10. "American album certifications – Santana – Santana_s Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.