The Essential Santana
2002 greatest hits album by Santana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Essential Santana is a compilation album by Santana, released on October 22, 2002. The collection is part of a series of Essential sets released by Columbia Records.
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Released | October 22, 2002 | |||
Recorded | May 12, 1969 – 1989 | |||
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Producer | Various | |||
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Robert Christgau | (not rated)[2] |
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Uniquely among Santana compilations, "Soul Sacrifice" is included in the studio version from their first album, not the live performance from Woodstock.
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".