The Essential Santana
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| Greatest hits album by Santana | ||||
| Released | October 22, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 - 1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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| Robert Christgau | (not rated) |
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The Essential Santana is a compilation album by Santana, released on 22 October 2002. The collection is part of a series of Essential sets released by Columbia Records.
Uniquely among Santana compilations, "Soul Sacrifice" is included in the studio version from their first album, not the live performance from .
The compilation contains no songs from the highly successful Supernatural album, despite it being released 3 years before this album. This is because Columbia and Santana's current label Arista Records were not under common ownership at the time. In 2013, Sony issued another "Essential Santana" 2-CD set which truncates the original's repertoire and does include music from the Arista era, as well as the live Woodstock version of "Soul Sacrifice".
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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