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The Essential Santana is a compilation albumbySantana, released on 10 September 2002. The collection is part of a series of Essential sets released by Columbia Records.

Uniquely among Santana compilations, "Soul Sacrifice" is included in the studio version from their first album, not the live performance from Woodstock.

It should also be noted that this compilation contains no songs from the highly successful Supernatural album, despite it being released 3 years before this album. This is because Columbia and Arista (Santana's current label) were not under common ownership at the time.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Jingo" (Olatunji, Santana) – 4:22
2. "Evil Ways" (Henry, Zack) – 3:56
3. "Soul Sacrifice" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 6:36
   • Tracks 1-3 from Santana
4. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (Green, Szabo) – 5:19
5. "Oye Como Va" (Puente) – 4:17
6. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) – 4:46
   • Tracks 4-6 from Abraxas
7. "Everybody's Everything" (Brown, Moss, Santana) – 3:32
8. "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Escovedo, Rolie) – 5:24
9. "Toussaint l'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:56
10. "Guajira" (Areas, Brown, Reyes) – 5:44
    • Tracks 7-10 from Santana III
11. "La Fuente del Ritmo" (Lewis) – 4:33
    • from Caravanserai
12. "In a Silent Way" (Zawinul) – 7:58
    • live from Fillmore: The Last Days
13. "Love, Devotion and Surrender" (Kermode, Santana) – 3:38
    • from Welcome
14. "Mirage" (Patillo) – 4:43
    • from Borboletta
15. "Carnaval" (Coster, Santana) – 2:15
16. "Let the Children Play" (Patillo, Santana) – 3:28
17. "Jugando" (Areas, Santana) – 2:12
    • Tracks 15-17 from Festival

Disc two

1. "She's Not There" (Argent) – 4:09
   • from Moonflower
2. "Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" – (Chancler, Coster, Rubinson) – 8:00
   • live
3. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Coster, Santana) – 5:05
   • from Amigos
4. "Stormy" (Buie, Cobb) – 4:47
5. "Well...All Right" (Allison, Holly, Mauldin, Petty) – 4:09
6. "Open Invitation" (Lambert, Margen, Potter, Santana, Walker) – 4:45
   • Tracks 4-6 from Inner Secrets
7. "Aqua Marine" (Pasqua, Santana) – 5:35
8. "You Know That I Love You" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Santana, Solberg) – 3:57
9. "All I Ever Wanted" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg) – 3:35
   • Tracks 7-9 from Marathon
10. "Winning" (Ballard) – 3:29
    • from Zebop!
11. "Hold On" (Thomas) – 4:36
12. "Nowhere to Run" (Ballard) – 2:53
    • Tracks 11-12 from Shango
13. "Say It Again" (Garay, Goldstein, Lapeau) – 3:28
    • from Beyond Appearances
14. "Veracruz" (Cohen, Miles, Rolie, Santana, Thompson) – 3:46
    • from Freedom
15. "Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Thompson) – 5:57
    • from Blues for Salvador
16. "The Healer" (Hooker, Rogers, Santana, Thompson) – 5:38
    • with John Lee Hooker

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