The album was produced during a 10-day recording session by Rick Rubin at Rubin's Shangri-La recording studio in Malibu, during which they recorded 49 songs.[1] Rubin and Carlos Santana used an eight-piece band (which included Santana's wife, Cindy Blackman Santana, on drums).[2]
The first single from the album, "Breaking Down the Door", was released on April 19, 2019. In January 2019, Santana released the EP In Search of Mona Lisa, which served as a preamble to the LP. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200.
Africa Speaks is inspired by music from the continent of Africa, and has been called a "unique fusion of rock, Latin and jazz".[3] Many of the album's tracks were recorded in one take. The album features vocals from Spanish singer Buika.
In January 2019, Carlos Santana spoke with Rolling Stone about his new music, explaining how he said to Rubin, "'I know you've worked with everybody like Johnny Cash and the Chili Peppers and Metallica,' And he goes, 'Well, what are you interested in doing?' I said, 'Nothing but African music.' So can you believe it? We record 49 songs in 10 days. He was very gracious, because it was like a hurricane to record six, seven songs in a day. Rick said, 'With Clive Davis, you had a bunch of guest stars and singers. Who do you want in here?' I said, 'I only want two women: Laura Mvula and Buika.' And he said, 'OK.' So we called them and they said yes."[4]
Africa Speaks was released on June 7, 2019 by Concord Records and Suretone Records.[10] In the United States, it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and at number one on Top Latin Albums with 57,000 equivalent album units.[10] It also became the Latin album with most sales in a single week since Romeo Santos' Formula, Vol. 2 in March 2014, as well as the best-performing week for a Spanish-language record since Billboard began to rank albums based on equivalent units in late 2014.[10] It has also ranked at number one on the Latin Albums Sales chart for 13 consecutive weeks between June 22 and September 14, 2019.[11]Africa Speaks was the best-selling Latin album of the first half of 2019 in the United States, with 63,000 copies sold as of June 20.[12]
Touringedit
Santana was set to headline in August 2019 at both Woodstock 50[13] and Bethel Woods' half-centennial celebration in Bethel, NY.[14] Prior and before these two events, the band toured from April to November 2019 in support of the new album. The celebration show in Bethel did occur. However, Woodstock 50 was canceled due to permit issues.[15]
Track listingedit
All tracks are written by Carlos Santana, with additional writers noted
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^"Africa Speaks (2019) album by Santana: Critics & User Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
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Africa Speaks is the twenty fifth studio album by American rock band Santana released on June 7 2019 by Concord Records and Suretone Records Africa SpeaksStudio album by SantanaReleasedJune 7 2019Recorded2019StudioShangri La Malibu California GenreLatin rockLength64 25LabelConcordSuretoneProducerRick RubinSantana chronologyIn Search of Mona Lisa 2019 Africa Speaks 2019 Blessings and Miracles 2021 Singles from Africa Speaks Breaking Down the Door Released April 19 2019 The album was produced during a 10 day recording session by Rick Rubin at Rubin s Shangri La recording studio in Malibu during which they recorded 49 songs 1 Rubin and Carlos Santana used an eight piece band which included Santana s wife Cindy Blackman Santana on drums 2 The first single from the album Breaking Down the Door was released on April 19 2019 In January 2019 Santana released the EP In Search of Mona Lisa which served as a preamble to the LP The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 Contents 1 Origins 2 Release 3 Touring 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 5 1 Technical 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 ReferencesOrigins editAfrica Speaks is inspired by music from the continent of Africa and has been called a unique fusion of rock Latin and jazz 3 Many of the album s tracks were recorded in one take The album features vocals from Spanish singer Buika In January 2019 Carlos Santana spoke with Rolling Stone about his new music explaining how he said to Rubin I know you ve worked with everybody