Azteca (album) explained

Azteca
Type:Studio
Artist:Azteca
Cover:Azteca (album).jpg
Released:December 1972
Recorded:September 1972
Genre:Latin, funk
Length:46:51
Label:Columbia
Producer:Coke Escovedo
Azteca
Next Title:Pyramid of the Moon
Next Year:1973

Azteca is the debut album by former Santana band members Coke Escovedo and his brother Pete Escovedo with their new band, Azteca.

The album was released by Columbia Records in December 1972 and debuted at No. 178 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on January 13, 1973,[1] peaking at No. 151 on February 17, 1973,[2] and spending nine weeks on the chart.

Reception

On the website AllMusic, music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote:

In December 1972, Billboard in its review of the album stated "the seventeen man conglomerate boasts, among other assets four fiery vocalists and a four man horn section that cooks to the boiling point. Especially powerful are 'Mamita Linda', 'You Can't Take the Funk Out of Me' and 'Love Not Then'".[3]

Saturday Review of the Arts described it as an "impressive debut album", "featuring a bold, funky sound supported by an accordingly large batch of esteemed players, including graduates of Santana".[4]

Personnel

Azteca

Production

Notes and References

  1. Billboard. Billboard Top LPs & Tape. January 13, 1973. 52.
  2. Billboard 200 Chart. Billboard.
  3. Billboard. Billboard Album Reviews. December 23, 1972. 47.
  4. Saturday Review of the Arts. 1. 1–4. Saturday Review Company. 1973. 50.
  5. Web site: Errol Knowles. .
  6. Web site: George Engfer. .
  7. Web site: Bruce Steinberg. .