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Oneness: Silver Dreams Golden Reality | 
 enlarge | Artist: Santana
Label: Columbia Europe
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 102688
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 766482939329
EAN: 5099748723826
ASIN: B000007VCO
Release Date: June 16, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | The Chosen Hour | | • | Arise Awake | | • | Light Versus Darkness | | • | Jim-Jeannie - Santana, Hamilton, C. | | • | Transformation Day - Santana, Hovaness, A. | | • | Victory | | • | Silver Dreams Golden Smiles | | • | Cry of the Wilderness | | • | Guru's Song - Santana, Chinmoy, S. | | • | Oneness | | • | Life Is Just a Passing Parade | | • | Golden Dawn | | • | Free as the Morning Sun | | • | I Am Free | | • | Song for Devadip - Santana, Walden, N.M |
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Album Description
1997 reissue of his 1979 instrumental solo album. Contains 15 tracks, half studio cuts and half live recordings from Osaka, Japan. Includes 'The Chosen Hour', 'Arise Awake' and 'Light Versus Darkness'. The full title is 'Oneness/ Silver Dreams - Golden Reality'. Columbia release.
Album Details
Carlos Santana's February, 1979 release is technically his fourth solo effort. An instrumental album comprised of roughly half studio-recorded tracks & half live cuts (recorded in Osaka, Japan), this item is home to many great tracks & speaks largely of the artist's spiritual awakening. Includes 'Silver Dreams, Golden Smiles', 'Life is Just a Passing Parade', 'Free as the Morning Sun', 'I Am Free' & eleven more.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Minor Effort May 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Oneness is a minor effort by the great Carlos Santana. The songs seem to be cut off very quickly as the extended solos just come in. Knowing Santana is a perfectionist makes me think that this was probably for the best. The art work and surrounding message are very spiritual, a little cultish looking back from our perspective and perhaps a little baffleing if you're not very familiar with eastern religion. He has some good moments as he does in all of his work especially in Song for Devadip. However, if you're not a very devoted fan I would stick to Barboleta, a very good album. There's nothing on Oneness that Santana hasn't done much better elsewhwere.
A must have!! July 15, 2007
If you are a Santana fan, a music fan or a guitar enthusiast Oneness is a must have for your collection! It is truly Carlos unleashed. Enjoy!
A Hidden Treasure March 20, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had come across this album on lp in the Bargin Bin back around 1981 and, taking a chance, found it to be a pleasant surprise. I had not known of its release a few years earlier and found the music to be a bit different from earlier Santana releases. But it was a music which would grow upon a listener with each spin on the turn table. Although credited to Devaip Carlos Santana, it features many of his regular band musicians at the time. The cuts don't seem to have as much percussion as earlier Santana albums, but Carlos Santana's guitar, Tom Coster's keyboards and Greg Walker's vocals provide audio verification that it is a Santana endeavor. As mentioned by other reviewers, it is an excursion into jazz, but it is pure Santana nonetheless and it doesn't disappoint. Even Sri Chinmoy's short spoken poems are a good fit into the overall experience and appear to aid in the flow of the music without causing disruption.
I don't think you'll find any of the songs from Oneness on any of the Santana compilation albums and, this fact, coupled with lasting memories of this album finally convinced me to seek out the cd and acquire a new copy.
A perfect fit among his best recordings February 25, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Released in 1979, Onesess is Carlos Santana's first solo album.
Although CS was not sure which musical style to follow; Fusion Jazz which he really loved, heavily inspired by John McLaughlin; His great basic Latin Rock sound; or the new Pop Rock trend. Onesess came up as a combination of all three styles reflecting the puzzled period; this artist was living in; yet a great album, perfectly picturing what a great musician and guitarist Carlos Santana was.
This album fits perfectly among his best recordings, making it highly recommended to any old Santana fan, or to any Fusion Latin Rock music lover.
Some Other highly recommended CD titles for this great artist:
1.Santana
2.Abraxas
3.Santana III
4.Love Devotion and Surrender
5.Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles
6.Caravanserai
7.Welcome
8.The swing of Delight
Oneness - Santana at his best August 25, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Released in Australia on vinyl, but never on CD, this has to be one of the best Santana Albums ever. I think that this album was a special project for Calos and he put his heart and soul into the performance. A collection of eclectic tracks culminating in the Oneness track itsself. The way the guitar work ebs and flows is a special delight, especially when listening through high quality headphones. A must for any Santana fan!
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