| Lotus | ||||
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| Live album by Santana | ||||
| Released | May 1974 | |||
| Recorded | July 3 & 4, 1973 - Japan | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 114:43 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Carlos Santana, Richard Kermode, Michael Shrieve, Doug Rauch, Tom Coster, Armando Peraza, Jose Chepito Areas | |||
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Lotus is a 1974 live album by Santana. It was originally released as a triple vinyl LP and has seen CD releases as a double CD (track list as below) as well as triple CD (released in Japan in 2006).
Contents |
Track listing [link]
Side one [link]
- "Going Home" 3:23 [from Welcome (1973)]
- "A-1 Funk" (The New Santana Band) 3:13 (1973 new track)
- "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve) 11:30 [from Caravanserai (1972)]
Side two [link]
- "Black Magic Woman" (Green) 3:38 [from Abraxas (1970)]
- "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó) 3:57 [from Abraxas (1970)]
- "Oye Como Va" (Puente) 5:47 [from Abraxas (1970)]
- "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode) 5:30 [from Welcome (1973)]
Side three [link]
- "Batuka" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve) 0:55 [from Santana III (1971)]
- "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Airto) 4:13 (1973 new track)
- "Stone Flower (introduction)" (Jobim) 1:14 [from Caravanserai (1972)]
- "Waiting" (Santana) 4:14 [from Santana (1969)]
- "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, The New Santana Band) 2:51 (1973 new track)
- "Free Angela" (Bayete) 4:26 (1973 new track)
- "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas) 4:02 [from the following Welcome (1973)]
Side four [link]
- "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve) 7:17 (1973 new track)
- "Kyoto (Drum Solo)" 9:58 (1973 new track)
- "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, The New Santana Band) 1:13 (1973 new track)
Side five [link]
- "Incident at Neshabur" (Gianquinto, Santana) 15:57 [from Abraxas (1970)]
- "Se a Cabo" (Areas) 5:39 [from Abraxas (1970)]
Side six [link]
- "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) 8:56 [from Abraxas (1970)]
- "Mr Udo" (The New Santana Band) 3:07 (1973 new track)
- "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) 7:40 [from Santana III (1971)]
References [link]
- ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011 [last update]). "Lotus - Santana | AllMusic". allmusic.com. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r48670. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
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Lotus (Dir en grey song)
"Lotus" is the 26th single by Japanese band Dir En Grey, released on January 26, 2011 in Japan in a regular and limited edition, the limited copy featuring a bonus DVD.
The first B-side, "Obscure", is a re-recording of a track from band's fourth album, Vulgar. The second B-side is a live recording of the song "Reiketsu Nariseba", from the band's seventh album, Uroboros, recorded on July 20, 2010, at Shinkiba Studio Coast. The DVD included in the limited edition features three live songs taken from a concert held by the band on the following day.
Track listing
CD
All lyrics written by Kyo all music composed by Dir En Grey.
DVD
Chart position
References
Lotus (Arashi song)
"Lotus" is a song recorded by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on February 23, 2011 by their record label J Storm. The single is used as the theme song to the drama Bartender starring Arashi member Masaki Aiba. It was released in two editions: a regular edition containing two bonus tracks and instrumental versions of all the songs released in the single, and an limited edition containing a bonus track along with a DVD with a music video of the single.
According to Oricon, the single was ranked as the sixth best-selling single in Japan for the year 2011.
