Inner Secrets Explained

Inner Secrets
Type:	Album
Artist:	Santana
Cover:	InnerSecretsAlbum.jpg
Released:	October 1978
Recorded:	July–August 1978
Studio:	Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Rock
Length:	42:48
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert
Prev Title:	Moonflower
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Marathon
Next Year:	1979

Inner Secrets is the tenth studio album by Santana. It was released in 1978 and, unlike the fusion of Latin, jazz, rock, and spirituality that characterized previous records, it was considered a rock album.

"Stormy" and "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" were both hit singles. In the Netherlands "Well All Right" was released as a single and reached #22 in the top 40.

Most CD releases of Inner Secrets use a different version of track 3, "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)", than the one that appeared on the original LP, Columbia FC 35600. The version used on most CD releases is an extended disco mix (running time 7:10), that appeared on a 12” single (Columbia 23-10957). The original album version of the track is available on CD in a Japanese Mini LP sleeve, Sony Music SICP 2875, released in 2010 (running time 6:13).

The only two tracks on the album that were not released as singles are "Dealer/Spanish Rose" and "The Facts of Love".

The album cover photo by Norman Seeff divided the nine-piece lineup between the front and back cover, with Chris Solberg, Pete Escovedo, Raul Rekow and Greg Walker shown with Carlos Santana on the front while David Margen, Armando Peraza, Graham Lear and Chris Rhyne appeared on the back.

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the former fusion-jazz experiments as well as the earlier Latin and acid-rock influences have all been evened out on this album in an attempt to emphasize Carlos Santana the rocker."^[1]

Cover songs on the album

Several of the album's tracks are covers:

• The "Dealer" portion of "Dealer/Spanish Rose" is a cover of the song "Dealer" by Traffic appearing on their 1967 album, Mr. Fantasy
• "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" is a cover of a Four Tops song "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" appearing on their 1974 album Meeting of the Minds, and as a single on the same year
• "Well All Right" is a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Well... All Right" (appearing as B-side of Holly's 1958 single "Heartbeat") and it was covered earlier by Blind Faith on their 1969 self-titled and only studio album Blind Faith
• "Stormy" is a cover of the Classics IV's 1968 top-10 hit (Hot 100 No. 5)^[2] and included on their 1968 album Mamas and Papas/Soul Train, and 1970 album Stormy

Track listing

Side one

1. "Dealer/Spanish Rose" (Jim Capaldi/Carlos Santana) – 5:50
2. "Move On" (Santana, Chris Rhyne) – 4:27
3. "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 6:13
4. "Stormy" (Buddy Buie, James Cobb) – 4:45

Side two

1. "Well All Right" (Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin) – 4:09
2. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Greg Walker, David Margen) – 4:45
3. "Life Is a Lady/Holiday" (Lambert/Santana) – 3:47
4. "The Facts of Love" (Lambert, Potter) – 5:28
5. "Wham!" (Santana, Graham Lear, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Pete Escovedo) – 3:24

CD Reissue

1. "Dealer/Spanish Rose" (Capaldi/Santana) – 5:50
2. "Move On" (Santana, Rhyne) – 4:27
3. "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (Extended disco version) (Lambert, Potter) – 7:13
4. "Stormy" (Buie, Cobb) – 4:45
5. "Well All Right" (Petty, Holly, Allison, Mauldin) – 4:09
6. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Walker, Margen) – 4:45
7. "Life Is a Lady/Holiday" (Lambert/Santana) – 3:47
8. "The Facts of Love" (Lambert, Potter) – 5:28
9. "Wham!" (Santana, Lear, Peraza, Rekow, Escovedo) – 3:24

Personnel

• Greg Walker – lead vocals
• Carlos Santana – guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Solberg – guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Rhyne – keyboards
• David Margen – bass
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – percussion, backing vocals
• Raul Rekow – percussion, backing vocals
• Pete Escovedo – percussion
• Dennis Lambert - clavinet, backing vocals
• Mike Boddicker - synthesizer programming

Technical

• Mick Brigden - artwork, cover concept
• Norman Seeff – design, art director, photography

Charts

Chart (1978-1979)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[3]	5
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[4]	8
French Albums (SNEP)^[5]	3
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)^[6]	8
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[7]	35

External links

• Inner Secrets album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• Inner Secrets album user reviews & credits at ProgArchives.com

Notes and References

1. News: Niester . Alan . Inner Secrets . The Globe and Mail . January 3, 1979 . F5.
2. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/classics-iv-mn0000135059/awards AllMusic.com: Classics IV - "Stormy" single in 1968 as No. 5 on The Billboard Hot 100
3. 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.
4. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.
5. 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.
6. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e Dischi. it. June 6, 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Santana".
7. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.