Borboletta

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Borboletta
Borboletta.jpg
Studio album by Santana
Released October 1974
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 49:52
Label CBS
Producer Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster
Santana chronology
Greatest Hits
(1974)Greatest Hits1974
Borboletta
(1974)
Amigos
(1976)Amigos1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau (C+)[2]
Džuboks (mixed)[3]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3.5/5 stars[5]

Borboletta is the sixth studio album by Santana. It is one of his jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along with Caravanserai (1972), Welcome (1973), Love Devotion Surrender (1973) with John McLaughlin and Illuminations (1974) with Alice Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard. The guitarist leaves a lot of room to percussion, saxophone and keyboards to set moods ("Spring Manifestations"), as well as lengthy solos by himself ("Promise of a Fisherman") and vocals ("Give and Take", a funky guitar-led song). The record was released in a shiny blue sleeve displaying a butterfly, an allusion to the album Butterfly Dreams (1973) by Brazilian musician Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound of Borboletta. In Portuguese, borboleta means "butterfly".

Track listing

Side one

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Spring Manifestations"   instrumental — percussion & sound effects Airto Moreira, Flora Purim 1:05
2. "Canto de los Flores"   instrumental Tom Coster & Santana Band 3:45
3. "Life Is Anew"   Carlos Santana Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve 4:30
4. "Give and Take"   Carlos Santana Carlos Santana, Tom Coster, Michael Shrieve 5:46
5. "One with the Sun"   Earlyrin Martini Jerry Martini 4:20
6. "Aspirations"   instrumental Tom Coster, Carlos Santana 5:12

Side two

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Practice What You Preach"   Carlos Santana Carlos Santana 4:28
2. "Mirage"   Leon Patillo Leon Patillo 4:43
3. "Here and Now"   instrumental Armando Peraza, Carlos Santana 3:01
4. "Flor de Canela"   instrumental Carlos Santana, Doug Rauch 2:20
5. "Promise of a Fisherman"   instrumental Dorival Caymmi 8:05
6. "Borboletta"   instrumental Airto Moreira 2:50

Personnel

Airto Moreira and Flora Purim appear courtesy of CTI Records

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Silver 60,000
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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