Label: SKC LTD (Korea), CMP-5544 (CBS 84946)
Style: Pop
Country: Autlan de Navarro, Mexico (July 20, 1947)
Time: 47:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 316 Mb
Charts: US #9, AUS #14, AUT #12, FRA #2, NLD #20, NZL #23, NOR #3, SWE #9, UK #33. France - Gold, U.S. - Platinum.
When Santana released Zebop! in April 1981, they'd spent several years dabbling in more fusion-leaning sounds. That meant the group largely disappeared from the charts.
Carlos Santana hadn't had a Top 20 single in 10 years - a dry spell that dated back to 1971's "Everybody's Everything." "Winning" changed all of that.
A No. 17 U.S. hit sung by Alex Ligertwood, the song was very much in keeping with the general tone of Zebop!, which settled into a more commercial sound. Only a few tracks (notably "American Gypsy" and "E Papa Re") focused on Santana's now-familiar Latin-inspired flavors. Instead, the album was stuffed with other radio-friendly fare like "The Sensitive Kind."
Zebop! became Santana's first Top 10 U.S. album since 1976's Amigo, and just their second since 1972's Caravanserai, which featured the last remnants of the band's heralded classic-era lineup. Not that it started out that way. "Winning" was the third single pulled from the project, but neither "Changes" nor "Searchin'" charted. Then something clicked with their update of the Russ Ballard-written pop-rock tune.
Strangely enough, Ligertwood - who had only just begun the first of several stints in Santana, joining in 1979 after time spent with the Jeff Beck Group - had a connection back to Santana's original sound. "The ironic part was, I was living in Woodstock when I got the call - and Santana is famous for Woodstock," Ligertwood recalled in 2011.
(ultimateclassicrock.com/santana-zebop/)
When Santana released Zebop! in April 1981, they'd spent several years dabbling in more fusion-leaning sounds. That meant the group largely disappeared from the charts.
Carlos Santana hadn't had a Top 20 single in 10 years - a dry spell that dated back to 1971's "Everybody's Everything." "Winning" changed all of that.
A No. 17 U.S. hit sung by Alex Ligertwood, the song was very much in keeping with the general tone of Zebop!, which settled into a more commercial sound. Only a few tracks (notably "American Gypsy" and "E Papa Re") focused on Santana's now-familiar Latin-inspired flavors. Instead, the album was stuffed with other radio-friendly fare like "The Sensitive Kind."
Zebop! became Santana's first Top 10 U.S. album since 1976's Amigo, and just their second since 1972's Caravanserai, which featured the last remnants of the band's heralded classic-era lineup. Not that it started out that way. "Winning" was the third single pulled from the project, but neither "Changes" nor "Searchin'" charted. Then something clicked with their update of the Russ Ballard-written pop-rock tune.
Strangely enough, Ligertwood - who had only just begun the first of several stints in Santana, joining in 1979 after time spent with the Jeff Beck Group - had a connection back to Santana's original sound. "The ironic part was, I was living in Woodstock when I got the call - and Santana is famous for Woodstock," Ligertwood recalled in 2011.
(ultimateclassicrock.com/santana-zebop/)
01. Changes (04:28)
02. E Papa Re (04:32)
03. Primera Invasion (02:09)
04. Searchin' (03:55)
05. Over And Over (04:49)
06. Winning (03:29)
07. Tales Of Kilimanjaro (03:26)
08. The Sensitive Kind (03:33)
09. American Gypsy (03:39)
10. I Love You Much Too Much (04:44)
11. Brightest Star (04:50)
12. Hannibal (03:44)
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