Tracks
- Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
- Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
- Oye Como Va
- Incident at Neshabur
- Se a Cabo
- Mother's Daughter
- Samba Pa Ti
- Hope You're Feeling Better
- El Nicoya
Abraxas is an energetic album. The music is a Latin-influenced rock. Three of the songs are instrumentals and there are quite a few extended sections on the remainder of the songs. Suffice it to say, it's a guitar-oriented album and the band likes to jam. Carlos Santana seems like a good guitarist, but he doesn't seem to be doing anything that hasn't been heard before; he just sounds different.
While I think the music is good and I enjoy listening to the band jam, the album doesn't excite me very much. I think the songs lack cohesion. The Latin style is an effective bond at first, but it's not enough after listening to the album several times.
I like this album; rather I like the songs on it, and it's because of the songs that I think it's worth listening to. The album should be on the 1001 Albums list, though, because it does a pretty good job incorporating a Latin style into rock music which is something new.
The songs are quite good. The following are the ones I really enjoyed: Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen, Oye Como Va, Se a Cabo, Mother's Daughter, Samba Pa Ti and Hope You're Feeling Better.
★★★★★★★★☆☆
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