Supernatural was a nice comeback for Santana and sold boatloads of albums but this doesn't touch his most of their work from the 1970's. It is good and was better than their previous album, Milagro, but Abraxas or Caravanserai this is not. In hindsight, this was an excellent marketing success and is one of those albums (Hootie and the Blowfish's Cracked Rear View is another one) that isn't as good as its massive sales would indicate. However, it introduced Santana to a new generation and that is always a good thing. The most glaring highlight is "Smooth", the band's collaboration with Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, which was one of the best songs of the decade, bar none. This song has aged so well and it still sounds fantastic. You can't say the same about the other #1 hit on the album, "Maria Maria", which is just a song (if you can call it that) of its time and it amazes me that this was a hit. Most of the other guest spots work well, especially "Put Your Lights On" and "Wishing It Was", which were recorded with Everlast and Eagle-Eye Cherry respectively. "Love of My Life", recorded with Dave Matthews, is okay but really catches fire at the end and "Do You Like The Way" is decent as well, and Carlos' guitar is fantastic on this track. As for the more typical Santana tracks, the opening "Da Le Taleo" is a killer and the brief percussion/horns workout near its end is awesome while the reflective "El Farol" is also very good. "Primavera" is decent while the closing track "The Calling" (but not instrumental as its Grammy award would indicate) has some tasty guitar playing from Carlos and Eric Clapton. Supernatural was a success and brought Santana a lot of new fans and long overdue Grammys but if you want to hear the best of Santana, hit anything from 1969-1976.