SANTANA ABRAXAS Vinyl LP Record RARE JAPANESE EDITION SD1 Fast ship

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Title[edit]

The title of the album originates from a line in Hermann Hesse's book Demian, quoted on the album's back cover: "We stood before it and began to freeze inside from the exertion. We questioned the painting, berated it, made love to it, prayed to it: We called it mother, called it whore and slut, called it our beloved, called it Abraxas...."[1]

Songs[edit]

Carlos Santana had been interested in Fleetwood Mac's leader and songwriter Peter Green having seen him perform at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, and decided to cover the band's song "Black Magic Woman". Both were influenced as guitarists by B.B. King. The band added a cover of Gabor Szabo's instrumental "Gypsy Queen" to the end.[2] "Oye Como Va" was a hit by Tito Puente in the early 1960s and the group had played it live regularly, as they realised it was a good tune for the audience to dance to.[3]

"Incident at Neshabur" was co-written by Santana and his friend, Alberto Gianquinto who played piano on the track. The group's Gregg Rolie played the other keyboards, contrasting with Gianquinto's jazz-influenced style. It ran through various time and key signatures.[4]

The instrumental, "Samba Pa Ti" ("Samba for You"), was written by Santana after he saw a jazz saxophonist performing in the street outside his apartment.[4] It was later covered by José Feliciano, who added lyrics, and also by Angélique Kidjo, who put lyrics in Yoruba on her album Oyo. It is also one of the tracks featured in Nick Hornby's book, 31 Songs.

Cover art[edit]

The album cover features the 1961 painting Annunciation by German-French painter Mati Klarwein.[5] According to the artist, it was one of the first paintings he did after relocating to New York City. Carlos Santana reportedly noticed it in a magazine and asked that it be on the cover of the band's upcoming album.[6] On the back of the record sleeve the cover art is just credited to 'MATI'. It is now considered a classic of rock album covers.[5][7][8]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [9] Christgau's Record Guide C+[10] Rolling Stone (favorable)[11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide [12]

In 2003, the album was ranked number 207 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[13] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[14]

Rock critic Robert Christgau, in one of his capsule reviews in The Village Voice, at the time of the album's release, gave it a rating of only C+, which denotes "a not disreputable performance, most likely a failed experiment or a pleasant piece of hackwork."[10]

Legacy[edit]

Abraxas was deemed "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in their National Recording Registry in 2016.[15]

The album is briefly mentioned in the 2009 film A Serious Man, though the film is set three years before the album was released.

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