like Johnny Cash and the Chili Peppers and Metallica And he goes Well what are you interested in doing I said Nothing but African music So can you believe it We record 49 songs in 10 days He was very gracious because it was like a hurricane to record six seven songs in a day Rick said With Clive Davis you had a bunch of guest stars and singers Who do you want in here I said I only want two women Laura Mvula and Buika And he said OK So we called them and they said yes 4 Release editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic87 100 5 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 Glide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 Mojo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Africa Speaks was released on June 7 2019 by Concord Records and Suretone Records 10 In the United States it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and at number one on Top Latin Albums with 57 000 equivalent album units 10 It also became the Latin album with most sales in a single week since Romeo Santos Formula Vol 2 in March 2014 as well as the best performing week for a Spanish language record since Billboard began to rank albums based on equivalent units in late 2014 10 It has also ranked at number one on the Latin Albums Sales chart for 13 consecutive weeks between June 22 and September 14 2019 11 Africa Speaks was the best selling Latin album of the first half of 2019 in the United States with 63 000 copies sold as of June 20 12 Touring editSantana was set to headline in August 2019 at both Woodstock 50 13 and Bethel Woods half centennial celebration in Bethel NY 14 Prior and before these two events the band toured from April to November 2019 in support of the new album The celebration show in Bethel did occur However Woodstock 50 was canceled due to permit issues 15 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Carlos Santana with additional writers notedNo TitleWriter s Length1 Africa Speaks David Axelrod Buika4 472 Batonga Buika5 433 Oye Este Mi Canto Buika John Ademola Haastrup5 584 Yo Me Lo Merezco Buika Jay U Xperience Stoneface Drago Uboma6 125 Blue Skies Buika Laura Mvula Mike Odumosu9 086 Paraisos Quemados Buika Mohammed Jabry5 597 Breaking Down the Door Manu Chao Buika Drew Gonsalves Ivan Duran and Rafael de Leon4 308 Los Invisibles Buika Rachid Taha Steve Hillage5 549 Luna Hechicera Buika Ismael Lo4 4710 Bembele Buika Philipp Kullmann Bojan Vuletic Michael Timo Ehnes5 5111 Candombe Cumbele Buika Easy Kabaka Brown5 36Total length 64 25 Target exclusive 16 and Japan bonus tracks 17 No TitleWriter s Length12 Mientras Tanto Buika5 5713 Dios Bendiga Tu Interior Buika Hafusa Abasi Slim Ali5 19Total length 75 41Personnel editCredits adapted from the liner notes 18 Buika lead vocals Laura Mvula additional vocals 5 Carlos Santana guitars percussion backing vocals David K Mathews Hammond B3 organ keyboards Salvador Santana keyboards 7 Tommy Anthony guitars musical GPS Benny Rietveld bass guitar Cindy Blackman Santana drums Karl Perazzo timbales congas percussion Ray Greene trombone backing vocals Andy Vargas backing vocals Dizzy Daniel Moorehead saxophone Technical edit Produced by Rick Rubin Executive production conception arrangement and musical direction by Carlos Santana Mixed by Dana Nielsen Recorded by Greg Fidelman Dana Nielsen and Rob Bisel Assisted by Sara Lynn Killion Dylan Neustadter and Tyler Beans Additional engineering by Jim Reitzel Mastered by Stephen Marcussen Production coordination by Dave Hanych and Eric Lynn Production assistants Colin Willard Jeremy Hatcher Garry Purchit Gabe Smith Chloe Poswillo and Ethan Schneiderman Artwork by Rudy Gutierrez Graphic art by Heather Griffin VineCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2019 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 19 55 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 20 9 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 21 50 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 22 23 Canadian Albums Billboard 23 12 Czech Albums CNS IFPI 24 49 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 25 63 French Albums SNEP 26 50 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 27 6 Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 28 18 Italian Albums FIMI 29 32 Japanese Albums Oricon 30 47 Polish Albums ZPAV 31 25 Scottish Albums OCC 32 15 Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 