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Shaman | 
| Artist: Santana
Label: Arista
Category: Music
List Price: $18.97
Buy New: $14.99
You Save: $3.98 (21%)
Rating:  231 reviews
Sales Rank: 113123
Format: Enhanced, Extra Tracks
Media: DVD Audio
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 5.6 x 0.4
UPC: 828765105392
EAN: 0828765105392
ASIN: B0000E6XKO
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Adouma - Santana | | • | Nothing at All - Musiq (Soulchild), Santana | | • | Game of Love - Michelle Branch, Santana | | • | You Are My Kind - Santana, Seal | | • | Amore (Sexo) - Macy Gray, Santana | | • | Foo Foo - Santana | | • | Victory Is Won - Santana | | • | Since Supernatural - Melky Jean, Santana, Governor Washington | | • | America - P.O.D., Santana | | • | Sideways - Citizen Cope, Santana | | • | Why Don't You & I - Chad Kroeger, Santana | | • | Feels Like Fire - Dido, Santana | | • | Aye Aye Aye - Santana | | • | Hoy Es Adios - Alejandro Lerner, Santana | | • | One of These Days - Ozomatli, Santana | | • | Novus - Placido Domingo, Santana | | • | Truth Don Die [Audio] - Santana | | • | Nothing at All [Multimedia Track] - Musiq (Soulchild), Santana | | • | Why Don't You & I [Alternate Version] - Alex Band, Santana | | • | Bio [Multimedia Track] - Santana | | • | Photo Gallery [Multimedia Track] - Santana | | • | Lyrics [Multimedia Track] - Santana | | • | Weblinks [Multimedia Track] - Santana |
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Amazon.com
How could Carlos Santana hope to follow the massive comeback album Supernatural? The solution he settled upon was to once again pull in as many guest artists as possible. Shaman features a slew of stars, but, despite their presence, the instrumental "Victory Is Won" is the standout track here, as Santana blazes through an exhibition of his patented fusion of Latin and rock. In contrast, the sugary pop single "The Game of Love," sung by Michelle Branch, illustrates the lack of consistency that mars the album. Only Ozomatli and Macy Gray seem to totally get Santana. That said, his cover of Angelique Kidjo's "Adouma" is storming, and Santana stands strong when he ventures into world-music territory ("Foo Foo," "Aye, Aye"). However, if the celebrated guitarist had concentrated a little more on who he is and not on who he believes people would like him to be, he'd have made a better album. --Jake Barnes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 226 more reviews...
 excellent August 14, 2008
Seulean Tudor Iustin (Cluj, Romania)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent DVD audio - the surround sound is just fantastic and the music is just great - a real pleasure to listen to. I have played this DVD audio over and over again since the moment I got it almost a month ago. Recommended! PS - everyone compares it to Supernatural. I have that too on DVD audio but find it a bit more boring than Shaman! Shaman has a wide variety styles that I find very attractive. I am an old Santana fan too - have been listening to his albums for about 25 years now - and I can tell you older albums can be less interesting than Shaman, which, by comparison, I find very fresh and innovative.
Pretty good, Supernatural was better July 7, 2008
Q. Pair (USA)
I've only been a Santana fan since 2001, and my introduction started with Supernatural, which really set the bar high for my expectations of him. From what I've been able to see so far, Santana took a different direction with his music by incorporating more commercial American artists into his collaborations, which wasn't a bad idea in my opinion, as long as its done moderately. With Shaman, it seems that he takes the colabos to the extreme, with a guest on damn near every song on the CD. Now, some of the tracks were done very well and the chemistry between Santana and the gust produced a great product, but some of them weren't all that.
Good songs:
You Are My Kind - Seal made a great choice for vocals on this, and as usual Santana ripped up the guitar.
Nothing At All - Another good vocal choice, but Musiq tends to do good work period. The song is actually quite bangin, and coincidentally, my favorite on the CD.
Why Dont You & I - Don't know much about Chad Kroeger, but this ballad-esque is quite catchy. This is a good example of that chemistry i mentioned before.
Bad Songs:
Amore (Sexo) - Macy Gray has never really impressed me, and she continues to disappoint on this track. Sad thing is that the instrumental is hot and could have done well by itself, or at least with a more capable singer.
The Game Of Love - This is probably THE most pop-ish song I've ever heard Santana do, much to do with the fact that Michelle Branch is probably one of the most pop-ish singers in the genre. This song might work for some people, just not me personally. I actually tried to like it cuz it has potential, but really it all comes down to your tastes, and its just too sappy for me.
America - P.O.D. and Santana.. interesting colabo, but not enough to get me liking it. It was an OK, but its another song you gotta have the right taste for. This is more for a fan of P.O.D. then for a Santana lover.
The rest of the songs on here fall somewhere in between good and bad, but I say make your own distinctions. Overall, good album, worth the price you'd probably find it for in the used CD store.
Santana always excellent June 16, 2007
Apolinar J. Velazco (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This cd has a lot of good songs with the proffesional touch that santana knows perfectly. One review says that the latin song Foo Foo is too long. I can tell this person does not know anything about latin music because salsa's songs used to be really long in '70. Therefore, Foo Foo is an excellent production.
Shaman- Another Santana Smash May 17, 2007
R. Lucero (La Junta, CO USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been a Santana fan for many years going back to the 60's and Carlos has never failed to come through on every album he has made, and Shaman is no exception. His Latin rhythms are evident in just about every song, no matter who the featured artist is. This is recommended for anybody who appreciates the greatest guitarist of all time.
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