AMIGOS

1:Composed of two parts, a vocal in first and then instrumental, it's a good piece, in line with the Santana atmosphere. The second part is entirely instrumental, rhythm percussion / drums gives something quite nice, very progressive compared to the rest of the album.(4/5)

2:Draft introduction, no transition with the first piece ! Again a piece in two parts, noticed something strange,like the first song,the two parts are not distinct in like "incident at Neshabur" for example. Besides there is the same composition here, the first part pretty energetic then all of a sudden falls, just like "Incident at Neshabur (Abraxas, 1970) and yes it is in the old pots that we make the best jams , unfortunately here not Pharaonic ... this second part still remains more pleasant to listen to the first one. (3,5)

3:Second point of similarity with the album Abraxas,in "let me" intro is the same as "el nicoyo!" Typically the kind of piece that could have come out in the 80s, very dance, ahead of his time, and as many pieces of the 80s, who aged very badly ... The song's lyrics are very silly and the voice of Greg Walker does not help matters, fortunately there accompaniment end guitar to limit the damage (3/5)

4:A nice intro on acoustic guitar background "gypsy", for once the voice of Armando Peraza is in line with the overall feel of the song (4/5)

5:"Tell me are you tired" Yes i'm tired ... the intro and the chorus could pass perfectly into an erotic film of the 90s very far from the "santana style" (2,5/5)

6:Attention masterpiece! Where to start? This piece could be a chronic him alone so it is mythical .Before talking about the piece itself, we must speak of the context, that is to say the rest of the album, which until then did nothing exceptional, in fact I think if a rock lover 70s fell on this album without knowing Europa (inconceivable) it would be awfully surprised! For the rest, what about? For me the most beautiful piece of guitar "planing" ever created. Few pieces that give me chills, this is one of them .If you do need to listen to one song of Santana,listen Europa, pure Santana talent ! (5/5)

7:After a trip to the moon,we fall back on Earth...after the best of the album, this is the worst. Of all the pieces of the 60/70 years that i have heard until now, this is probably one of those who has the most aged badly, a mixture of species between gospel and completely distorted synth leads on background Asian amnbiance, it's so horrible and annoying that it becomes funny to hear! The voice of Greg Walker is clearly a problem, it does not fit at all in the mood of the group. (2/5)

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