Zebop!

Zebop!
Studio album by Santana
Released	April 1981
Length	47:12
Label	Columbia
Producer	Carlos Santana, Bill Graham
Santana chronology
Marathon (1979) Zebop! (1981) Shangó (1982)
Singles from Zebop!
"Changes" Released: 1981 "Searchin'" Released: 1981 "Winning" Released: 1981 "The Sensitive Kind" Released: 1981

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Zebop! is the eleventh studio album by Santana. The album has had several releases, and several different colour backgrounds for the cover have been produced, including pink and red. It featured one of Santana's last commercial hits until Supernatural, "Winning".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Changes" (Cat Stevens) – 4:27
2. "E Papa Ré" (Carlos Santana, Richard Baker, David Margen, Orestes Vilató, Alex Ligertwood) – 4:32
3. "Primera Invasion" (Lear, Margen, Alan Pasqua, Santana) – 2:08
4. "Searchin'" (Ligertwood, Santana, Chris Solberg) – 3:54
5. "Over and Over" (Rick Meyers) – 4:46
6. "Winning" (Russ Ballard) – 3:28

Side two

1. "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rékow, Santana) – 3:24
2. "The Sensitive Kind" (J.J. Cale) – 3:32
3. "American Gypsy" (Ballard, Lear, Ligertwood) – 3:39
4. "I Love You Much Too Much" (Alexander Olshanetsky, Don Raye, Chaim Tauber) – 4:43
5. "Brightest Star" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 4:49
6. "Hannibal" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Rékow, Santana) – 3:41

Personnel

• Alex Ligertwood – vocals, background vocals
• Carlos Santana – guitar, percussion, producer, vocals, background vocals
• Chris Solberg – guitar, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Alan Pasqua – keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Richard Baker – keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer
• David Margen – bass
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – bongos, percussion, vocals
• Raul Rekow – congas, percussion, background vocals
• Orestes Vilató – percussion, timbales, background vocals
• Bill Graham – producer
• Keith Olsen – engineer, producer
• Fred Catero – associate producer, engineer

Charts and certifications

Chart positions Album – Billboard (North America) Year Chart Position 1981 The Billboard 200 9 Black Albums 36 Jazz Albums 10 Singles – Billboard (North America) Year Single Chart Position 1981 "Changes" Mainstream Rock 45 "Searchin'" Mainstream Rock 26 "Winning" Mainstream Rock 2 Billboard Hot 100 17 "The Sensitive Kind" Billboard Hot 100 56

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales France (SNEP)[3] Gold 100,000^* United States (RIAA)[4] Platinum 1,000,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17344
2. "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
3. "French album certifications – Santana – Zebop!" (in French). InfoDisc. Select SANTANA and click OK
4. "American album certifications – Santana – Zebop_". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH