Shape Shifter (album)
2012 studio album by Santana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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".
Shape Shifter | ||||
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Released | May 14, 2012 | |||
Genre | Latin rock | |||
Length | 57:22 | |||
Label | Starfaith, Sony[1] | |||
Producer | Carlos Santana, Eric Bazilian, Walter Afanasieff | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 45/100[2] |
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AllMusic | [1] |
Classic Rock | [3] |
Rolling Stone Brasil | [4] |