Shaman - Santana
User Score
6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 30
  3. Negative: 8 out of 30

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  1. CarlosSantana
    Jan 23, 2006
    0
    Santana has died. It's official. He can't even write his own songs anymore. It's over. There's no good songs on this entire album!!! He needs to get something good going other wise, he's done. The original records by Santana were beautiful. But those days are long long long long gone.
  2. MiguelC
    Aug 16, 2003
    1
    It is yet again the same old tired licks ripped off old latin guitar players AND he has to have the help of all the top-sellers to write his songs
  3. GeorgeK
    Jan 3, 2003
    2
    Santana proves that yet again, he can't sell an album without relying on the help of current top-sellers...his licks are tired, his playing is B-O-R-I-N-G....he should have packed it in after "Abraxas" and his legend would be intact.
  4. AndreD
    Dec 13, 2002
    3
    Terrible quality of recording and mixing . The sound engeneer is a complete idiot
  5. JackR
    Nov 8, 2002
    3
    boring!!
  6. GilA
    Nov 8, 2002
    1
    personally, I think this cd sucks.
  7. JosephineHdz.
    Nov 8, 2002
    0
    Horrible album. A waste of money.
  8. KelsoK
    Nov 8, 2002
    1
    TERRIBLE! No emotion, no soul, just ignorant mass influenced produced junk noise and they call this "music"? I'm deaf to these horrible sounds.

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Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Billboard
    80
    With Shaman, Santana delivers an album that will, no doubt, please fans of its globally successful predecessor, while at the same time reel in new ones.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    On Shaman, too many visitors sound as if they're climbing on a gravy train, handing over standard-issue love songs for Santana overdubs. It makes you wonder whether Santana ever met some of his collaborators.
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  3. Dot Music
    50
    While 'Shaman' is less than the sum of its parts and strays into AOR territory too much to ever truly be cutting edge, despite its R&B and Latin infusions, it will, at least in America, sell by the truckload.
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