| One word describes the CD Welcome from Santana... | | | | 30, 2003 on the Legacy Recordings label. |
| AWESOME! | | | | CD Track List Follows: |
| I wish it weren't the case but, it's not everyday that I | | | | 1. Going Home |
| get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and | | | | 2. Love, Devotion And Surrender |
| comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is | | | | 3. Samba De Sausalito |
| usually a song or two that I just can't force myself to | | | | 4. When I Look Into Your Eyes |
| get through. Not at all the case with Welcome. Every | | | | 5. Yours Is The Light |
| track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to | | | | 6. Mother Africa |
| listen to from start to finish. | | | | 7. Light Of Life |
| One of the refreshingly nice things about this CD is the | | | | 8. Flame-Sky |
| way all of the participating artists seem to be really | | | | 9. Welcome |
| enjoying themselves. Combine that with the overall | | | | 10. Mantra - (previously unreleased, bonus track) |
| presentation and you've got one of Santana's most | | | | Santana: Carlos Santana (vocals, acoustic & |
| impressive releases ever. | | | | electric guitars, bass, kalimba, percussion); Wendy |
| Overall Welcome is an outstanding release. Quite | | | | Haas, Leon Thomas, Flora Purim (vocals); Doug Rauch |
| possibly Santana's best to date. Really spectacular | | | | (guitar, bass); Mahavishnu John McLauhlin (guitar); Bob |
| from beginning to end. If you're even mildly into Rock | | | | Yance, Mel Martin, Joe Farrell (flute); Richard Kermode |
| music you'll enjoy this CD. | | | | (soprano saxophone); Richard Kermode (piano, electric |
| While the entire CD is really very good the truly | | | | piano, organ, Mellotron, marimba, percussion); Tom |
| standout tunes are track 2 - Love, Devotion And | | | | Coster (piano, organ, marimba, percussion); Michael |
| Surrender, track 4 - When I Look Into Your Eyes, and | | | | Shrieve, Tony Smith (drums); Armando Peraza |
| track 10 - Mantra. | | | | (bongos, congas, percussion); Jose "Chepito" Areas |
| My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in | | | | (congas, timbales, percussion). Producers: Carlos |
| "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Going Home. This is a | | | | Santana, Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster. Recorded in |
| great track! | | | | 1973. Originally released on Columbia (32445). Includes |
| Welcome Release Notes: | | | | liner notes by Hal Miller. |
| Santana originally released Welcome on September | | | | |