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Marathon (Santana album)

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Released
  
September 1979

Marathon (1979)
  
Zebop! (1981)

Release date
  
September 1979

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
40:37

Artist
  
Santana

Producer
  
Keith Olsen

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Genres
  
Rock music, Jazz fusion, Rhythm and blues

Similar
  
Santana albums, Jazz fusion albums

Santana lightning in the sky


Marathon is the tenth studio album by Santana. This marked the beginning of the group's commercial slide, in spite of having the Top 40 hit "You Know That I Love You". Alex Ligertwood, who would sing with the group throughout the 1980s, joined the group for this album.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Marathon" (Carlos Santana) - 1:28
  2. "Lightning in the Sky" (Santana, Chris Solberg) - 3:52
  3. "Aqua Marine" (Alan Pasqua, Santana) - 5:35
  4. "You Know That I Love You" (Alex Ligertwood, Pasqua, Santana) - 4:26
  5. "All I Ever Wanted" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg) – 4:02

Side two

  1. "Stand Up" (Santana, Solberg) - 4:02
  2. "Runnin'" (David Margen) - 1:39
  3. "Summer Lady" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Solberg) - 4:23
  4. "Love" (Santana, Solberg) - 3:22
  5. "Stay (Beside Me)" (Santana) - 3:50
  6. "Hard Times" (Ligertwood, Margen, Pasqua) - 3:57

Personnel

  • Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals
  • Carlos Santana – guitars, backing vocals
  • Chris Solberg – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Alan Pasqua – keyboards, backing vocals
  • David Margen – bass
  • Graham Lear – drums
  • Armando Peraza – percussion (timbales), backing vocals
  • Raul Rekow – percussion (congas), backing vocals

    • Songs

    1Marathon1:28
    2Lightning in the Sky3:52
    3Aqua Marine5:32

    References

    Marathon (Santana album) Wikipedia
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