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