History Music / Shaman

Nothing to do with TheNineties UK Main/ElectronicDanceMusic act The Shamen, nor the FolkMetal band Music/{{Korpiklaani}}, who were originally named Shaman.

* Main/{{Instrumentals}}: "Victory Is Won"

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of the songs are at 3 or 4, with a few exceptions. "Why Don't You & I" and debatably "Victory Is Won" are about 5, the operatic ballad "Novus" goes down to a hard 2, and "Since Supernatural" has arguably too many hip-hop influences to even fit on the scale. But note goes to "America", which is undoubtedly Santana's hardest track falling in at 6 or 7.

# "America" (feat. Music/POD) - 4:35

# "The Game of Love" (feat. Michelle Branch) - 4:15
# "You Are My Kind" (feat. Seal) - 4:19

# "America" (feat. P.O.D.) - 4:35

# "Why Don't You & I" (feat. Chad Kroeger) - 4:34

Among the general public, the album is probably best-known for the songs "The Game of Love" and "Why Don't You & I", which were huge hits and continue to be two of Santana's most popular tracks, the former being by far the album's most iconic song, even winning Carlos and guest performer Michelle Branch a Grammy in 2003. The album is also notable for its highly detailed artwork, which was painted by veteran artist Rudy Gutierrez and has since become one of his most acclaimed and recognizable works.

Among the general public, the album is probably best-known for the songs "The Game of Love" and "Why Don't You & I", which were huge hits and continue to be two of Santana's most popular tracks, the former being by far the album's most iconic song, even winning Carlos and guest performer Michelle Branch a Grammy in 2003.

Nothing to do with TheNineties UK Main/ElectronicDanceMusic act Music/TheShamen

* GratuitousSpanish: Given that its a Santana album, this is usually averted. Except when Dido adds the phrase "que sera" to the pre-chorus in the otherwise entirely in English "Feels Like Fire". Yeah, it's a Santana song, but here, the phrase makes absolutely no sense. The phrase means "that will" so technically, the lyrics are "So will that, let's go sailing on." Uh...

** Funk ("Amore (Sexo)")

* {{Irony}}: The album's longest song comes right after the shortest song.
** The only 10 seconds of rapping on the whole album are....on the metal song. Yeah. That, and the song you'd expect to have rapping doesn't.

** Neo-soul ("You Are My Kind")

** Nu/alternative metal ("America")

'''Shaman''' is an album by Music/{{Santana}}, released in October 2002. The record is one of three Santana albums (four, if one counts ''[[CoverVersion Guitar Heaven]]'') to feature a rotating array of guest musicians, which was a format they followed after the massive success of 1999's ''Supernatural''. To date, ''Shaman'' is Santana's second most successful record worldwide, as well as their longest, running at just over 75 minutes with a whopping 16 tracks. The album is one of only three Santana releases to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, the others being ''Supernatural'' and ''Santana III''.