Borboletta

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Borboletta
Borboletta.jpg
Studio album by
Santana
ReleasedOctober 1974
Genre Jazz fusion
Length49:52
Label CBS
Producer Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster
Santana chronology
Greatest Hits
(1974)		Borboletta
(1974)		 Amigos
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]
Džuboks (mixed) [3]
Rolling Stone (not rated) [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Borboletta is the sixth studio album by the American Latin rock band Santana. It is one of their jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along with Caravanserai (1972), and Welcome (1973). Non-band albums by Carlos Santana in this style also include Love Devotion Surrender (1973) with John McLaughlin and Illuminations (1974) with Alice Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard. The guitarist leaves much room to percussion, saxophone and keyboards to set moods ("Spring Manifestations"), as well as lengthy solos by himself ("Promise of a Fisherman") and vocals ("Give and Take", a funky guitar-led song). The record was released in a metallic blue sleeve displaying a butterfly, an allusion to the album Butterfly Dreams (1973) by Brazilian musician Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound of Borboletta. In Portuguese, borboleta means "butterfly".

Contents

Original bassist David Brown returned to replace Doug Rauch and vocalist/keyboardist Leon Patillo joined. After the album's completion, drummer Michael Shrieve left, to be replaced by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, who had guested on parts of the album.

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Spring Manifestations (Sound Effects)"instrumental — percussion & sound effects Airto Moreira, Flora Purim 1:05
2."Canto de los Flores"instrumental Tom Coster 3:45
3."Life Is Anew" Carlos Santana Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve 4:30
4."Give and Take"SantanaSantana, Coster, Michael Shrieve5:46
5."One with the Sun"Earlyrin Martini Jerry Martini 4:20
6."Aspirations"instrumentalCoster, Santana5:12

Side two

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
7."Practice What You Preach"SantanaSantana4:28
8."Mirage" Leon Patillo Leon Patillo4:43
9."Here and Now"instrumental Armando Peraza, Santana3:01
10."Flor de Canela"instrumentalSantana, Doug Rauch 2:20
11."Promise of a Fisherman"instrumental Dorival Caymmi 8:05
12."Borboletta"instrumentalMoreira2:50

Personnel

Airto Moreira and Flora Purim appear courtesy of CTI Records

Charts

Chart (1974–1975)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [6] 38
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 9
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 28
Italian Albums ( Musica e Dischi ) [10] 4
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [11] 11
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [12] 13
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 18
US Billboard 200 [14] 20

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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