Amigos (Santana album)

Amigos
Amigos
Studio album by Santana
Released	March 26, 1976
Studio	Wally Heider Studios San Francisco
Genre	Jazz fusion; funk rock; latin rock; rock en Español;
Length	41:14
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Rubinson
Santana chronology
Singles from Amigos
	"Let It Shine"; Released: 1976;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[2]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Amigos is the seventh studio album by Santana released in 1976. It generated a minor U.S. hit single in "Let It Shine" and was the band's first album to hit the top ten on the Billboard charts since Caravanserai in 1972 (it ultimately reached gold record status). In Europe, the song "Europa" was released as a single and became a top ten hit in several countries.

New vocalist Greg Walker joined the group. It would be the last Santana album to include original bassist David Brown.

This album has been mixed and released in stereo and quadraphonic.

Track listing

Side one

"Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" (Leon Chancler, Tom Coster, David Rubinson) – 8:15
"Take Me with You" (instrumental) (Leon Chancler, Tom Coster) – 5:27
"Let Me" (Tom Coster, Carlos Santana) – 4:51

Side two

"Gitano" (Armando Peraza) – 6:13
"Tell Me Are You Tired" (Leon Chancler, Tom Coster) – 5:42
"Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (instrumental) (Tom Coster, Carlos Santana) – 5:06
"Let It Shine" (David Brown, Ray Gardner) – 5:43

Personnel

Greg Walker – vocals
Carlos Santana – guitars, background vocals, percussion, congas, güiro
Tom Coster – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, ARP Pro Soloist, ARP Odyssey, ARP String Ensemble, Hohner Clavinet D6, background vocals
David Brown – bass guitar
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, timbales, Remo Rototoms, percussion, congas, background vocals
Armando Peraza – congas, bongos, background vocals, vocal on "Gitano"
Ivory Stone – background vocals
Julia Tillman Waters – background vocals
Maxine Willard Waters – background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–1977)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[5]	9
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[6]	9
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[7]	9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[8]	2
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[9]	9
French Albums (SNEP)^[10]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[11]	8
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)^[12]	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[13]	5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[14]	8
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[15]	13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16]	29
UK Albums (OCC)^[17]	13
US Billboard 200^[18]	10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[19]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[20]	70
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[21]	11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[22]	13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[23]	35
US Billboard 200^[24]	75

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[25]	Gold	50,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[26]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany	—	150,000^[27]
Italy	—	160,000^[27]
Netherlands (NVPI)^[28]	Gold	35,000^[28]
United Kingdom (BPI)^[29]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[30]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.