Moonflower (album)

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Moonflower
live album by
Santana
ReleasedOctober 1977
Recorded
  • December 1976 (live tracks / Europe)
  • 1977 (studio tracks / San Francisco)
Genre
Length86:50
LabelColumbia
Producer
Santana chronology
Festival
(1977) 		Moonflower
(1977) 		Inner Secrets
(1978)
Singles from Moonflower
  1. "She's Not There"
    Released: October 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Moonflower is a double album released in 1977 by

supporting tour for the Amigos album. This is the first of 5 albums with drummer Graham Lear
.

A cover version of the Zombies' mid-1960s hit song "She's Not There" was released as a single and peaked at #27. The song was the first Santana recording to hit the Top 40 of the Billboard charts since "No One to Depend On" reached #36 in 1972. The album reached #10 on the Billboard charts and was eventually certified platinum, neither of which occurred again until the star-studded Supernatural in 1999.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Tom Coster and Carlos Santana, except where noted

Side one

  1. "Dawn/Go Within" – 2:44 (Studio)
  2. "Carnaval" – 2:17 (Live)
  3. "Let the Children Play" (Leon Patillo, Santana) – 2:37 (Live)
  4. "Jugando" (José "Chepito" Areas, Santana) – 2:09 (Live)
  5. "I'll Be Waiting" (Santana) – 5:20 (Studio; also issued on single)
  6. "Zulu" – 3:25 (Studio)

Side two

  1. "Bahia" – 1:37 (Studio)
  2. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (Peter Green/Gábor Szabó) – 6:32 (Live)
  3. "Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" (Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Coster, David Rubinson) – 7:45 (Live)
  4. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" – 6:07 (Live)

Side three

  1. "She's Not There" (Rod Argent) – 4:09 (Studio; also issued on single)
  2. "Flor d'Luna (Moonflower)" (Coster) – 5:01 (Studio)
  3. "Soul Sacrifice/Head, Hands & Feet" (Santana, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone/Graham Lear) – 14:01 (Live)

Side four

  1. "El Morocco" – 5:05 (Studio)
  2. "Transcendance" (Santana) – 5:13 (Studio)
  3. "Savor/Toussaint L'Overture" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, Areas) – 12:56 (Live)

Bonus tracks on 2003 reissue

  1. "Black Magic Woman" (Single edit) (Green) – 2:37 (Live)
  2. "I'll Be Waiting" (Single edit) (Santana) – 3:12 (Studio)
  3. "She's Not There" (Single edit) (Argent) – 3:19 (Studio)

Personnel

  • Greg Walker – vocals
  • Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, percussion
  • Tom Coster – keyboards
  • Pablo Tellez – bass, vocals (live tracks)
  • David Margen – bass (studio tracks)
  • Graham Lear – drums
  • Raul Rekow – percussion
  • José "Chepito" Areas – percussion (live tracks)
  • Pete Escovedo – percussion (studio tracks)
  • Tommy Coster – keyboards on "Zulu"

Charts

Chart (1977–1978) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 10
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 2
Finnish Albums (
The Official Finnish Charts)[9]
 19
French Albums (
SNEP)[10]
 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 16
Italian Albums (
Musica e Dischi)[12]
 3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] 14
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 12
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 7
US Billboard 200[18] 10

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[19] Gold 50,000^
France (
SNEP)[20]
 Platinum 300,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[21] Platinum 100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[22] Gold 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[24] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Moonflower – Santana". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Swenson, John (16 December 1981). "Santana: Moonflower : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Santana – Moonflower" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5508a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Santana – Moonflower" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  9. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5
    .
  10. ^ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Select Santana from the menu, then press OK.
  11. GfK Entertainment Charts
    . Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  12. Musica e Dischi
    (in Italian). Retrieved June 6, 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Santana".
  13. ISBN 4-87131-077-9
    .
  14. ^ "Charts.nz – Santana – Moonflower". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  15. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Santana – Moonflower". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  16. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Santana – Moonflower". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  17. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  18. ^ "Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  19. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Santana – Moonflower". Music Canada.
  20. ^ "French album certifications – Santana – Moonflower" (in French). InfoDisc. Select SANTANA and click OK. 
  21. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Santana – Moonflower" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Moonflower in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  22. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Santana; 'Moonflower')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  23. ^ "British album certifications – Santana – Moonflower". British Phonographic Industry.
  24. ^ "American album certifications – Santana – Moonflower". Recording Industry Association of America.
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