BORBOLETTA

Santana

Jazz Rock/Fusion

3.67 | 228 ratings

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snobb
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Borboletta is last great Santana studio album from their classic period. It's far from his early blues-rock or jazz-rock albums and contains mostly relaxed Latin-fusion and Latin-pop.

I am sitting now, drinking Cuban coffee at warm room and watching through the window to autumn rain. And the weather report isn't pleasant at all - first snow is coming in two days ( yes, Northern Europe isn't warmest place in the world!). And I am listening to Borboletta...

You know, I think the main value of Borboletta is in it's atmosphere! Starting from very first sound, it's relaxed and very warm album. Santana has a different team of musicians now, including vocalist. So, album is in the same key as Caravanserai, but is less focused and concentrated. And more relaxed. In fact, the music here is something on the edge between latin-fusion and latin-world-pop. But all atmosphere still catching you, and you can feel really pleasant waves coming from that music.

I believe, that Borboletta closes Santatna's classic great albums collection. Later albums are too much pop and are missed earlier Santana's magic. Borboletta still has it for sure!

snobb | 4/5 | 2009-10-12

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