Shaman

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Shaman

Shaman is the nineteenth studio album by Santana. Shaman was released on October 22, 2002 and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 298,973. It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA[and Gold in Greece. Like the previous album, SupernaturalShaman features various famous rock, hip hop, and pop artists, as well as Spanish opera star, Plácido Domingo.-Wikipedia  

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  • Rolling Stone

    October 8, 2002. This is no time for Carlos Santana to have an identity crisis. Is he the leader of a global dance party or just another supplicant to the cruel demands of radio formats? Santana and his band should have made Shaman with the confidence of a group that had survived for three decades and rebounded to multiplatinum; . . . .  

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  • BBC

    So stellar and diverse is the cast this time around that, were it not for the regulation latin flavour to each song and the big C's patent fuzztone wailings you'd think you were listening to a compilation. This is an album designed by committee. 

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  • AllMusic

    . . . the problem on the record -- each song is tailored to the strengths of the lead singer, not the strengths of Santana, who's left with piddly, forgettable instrumental interludes and playing endless lines beneath the vocal melodies.  

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  • Ear of Newt

    November 7, 2002. Things start off just fine with the old-school, tribal-Latin workout, “Adouma”, cowritten by Angelique Kidjo, which is lit white-hot by the guitar god’s fiery fretwork. But on the next tune, “Nothing At All”, some joker named Musiq pulls off a Stevie Wonder imitation that leaves you wondering where Santana’s head was at when he let such a stylistic rip-off tarnish his follow-up to 1999’s Grammy-grabbing Supernatural. I 

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  • Entertain Your Brain!

    Overall, Shaman is a good album, very good in fact. I just hope that Carlos doesn’t lean on this collaboration thing like a crutch. . . . There is nothing innovative or revolutionary here, but if you are a fan of Santana or any of the individual artists that guest on this album, you won’t be disappointed.  

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  • Entertainment

    October 25, 2002. . . . On roughly half the tracks, the guitarist and his band unleash their instrumental fury, while the remainder are fronted by au courant acts seemingly chosen by their placement on the latest ”Billboard” charts or by which niche audience they can attract.  

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  • Chicago Tribune

    October 22, 2002. 'Shaman' drains the supernatural out of Santana. 

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  • Counter Culture

    Santana : ShamanCarlos Santana has either done a deal with some dodgy omnipotent power or he has discovered some universal secret of rejuvenation. Shaman is yet another manifestation of this new energy.  

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  • Ultimate Santana

    After the release of Supernatural, it's no surprise that Carlos Santana and Clive Davis would repeat the methodology to create Shaman (2002), the followup to 1999's chart topper. And, while Shaman is a respectable effort and certainly has its moments, it pales in comparison to its predecessor. 

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  • RTE

    November 26, 2002. Carlos Santana on the other hand has had occasional moments of quality. Unfortunately 'Shaman' is not one of them. Symbolic of everything that is wrong with the music industry. Bin it.  

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  • laut.de

    October 21, 2002. Seductive grooves and unmistakable style.  

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  • entertainment.ie

    Shaman is certainly not lacking in star quality - and yet the whole concept has a frustratingly artificial feel to it. With so many voices clamouring for attention, the album ends up sounding like a compilation of Latino-flavoured arena-rock singles, many of which are padded out with interminable guitar solos. Santana's passion and commitment are not in question, but his cod-mystical lyrics suggest that he's living in a time warp - and no amount of getting down with the kids can change that. For devotees only. 

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  • CNN

    Bottom line: Star-studded but only semistellar. 

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  • Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews

    The Supernatural formula is reused, with guest singers like Seal, Macy Gray, Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, and Michelle Branch (whose horrendous lite rocker "The Game Of Love" was the single). (DBW) 

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  • The Great Albums

    There was absolutely no way that Shaman was going to out-perform Supernatural commercially, but on an artistic level, Shaman doesn’t fall all that shy of re-capturing the greatness of its predecessor. Its main failing is simply that it’s too long and contains too many all-star collaborations that don’t work, . . . .  

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