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** "Black Magic Woman" is a Music/FleetwoodMac cover (yes, ''that'' Fleetwood Mac - they were a blues-rock band before they recorded their more famous pop material).

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** "Black Magic Woman" is a Music/FleetwoodMac cover (yes, ''that'' (an early version of Fleetwood Mac - they were a blues-rock band before they changed some members and recorded their more famous pop material).
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* SiameseTwinSongs: "Black Magic Woman" is almost never played on the radio without its outro "Gypsy Queen". They're even indexed as one track on CD versions. On this album, "Gypsy Queen" [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fades into]] "Oye como va", but these are generally played separately on the radio.
* SongStyleShift: Their version of "Black Magic Woman" speeds up for an epic instrumental outro. "Incident at Neshabur" does the exact opposite, starting at a frenetic pace only to slow down abruptly in the second half of the song.

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* SiameseTwinSongs: "Black Magic Woman" is almost never played on the radio without its outro "Gypsy Queen". They're even indexed as one track on CD versions. On this album, "Gypsy Queen" [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fades into]] "Oye como va", va" - and they were even often played that way live - but these they are generally played separately on the radio.
* SongStyleShift: Their version of "Black Magic Woman" speeds up for an epic instrumental outro.outro (actually a separate song, "Gypsy Queen"). "Incident at Neshabur" does the exact opposite, starting at a frenetic pace only to slow down abruptly in the second half of the song.

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''Abraxas'' is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye como va" and "Black Magic Woman".

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''Abraxas'' is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye como va" and "Black Magic Woman".
Woman" (both of which, ironically, are nonetheless covers).



* CoverVersion: "Oye como va", a Music/TitoPuente cover, "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover, and "Gypsy Queen", a cover of Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, which is a 1961 painting by Mati Klarwein, who also created the album cover of Music/MilesDavis' ''Music/BitchesBrew''.

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* CoverVersion: "Oye como va", a Music/TitoPuente cover, While most of the tracks are original compositions, the three most famous songs are ironically all covers.
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"Black Magic Woman", Woman" is a Music/FleetwoodMac cover, and cover (yes, ''that'' Fleetwood Mac - they were a blues-rock band before they recorded their more famous pop material).
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"Gypsy Queen", Queen" is a cover of Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó.
** "Oye como va" is a Music/TitoPuente cover.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, which cover is ''Annunciation'', a 1961 painting by German-French painter Mati Klarwein, who also created the album cover covers of Music/MilesDavis' ''Music/BitchesBrew''. ''Music/BitchesBrew'' and numerous other albums. Santana reportedly saw a reproduction of it in a magazine and asked to use it for the album cover. "It did me a world of good," Klarwein later recalled.
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* GenreMashup: The album mixes rock, blues, and salsa.



* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The album mixes rock, blues and salsa.
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The album was listed at nr. #207 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].
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** The movie ASeriousMan features a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tfI9tTzlI0 reference]] to the album, as son of the protagonist orders it (and other records) from a record club without his permission, much to his surprise.

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** The movie ASeriousMan Film/ASeriousMan features a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tfI9tTzlI0 reference]] to the album, as the son of the protagonist orders it (and other records) from a record club without his permission, much to his surprise.
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** The movie ASeriousMan features a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tfI9tTzlI0 reference]] to the album, as son of the protagonist orders it (and other records) from a record club without his permission, much to his surprise.
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'''Abraxas''' is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye como va" and "Black Magic Woman".

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'''Abraxas''' ''Abraxas'' is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye como va" and "Black Magic Woman".



'''Tracklist'''

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'''Tracklist'''
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* SongStyleShift: Their version of "Black Magic Woman" speeds up for an epic instrumental outro.

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* SongStyleShift: Their version of "Black Magic Woman" speeds up for an epic instrumental outro. "Incident at Neshabur" does the exact opposite, starting at a frenetic pace only to slow down abruptly in the second half of the song.
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* CoverSong: "Oye como va", a Music/TitoPuente cover, "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover, and "Gypsy Queen", a cover of Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó.

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* CoverSong: CoverVersion: "Oye como va", a Music/TitoPuente cover, "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover, and "Gypsy Queen", a cover of Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó.
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* ThePowerOfRock: "Oye como va mi ritmo", a song which translates to: "Listen to how my rhythm goes"..

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* ThePowerOfRock: "Oye como va mi ritmo", a song which translates to: "Listen to how my rhythm goes".. goes".
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* CoverSong, "Oye como va", a Music/TitoPuente cover, and "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover.

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* CoverSong, CoverSong: "Oye como va", a Music/TitoPuente cover, and "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover.cover, and "Gypsy Queen", a cover of Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó.
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The album was listed at nr. #207 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

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The album was listed at nr. #207 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].



