Borboletta
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| Studio album by Santana | ||||
| Released | October 1974 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 49:52 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (C+)[2] |
| Džuboks | (mixed)[3] |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated)[4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Borboletta is the sixth studio album by Santana. It is one of his jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along with Caravanserai (1972), Welcome (1973), Love Devotion Surrender (1973) with John McLaughlin and Illuminations (1974) with Alice Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard. The guitarist leaves a lot of room to percussion, saxophone and keyboards to set moods ("Spring Manifestations"), as well as lengthy solos by himself ("Promise of a Fisherman") and vocals ("Give and Take", a funky guitar-led song). The record was released in a shiny blue sleeve displaying a butterfly, an allusion to the album Butterfly Dreams (1973) by Brazilian musician Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound of Borboletta. In Portuguese, borboleta means "butterfly".
Track listing
Side one
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Spring Manifestations" | instrumental — percussion & sound effects | Airto Moreira, Flora Purim | 1:05 |
| 2. | "Canto de los Flores" | instrumental | Tom Coster & Santana Band | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Life Is Anew" | Carlos Santana | Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Give and Take" | Carlos Santana | Carlos Santana, Tom Coster, Michael Shrieve | 5:46 |
| 5. | "One with the Sun" | Earlyrin Martini | Jerry Martini | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Aspirations" | instrumental | Tom Coster, Carlos Santana | 5:12 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Practice What You Preach" | Carlos Santana | Carlos Santana | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Mirage" | Leon Patillo | Leon Patillo | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Here and Now" | instrumental | Armando Peraza, Carlos Santana | 3:01 |
| 4. | "Flor de Canela" | instrumental | Carlos Santana, Doug Rauch | 2:20 |
| 5. | "Promise of a Fisherman" | instrumental | Dorival Caymmi | 8:05 |
| 6. | "Borboletta" | instrumental | Airto Moreira | 2:50 |
Personnel
- Leon Patillo - vocals (4,5,7,8), piano (8), electric piano (3,5), organ (4)
- Flora Purim – vocals (1,11)
- Jules Broussard - soprano and tenor saxophones (4,9,11)
- Carlos Santana - guitar (3-5,7-11) percussion (2,9), congas (7), gong (8), vocals (11), producer
- Tom Coster - piano (4,9), Hammond organ (7,10,11), electric piano (2,9-11), organ (3,5,6,8), Moog synthesizer (4,8), producer
- Stanley Clarke - bass guitar (6,9-11)
- David Brown - bass guitar (2,4,5,7,8)
- Michael Shrieve - drums (2-5,7,8), producer
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums (6,9)
- Armando Peraza - percussion, congas (2,4,5,8,11), bongos (3,11), soprano saxophone (10)
- José Areas - timbales (4), congas (2,3)
- Airto Moreira - drums (10,11), percussion (12), sound effects (1), triangle (11), vocals (11)
- Michael Carpenter – echoplex (2)
Airto Moreira and Flora Purim appear courtesy of CTI Records
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[6] | Silver | 60,000 |
| United States (RIAA)[7] | Gold | 500,000 |
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*sales figures based on certification alone |
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