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Apr 13, 2016Flaws aside, IV is quite enjoyable--especially split over a couple of listens.
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Apr 13, 2016Fans of Santana’s first trio of albums have wished for this project to happen for years. Now it’s here, most are likely to be very pleasantly surprised by how successfully it’s been done.
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May 20, 2016Santana IV rolls back the years to the time when the band melded spicy percussive Latin grooves with searing blues-rock. Seraphic-voiced Ron Isley fronts a couple of tunes but it’s the spacey, psychedelic instrumental, Fillmore East, and addictive salsa-rock of Anywhere You Want To Go, that impress the most.
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Apr 14, 2016Santana IV is arguably the group's best lineup admitting they threw it all away, way too soon.
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Apr 19, 2016It offers a collection of solid tunes that were unlikely to ever be conceived. The excitement behind them is noticeable, yet overall they could have been trimmed for the standard release.
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Apr 13, 2016The album has a few missteps, like the goopy arrangement on the ballad “Sueños” and some hokey lyrics. But what comes through nearly every song is a sense of camaraderie and joyful relief: no more kowtowing to radio and countless ways to jam.
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UncutApr 27, 2016Unashamed nostalgia at its very best. [Jun 2016, p.78]
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 0 out of 11
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Negative: 2 out of 11
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Apr 21, 2016This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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