2003CC: Santana

Submitted by lbangs on Sun, 03/16/2003 - 02:20
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  • Abraxas (70): *****
  • Santana (69): *****

  • Santana III (71): **** 1/2

  • Dance of the Rainbow Serpent (95): ****

  • The Best of Santana (98): *** 1/2
  • Live at the Fillmore 1968 (97): *** 1/2
  • Caravanserai (72): *** 1/2
  • Greatest Hits (74): *** 1/2
  • Viva Santana! (88): *** 1/2
  • Supernatural (99): *** 1/2
  • The Essential Santana (02): *** 1/2

  • Love Devotion Surrender (72): ***
  • Havana Moon (83): ***
  • Blues for Salvador (87): ***
  • The Best of Santana, Vol. 2 (00): ***

  • Amigos (76): ** 1/2
  • Lotus (74): ** 1/2

  • Zebop! (81): **
  • Sacred Fire: Santana Live in South America (93): **
  • Brothers (95): **

  • Welcome (73): * 1/2
  • Borboletta (74): * 1/2
  • Festival (77): * 1/2
  • Moonflower (77): * 1/2
  • Marathon (79): * 1/2
  • Spirits Dancing in the Flesh (90): * 1/2
  • Milagro (92): * 1/2
  • Shaman (02): * 1/2

  • Oneness: Silver Dreams Golden Realities (79): *
  • The Swing of Delight (80): *
  • Beyond Appearances (85): *
  • Freedom (87): *
  • Mother Earth (01): *
  • San Francisco Mission District Live 69 (01): *

  • Illuminations (74): 1/2
  • Inner Secrets (78): 1/2
  • Shango (82): 1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever