Review of the Santana CD Caravanserai

Caravanserai is the latest release from Rock Star Santana, and I can only think of one word to describe it… AWESOME!

Santana has been a super star in the Rock genre for quite some time now and Caravanserai is an excellent illustration as to why.

Caravanserai is a nicely varied, mix of 10 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly superb artist. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are him own personal experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions like love, and the pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard.

Overall Caravanserai is excellent from beginning to end. One of those CDs that after a few listens the songs are just etched into your memory. A must have for the Rock fan. Really sensational from beginning to end.

While this entire album is outstanding some of my favorites are track 3 - Look Up (To See What's Coming Down), track 6 - All The Love Of The Universe, and track 10 - Every Step Of The Way

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Eternal Caravan Of Reincarnation. Wow!

Caravanserai Release Notes:

Santana originally released Caravanserai on September 30, 2003 on the Legacy Recordings label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Eternal Caravan Of Reincarnation 2. Waves Within 3. Look Up (To See What's Coming Down) 4. Just In Time To See The Sun 5. Song Of The Wind 6. All The Love Of The Universe 7. Future Primitive 8. Stone Flower 9. La Fuente Del Ritmo 10. Every Step Of The Way

Santana: Carlos Santana (vocals, guitar, percussion); James Mingo Lewis (vocals, piano, bongos, congas, percussion); Rico Reyes (vocals); Doug Rauch (guitar, bass); Douglas Rodrigues, Neal Schon (guitar); Hadley Caliman (saxophone); Gregg Rolie (piano, organ); Wendy Haas, Tom Coster (piano); Tom Rutley (acoustic bass); Mike Shrieve (drums); Jose "Chepito" Areas (bongos, timbales); Armando Peraza (bongos, percussion); Lenny White (castanets). Recorded in 1972. Originally released on Columbia (31610).

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