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Corazón (2014)

Where the lyrics of Corazón take you, and where it was really made.

The album was recorded and mixed in studios from San Rafael to Rio de Janeiro, and some of its Spanish-language vocals were cut in Brazil and Miami.

Key places

Recording at Tarpan Studios (2014)

Recording site Tarpan Studios — Tarpan Studios in San Rafael is named as a recording site for tracks 10 and 11 of Corazón. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Ocean Way (2014)

Recording site Ocean Way Recording — Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood is named as the recording site for the track Iron Lion Zion. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Mixing at Larrabee Sound (2014)

Recording site Larrabee Sound Studios — Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles is named as a mixing site for the album. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in Burbank (2014)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — The Bank in Burbank is named as a recording site for tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 12. The point marks the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sessions in Las Vegas (2014)

Recording site Studio at the Palms — Odds On Studios in Las Vegas is named as a recording site. The point marks the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Spanish vocals in Rio de Janeiro (2014)

Recording site Blue Studios — Cia. dos Técnicos Studio in Rio de Janeiro is named as the site of the Spanish-language vocals for Saideira. The point marks the city centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Spanish vocals in Miami (2014)

Recording site The Hit Factory Criteria — ART House Studio in Miami is named as the site of the Spanish-language vocals for Amor Correspondido. The point marks the city centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Mixing in Austin (2014)

Recording site Mirrorball Studios — Mirrorball Studios in Austin is named as a mixing site for the album. The point marks the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Corazón is the 23rd studio album by Santana and the 37th album overall
• Released on 6 May 2014
• Sony Music released the album; the Discogs release notes credit "℗&© 2014 RCA Records & Sony Music Latin"
• Produced by Lester Mendez
• Executive producers: Clive Davis, Carlos Santana, Afo Verde, Michael Vrionis and Tom Corson
• Features many guest vocalists, including Gloria Estefan, Ziggy Marley and Cindy Blackman
• Includes cover versions, such as "Oye Como Va" by Tito Puente, "La Flaca" by Jarabe de Palo and "Mal Bicho" by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
• New songs include "Yo Soy La Luz" and "I See Your Face"

Background

• The first single, "La Flaca" featuring Juanes, was released in November 2013
• "Oye 2014" is a modernized version of the Santana classic "Oye Como Va", which first appeared on the 1970 album Abraxas
• "Iron Lion Zion" is a Bob Marley song, performed here with Ziggy Marley
• The standard edition and the international edition have different track lists

Recording

• Recording and mixing locations named in the source include Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood and The Bank in Burbank
• The Spanish-language vocals for "Saideira" were recorded at Cia. dos Técnicos Studio in Rio de Janeiro
• The Spanish-language vocals for "Amor Correspondido" were recorded at ART House Studio in Miami
• Other sessions took place at Odds On Studios in Las Vegas
• Mixing took place at Mirrorball Studios in Austin and at Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles
• Carlos Santana plays lead guitar on all tracks except "Una Noche en Nápoles"
• Wayne Shorter plays saxophone on the album
• Cindy Blackman Santana co-produced "Yo Soy La Luz"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in San Francisco, California, in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana.
• Named the Santana Blues Band at a January 1967 Fillmore audition; shortened to Santana by the end of 1967.
• Signed with Columbia Records in late 1968.
• The "classic" line-up stabilised in May 1969: Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, Michael Carabello, David Brown, Michael Shrieve and Jose "Chepito" Areas.

Members

• Carlos Santana is the only consistent member across the band's history.
• Classic line-up: Santana, Gregg Rolie (organ, lead vocals), Michael Carabello and Jose "Chepito" Areas (percussion), Michael Shrieve (drums), David Brown (bass).
• Brown died in 2000; Areas was not invited to the 2014 reunion.
• Classic line-up members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Career

• Breakthrough at the 1969 Woodstock Festival; the debut album Santana peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard 200.
• Abraxas (1970) and Santana III (1971) both reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200.
• Early 1970s experiments with jazz fusion on Caravanserai (1972), Welcome (1973) and Borboletta (1974).
• Amigos (1976) returned the band to commercial success; Moonflower (1977) was its most successful album since Santana III.
• Commercial decline in the 1980s, followed by a seven-year recording hiatus.
• Supernatural (1999) won eight Grammy Awards and sold an estimated 30 million copies worldwide.
• Santana IV (2016) reunited the classic line-up, the first recording together in 45 years.
• Estimated 100 million records sold worldwide.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics
• Rolling Stone's Will Hermes considered the album a Latin pop version of Supernatural
• AllMusic's Thom Jurek felt that Santana actually sounds hungry again and found the Latin pop approach successful and satisfying
• Billboard's Leila Cobo considered the album guitar-driven despite the many vocalists and praised it overall while criticizing a few songs
• So So Gay's Jeremy Williams-Chalmers felt the album might be the record that finally knocks Supernatural off its throne
• The Independent's Nick Coleman said the album is certain to be a hit in its target territories
• Relix's Bill Murphy considered Carlos Santana's guitar playing on the album the best he has done in decades
• The New York Times's Jon Pareles considered the songs radio-aimed and called some tracks awkward moments
• New York Daily News's Jim Farber was not impressed and criticized the artists chosen for the album
• Ultimate Guitar Archive's team described the lyrics as repetitive

Records

• Chart positions reported in the Spanish Wikipedia article: number 1 on the Rock, Latin Music and Latin Pop album charts
• Digital albums chart: number 23
• Canada: number 24
• United States (Billboard): number 9
• Certified double platinum in the Latin category by the RIAA for shipping over 120,000 copies in the United States
• Sold over 95,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan
• Nominated for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album at the 2014 Latin Grammy Awards

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Oye 2014" is a modernized version of the Santana classic "Oye Como Va", which first appeared on the 1970 album Abraxas
• Harry Kim, a trumpet player on the album, was previously a member of the Vine Street Horns, who accompanied Phil Collins
• Ziggy Marley appears on a song by his father, Iron Lion Zion
• Wayne Shorter, of Weather Report, plays saxophone on the album
• The international edition of the album has a different track list from the standard edition

Sources: fr.wikipedia.org

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