I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical about this album when I heard about all the guest spots by so many pop stars.  Projects of this nature  are often time highly masturbatory exercises by overindulgent artists.  They try to sell you on the fact that so many name players appear rather  than on the music itself.  I had suspicions that this could be such a  project. That being said, I was still curious about what Carlos was up to.  He has always been one of my very favorite guitarists.  I figured that it  could not possibly be all bad.  I began to hear rave reviews from a number  of friends that got the disc and then I heard material on the radio and on  the music tv channels.  I was blown away!  This was some extraordinary  music.  This is the best work Carlos has done in years!  All my cynicism  melted away quickly.  This may well be the best album released in 1999.  This is one of the best albums of the decade!  I would like to recommend  specific tracks like Love of my Life with Dave Mathews or The Calling with  Eric Clapton but the reality is that this whole album smokes from start to  finish.  There is not a weak cut on it.  This is the Santana album we were  all waiting for for years and it was well worth the wait.  This ranks right  up there with his classic albums from the late sixties and early seventies.  The British used to write Clapton is God! on bathroom walls in the  sixties.  Allow me to make a correction:  Carlos Santana es Dios!  I  foresee a problem with my disc player:  I may not be able to take this disc  out of it!