Beyond Appearances

Beyond Appearances
Studio album by Santana
Released February 1985
Recorded March 28–November 1, 1984 at Record One, Los Angeles, California — Additional Recording: Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Genre Rock
Length 44:39
Label Columbia
Producer Val Garay
Santana chronology
Shangó
(1982)
Beyond Appearances
(1985)
Freedom
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(unfavorable)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Beyond Appearances is the thirteenth studio album by Santana, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).

The album took seven months to make, and (apart from Carlos Santana himself) involved a completely different line-up from Santana's previous album (released two and a half years earlier). It was firmly in the style of the 1980s, making much use of synthesizers and drum machines. Beyond Appearances performed relatively poorly, reaching only fifty on the Billboard album chart; one of its tracks, "Say It Again", reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (though it performed better on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, reaching number fifteen).[4]

Track listing

Original vinyl release side one

  1. "Breaking Out" (Alphonso Johnson, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:30
  2. "Written in Sand" (Mitchell Froom, Jerry Stahl) – 3:49
  3. "How Long" (Patton) – 4:00
  4. "Brotherhood" (Sancious, Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 2:26
  5. "Spirit" (Johnson, Ligertwood, Raul Rekow) – 5:04

Original vinyl release side two

  1. "Say It Again" (Garay, Goldstein, Lapeau) – 3:27
  2. "Who Loves You" (Santana, Thompson, Vilato) – 4:06
  3. "I'm the One Who Loves You" (Curtis Mayfield) – 3:17
  4. "Touchdown Raiders" (Santana) – 3:08
  5. "Right Now" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 5:58

CD release

  1. "Breaking Out" (Johnson, Ligertwood) – 4:30
  2. "Written in Sand" (Mitchell Froom, Jerry Stahl) – 3:49
  3. "Brotherhood" (Sancious, Santana, Thompson) – 2:26
  4. "Spirit" (Johnson, Ligertwood, Rekow) – 5:04
  5. "Right Now" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 5:58
  6. "Who Loves You" (Santana, Thompson, Vilato) – 4:06
  7. "I'm the One Who Loves You" (Mayfield) – 3:17
  8. "Say It Again" (Garay, Goldstein, Lapeau) – 3:27
  9. "Two Points of View" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 4:54
  10. "How Long" (Patton) – 4:00
  11. "Touchdown Raiders" (Santana) – 3:08

Personnel

Credits

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. Beyond Appearances at AllMusic
  2. Considine, J.D. (1985-06-20). "Santana: Beyond Appearances : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. "Beyond Appearances - Santana | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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