Spirits Dancing in the Flesh

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Spirits Dancing in the Flesh is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. It reached eighty-five in the Billboard 200.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 7:20
2. "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:29
3. "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana) – 4:32
4. "Soweto (Africa Libre)" (Santana, Thompson, Alphonso Johnson) – 5:06
5. "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:14
6. "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) – 4:26
7. "Full Moon" (Paulo Rustichelli) – 4:31
8. "Who's That Lady" (Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper) – 4:15
9. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:46
10. "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) – 4:30

Personnel

Band

• Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, percussion
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, horns, Hammond B3, vocals
• Armando Peraza – bongos, congas, percussion
• Walfredo Reyes – drums, timbales, percussion
• Alex Ligertwood – vocals, guitar
• Benny Rietveld – bass

Guest musicians

• Francisco Aguabella – congas
• Kevin Dorsey – background vocals
• Jim Gilstrap – background vocals
• Tramaine Hawkins – lead vocals
• Rashan Hylton – background vocals
• Phillip Ingram – background vocals
• Alphonso Johnson – bass
• Keith Jones – bass
• Stephen King – vocals
• Hugh "Sweetfoot" Maynard – background vocals
• Vernon Reid – guitar
• Raul Rekow – congas, vocals
• Paolo Rustichelli – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Wayne Shorter – soprano sax, tenor sax
• Orestes Vilató – timbales, vocals
• Oren Waters – background vocals
• Bobby Womack – lead vocals

Additional musicians

• Devon Bernardoni – keyboards
• Charisse Dancy – choir
• Sandra Hunter – choir
• Marjo Keller – choir
• Lynice Pinkard – choir
• Lovetta Brown – choir
• De Anna Brown – choir
• Kevin Swan Butler – choir
• Darryl Williams – choir
• Edwin M. Harper, Jr. – choir direction

Production

• Sergio Albonico – executive producer
• Chris Becker – engineering assistance
• Devon Bernardoni – engineering, mixing
• Paul Ericksen – engineering, mixing
• Arne Frager – mixing
• Lori Fumar – engineering assistance
• Jim Gaines – engineering, mixing, production
• Bernie Kirsh – engineering
• David Leonard – mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Diego Uchitel – photography
• Bob Venosa – design
• Peter Wolf – arranging, production

References