Inner Secrets is the ninth studio album from Santana

Carlos Santana

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...

. It marks the start of the phase of Santana's career where he moved away from the fusion of Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

, jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 and blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 that marked his previous records and began to move towards an Album Oriented Rock direction. As such, the album's quality is widely disputed among fans. "Stormy" and "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" were both hit singles. In The Netherlands "Well All Right" was released as a single and reached #22 in the top 40.

Track listing

1. "Dealer/Spanish Rose" (Capaldi/Santana) - 5:51
2. "Move On" (Santana, Rhyne) - 4:26
3. "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) - 7:13
4. "Stormy" (Buddy Buie
   Buddy Buie
   Buddy Buie is a songwriter, producer, and publisher. He is most commonly associated with Roy Orbison, The Classics IV and The Atlanta Rhythm Section.-Biography:...
   
   , James Cobb
   J.R. Cobb
   James Barney Cobb, Jr. is an American guitarist who has played with the Classics IV, who had a #3 US/#46 UK hit with "Spooky" in 1968. He joined the Atlanta Rhythm Section in early 1972. They had a #7 US hit with "So Into You" in 1977...
   
   ) - 4:46
5. "Well All Right
   Heartbeat (Buddy Holly song)
   "Heartbeat" is a rockabilly song written by Bob Montgomery and Norman Petty and recorded originally by Buddy Holly in 1958. The B side of the single was "Well.....
   
   " (Norman Petty
   Norman Petty
   Norman Petty was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock....
   
   , Buddy Holly
   Buddy Holly
   Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
   
   , Jerry Allison
   Jerry Allison
   J.I. Allison is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for The Crickets and co-writer of their Buddy Holly hit "Peggy Sue"....
   
   , Joe B. Mauldin
   Joe B. Mauldin
   Joe Benson Mauldin, Jr. is ranked among the top rock bassists and became a recording engineer at Gold Star Studios, the Los Angeles studio that became the hit factory for Phil Spector, Brian Wilson and other major 1960s rock performers...
   
   ) - 4:11
6. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Walker, Margen) - 4:47
7. "Life Is a Lady/Holiday" (Lambert, Santana) - 3:48
8. "The Facts of Love" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) - 5:32
9. "Wham!" (Santana, Lear, Peraza, Rekow, Escovedo) - 3:28

Personnel

• Carlos Santana
  Carlos Santana
  Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
  
  : Guitar, backing vocals
• Greg Walker: Vocals
• Chris Solberg: Guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Rhyne: Keyboards
• David Margen: Bass
• Graham Lear
  Graham Lear
  Graham Lear is a Canadian drummer. He was born in the United Kingdom on July 24, 1949. In 1952 his family moved to London, Ontario . He began his professional career at the age of 13 with the London Symphony Orchestra. During his teenage years he practiced, played and toured with several bands in...
  
  : Drums
• Armando Peraza
  Armando Peraza
  Armando Peraza is a Latin jazz percussionist. Through his long associations with jazz pianist George Shearing, vibraphonist Cal Tjader and guitarist Carlos Santana, he has been internationally known from the 1950s through to the 1990s...
  
  : Percussion
• Raul Rekow: Percussion
• Pete Escovedo
  Pete Escovedo
  Peter "Pete" Michael Escovedo is a Mexican-American musician percussionist.-Biography:With his two brothers, Pete formed Escovedo Bros Latin Jazz Sextet, before Santana hired Pete and Coke Escovedo for his group.He led the 14-24 piece Latin Big band Azteca.Father to musician Sheila Escovedo, aka...
  
  : Percussion
• Norman Seeff
  Norman Seeff
  Norman Seeff was born March 5, 1939 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Since moving to the United States in 1969, his work as a photographer and filmmaker has been focused on the exploration of human creativity and the inner dynamics of the creative process....
  
  : Design, Art Director & Photography