...great despite the fact that it's a hit. I don't think Carlos Santana is capable of putting together a lousy album (worst case scenario from this man is "damn good"), and I bought this one in that spirit. Then I started hearing a lot of media hype about a breakthough of Latino presence in the entertainment world--what with J-Lo, Christina, Ricky and Marc--that this album is a milestone effort to that issue. And it struck me that I've been listening to this man's music for over thirty years without really giving a damn about his ethnicity. What a shame that so many listeners bought "Supernatural" consistent with that old Tom Petty line; "...fer all thuh raw-hong reasons". Me, I bought it for the exact right reason--to hear one of the greatest guitar players that ever lived play.