33 22 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 34 6 UK Albums OCC 35 35 US Billboard 200 36 3 US Top Latin Albums BIllboard 10 1 US Top Rock Albums Billboard 37 1 Year end charts edit Chart 2019 Position US Top Latin Albums Billboard 38 19 US Top Rock Albums Billboard 39 70References edit Grow Kory 2019 01 15 Carlos Santana on the Power of The Mona Lisa Today s New Hippies Rolling Stone Retrieved 2019 04 06 Santana Announces New Rick Rubin Produced Album Africa Speaks amp Shares Single JamBase 2019 03 18 Retrieved 2019 04 06 Guitar com 2019 03 20 Santana shares new single from Rick Rubin produced album Africa Speaks Guitar com All Things Guitar Retrieved 2019 04 06 Kreps Daniel 2019 03 18 Hear Santana s Fiery New Rick Rubin Produced Song Los Invisibles Rolling Stone Retrieved 2019 04 06 Africa Speaks 2019 album by Santana Critics amp User Reviews and Tracks Metacritic Retrieved June 8 2019 Jurek Thom Santana Africa Speaks 2019 album review credits amp releases AllMusic Retrieved 10 June 2019 Collette Doug 2019 06 06 Santana Africa Speaks 2019 album review Santana Conjures Early Band Sounds amp Melodies via Africa Speaks Glide Magazine Santana Africa Speaks 2019 album review on Mojo July 2019 issue page 87 Grow Kory 2019 06 07 Santana Africa Speaks 2019 album review Santana Explore New Musical Freedom Led by Carlos Guitar on Africa Speaks Rolling Stone a b c d Bustios Pamela June 19 2019 Santana s Africa Speaks Debuts at No 1 On Top Latin Albums Chart Billboard Retrieved August 22 2019 Santana Latin Album Sales Africa Speaks Billboard Retrieved August 22 2019 Caulfield Keith July 2 2019 Bad Bunny and Ozuna Command Nielsen Music s Mid Year 2019 Latin Charts Billboard Retrieved August 22 2019 Woodstock 50 Aug 16 17 amp 18 2019 Watkins Glen NY Woodstock 50 Retrieved 2019 04 06 Kreps Daniel 2019 02 20 Ringo Starr Santana Lead Bethel Woods 50th Anniversary of Woodstock Celebration Rolling Stone Retrieved 2019 04 06 Santana Fan Club Tickets tour santana com Retrieved 2019 04 06 Santana Africa Speaks Target Exclusive target com Retrieved 2019 04 13 アフリカ スピークス SHM CD CD in Japanese Universal Music Japan Retrieved September 9 2020 Santana Africa Speaks 2019 album booklet European release Concord Records 00888072090842 ARIA Chart Watch 529 auspOp June 15 2019 Archived from the original on June 18 2019 Retrieved June 15 2019 Austriancharts at Santana Africa Speaks in German Hung Medien Retrieved June 20 2019 Ultratop be Santana Africa Speaks in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved June 28 2019 Ultratop be Santana Africa Speaks in French Hung Medien Retrieved June 14 2019 Santana Chart History Canadian Albums Billboard Retrieved June 18 2019 Czech Albums Top 100 CNS IFPI Note On the chart page select 24 Tyden 2019 on the field besides the words CZ ALBUMS TOP 100 to retrieve the correct chart Retrieved June 18 2019 Dutchcharts nl Santana Africa Speaks in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved June 14 2019 Le Top de la semaine Top Albums Fusionnes SNEP Week 24 2019 in French Syndicat National de l Edition Phonographique Archived from the original on 2019 06 18 Retrieved June 17 2019 Offiziellecharts de Santana Africa Speaks in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved June 14 2019 Album Top 40 slagerlista 2019 24 het in Hungarian MAHASZ Retrieved June 25 2019 Album Classifica settimanale WK 24 dal 07 06 2019 al 13 06 2019 in Italian Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana Retrieved June 15 2019 Oricon Top 50 Albums 2019 06 17 in Japanese Oricon Retrieved June 12 2019 Oficjalna lista sprzedazy OLiS Official Retail Sales Chart OLiS Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry Retrieved June 20 2019 Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved June 15 2019 Top 100 Albumes Semana 24 del 7 6 2019 al 13 6 2019 in Spanish Productores de Musica de Espana Retrieved June 19 2019 Swisscharts com Santana Africa Speaks Hung Medien Retrieved June 20 2019 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved June 15 2019 Caulfield Keith June 17 2019 Jonas Brothers Happiness Begins Album Debuts at No 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week of 2019 Billboard Retrieved June 18 2019 Santana Chart History Top Rock Albums Billboard Retrieved July 29 2020 Top Latin Albums Year End 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