Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
by Santana
  • Record Label: Arista
  • Release Date: Sep 21, 2010
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4.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 5 out of 10
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  1. rockray
    Jul 14, 2014
    10
    I think it is a very interesting show of Santana's ability to shred. The sounds are as crisp as you can get from the very high to the very low. He lights up the sky with sound and with the many singers gives us a new sound of some golden oldies and of a couple of not so oldies. Would like to see a concert that goes with this album. And for those who complain about the sound being like aI think it is a very interesting show of Santana's ability to shred. The sounds are as crisp as you can get from the very high to the very low. He lights up the sky with sound and with the many singers gives us a new sound of some golden oldies and of a couple of not so oldies. Would like to see a concert that goes with this album. And for those who complain about the sound being like a cover band, bet you never heard a cover band do it this good!… Expand
  2. thenamelessdave
    Sep 26, 2014
    7
    I love Santana, and nobody will ever be able to convince me that "Supernatural" was anything but amazing. This album takes the same formula of collaborating with many different artists in an attempt to keep the album diverse, and applies it to covering "the best" guitar songs of rock history. Unfortunately, this effort was doomed to fall short. by trying to give every song a Latin flair,I love Santana, and nobody will ever be able to convince me that "Supernatural" was anything but amazing. This album takes the same formula of collaborating with many different artists in an attempt to keep the album diverse, and applies it to covering "the best" guitar songs of rock history. Unfortunately, this effort was doomed to fall short. by trying to give every song a Latin flair, Santana neutered the raw emotion that made many of these songs great to begin with, especially "Fortunate Son" (nobody ruins Creedence and gets away with it). However, I do believe the album stays afloat, buoyed almost entirely by Santana's incredible guitar (augmented by some experimentation with distortion) and some very talented guests. In particular, Nas in "Back in Black" and India Arie in "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". All in all, it's a very good soundtrack for a summer party or running playlist.… Expand

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45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. PopMatters
    Feb 28, 2011
    70
    The result comes off as a celebrity version of American Idol, in which the prize is not a record contract, but to have your track released as a single.
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  2. Uncut
    Dec 20, 2010
    40
    As he mostly prefers to copy the sound of the original guitarists rather than stamp his own unique style on these over-familiar songs, you have to ask what's the point? [Dec 2010, p.105]
  3. AllMusic
    30
    There are no reinterpretations--not even the Nas-fronted "Back in Black" changes the song much--just restatements of riffs and replicated effects, each familiar element offering a reminder that Santana, Davis, and company chose to take the easy road by settling for gauche pop instead of guitar rock, winding up with a truly terrible album.
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