BORBOLETTA

Hasn't aged a bit, it feels like it could have been recorded yesterday, but then again I think that generally speaking Fusion music eludes more easily the riddles of time.
And certainly is the case of this album from 1974 so well crafted, so inspired, that anyone can buy him tomorrow and be as amazed as I was 41 years ago the first time it landed on my pick-up (as turntables were called in those days).
Just don't expect this to be a typical Santana record, it's not.

Global Appraisal

I wrote "amazed" but would better say mesmerized because right from the first notes one gets immediately involved in a hypnotic ambient that remains for the entire album.
It starts building up with the dreamlike sound effects on the first instrumental track and never really subsides much due to the ethnic percussions, echo effects, Carlos sustained notes on the guitar, even the vocals.
Thus the production makes the songs function together, tied up by the continuous rhythmicity, resulting in the album being perceived as a unity despite the varied authorship.

Goodies

Production - Carlos Santana, Mike Shrieve, Tom Coster

Musicianship - all involved, see full credits

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