Santana signed to Polydor in 1991 after 22 years with Columbia Records.
On this label debut album, the band has been altered by official addition of frequent sideman Raul Rekow and Karl Perazzols, replacement of longtime percussionist Armando Peraza.
But this septet is still led by Carlos Santana and keyboardist Chester Thompson, with Alex Ligertwood singing.
The record has a somewhat elegiac tone, beginning with a stage introduction by the late promoter Bill Graham, who was Santana's mentor and unofficial manager, being dedicated to Graham and Miles Davis, who also had died since the last album, and featuring an excerpt from a speech by Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., solos taken from Davis and John Coltrane, and music written by Bob Marley, Coltrane, and Gil Evans.
Despite the presence of all these heroic ghosts, however, Milagro is only an average Santana release, familiar-sounding but undistinguished, and it failed to arrest the band's commercial slide, becoming the first new Santana studio album not to crack the Top 100.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MilagroM. Johnson, Bob Marley, Carlos Santana | Santana | Play | 07:36 | 17 MB | 49 MB |
| 2 | Somewhere in HeavenAlex Ligertwood, Carlos Santana | Santana | Play | 09:55 | 22 MB | 57 MB |
| 3 | Your TouchCarlos Santana, Chester Thompson | Santana | Play | 06:34 | 15 MB | 41 MB |
| 4 | Life Is for LivingPat Sefolosha | Santana | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 5 | Red ProphetBenny Rietveld | Santana | Play | 05:35 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | Agua Que Va CaerEugenio F. Arango, Carlos "Patato" Valdes | Santana | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Make Somebody HappyAlex Ligertwood, Carlos Santana | Santana | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Free All the People (South Africa)Jack Holmes | Santana | Play | 06:04 | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| 9 | We Don't Have to WaitArmando Peraza, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson | Santana | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 10 | A DiosJohn Coltrane, Gil Evans, Carlos Santana | Santana | Play | 01:21 | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| 11 | Saja - Right On | Santana | Play | 08:51 | 20 MB | 54 MB |
| 12 | Gipsy - Grajonca | Santana | Play | 07:09 | 16 MB | 45 MB |
| 71 mins | 162 MB | |||||
| 71 mins | 451 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Adair | Guitar |
| 2 | Eugenio F. Arango | Composer |
| 3 | Bad River Singers | Vocals |
| 4 | John Coltrane | Composer, Sax (Tenor) |
| 5 | David Crockett | Drums, Percussion |
| 6 | Miles Davis | Guest Artist, Trumpet |
| 7 | Earl DeRouen | Composer |
| 8 | Gil Evans | Composer |
| 9 | Lygeia Ferragallo | Vocals |
| 10 | John Gabrielli | Guitar |
| 11 | Jim Gaines | Engineer |
| 12 | Marvin Gaye | Composer |
| 13 | Billy Graham | Introduction |
| 14 | Dave Hardy | Assistant |
| 15 | Jack Holmes | Composer |
| 16 | Billy Johnson | Drums |
| 17 | M. Johnson | Composer |
| 18 | Bruce Jones | Engineer, Mixing |
| 19 | Robbie Kwock | Trumpet |
| 20 | Manny Lacarrubba | Engineer |
| 21 | Alex Ligertwood | Composer, Vocals |
| 22 | Tony Lindsay | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 23 | Bob Ludwig | Mastering |
| 24 | Melecio Magdaluyo | Saxophone |
| 25 | Bob Marley | Composer |
| 26 | Rebeca Mauleón | Piano |
| 27 | James McCullum | Keyboards |
| 28 | John Murray | Keyboards |
| 29 | William Oritz | Trumpet |
| 30 | Armando Peraza | Composer |
| 31 | Karl Perazzo | Bongos, Guido, Quinto, Timbales, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 32 | Raul Rekow | Congas, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 33 | Walfredo Reyes | Drums, Percussion |
| 34 | Benny Rietveld | Bass, Composer |
| 35 | Joe Roccisano | Composer |
| 36 | Santana | Primary Artist |
| 37 | Carlos Santana | Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Percussion, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 38 | Jorge Santana | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 39 | Pat Sefolosha | Composer |
| 40 | John Philip Shenale | String Programming |
| 41 | Chester Thompson | Arranger, Composer, Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, Producer, String Arrangements, Vocals (Background) |
| 42 | Linda Tillery | Vocals |
| 43 | Carlos "Patato" Valdes | Composer |
| 44 | Wayne Wallace | Horn Arrangements, Trombone |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |