Zebop! Explained

Zebop!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Santana
Cover:	SantanaZebopAlbum.jpg
Studio:	The Automatt, San Francisco, California
Genre:	Rock jazz fusion
Length:	47:12
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Carlos Santana, Bill Graham, Keith Olsen
Prev Title:	Marathon
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Shangó
Next Year:	1982

Zebop! is the 12th studio album by the American rock band Santana. The album had several releases, and various different color cover backgrounds, including pink and red. The album featured "Winning"; both the album and single were one of Santana's last top 40 hits until 1999 with their release of Supernatural.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Changes" (Cat Stevens) – 4:27
2. "E Papa Ré" (Carlos Santana, Richard Baker, David Margen, Orestes Vilató, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:32
3. "Primera Invasión" (Lear, Margen, Alan Pasqua, Santana) – 2:08
4. "Searchin'" (Ligertwood, Santana, Chris Solberg) – 3:54
5. "Over and Over" (Rick Meyers) – 4:46
6. "Winning" (Russ Ballard) – 3:28

Side two

1. "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Santana) – 3:24
2. "The Sensitive Kind" (J.J. Cale) – 3:32
3. "American Gypsy" (Ligertwood, Peraza, Santana, D. Margen, G. Lear, O. Vilató, R. Rekow, R. Baker) – 3:39
4. "I Love You Much Too Much" (Alexander Olshanetsky, Don Raye, Chaim Tauber) – 4:43
5. "Brightest Star" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 4:49
6. "Hannibal" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Rekow, Santana) – 3:41

Personnel

• Alex Ligertwood – vocals, background vocals
• Carlos Santana – guitar, percussion, producer, vocals, background vocals
• Chris Solberg – guitar, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Alan Pasqua – keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Richard Baker – keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer
• David Margen – bass
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – bongos, percussion, vocals
• Raul Rekow – congas, percussion, background vocals
• Orestes Vilató – percussion, timbales, background vocals

Technical

• Bill Graham – producer
• Keith Olsen – engineer, producer
• Fred Catero – associate producer, engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[1]	14
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[2]	12
French Albums (SNEP)^[3]	2
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)^[4]	25
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	49

Year-end charts

Music videos

Six videos were shot from this album on video with multiple cameras in a mock concert setting on what was then the A&M Stage at A&M Records, on La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California (now owned by the Jim Henson Company). They were directed by Bruce Gowers and produced by Paul Flattery. The Director of Photography was Jerry Watson. The tracks shot were:

1. "Changes"
2. "E Papa Ré"
3. "Searchin'"
4. "Over and Over"
5. "Winning" (Russ Ballard) – 3:28
6. "I Love You Much Too Much"

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. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e Dischi. it. June 6, 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Santana".
5. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
6. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981. Billboard. November 13, 2021.