Amigos

David Rubinson produced as David Rubinson and Friends, with co-producers Carlos Santana, Leon Chancler and Tom Coster, and Fred Catero engineered. Santana plays guitars, percussion, congas and guiro; Coster keyboards and synthesizers; David Brown bass, his last Santana album; Leon Ndugu Chancler drums and timbales; Armando Peraza congas and bongos; Greg Walker sings; Ivory Stone, Julia Tillman Waters and Maxine Willard Waters sing backing vocals. Tadanori Yokoo made the artwork. It reached 10 on the Billboard 200, went gold in the US and was number one in Italy and Spain, 2 in the Netherlands and 13 in the UK. Christgau's Record Guide gave it a B, and a reviewer of the 2013 Speakers Corner reissue called it a great achievement; AllMusic ratings reported to us conflict.