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The Arista debut of Carlos Santana and band gives fans of the soulful guitar vet two albums in one, but it's a decidedly good-news, bad-news proposition. First, there's a fine collection of late-'90s-model Santana--tastefully tooled songs driven by Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms ("[Da Le] Taleo," "Africa Bamba," "Migra," "Primavera," and the emotionally charged instrumental "El Farol") that allow Carlos plenty of elbowroom for his passionate soloing. Then there's the collection of tracks featuring a lineup of de rigueur alternative and hip-hop stars, including Dave Matthews, Everlast, Rob Thomas, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Eagle Eye Cherry. To their credit, Matthews ("Love of My Life") and Eagle Eye Cherry ("Wishing It Was") muster enough chemistry to make the fusion work. But the rest of the collaborations feel like an unnecessary stretch to reach out to a younger demographic that El Jefe has little trouble attracting on his own terms. --Jerry McCulley
 Customer Reviews 
santana going strong
Rating: 5
Carlos Santana is a legend in the truest sense of the word . I am someone who listened to him in the sixties & am so pleased to see he is still going strong & appealing to a newer audience. More power to him !!!
Santana - different sound, still great
Rating: 5
[[VIDEOID:18388511]]I've been a Santana fan since Woodstock but not through thick and thin, so I wasn't current when this album came out, but it really caught my ear and I like almost everything on it. It's one of my favorite albums overall. Santana from several eras is great for jumping rope to.
great album
Rating: 4
if you like santana and have the hardware o play DVD audio then i would say go for it. i have several audio dvds and this is be far the most laid back in the surround channels, thats not to say its not there cause it is. its one of those albums you can just sit back close your eyes and enjoy without skipping tracks.
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