Amigos (Santana album) explained

Amigos
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Santana
Cover:	Santana Amigos.png
Released:	March 26, 1976
Studio:	Wally Heider Studios San Francisco
Length:	41:14
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	David Rubinson
Prev Title:	Borboletta
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Festival
Next Year:	1977

Amigos is the seventh studio album by Santana released in 1976. It generated a minor U.S. hit single in "Let It Shine" and was the band's first album to hit the top ten on the Billboard charts since Caravanserai in 1972 (it ultimately reached gold record status). In Europe, the song "Europa" was released as a single and became a top ten hit in several countries.

New vocalist Greg Walker joined the group. It would be the last Santana album to include original bassist David Brown.

This album has been mixed and released in stereo and quadraphonic.

Track listing

Side one

"Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" (Leon Chancler, Tom Coster, David Rubinson) – 8:15
"Take Me with You" (instrumental) (Leon Chancler, Tom Coster) – 5:27
"Let Me" (Tom Coster, Carlos Santana) – 4:51

Side two

"Gitano" (Armando Peraza) – 6:13
"Tell Me Are You Tired" (Leon Chancler, Tom Coster) – 5:42
"Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (instrumental) (Tom Coster, Carlos Santana) – 5:06
"Let It Shine" (David Brown, Ray Gardner) – 5:43

Personnel

Greg Walker – vocals
Carlos Santana – guitars, background vocals, percussion, congas, güiro
Tom Coster – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, ARP Pro Soloist, ARP Odyssey, ARP String Ensemble, Hohner Clavinet D6, background vocals
David Brown – bass guitar
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, timbales, Remo Rototoms, percussion, congas, background vocals
Armando Peraza – congas, bongos, background vocals, vocal on "Gitano"
Ivory Stone – background vocals
Julia Tillman Waters – background vocals
Maxine Willard Waters – background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–1977)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[1]	9
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[2]	9
French Albums (SNEP)^[3]	5
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)^[4]	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[8]	35
US Billboard 200^[9]	75

Notes and References

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.
Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.
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.
Web site: Classifiche. Musica e Dischi. it. June 6, 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Santana".
Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1976 . . nl . November 8, 2021 .
Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts . . de . 1976 . November 8, 2021 .
Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart . . November 8, 2021 .
Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End . . January 2, 2013 . November 8, 2021 .