Supernatural (Santana album)

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Supernatural

Studio album by Santana
Released	June 15, 1999
Recorded	1998-1999
Genre	Latin rock
Length	69:04
Label	Arista Records
Producer(s)	Clive Davis Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis The Dust Brothers Alex Gonzales Charles Goodan Lauryn Hill Art Hodge Wyclef Jean Fher Olvera K.C. Porter Dante Ross Matt Serletic
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Santana chronology
Awakening (1998)	Supernatural (1999)	Shaman (2002)

Supernatural is a 1999 concept album by Santana. The songs on the album represent one man's personal emotions through its various Cuban and Latin rhythms. It went 15 times platinum in the US and won nine Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.

The album, conceived by Clive Davis and A&R'd by Pete Ganbarg, was phenomenally successful, eventually selling over 25 million copies worldwide; it is generally seen to have revived Santana's dormant career. It included the hit single "Smooth", which featured Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas on vocals, and was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks. The follow-up single, "Maria Maria" (which featured Wyclef Jean), was #1 on the same chart for 10 weeks. Santana and Everlast won a Grammy for their collaboration on the song "Put Your Lights On".

Among the other guest artists: Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, and The Product G&B.

[edit] Track listing

"(Da Le) Yaleo" (S. Ra, C. Santana & C. Polloni) – 5:53
- Produced by Carlos Santana
"Love of My Life" (C. Santana & D. Matthews) – 5:47
- Featuring Dave Matthews
- Produced by Stephen M. Harris & Carlos Santana
"Put Your Lights On" (E. Schrody) – 4:45
- Featuring Everlast
- Produced by Dante Ross for SD50
"Africa Bamba" (I. Toure, S. Tidiane Toure, C. Santana & K. Perazzo) – 4:42
- Produced by Carlos Santana
"Smooth" (Music by Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas; Lyrics by Rob Thomas) – 4:58
- Featuring Rob Thomas
- Produced by Matt Serletic for Melisma Productions, Inc.
"Do You Like the Way" (L. Hill) – 5:54
- Featuring Lauryn Hill & Cee-Lo
- Produced & arranged by Lauryn Hill for Obverse Creation Music Inc.
"Maria Maria" (Wyclef Jean, J. Duplessis, C. Santana, K. Perazzo & P. Rekow) – 4:22
- Produced by Wyclef Jean & Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis
"Migra" (R. Taha, C. Santana & T. Lindsay) – 5:28
- Produced by KC Porter for Worldbeat Productions & Carlos Santana
"Corazon Espinado" (F. Olvera) – 4:36
- Featuring Maná
- Produced by Fher Olvera & KC Porter for Worldbeat Productions
- Co-Producer: Alex Gonzales
"Wishing It Was" (Eagle-Eye Cherry, M. Simpson, J. King & M. Nishita) – 4:52
- Featuring Eagle-Eye Cherry
- Produced by The Dust Brothers (John King Michael Simpson)
- Co-produced by Charles Grodan & Art Hodge
- Additional production & mix by T-Ray
"El Farol" (C. Santana & KC Porter) – 4:51
- Produced by KC Porter for Worldbeat Productions
- Associate producer: JB Eckl for Worldbeat Productions
"Primavera" (KC Porter & JB Eckl) – 6:18
- Produced by KC Porter for Worldbeat Productions
- Associate producer: JB Eckl for Worldbeat Productions
"The Calling" (C. Santana & C. Thompson) – 12:27
- Featuring Eric Clapton
- Produced by Carlos Santana
"Day of Celebration" (Bonus track)

