Festivál is the eighth studio album by Santana, released in January 1977. It peaked number twenty seven in the Billboard 200 chart and number twenty nine in the R&B Albums chart.

Track listing

Side one

"Carnaval" (Tom Coster, Carlos Santana) – 2:15

"Let the Children Play" (Leon Patillo, Santana) – 3:28

"Jugando" (José Areas, Santana) – 2:12

"Give Me Love" (Pablo Téllez) – 4:29

"Verão Vermelho" (Nonato Buzar) – 5:00

"Let the Music Set You Free" (Coster, Patillo, David Rubinson, Santana) – 3:39

Side two

"Revelations" (Coster, Santana) – 4:37

"Reach Up" (Coster, Paul Jackson, Patillo, Santana) – 5:23

"The River" (Patillo, Santana) – 4:53

"Try a Little Harder" (Patillo) – 5:04

"María Caracóles" (Pello el Afrokán - credited "P. African") – 4:32

Personnel

Oren Waters – vocals, background vocals

Maxine Willard Waters – vocals, background vocals

Francisco Zavala – vocals, background vocals

Carlos Santana – guitar, bass, percussion, vocals, background vocals

Leon Patillo – keyboards, percussion, piano, vocals, background vocals

Tom Coster – keyboards, percussion, synthesizer, vocals

Pablo Téllez – bass, percussion, vocals, background vocals

Paul Jackson – bass

Gaylord Birch – drums, percussion, tympani

José "Chepitó" Areas – conga, percussion, timbales

Raul Rekow – conga, percussion, background vocals

Joel Badie – percussion, vocals, background vocals

Julia Waters – background vocals

Production: Fred Catero – engineer David Rubinson – engineer, producer

Festival (Santana album)

Charts

Certifications

References

Santana (band) albums

1977 albums

Albums produced by Dave Rubinson

Columbia Records albums

Albums recorded at Wally Heider Studios

Festival (Santana album)