Spirits Dancing in the Flesh

by Santana

Overview

Following a 20th anniversary reunion tour in 1989 to promote Viva Santana!, Carlos Santana reorganized the band as a sextet and recorded Spirits Dancing in the Flesh, Santana's 15th and final studio album for Columbia Records. It was an unusually eclectic collection, featuring songs by Curtis Mayfield ("Gypsy Woman"), the Isley Brothers ("Who's That Lady"), and Babatunde Olatunji ("Jin-Go-Lo-Ba"). For all those influences, it was more of a straightforward, guitar-heavy rock album than usual. Coming more than three years after Santana's last new album, Freedom, it sold to the band's core audience only, reaching number 85. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/10/2020
Label:	Sony Bmg / Sony Music
UPC:	0190759739624

Tracks

1. Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
2. Gypsy Woman
3. It's a Jungle Out There
4. Soweto (Africa Libre)
5. Choose
6. Peace on Earth¿¿¿Mother Earth...Third Stone From the Sun
7. Full Moon
8. Who's That Lady
9. Jin-Go-Lo-Ba
10. Goodness and Mercy

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Santana   Primary Artist
Tramaine Hawkins   Guest Artist,Vocals
Bobby Womack   Guest Artist,Vocals
Alphonso Johnson   Guest Artist,Bass
Vernon Reid   Guest Artist,Guitar
Stephen King   Guest Artist,Vocals
Wayne Shorter   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Armando Peraza   Congas,Percussion,Bongos
Devon Bernardoni   Keyboards
Sandi Hunter   Choir/Chorus
Chester Thompson   Horn,Chant,Keyboards,Organ (Hammond)
Walter Redmond   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Ed Adair   Chant
Edwin Harper   Director,Choir/Chorus
Lovetta Brown   Choir/Chorus
Hugh "Sweetfoot" Maynard   Vocals (Background)
Kevin Chisholm   Chant
Marjo Keller   Choir/Chorus
Rashan Hylton   Vocals (Background)
Bruce Kuhlman   Chant
Benny Rietveld   Bass
Keith Jones   Bass
Carlos Santana   Chant,Guitar,Percussion,Tambourine,Vocals (Background)
Francisco Aguabella   Congas
David Crockett   Chant
Walfredo Reyes   Drums,Timbales,Percussion
Phillip Ingram   Vocals (Background)
Raul Rekow   Congas,Vocals
Orestes Vilato   Vocals,Timbales
Alex Ligertwood   Chant,Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Darryl Williams   Choir/Chorus
Paolo Rustichelli   Piano,Keyboards
Kevin Dorsey   Vocals (Background)
Jim Gilstrap   Vocals (Background)
Oren Waters   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Devon Bernardoni   Mixing,Engineer
Bob Venosa   Design
Chester Thompson   Composer,Producer
Sergio Albonico   Executive Producer
Peter Wolf   Arranger,Producer
Lori Fumar   Assistant Engineer
Diego Uchitel   Photography
Chris Becker   Assistant Engineer
Jim Gaines   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Paul Ericksen   Mixing,Engineer
Babatunde Olatunji   Composer
Bernie Kirsh   Engineer
Alphonso Johnson   Composer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Carlos Santana   Composer,Narrator,Producer
John Coltrane   Composer
Ernie Isley   Composer
David Leonard   Mixing
Vernon Reid   Producer
Ronald Isley   Composer
Jimi Hendrix   Composer
Rudolph Isley   Composer
Marvin Isley   Composer
O'Kelly Isley   Composer
Arne Frager   Mixing
Alex Ligertwood   Composer
Paolo Rustichelli   Composer,Producer
Chris Jasper   Composer