Shape Shifter | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 14, 2012 | |||
Genre | Latin rock | |||
Length | 57:22 | |||
Label | Starfaith, Sony [1] | |||
Producer | Carlos Santana, Eric Bazilian, Walter Afanasieff | |||
Santana chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 45/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Classic Rock | [3] |
Rolling Stone Brasil | [4] |
Shape Shifter is the twenty-second studio album (thirty-sixth album overall) by Santana. It was released on May 14, 2012. This album is the first from his new record label Starfaith Records, [5] which is distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, owners of all of Santana's albums (except those recorded for Polydor Records which are owned by Universal Music Group). [6] It is also the first album since 1992's Milagro that does not feature guest singers in any of the songs, a style that characterized Santana's albums since Supernatural. The album contains only one song with vocals ("Eres La Luz"). [7] The track "Mr. Szabo" is a homage to the Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó, one of Carlos Santana's early idols, who released a series of 8 albums for Impulse Records between 1966 and 1967; the track features a similar rhythmical and harmonic structure to "Gypsy Queen", a Szabó recording from 1966 covered by Santana in 1970 as a medley with Fleetwood Mac's " Black Magic Woman".
All tracks were written by Carlos Santana, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Shape Shifter" | 6:16 | |
2. | "Dom" | Hamidou Touré, Ousmane Touré, Ismaila Touré, Tidiane Sixu Touré | 3:51 |
3. | "Nomad" | 4:49 | |
4. | "Metatron" | 2:39 | |
5. | "Angelica Faith" | C. Santana, Chester Thompson | 5:03 |
6. | "Never the Same Again" | C. Santana, Eric Bazilian | 5:01 |
7. | "In the Light of a New Day" | C. Santana, Narada Michael Walden | 5:06 |
8. | "Spark of the Divine" | 1:03 | |
9. | "Macumba in Budapest" | C. Santana, Walter Afanasieff | 4:01 |
10. | "Mr. Szabo" | 6:20 | |
11. | "Eres La Luz" | C. Santana, Afanasieff, Andy Vargas, Karl Perazzo | 4:51 |
12. | "Canela" | C. Santana, Salvador Santana | 5:22 |
13. | "Ah, Sweet Dancer" | Micheal O Suilleabhain | 3:08 |
Total length: | 57:22 |
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [8] | 29 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Flanders) [9] | 82 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia) [10] | 27 |
Dutch Albums ( Album Top 100) [11] | 63 |
French Albums ( SNEP) [12] | 71 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [13] | 19 |
Hungarian Albums Chart [14] | 2 |
Italian Albums ( FIMI) [15] | 19 |
Spanish Albums ( PROMUSICAE) [16] | 75 |
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 8 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [18] | 49 |
US Billboard 200 [19] | 16 |
US Independent Albums ( Billboard) [20] | 2 |
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard) [21] | 6 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums ( Billboard) [22] | 5 |
Chart (2012) | Position |
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Hungarian Albums Chart [23] | 69 |
Shape Shifter | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 14, 2012 | |||
Genre | Latin rock | |||
Length | 57:22 | |||
Label | Starfaith, Sony [1] | |||
Producer | Carlos Santana, Eric Bazilian, Walter Afanasieff | |||
Santana chronology | ||||
|
Aggregate scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 45/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Classic Rock | [3] |
Rolling Stone Brasil | [4] |
Shape Shifter is the twenty-second studio album (thirty-sixth album overall) by Santana. It was released on May 14, 2012. This album is the first from his new record label Starfaith Records, [5] which is distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, owners of all of Santana's albums (except those recorded for Polydor Records which are owned by Universal Music Group). [6] It is also the first album since 1992's Milagro that does not feature guest singers in any of the songs, a style that characterized Santana's albums since Supernatural. The album contains only one song with vocals ("Eres La Luz"). [7] The track "Mr. Szabo" is a homage to the Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó, one of Carlos Santana's early idols, who released a series of 8 albums for Impulse Records between 1966 and 1967; the track features a similar rhythmical and harmonic structure to "Gypsy Queen", a Szabó recording from 1966 covered by Santana in 1970 as a medley with Fleetwood Mac's " Black Magic Woman".
All tracks were written by Carlos Santana, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Shape Shifter" | 6:16 | |
2. | "Dom" | Hamidou Touré, Ousmane Touré, Ismaila Touré, Tidiane Sixu Touré | 3:51 |
3. | "Nomad" | 4:49 | |
4. | "Metatron" | 2:39 | |
5. | "Angelica Faith" | C. Santana, Chester Thompson | 5:03 |
6. | "Never the Same Again" | C. Santana, Eric Bazilian | 5:01 |
7. | "In the Light of a New Day" | C. Santana, Narada Michael Walden | 5:06 |
8. | "Spark of the Divine" | 1:03 | |
9. | "Macumba in Budapest" | C. Santana, Walter Afanasieff | 4:01 |
10. | "Mr. Szabo" | 6:20 | |
11. | "Eres La Luz" | C. Santana, Afanasieff, Andy Vargas, Karl Perazzo | 4:51 |
12. | "Canela" | C. Santana, Salvador Santana | 5:22 |
13. | "Ah, Sweet Dancer" | Micheal O Suilleabhain | 3:08 |
Total length: | 57:22 |
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
---|---|
Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [8] | 29 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Flanders) [9] | 82 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia) [10] | 27 |
Dutch Albums ( Album Top 100) [11] | 63 |
French Albums ( SNEP) [12] | 71 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [13] | 19 |
Hungarian Albums Chart [14] | 2 |
Italian Albums ( FIMI) [15] | 19 |
Spanish Albums ( PROMUSICAE) [16] | 75 |
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 8 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [18] | 49 |
US Billboard 200 [19] | 16 |
US Independent Albums ( Billboard) [20] | 2 |
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard) [21] | 6 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums ( Billboard) [22] | 5 |
Chart (2012) | Position |
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Hungarian Albums Chart [23] | 69 |