Santana: New Album a Treat, Not a Trick
Fox News
October 31, 2005
....At an age when most popular music artists are relegated to hoping their albums will even be heard, Santana is more popular than ever. His new CD, "All That I Am," is so good, and so much better than even his last one, "Shaman," that he should be smiling from ear to ear.
I guess I'm just surprised that Clive Davis let "All That I Am" miss the Grammy deadline. I'm sure he knows what he's doing, so we'll have a good year and a half to settle in with this album.
Davis is the co-executive producer on "All That I Am," and like on "Supernatural" — the album that brought Santana back — there are lots of guest stars. Rob Thomas (who co-wrote and sang "Smooth") doesn't sing here, but he donated both the album title and a song, "My Man," performed by Mary J. Blige and Big Boi from Outkast.
But the real revelation on the new CD is Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, who sings his heart out on "Just Feel Better" and scores what I think could be a huge, huge hit.
Good for him: Tyler has one of those voices we take for granted. But his earthy vocal turns out to be the perfect complement to Santana's blistering guitar. That boy can sing....
By: Roger Friedman
October 31, 2005
....At an age when most popular music artists are relegated to hoping their albums will even be heard, Santana is more popular than ever. His new CD, "All That I Am," is so good, and so much better than even his last one, "Shaman," that he should be smiling from ear to ear.
I guess I'm just surprised that Clive Davis let "All That I Am" miss the Grammy deadline. I'm sure he knows what he's doing, so we'll have a good year and a half to settle in with this album.
Davis is the co-executive producer on "All That I Am," and like on "Supernatural" — the album that brought Santana back — there are lots of guest stars. Rob Thomas (who co-wrote and sang "Smooth") doesn't sing here, but he donated both the album title and a song, "My Man," performed by Mary J. Blige and Big Boi from Outkast.
But the real revelation on the new CD is Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, who sings his heart out on "Just Feel Better" and scores what I think could be a huge, huge hit.
Good for him: Tyler has one of those voices we take for granted. But his earthy vocal turns out to be the perfect complement to Santana's blistering guitar. That boy can sing....
By: Roger Friedman
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