CARAVANSERAI

After pioneering a unique (at the time)fusion of Latin Jazz and Melodic Rock on his first three albums, Carlos Santana suddenly took an abrupt left turn and decided to throw himself full tilt at Jazz Rock with the next album Caravanserai. I am all for artists expanding their musical horizons but on this album Santana, rather than develop the exciting style he had created by adding elements of Jazz Rock effectively threw the proverbial "baby out with the bathwater". Gone are the catchy Latin inspired riffs, impassioned vocals and snappy hooks. What we are left with is just an endless series of formless jams.I am sure the playing is full of virtuosity, but this is one album that for me commits the worst musical crime- it is excruciatingly BORING! I remember reading a review of one of Santana's many compilations with the journalist bitterly complaining that with no tracks from Caravanserai being included the album as a result being effectively airbrushed into history. I say there is a good reason for that- apart from completionists most fans simply do not want to hear it.I consider myself a fan but for me this is is one of the few Santana albums I literally never want to hear again. One star only.

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