Spirits Dancing in the Flesh is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. It reached number eighty-five on the Billboard 200.
Track listing "Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 7:20 "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:29 "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana) – 4:32 "Soweto (Africa Libre)" (Santana, Thompson, Alphonso Johnson) – 5:06 "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:14 "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) – 4:26 "Full Moon" (Paolo Rustichelli) – 4:31 "Who's That Lady" (Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper) – 4:15 "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:46 "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) – 4:30
Personnel Band Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, percussion Alex Ligertwood – vocals, rhythm guitar Benny Rietveld – bass guitar Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, Hammond B3, horns, vocals Armando Peraza – bongos, congas, percussion Walfredo Reyes – drums, timbales, percussion
Guest musicians Vernon Reid – guitar Alphonso Johnson – bass Keith Jones – bass Paolo Rustichelli – keyboards, acoustic piano Wayne Shorter – soprano sax, tenor sax Bobby Womack – lead vocals Tramaine Hawkins – lead vocals Oren Waters – background vocals Kevin Dorsey – background vocals Jim Gilstrap – background vocals Rashan Hylton – background vocals Phillip Ingram – background vocals Hugh "Sweetfoot" Maynard – background vocals Stephen King – vocals Orestes Vilató – timbales, vocals Raul Rekow – congas, vocals Francisco Aguabella – congas
Additional musicians Devon Bernardoni – keyboards Charisse Dancy – choir Sandra Hunter – choir Marjo Keller – choir Lynice Pinkard – choir Lovetta Brown – choir De Anna Brown – choir Kevin Swan Butler – choir Darryl Williams – choir Edwin M. Harper, Jr. – choir direction
Production Sergio Albonico – executive producer Chris Becker – engineering assistance Devon Bernardoni – engineering, mixing Paul Ericksen – engineering, mixing Arne Frager – mixing Lori Fumar – engineering assistance Jim Gaines – engineering, mixing, production Bernie Kirsh – engineering David Leonard – mixing Stephen Marcussen – mastering Diego Uchitel – photography Bob Venosa – design Peter Wolf – arranging, production
Charts Chart (1990) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 105 Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) 38
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