Music Review

The Best of Santana, Volume 2 (2012)

EW's GRADE
B

Details Lead Performance: Santana; Genre: Country

Santana's former label continues to plumb his back catalog with The Best of Santana, Volume 2. Since both volumes cover his Columbia years (1969-90), there are some redundancies (like live recordings of ''Black Magic Woman'' and ''Europa,'' which were included on the first disc in studio versions). And a 1978 cover of ''Stormy'' is more like a drizzle. Still, fusion-era suites like ''Toussaint L'Overture'' rank among Carlos' finest work. B

Originally posted Dec 01, 2000 Published in issue #571 Dec 01, 2000 Order article reprints

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