Abraxas - Santana
Abraxas is the second studio album by Latin rock band Santana. It was released on September 23, 1970 by Columbia Records and became the band's first album to reach number one in the United States.
The title of the album originates from a line in Hermann Hesse's 1919 book Demian, quoted on the album's back cover: "We stood before it and began to freeze inside from the exertion. We questioned the painting, berated it, made love to it, prayed to it: We called it mother, called it whore and slut, called it our beloved, called it Abraxas...."
The album cover features the 1961 painting Annunciation by German-French painter Mati Klarwein. According to the artist, it was one of the first paintings he did after relocating to New York City. Carlos Santana reportedly noticed it in a magazine and asked that it be on the cover of the band's upcoming album. On the back of the record sleeve the cover art is just credited to 'MATI'. It is now considered a classic of rock album covers. Klarwein went on to design album artwork for many notable artists, including Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Gregg Allman.
Tracks
00:00 Singing Winds, Crying Beasts (Instrumental)
04:53 Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
10:15 Oye Cómo Va
14:36 Incident at Neshabur (Instrumental)
19:39 Se a Cabó
22:34 Mother's Daughter
27:05 Samba Pa Ti (Instrumental)
31:55 Hope You're Feeling Better
36:11 El Nicoya
37:50 Se a Cabó (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, April 18, 1970)
41:37 Toussaint L'Overture (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, April 18, 1970)
46:29 Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, April 18, 1970)
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