Marathon (Santana album) explained

Marathon
Type:	Album
Artist:	Santana
Cover:	SantanaMarathonAlbum.jpg
Released:	September 1979
Studio:	The Automatt, San Francisco, California
Genre:	R&B rock jazz fusion
Length:	40:37
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Keith Olsen, Santana, David DeVore
Prev Title:	Inner Secrets
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Zebop!
Next Year:	1981

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".

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

• Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals
• Carlos Santana – guitars, backing vocals
• Chris Solberg – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Alan Pasqua – keyboards, backing vocals
• David Margen – bass
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – percussion (timbales), backing vocals
• Raul Rekow – percussion (congas), backing vocals
• Jaco Pastorius - Bass on “Aqua Marine”

Charts

Chart (1979–1980)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[1]	9
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[2]	13
French Albums (SNEP)^[3]	5
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	31

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
2. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.
3. Web site: Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S . Infodisc.fr . fr . June 9, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php . October 22, 2014 . Select Santana from the menu, then press OK.
4. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.