Santana – Beyond Appearances (1985/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Santana – Beyond Appearances (1985/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:50 minutes | 879 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Released in 1985, Beyond Appearances is the thirteenth album by Santana. It featured a completely different line-up from the previous album and took seven months to make. It was produced by Val Garay.

Beyond Appearances is the thirteenth studio album by Santana, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). The album took seven months to make, and (apart from Carlos Santana himself) involved a completely different line-up from Santana’s previous album (released two and a half years earlier). It was firmly in the style of the 1980s, making much use of synthesizers and drum machines. Beyond Appearances performed relatively poorly, reaching only fifty on the Billboard album chart; one of its tracks, “Say It Again”, reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (though it performed better on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, reaching number fifteen).

Seven months in the making, and appearing two-and-a-half years after Santana’s last album, Beyond Appearances was produced by Val (Bette Davis Eyes) Garay in a hot 1980s style, replete with prominent synthesizers and drum machines. In the interim, the band had undergone changes, with Alphonso Johnson replacing David Margen on bass, Chester D. Thompson and David Sancious replacing Richard Baker on keyboards, Chester Cortez Thompson replacing Graham Lear on drums, and singer Greg Walker rejoining. Garay co-wrote “Say It Again” (#46), Santana’s final Hot 100 entry until “Smooth” in 1999 (a remake of Curtis Mayfield’s “I’m The One Who Loves You” hit #102), but this latest pop interpretation of the Santana sound did not endear it to fans, and, at a peak of Number 50, Beyond Appearances was the lowest charting Santana album yet. –William Ruhlmann

Tracklist:
01. Santana – Breaking Out (04:31)
02. Santana – Written in Sand (03:48)
03. Santana – How Long (04:00)
04. Santana – Brotherhood (02:24)
05. Santana – Spirit (05:03)
06. Santana – Say It Again (03:30)
07. Santana – Who Loves You (04:05)
08. Santana – I’m the One Who Loves You (03:18)
09. Santana – Touchdown Raiders (03:07)
10. Santana – Right Now (06:01)

Personnel:
Carlos Santana – guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, vocals
Alphonso Johnson – bass
Chester D. Thompson – synthesizer, bass, keyboards, organ
David Sancious – rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar
Chester Cortez Thompson – drums, bass pedals
Greg Walker – lead and background vocals
Alex Ligertwood – rhythm guitar, lead and background vocals, harmony
Bryan Garofalo – bass
Steve Goldstein – synthesizer, keyboards
Craig Krampf – drums, DMX drum machine
Armando Peraza – bongos, percussion, shakers, congas
Orestes Vilato – bells, timbales, percussion, cymbals, woodblocks, vocals
Mitchell Froom – string synthesizer
Raul Rekow – chekere, congas, shakers, vocals
David Adelstein – synthesizer, DMX drum machine, synthesizer bass
John Woodhead – guitar
Anthony LaPeau – background vocals
Craig Hull – guitar
F. Bob Getter – string bass

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