Freedom (Santana album) explained

Freedom
Type:	Album
Artist:	Santana
Cover:	Santana - Freedom.jpg
Released:	February 1987
Studio:	The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Length:	46:52
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Jeffrey Cohen, Carlos Santana; with: Chester D. Thompson, Sterling Crew
Prev Title:	Beyond Appearances
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Viva Santana!
Next Year:	1988

Freedom is the fifteenth studio album by Santana. By this recording, Santana had nine members, some of whom had returned after being with the band in previous versions. Freedom moved away from the more poppy sound of the previous album, Beyond Appearances and back to the band's original Latin rock. However, it failed to revive Santana's commercial fortunes, reaching only ninety-five on the album chart.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Veracruz" (Jeffrey Cohen, Buddy Miles, Gregg Rolie, Carlos Santana) – 4:23
2. "She Can't Let Go" (Cohen, Tom Coster, Alphonso Johnson, Cory Lerios) – 4:45
3. "Once It's Gotcha" (Cohen, Coster, Johnson) – 5:42
4. "Love Is You" [Instrumental] (Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 3:54
5. "Songs of Freedom" (Coster, Miles, Santana) – 4:28

Side two

1. "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Sterling Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 4:18
2. "Praise" (Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 4:36
3. "Mandela" [Instrumental] (Armando Peraza) – 5:31
4. "Before We Go" (Jim Capaldi, Santana) – 3:54
5. "Victim of Circumstance" (Crew, Miles, Gary Rashid, Santana) – 5:21

Personnel

• Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals
• Tom Coster – keyboards
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
• Gregg Rolie – synthesizer, keyboards
• Sterling Crew – keyboards/synths
• Alphonso Johnson – bass
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – percussion, conga
• Orestes Vilató – percussion, timbales
• Raul Rekow – percussion, conga, vocals
• Buddy Miles – vocals

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	83
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[3]	10
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	75

Notes and References

1. Web site: Freedom - Santana | Awards | AllMusic . allmusic.com . November 26, 2013.
2. 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.
3. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.
4. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.