Marathon (Santana album)

1979 studio album by Santana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marathon (Santana album)

Marathon is the eleventh studio album by Santana. This marked the beginning of the group's commercial slide, in spite of having the Top 40 hit "You Know That I Love You".

Quick Facts Studio album by Santana, Released ...
Marathon
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1979
StudioThe Automatt, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length40:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerKeith Olsen, Santana, David DeVore
Santana chronology
Inner Secrets
(1978)
Marathon
(1979)
Zebop!
(1981)
Singles from Marathon
  1. "You Know That I Love You"
    Released: 1979
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More information Review scores, Source ...
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
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Alex Ligertwood, who would sing with the group throughout the 1980s, joined the group for this album.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Marathon" (Carlos Santana) - 1:28
  2. "Lightning in the Sky" (Santana, Chris Solberg) - 3:52
  3. "Aqua Marine" (Alan Pasqua, Santana) - 5:35
  4. "You Know That I Love You" (Alex Ligertwood, Pasqua, Santana) - 4:26
  5. "All I Ever Wanted" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg) – 4:02

Side two

  1. "Stand Up" (Santana, Solberg) - 4:02
  2. "Runnin" (David Margen) - 1:39
  3. "Summer Lady" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Solberg) - 4:23
  4. "Love" (Santana, Solberg) - 3:22
  5. "Stay (Beside Me)" (Santana) - 3:50
  6. "Hard Times" (Ligertwood, Margen, Pasqua) - 3:57

Personnel

Charts

More information Chart (1979–1980), Peak position ...
Chart (1979–1980) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 9
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5]52
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6]21
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[7] 13
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]40
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11]14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12]14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13]15
UK Albums (OCC)[14]28
US Billboard 200[15]25
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Certifications

More information Region, Certification ...
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[16] Gold 100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[18] Gold 500,000^

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

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