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Abraxas
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Abraxas is Santana's second studio album and was released on 23 September 1970 on Columbia Records. It became the band's first album to top the American Billboard 200. The title comes from the book Demian by Hermann Hesse, from which a quotation appears on the back of the sleeve. The cover itself shows the painting Annunciation by Mati Klarwein, which Carlos Santana saw in a magazine.
The band plays a mixture of rock and Latin rhythms. Black Magic Woman is a version of a song by Fleetwood Mac, to which Gypsy Queen by Gábor Szabó has been added. Oye Como Va was a hit for Tito Puente in the early sixties and was played live because the audience could dance to it so well. Samba Pa Ti is an instrumental. In 2015 the Library of Congress added the album to the National Recording Registry.
Listening
Track list
- 1Singing Winds, Crying Beasts4:51Apple Music ↗
- 2Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen5:20Apple Music ↗
- 3Oye Como Va4:20Apple Music ↗
- 4Incident at Neshabur5:02Apple Music ↗
- 5Se a Cabo2:54Apple Music ↗
- 6Mother's Daughter4:31Apple Music ↗
- 7Samba Pa Ti4:50Apple Music ↗
- 8Hope You're Feeling Better4:09Apple Music ↗
- 9El Nicoya1:29Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