Welcome
Studio album by Santana
Released	November 9, 1973
Recorded	1973
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	50:34 (original release) / 56:46 (2003 remastered edition with bonus track)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Carlos Santana, Mike Shrieve, Tom Coster, Bob Irwin
Professional reviews
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Santana chronology
Love Devotion Surrender (1973) Welcome (1973) Lotus (1974)

Welcome is an album by Santana, released in 1973. It followed the jazz-fusion formula that the preceding Caravanserai had followed, with a different lineup this time. Gregg Rolie had left the band along with Neal Schon to form Journey, and they were replaced by Tom Coster, Leon Thomas and John McLaughlin, who had collaborated with Carlos Santana on Love Devotion Surrender. Welcome also featured John Coltrane's widow, Alice, as a pianist on the album's opening track, "Going Home" and Flora Purim, the former wife of Airto Moreira on vocals. Because this album was far more experimental than his first four albums, Welcome did not feature any hit singles.

In 2003, the album was re-released with a bonus track, "Mantra", which was part of a jam session between Tom Coster, Carlos Santana, and Mike Shrieve.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side One

1. "Going Home" (Dvorak) – 4:11
2. "Love, Devotion, and Surrender" (Kermode, Santana) – 3:38
3. "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas) – 3:11
4. "When I Look into Your Eyes" (Coster, Shrieve) – 5:52
5. "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode, Shrieve) – 5:47

[edit] Side Two

1. "Mother Africa" (Coster, Mann, Santana) – 5:55
2. "Light of Life" (Coster, Kermode, Santana) – 3:52
3. "Flame Sky" (McLaughlin, Rauch, Santana) – 11:33
4. "Welcome" (Coltrane) – 6:35

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