Spirits Dancing in the Flesh

1990 studio album by Santana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spirits Dancing in the Flesh is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. It reached eighty-five in the Billboard 200.[5]

ReleasedJune 1990
StudioThe Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Length48:22
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Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1990
StudioThe Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
GenreHard rock
Length48:22
LabelColumbia
ProducerCarlos Santana, Vernon Reid, Chester Thompson, Jim Gaines
Santana chronology
Viva Santana!
(1988)
Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
(1990)
Milagro
(1992)
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More information Review scores, Source ...
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[3]
Select3/5[4]
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Track listing

  1. "Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 7:20
  2. "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:29
  3. "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana) – 4:32
  4. "Soweto (Africa Libre)" (Santana, Thompson, Alphonso Johnson) – 5:06
  5. "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:14
  6. "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) – 4:26
  7. "Full Moon" (Paolo Rustichelli) – 4:31
  8. "Who's That Lady" (Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper) – 4:15
  9. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:46
  10. "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) – 4:30

Personnel

Band

Guest musicians

Additional musicians

  • Devon Bernardoni – keyboards
  • Charisse Dancy – choir
  • Sandra Hunter – choir
  • Marjo Keller – choir
  • Lynice Pinkard – choir
  • Lovetta Brown – choir
  • De Anna Brown – choir
  • Kevin Swan Butler – choir
  • Darryl Williams – choir
  • Edwin M. Harper, Jr. – choir direction

Production

  • Sergio Albonico – executive producer
  • Chris Becker – engineering assistance
  • Devon Bernardoni – engineering, mixing
  • Paul Ericksen – engineering, mixing
  • Arne Frager – mixing
  • Lori Fumar – engineering assistance
  • Jim Gaines – engineering, mixing, production
  • Bernie Kirsh – engineering
  • David Leonard – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Diego Uchitel – photography
  • Bob Venosa – design
  • Peter Wolf – arranging, production

Charts

More information Chart (1990), Peak position ...
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 105
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]28
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[8]99
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9]66
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[10] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]19
UK Albums (OCC)[13]68
US Billboard 200[14]85
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