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Blues for Salvador

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Blues for Salvador
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1987
StudioSound City Studios (Van Nuys, California)
GenreInstrumental rock
Length45:09
LabelCBS
ProducerCarlos Santana
Carlos Santana chronology
Freedom
(1987)
Blues for Salvador
(1987)
Viva Santana!
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
New Musical Express6/10[2]

Blues for Salvador is a 1987 album by Carlos Santana, dedicated to his son Salvador. The record was released by Carlos Santana as a solo project, not with the Santana band. It won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, his first Grammy ever.

Track listing

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  1. "Bailando/Aquatic Park" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson, Orestes Vilató) – 5:46
  2. "Bella" (Sterling Crew, Santana, Thompson) – 4:31
  3. "I'm Gone" (Crew, Santana, Thompson) – 3:08
  4. "'Trane" (Santana) – 3:11
  5. "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Crew, Buddy Miles, Santana, Thompson) – 6:09
  6. "Mingus" (Crew, Santana, Thompson) – 1:26
  7. "Now That You Know" (Santana) – 10:29
  8. "Hannibal" (Alex Ligertwood, Alan Pasqua, Raul Rekow) – 4:28
  9. "Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Thompson) – 5:57

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] 95
US Billboard 200[4] 195

References

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  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Blues for Salvador - Carlos Santana | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  2. ^ Brown, Len (6 February 1988). "Carlos Santana: Blues For Salvador". New Musical Express. p. 28.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2024.