Inner Secrets

by Santana

Overview

Since he had joined Santana in 1972, keyboard player Tom Coster had been Carlos Santana's right-hand man, playing, co-writing, co-producing, and generally taking the place of founding member Greg Rolie. But Coster left the band in the spring of 1978, to be replaced by keyboardist/guitarist Chris Solberg and keyboardist Chris Rhyme. Despite the change, the band soldiered on, and with Inner Secrets, they scored three chart singles: the disco-ish "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (#59), "Stormy" (#32), and a cover of Buddy Holly's "Well All Right" (#69), done in the Blind Faith arrangement. (There seems to be a Steve Winwood fixation here. The album also featured a cover of Traffic's "Dealer.") The singles kept the album on the charts longer than any Santana LP since 1971, but it was still a minor disappointment after Moonflower, and in retrospect seems like one of the band's more compromised efforts. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/05/1988
Label:	Sony Music Distribution / Columbia
UPC:	5099749837126
Rank:	94770

Tracks

1. Dealer/Spanish Rose
2. Move On
3. One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)
4. Stormy
5. Well All Right
6. Open Invitation
7. Life is a Lady/Holiday
8. The Facts of Love
9. Wham!