''Shangó'' is the thirteenth studio album by

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. The album reached #22 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts. The single " Hold On" from the album reached number 15 in the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and number 17 on ''

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chart. A second single from the album, "Nowhere to Run", peaked at number 66 on the Hot 100 chart and number thirteen on the Mainstream Rock chart and a third single reached number 34 in the Mainstream Rock chart.

Track listing

Side one

# "The Nile" (

Alex Ligertwood Alexander John Ligertwood (; ) (born 18 December 1946) is a Scottish singer, guitarist and drummer. Early life, family and education Ligertwood was born in Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland. Career He is best known as the lead vocalist of Santa ...

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the Rock music, rock band Santana (band), Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he r ...

Gregg Rolie Gregg Alan Rolie (born June 17, 1947) is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter. Rolie served as lead singer of the bands Santana (band), Santana and Journey (band), Journey – both of which he co-founded. He also helmed rock group The ...

) - 4:55 # "Hold On" ( Ian Thomas) - 4:21 # "Night Hunting Time" (

Paul Brady Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician from Strabane, Northern Ireland. His work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age. Initially popular for playing ...

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) - 4:04 # "Nueva York" (

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, Ligertwood, Santana, David Margen,

Graham Lear Graham Lear (born July 24, 1949) is a Canadian rock drummer, best known for his time with Gino Vannelli, Santana (band), Santana and REO Speedwagon. He was born in Plymouth, United Kingdom. Background In 1952 his family moved to London, Ontario, ...

, Rolie, Orestes Vilato, Richard Baker, Raul Rekow) - 4:59

Side two

# "Oxun (Oshūn)" (Santana, Ligertwood, Rolie, Lear, Peraza, Rekow, Vilató) - 4:14 # "Body Surfing" (Santana, Ligertwood) - 4:24 # "

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, Vernon Bullock,

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) - 3:24 # "Let Me Inside" (Santana, Chris Solberg) - 3:32 # "Warrior" (Margen, Baker, Ligertwood, Santana) - 4:21 # "Shangó" (Rekow, Vilató, Peraza) - 1:44

Personnel

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, vocals, producer * Richard Baker – keyboards *

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congas The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are stave (wood), staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (drum), quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), an ...

bongos Bongos (Spanish language, Spanish: ''bongó'') are an Afro-Cubans, Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. The pair consists of the larger ''hembra'' () and the smaller ''macho'' ...

, vocals * Raul Rekow – congas, vocals *

Orestes Vilató Orestes Vilató (born 12 May 1944 in Camagüey, Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and c ...

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timbales Timbales () or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size.Orovio, Helio 1981. ''Diccionario de la música cubana: biográfic ...

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Bill Szymczyk William Frank Szymczyk (; born February 13, 1943) is an American music producer and recording engineer best known for working with rock and blues musicians, most notably the Eagles in the 1970s. He produced many top albums and singles of the ...

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, mixing, producer * John Ryan – arranger, producer * Jim Gaines – engineer * Will Herold – engineer * Ben King – second mixing engineer * Maureen Droney – assistant engineer * Ray Etzler – director *

Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' '' Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Early life ...

– mastering * Richard Stutting – art direction, design * Guido Harari – photography * Cristobal Gonzáles – yarn painting

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Shango review at UltimateSantana.com
Santana (band) albums 1982 albums Albums produced by Bill Szymczyk Albums produced by Carlos Santana Columbia Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub