Sacred Fire: Live in South America

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Sacred Fire: Live in South America
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 2, 1993
RecordedMay 22–23, 1993
Venue Palacio de los Deportes
(Mexico City, Mexico)
Genre
Length77:19
Label Polydor
Producer Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson
Santana chronology
Milagro
(1992)
Sacred Fire: Live in South America
(1993)
Live at the Fillmore 1968
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Sacred Fire: Live in South America is an album by Santana, released in 1993. This album is dedicated to the life of Cesar Chavez. The title, "Live in South America", is not correct, as the location of the concert production, Mexico City, is not located on the continent of South America.

Contents

There is also a video of this album, by the similar name of Sacred Fire: Live in Mexico, featuring additional songs not featured on the album. Produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Peter Nydrle. As well as the concert, the video features shots of Carlos playing guitar at various historic sites around Mexico City. [2]

The album peaked at 181 in the Billboard 200. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Angels All Around Us" (Sanders) – 1:57
  2. "Vive la Vida (Life Is for Living)" (Sefolosha) – 4:18
  3. "Esperando" (Santana, Thompson, Perazzo, Charles) – 5:58
  4. "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Escovedo, Rolie) – 4:38
  5. "Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen" (Green/Szabo) – 8:53
  6. "Oye Como Va" (Puente) – 5:07
  7. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) – 6:49
  8. "Guajira" (Brown, Areas, Reyes) – 6:13
  9. "Make Somebody Happy" (Santana, Ligertwood) – 7:14
  10. "Toussaint l'Overture" (Santana, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Schon, Shrieve) – 6:52
  11. "Soul Sacrifice / Don't Try This at Home" (Santana, Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Schon, Shrieve/Perazzo, Rekow) – 7:26
  12. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Santana, Coster) – 6:11
  13. "Jin-Go-Lo-Ba" (Olatunji) – 5:43

A bonus disc with 3 additional tracks ("Spirits Dancing in the Flesh", "Wings of Grace", "Get It in Your Soul") were included in a limited edition Japanese re-release.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [4] 23
US Billboard 200 [5] 181

Certifications

CD

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [6] Gold30,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

DVD

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [7] Platinum8,000^
United States (RIAA) [8] Platinum100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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