Corazón (Santana album)
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| Studio album by Santana | ||||
| Released | May 6, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | Recorded at Odds On Studios at Las Vegas The Bank at Burbank (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12 only) Cia. dos Técnicos Studio at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Spanish-language vocals of "Saidera") ART House Studio at Miami (Spanish-language vocals of "Amor Correspondido") Crescent Moon Studios at Miami ("Beijo de Longe") Art Dealer Chic Studios at Los Angeles ("Indy") Tarpan Studios at San Rafael (tracks 10 and 11 only) Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood ("Iron Lion Zyon" only) Mixed at Mirrorball Studios, North Hollywood, except "Beijo de Longe", mixed at Crescent Moon Studios; "Indy", mixed at Larrabee Studios, Universal City; and "I See Your Face", mixed at Odds On Studios Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City |
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| Genre | Latin rock | |||
| Label | RCA/Sony Latin Iberia | |||
| Producer | Lester Mendez | |||
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| Ultimate Guitar Archive | (6/10) |
Corazón is the twenty-second studio album (thirty-seventh album overall) by Santana, released on May 6, 2014.
Produced by Lester Mendez, the album features collaborations with various singers like Gloria Estefan, Ziggy Marley and Cindy Blackman.
"La Flaca" featuring Juanes, the first single from the album was released in November 2013. The album was certified double platinum in the Latin by the RIAA for shipping over 120,000 copies in the United States; furthermore, it has sold over 95,000 copies in the country according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The album received mixed to positive reviews by critics. Rolling Stone's Will Hermes considered the album a Latin pop version of Supernatural and that its music "remains an unmistakable, undeniable sound". Thom Jurek from AllMusic felt "Santana actually sounds hungry again" and stated that "while some of these cuts are forgettable, his inventive engagement with Latin pop here is not only successful, but satisfying".Billboard's Leila Cobo considered the album to be guitar-driven despite of the many vocalists. Overall, she praised the album, but pointed a few songs that she considered not to have worked, such as "Feel It Coming Back", in which she felt that Diego Torres struggled with the language; and "Indy", in which Miguel's improvisations "lack structure and tend to meander". Jeremy Williams-Chalmers from So So Gay felt the album might "be the record that finally knocks Supernatural off its throne as Santana's definitive release" and considered it to be "everything a Santana record needs to be", while joining Cobo on criticizing Torres' English skills.The Independent's Nick Coleman said the album "contains a brightly recorded, punchy collection of 'Latin' beats and melodies, plus some rock, featuring a handful of distinguished guests and the familiar overflying drone of Carlos's own guitar obbligati" and that it "is certain to be a hit in its target territories".
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