# "El Nicoya (1:30)

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# "El Nicoya Nicoya" (1:30)



* ThePowerOfRock: "Oye como va mi ritmo", a song which translates to: "Listen to my rhythm goes"..

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* ThePowerOfRock: "Oye como va mi ritmo", a song which translates to: "Listen to how my rhythm goes"..
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'''Abraxas''' is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye Como Va" and "Black Magic Woman".

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'''Abraxas''' is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye Como Va" como va" and "Black Magic Woman".

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# "Oye Como Va" (4:17)

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# "Oye Como Va" como va" (4:17)



# "Se A Cabo" (2:50)

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# "Se A Cabo" a cabo" (2:50)



# "Samba Pa' Ti" (4:45)

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# "Samba Pa' Ti" pa' ti" (4:45)



* CoverSong, "Oye Como Va", a Music/TitoPuente cover, and "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover.

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* CoverSong, "Oye Como Va", como va", a Music/TitoPuente cover, and "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover.



* {{Instrumentals}}: "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts", "Samba Pa Ti", "Incident At Neshabur".

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* {{Instrumentals}}: "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts", "Samba Pa Ti", pa ti", "Incident At at Neshabur".



* ThePowerOfRock: "Oye Como Va Mi Ritmo", a song which translates to: "Listen to my rhythm goes"..

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* ThePowerOfRock: "Oye Como Va Mi Ritmo", como va mi ritmo", a song which translates to: "Listen to my rhythm goes"..



** The title is based on a line from Creator/HermannHesse's novel "Demian", also quoted on the back cover:

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** The title is based on a line from Creator/HermannHesse's novel "Demian", ''Demian'', also quoted on the back cover:


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* SiameseTwinSongs: "Black Magic Woman" is almost never played on the radio without its outro "Gypsy Queen". They're even indexed as one track on CD versions. On this album, "Gypsy Queen" [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fades into]] "Oye como va", but these are generally played separately on the radio.
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The album was listed at nr. #207 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].

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The album was listed at nr. #207 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of of All Time]].
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The album was listed at nr. #207 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].
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* CoverSong, "Oye Como Va", a Tito Puente cover, and "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover.

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* CoverSong, "Oye Como Va", a Tito Puente Music/TitoPuente cover, and "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover.
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# "Hope You're Feeling Better" (4:10)
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--> ''My grammar plays/ like Music/CarlosSantana plays "Black Magic Woman''

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--> ''My grammar plays/ like Music/CarlosSantana plays "Black Magic Woman''Woman"''
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''Abraxas'' is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye Como Va" and "Black Magic Woman".

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[[caption-width-right:300: "Oye como va?", black magic woman?]]

'''Abraxas'''
is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye Como Va" and "Black Magic Woman".Woman".

'''Tracklist'''
# "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts" (4:51)
# "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (5:24)
# "Oye Como Va" (4:17)
# "Incident at Neshabur" (4:58)
# "Se A Cabo" (2:50)
# "Mother's Daughter" (4:25)
# "Samba Pa' Ti" (4:45)
# "El Nicoya (1:30)

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* BilingualBonus: Some tracks are sung in Spanish, others in English.
* CoverSong, "Oye Como Va", a Tito Puente cover, and "Black Magic Woman", a Music/FleetwoodMac cover.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, which is a 1961 painting by Mati Klarwein, who also created the album cover of Music/MilesDavis' ''Music/BitchesBrew''.
* {{Instrumentals}}: "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts", "Samba Pa Ti", "Incident At Neshabur".
* MsFanservice: The woman on the album cover.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The album mixes rock, blues and salsa.
* OneWomanSong: "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen", "Mother's Daughter".
* ThePowerOfRock: "Oye Como Va Mi Ritmo", a song which translates to: "Listen to my rhythm goes"..
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** The title is based on a line from Creator/HermannHesse's novel "Demian", also quoted on the back cover:
--> ''We stood before it and began to freeze inside from the exertion. We questioned the painting, berated it, made love to it, prayed to it: We called it mother, called it whore and slut, called it our beloved, called it Abraxas....''
** "Black Magic Woman" was referenced by Music/TheFugees on their album ''Music/TheScore'' (1996) during the track "Zealots":
--> ''My grammar plays/ like Music/CarlosSantana plays "Black Magic Woman''
* SongStyleShift: Their version of "Black Magic Woman" speeds up for an epic instrumental outro.
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''Abraxas'' is the sophomore album from Music/{{Santana}}, released in September 1970. Considered to be one of Santana's finest releases, it helped shape their current sound after the primitive cover-heavy sound of their self-titled debut the year prior, containing some of their best-known tracks, including "Oye Como Va" and "Black Magic Woman".

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