Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time Santana

Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time

1	Whole Lotta Love 3:51
2	Can't You Hear Me Knocking 5:38
3	Sunshine Of Your Love 4:43
4	While My Guitar Gently Weeps 6:02
5	Photograph 4:03
6	Back in Black 4:20
7	Riders on the Storm 5:23
8	Smoke on the Water 5:06
9	Dance the Night Away 3:23
10	Bang a Gong 3:41
11	Little Wing 4:52
12	I Ain't Superstitious 3:56

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The longest-running, most successful partnership in rock history takes flight anew as legendary Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductees Carlos Santana and Clive Davis collaborate on the concept album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time.

Working from their collective encyclopedic knowledge of rock, Santana and Davis devised a list of guitar-centric titles -- and then invited a Who's Who of guest vocalists to perform on each track.

"The cuts are special and the guest stars are special," said Clive Davis. "But what is unique and why this album stands for more than just the individual songs or titles, is that they were indeed chosen because they're guitar classics. And they celebrate the guitar because of the performance of Carlos Santana."

Full Track List:

• Whole Lotta Love / Chris Cornell
• Can't You Hear Me Knockin' / Scott Weiland
• Sunshine Of Your Love / Rob Thomas
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps / india.arie & Yo-Yo Ma
• Dance the Night Away / Pat Monahan
• Back In Black / Nas
• Riders On the Storm / Chester Bennington & Ray Manzarek
• Smoke On the Water / Jacoby Shaddix
• Photograph / Chris Daughtry
• Bang A Gong / Gavin Rossdale
• Little Wing / Joe Cocker
• I Ain't Superstitious / Jonny Lang

All Music Guide

Clive Davis follows his patented formula of teaming Santana with guest singers, having his team of producers polish everything so it will glisten on as many cross-platforms as possible. This worked remarkably well on 1999's Supernatural, thanks to the freshness of the concept and the presence of powerhouse pop tunes. Guitar Heaven repeats the formula, right down to bringing in all the superstars of 2000 -- including Rob Thomas, Chris Cornell, and Scott Weiland -- to act as frontmen. They're balanced by Joe Cocker and a handful of non-rockers, with each track produced as a pop tune. There are no reinterpretations, just well-known riffs and re-created runs, winding up as something of a celebration of the original recordings. Stephen Thomas Erlewine

New York Times

"Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time" tries for surefire material. It unleashes Santana - guitarist and band, with guest lead singers - on familiar songs from the 1960s into the 1990s.... And of course there's Mr. Santana's lead guitar: wailing, wah-wahing and shredding to stoke every instrumental moment. Jon Pareles