Moonflower | ||||
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Studio album / live album by | ||||
Released | October 1977 | |||
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Genre | ||||
Length | 86:50 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | ||||
Santana chronology | ||||
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Singles from Moonflower | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [2] |
Rolling Stone | (not rated) [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Moonflower is a double album released in 1977 by Santana. The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album. It is perhaps the group's most popular live album, because the 1974 album Lotus did not receive a U.S. domestic release until 1991. It displays a mix between the fusion of Latin and blues rock styles of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the much more experimental and spiritual jazz fusion sound that characterized the band's mid-1970s work. The live material was recorded during the supporting tour for the Amigos album. This is the first of 5 albums with drummer Graham Lear.
A cover version of the Zombies' mid-1960s hit song " She's Not There" was released as a single and peaked at #27. The song was the first Santana recording to hit the Top 40 of the Billboard charts since " No One to Depend On" reached #36 in 1972. The album reached #10 on the Billboard charts and was eventually certified platinum, neither of which occurred again until the star-studded Supernatural in 1999.
All tracks written and composed by Tom Coster and Carlos Santana, except where noted
Chart (1977–1978) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( Kent Music Report) [5] | 7 |
Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [6] | 10 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM) [7] | 8 |
Dutch Albums ( Album Top 100) [8] | 2 |
Finnish Albums ( The Official Finnish Charts) [9] | 19 |
French Albums ( SNEP) [10] | 6 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [11] | 16 |
Italian Albums ( Musica e Dischi) [12] | 3 |
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [13] | 14 |
New Zealand Albums ( RMNZ) [14] | 12 |
Norwegian Albums ( VG-lista) [15] | 16 |
Swedish Albums ( Sverigetopplistan) [16] | 22 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [17] | 7 |
US Billboard 200 [18] | 10 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada ( Music Canada) [19] | Gold | 50,000^ |
France ( SNEP) [20] | Platinum | 300,000* |
Netherlands ( NVPI) [21] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Germany ( BVMI) [22] | Gold | 250,000^ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [23] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States ( RIAA) [24] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Moonflower | ||||
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Studio album / live album by | ||||
Released | October 1977 | |||
Recorded |
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Genre | ||||
Length | 86:50 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | ||||
Santana chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Moonflower | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [2] |
Rolling Stone | (not rated) [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Moonflower is a double album released in 1977 by Santana. The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album. It is perhaps the group's most popular live album, because the 1974 album Lotus did not receive a U.S. domestic release until 1991. It displays a mix between the fusion of Latin and blues rock styles of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the much more experimental and spiritual jazz fusion sound that characterized the band's mid-1970s work. The live material was recorded during the supporting tour for the Amigos album. This is the first of 5 albums with drummer Graham Lear.
A cover version of the Zombies' mid-1960s hit song " She's Not There" was released as a single and peaked at #27. The song was the first Santana recording to hit the Top 40 of the Billboard charts since " No One to Depend On" reached #36 in 1972. The album reached #10 on the Billboard charts and was eventually certified platinum, neither of which occurred again until the star-studded Supernatural in 1999.
All tracks written and composed by Tom Coster and Carlos Santana, except where noted
Chart (1977–1978) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( Kent Music Report) [5] | 7 |
Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [6] | 10 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM) [7] | 8 |
Dutch Albums ( Album Top 100) [8] | 2 |
Finnish Albums ( The Official Finnish Charts) [9] | 19 |
French Albums ( SNEP) [10] | 6 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [11] | 16 |
Italian Albums ( Musica e Dischi) [12] | 3 |
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [13] | 14 |
New Zealand Albums ( RMNZ) [14] | 12 |
Norwegian Albums ( VG-lista) [15] | 16 |
Swedish Albums ( Sverigetopplistan) [16] | 22 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [17] | 7 |
US Billboard 200 [18] | 10 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada ( Music Canada) [19] | Gold | 50,000^ |
France ( SNEP) [20] | Platinum | 300,000* |
Netherlands ( NVPI) [21] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Germany ( BVMI) [22] | Gold | 250,000^ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [23] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States ( RIAA) [24] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |