Title: Conscious move toward commercialism
Product review: When Santana decided to abandon fusion in order to sell more records, this was the product - a hodge-podge album, with some really awful R&B; tracks - "moorage???" and some great instrumental pieces, that to me, define the Santana sound of the period.So you get an inconsistent, weak album overall, although not without some great music on it.Far from being washed up, Santana put out some very good and very commercial albums later, such as Amigos and Moonflower, and a solid return to fusion with The Swing of Delight. After that, it was the same hit-or-miss for a few decades, until his total artistic self-sacrifice with Supernatural, in 2000. Oh well, I console myself with the thought that we still have the classic albums to enjoy. Viva Santana Classico!
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