Santana's Greatest Hits

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Santana's Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJuly 1974
RecordedMay 1969 – July 1971
Genre
Length34:31
Label CBS
Producer Santana
Santana chronology
Lotus
(1974)
Santana's Greatest Hits
(1974)
Borboletta
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [2]
Rolling Stone (not rated) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]

Santana's Greatest Hits is a 1974 compilation album by Santana. It offers highlights from the group's first three albums. It is the band's best-selling compilation album, selling over 7 million copies in the U.S.

Contents

Three of the tracks are the edited single versions, as annotated below.

Track listing

  1. "Evil Ways" (Single version) (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) (from Santana , 1969) - 3:00
  2. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) from Santana - 2:44
  3. "Hope You're Feeling Better" (Gregg Rolie) (from Abraxas , 1970) - 4:11
  4. "Samba Pa Ti" (Carlos Santana) (from Abraxas) - 4:47
  5. "Persuasion" (Single version) (Santana, Rolie, José Areas, David Brown, Michael Shrieve, Michael Carabello) (from Santana) - 2:34
  6. "Black Magic Woman" (Single version) (Peter Green) (from Abraxas) - 3:17
  7. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente) (from Abraxas) - 4:19
  8. "Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) (from Santana III , 1971) - 3:16
  9. "Se a Cabó" (Areas) (from Abraxas) - 2:51
  10. "Everybody's Everything" (Santana, Tyrone Moss, Brown) (from Santana III) - 3:31

The Mexican edition of this album (Los Grandes Exitos De Santana-CBS CLS-5453) has the following variations:

  1. "Sin Depender De Nadie" ("No One To Depend On") as the fifth track on side one (replacing Persuasion)
  2. "Sacrificio Del Alma" ("Soul Sacrifice") as the third track on side two (replacing Everything's Coming Our Way)

In addition, the last two tracks on side two are reversed.

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [14] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [15] 2× Gold200,000*
Germany (BVMI) [16] Platinum500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Gold170,000 [18]
United States (RIAA) [19] 7× Platinum7,000,000^
Summaries
Europe1,000,000 [18]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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