Festival
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Festival
Festivál is the eighth studio album by Santana, released in January 1977. It peaked number twenty seven in the Billboard 200 chart and number twenty nine in the R&B Albums chart. Wikipedia
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All About Jazz
November 3, 2006. . . . the album has become a forgotten part of the artist's discography, but Festival is worth seeking out if for no other reason than it was one of the last albums where the music, not star power and commercial concerns were the priority.
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AllMusic
Although the album went gold, the lack of a hit single hurt the album's commercial standing; its number 27 peak was the lowest yet for a Santana band album.
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Rolling Stone
March 11, 1981. Though this record is far stronger on the whole than Amigos, it lacks that album’s memorable chordal quirks and peaks of intensity, sometimes sounding like a prisoner of its own commercial aspirations.
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George Starostin's Reviews
Essentially, Carlos has come full circle: eight years after the band's debut, he releases an album that has more or less the same stylistics. Nothing complex or intriguing here, just a bunch of Latin-rock jams that are good to dance to.
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Elusive Disc
As one of the most enduring albums in their massive career catalog, Santana's Festival included some significant album tracks too . . . .
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Robert Christgau
As a salsa band they're still OK, but a ten-tune format and the sincere desire for AM proselytization don't make them a pop band.
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The Great Albums
Losing original bassist David Brown but bringing percussionist Jose Areas back into the fold after a brief hiatus, this disc isn’t nearly as memorable as a whole as any of the preceding albums . . . .
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