| Borboletta | ||||
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| Released | October 1974 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 49:52 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
| Džuboks | (mixed)[3] |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated)[4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Borboletta is the sixth studio album by the American Latin rock band Santana. It is one of their jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along with Caravanserai (1972), and Welcome (1973). Non-band albums by Carlos Santana in this style also include Love Devotion Surrender (1973) with John McLaughlin and Illuminations (1974) with Alice Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard. The guitarist leaves much room to percussion, saxophone and keyboards to set moods ("Spring Manifestations"), as well as lengthy solos by himself ("Promise of a Fisherman") and vocals ("Give and Take", a funky guitar-led song). The record was released in a metallic blue sleeve displaying a butterfly, an allusion to the album Butterfly Dreams (1973) by Brazilian musician Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound of Borboletta. In Portuguese, borboleta means "butterfly".
Original bassist David Brown returned to replace Doug Rauch and vocalist/keyboardist Leon Patillo joined. After the album's completion, drummer Michael Shrieve left, to be replaced by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, who had guested on parts of the album.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Borboletta - Santana | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Santana - Borboletta". Džuboks (in Serbian) (6 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 23.
- ^ Palmer, Bob (December 20, 1978). "Santana: Borboletta : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.