Caravanserai (album)

Caravanserai
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 1972 (1972-10-11)
RecordedFebruary 21 – May 5, 1972
StudioColumbia Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length51:33
Label
Producer
Santana chronology
Santana
(1971)
Caravanserai
(1972)
Welcome
(1973)
Carlos Santana chronology
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
(1972)
Caravanserai
(1972)
Love Devotion Surrender
(1973)

Caravanserai is the fourth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on October 11, 1972. The album marked a period of transition for Santana as it was the band's last to feature several key early members, while shifting in a more instrumental, progressive jazz fusion direction. It sold in fewer quantities than the band's previous chart-topping albums, stalling at No. 8 on the Billboard LPs chart, but has been critically acclaimed.