''Beyond Appearances'' is the fourteenth studio album by

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, released in 1985 (see

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). The album took seven months to make, and involved a mostly different line-up from the previous one, '' Shangó'' (released in 1982): apart from

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, singer

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and percussionists

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, Raul Rekow and

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were still with the band. This was singer Greg Walker's first album with Santana since '' Inner Secrets'' - he had left in 1979, and returned in 1983. As a result, the band had two vocalists at the time. It also was bassist

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's first of two albums with the group, having joined in 1984; and the only one to feature Chester C. Thompson on drums and

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on keyboards. It also was the first with Chester D. Thompson on keyboards; he would remain with the band until the 2000s. Musically, it was firmly in the style of the 1980s, making much use of

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s and

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s. ''Beyond Appearances'' performed relatively poorly, reaching only fifty on the ''Billboard'' album chart; one of its tracks, "Say It Again", reached number 46 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100

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chart (though it performed better on ''

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chart, reaching number fifteen).

Track listing

Original vinyl release side one

#"Breaking Out" (

) – 4:30 #"Written in Sand" (

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, Jerry Stahl) – 3:49 #"How Long" ( Robbie Patton) – 4:00 #"Brotherhood" (

, Chester D. Thompson) – 2:26 #"Spirit" (Johnson, Ligertwood, Raul Rekow) – 5:04

Original vinyl release side two

#"Say It Again" (

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, Steve Goldstein, Anthony La Peau) – 3:27 #"Who Loves You" (Santana, Thompson, Orestes Vilato) – 4:06 #"I'm the One Who Loves You" (

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) – 3:17 #"Touchdown Raiders" (Santana) – 3:08 #"Right Now" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 5:58

CD release

#"Breaking Out" (Johnson, Ligertwood) – 4:30 #"Written in Sand" (

, Jerry Stahl) – 3:49 #"Brotherhood" (Sancious, Santana, Thompson) – 2:26 #"Spirit" (Johnson, Ligertwood, Rekow) – 5:04 #"Right Now" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 5:58 #"Who Loves You" (Santana, Thompson, Vilato) – 4:06 #"I'm the One Who Loves You" (Mayfield) – 3:17 #"Say It Again" (Garay, Goldstein, La Peau) – 3:27 #"Two Points of View" (Ligertwood, Santana) – 4:54 #"How Long" (Patton) – 4:00 #"Touchdown Raiders" (Santana) – 3:08

Personnel

– guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, vocals *

– bass *Chester D. Thompson – synthesizer, bass, keyboards, organ *

– rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar * Chester Cortez Thompson – drums, bass pedals * Greg Walker – lead and background vocals *

– rhythm guitar, lead and background vocals, harmony * Bryan Garofalo – bass *Steve Goldstein – synthesizer, Fairlight CMI, keyboards *

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– drums, DMX drum machine *

– bongos, percussion, shakers, congas * Orestes Vilato – bells, timbales, percussion, cymbals, woodblocks, vocals *

– string synthesizer * Raul Rekow – chekere, congas, shakers, vocals * David Adelstein – synthesizer, DMX drum machine, synthesizer bass * John Woodhead – guitar * Anthony LaPeau – background vocals * Craig Hull – guitar * F. Bob Getter – string bass

Credits

*"How Long" arrangement: Robbie Patton, David Adelstein *"Say It Again" associate producer: Steve Goldstein *Mitchell Froom appears courtesy of Slash Records *Recorded by

& Richard Bosworth at Record One, Los Angeles *Assisted by Duane Seykora *Mixed by Val Garay at Record One *Additional recording: Plant Studios, Sausalito *Assistant engineer: Wayne Lewis, Glen Holguin *"Right Now" mixed by Jim Gaines *All information gathered from back cover of vinyl release.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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