''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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'''s Top Tracks 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,

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, Gregg Rolie)-4:55 # "Hold On" ( Ian Thomas)-4:21 # "Night Hunting Time" ( Paul Brady)-4:42 # "Nowhere to Run" ( Russ Ballard)-4:04 # "Nueva York" (

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, Ligertwood, Santana, David Margen,

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, Rolie,

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

Personnel

;Santana * Alex Ligertwood –

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, vocals, producer * Richard Baker –

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* Gregg Rolie –

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(5), vocals, producer * David Margen –

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, bongos, vocals * Raul Rekow – congas, vocals * Orestes Vilató – timbales, vocals ;Technical *

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– arranger,

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

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

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Shango review at UltimateSantana.com

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