[edit] Musicians

(Da Le) Yaleo
- Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Keyboards - Chester Thompson
- Bass - Benny Rietveld
- Drums - Billy Johnson
- Percussion - Karl Perazzo
- Congas - Paul Rekow
- Vocals - Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo, Tony Lindsay
- Trombone - Jose Abel Figueroa, Mic Gillette
- Trumpet - Marvin McFadden, Mic Gillette
Love Of My Life
- Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Lead Vocal - Dave Matthews
- Keyboards - George Whitty
- Bass - Benny Rietveld
- Drums - Carter Beauford
- Congas & Percussion - Karl Perazzo
Put Your Lights On
- Lead Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Rhythm Guitar & Lead Vocal - Everlast
- Keyboards - Chester Thompson
- Programming - Dante Ross, John Gamble
- Congas & Percussion - Carlos Santana
- Bass - Benny Rietveld
Africa Bamba
- Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Keyboards - Chester Thompson
- Bass - Benny Rietveld
- Drums - Horacio Hernandez
- Percussion - Karl Perazzo
- Congas - Paul Rekow
- Lead Vocal - Carlos Santana
- Vamp Out Vocal - Karl Perazzo
- Background Vocals - Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo, Tony Lindsay
Smooth
- Lead Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Lead Vocal - Rob Thomas
- Keyboards - Chester Thompson
- Bass - Benny Rietveld
- Drums - Rodney Holmes
- Percussion - Karl Perazzo
- Congas - Paul Rekow
- Trombone - Jeff Cressman, Jose Abel Figueroa
- Trumpet - Javier Melendez, William Ortiz
Do You Like The Way
- Lead Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Lead Vocals - Lauryn Hill, Cee-Lo
- Rhythm Guitar - Francis Dunnery, Al Anderson
- Keyboards - Loris Holland
- Programming - Kobie Brown, Che Pope
- Bass - Tom Barney
- Background Vocals - Lenesha Randolph, Lauryn Hill
- Saxophone & Flute - Danny Wolinski
- Trombone - Steve Toure
- Trumpet & Flugelhorn - Earl Gardner
- Tuba - Joseph Daley
Maria Maria
- Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Lead Vocal - The Product G&B
- Additional Vocal - Carlos Santana
- Cello - Joseph Herbert
- Viola - Daniel Seidenberg, Hari Balakrisnan
- Violin - Jeremy Cohen
Migra
- Guitar & Sleigh Bells - Carlos Santana
- Keyboards - Chester Thompson
- Programming & Accordion - KC Porter
- Bass - Benny Rietveld
- Drums - Rodney Holmes
- Percussion - Karl Perazzo
- Congas - Paul Rekow
- Vocals - Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, KC Porter
- Trombone - Ramon Flores, Mic Gillette
- Trumpet - Jose Abel Figueroa, Marvin McFadden, Mic Gillette
Corazon Espinado
- Lead Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Lead Vocal - Fher
- Rhythm Guitar - Sergio Vallin
- Keyboards - Alberto Salas, Chester Thompson
- Bass - Juan D. Calleros
- Drums - Alex Gonzales
- Timbales & Percussion - Karl Perazzo
- Congas - Paul Rekow
- Background Vocals - Gonzalo Chomat, Alez Gonzales
- Vocal Direction - Jose Quintana
Wishing It Was
- Lead & Rhythm Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Lead Vocal - Eagle-Eye Cherry
- Background Vocals - Chad & Earl
- Keyboards - Chester Thompson
- Bass - Benny Rietveld
- Drums - Rodney Holmes
- Timbales & Percussion - Karl Perazzo
- Congas & Percussion - Paul Rekow
- Additional Percussion - Humberto Hernandez
El Farol
- Lead Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Rhythm Guitar & Percussion - Raul Pacheco
- Keyboards & Programming - KC Porter, Chester Thompson
- Bass - Benny Rietveld
- Drums - Greg Bissonette
- Timbales - Karl Perazzo
- Congas - Paul Rekow
Primavera
- Lead Guitar - Carlos Santana
- Rhythm Guitar - JB Eckl
- Keyboards - KC Porter, Chester Thompson
- Programming - KC Porter
- Bass - Mike Porcaro
- Drums - Jimmy Keegan
- Timbales & Percussion - Karl Perazzo
- Congas & Percussion - Luis Conte
- Lead Vocal - KC Porter
- Background Vocals - KC Porter, Fher, Tony Lindsay, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo
- Spanish Translation - Chein Garcia Alonso
The Calling
- Lead & Rhythm Guitar - Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana
- Keyboards - Chester Thompson
- Programming - Mike Mani
- Percussion - Carlos Santana
- Vocals - Tony Lindsay, Jeanie Tracy
- Pro Tools Editing - Andre for Screaming Lizard

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