All That I Am
by Santana
  • Record Label: Arista
  • Release Date: Nov 1, 2005
User Score
4.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 14 out of 29

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  1. purac
    Feb 23, 2006
    10
    My favorite El Fuego"..10+..very energetic...
  2. ritag
    Feb 23, 2006
    9
    great cd,,,love it...thank you Santana
  3. ChrisJ
    Feb 7, 2006
    10
    The CD is different from his older stuff, but Carlos Santana is just too good on the guitar...be warned, this is a pop album though...
  4. CarlosSantana
    Jan 23, 2006
    2
    Santana will never be the same after he starting having pop stars trail his band. Their old stuff is 50000x better than what it has been lately. There's no energy anymore, and all the actual Santana can get out of this is a 10 second solo each song. SOOO Lame IMO. And what the hell is up with Santana doing R&B? He needs to retire while he's ahead, and while he can still be Santana will never be the same after he starting having pop stars trail his band. Their old stuff is 50000x better than what it has been lately. There's no energy anymore, and all the actual Santana can get out of this is a 10 second solo each song. SOOO Lame IMO. And what the hell is up with Santana doing R&B? He needs to retire while he's ahead, and while he can still be considered a good artist. The only reason he's getting a few 10s is because the people that gave 10s have never heard what he used to be like. There wasn't Steven Tyler or Mary J. Blige or anything like that. Whatever happened to the pure originality that was once Santana??? It's gone. Maybe if he made another album of just his band, I will like him again. But the pop has to go.… Expand
  5. YonzK
    Jan 19, 2006
    6
    Great guitarist,good collaboration with artists,but this album is less perfect than supernatural and shaman
  6. rogerc
    Dec 21, 2005
    10
    Just awsome! track #5 with Steven Tyler is one of the best!!!!!!!!!
  7. BryanP
    Nov 18, 2005
    7
    This the second cd i have of Santana and i think it's a really good cd with a mixed bag of offerings extending from alot of different genres of music put together. At first it seemed to me not to go very well togerther but it has reall y grown on me the more i listen to it.
  8. TomV
    Nov 12, 2005
    10
    Just listen to this record - it's really great! Santana rocks and the songs are awesome!
  9. AarynC
    Nov 10, 2005
    7
    "Cry Baby Cry" w/ Joss Stone & Sean Paul - interesting collaboration and the song is good. the hook is beautiful. i would like to hear more of carlos santana. why doesn't he work w/ Alicia Keys and NaS?!
  10. JadinH
    Nov 9, 2005
    3
    I didn't bother buying Supernatural and never heard of Shaman. But when All That I Am came out I was hopeful it had gone back to the roots that made Santana great. It hadn't. The first song was the only song to have the great percusion, energy instrumental I've grown to love. The remainder I struggled to listen to more than once. Maybe next album.... maybe.
  11. Math436seagull
    Nov 8, 2005
    10
    I like to touch the shape of santan guitar! not evening good much :o(
  12. AlanR
    Nov 7, 2005
    0
    Just die already!
  13. jand
    Nov 7, 2005
    1
    Shaman and Supernatural were bad omens, now a legend becomes a caricature
  14. VinnyT
    Nov 6, 2005
    10
    Stop your whining and listen! This CD rocks.
  15. SeanM
    Nov 6, 2005
    0
    This album reeks of pure s@#%!!!
  16. Trim
    Nov 4, 2005
    0
    [vomits]
  17. JosephA
    Nov 4, 2005
    1
    Santana once again proves that making an entire album of guest musicians is the best way to hit the bulls eye of mediocrity. This album can bugger off and belongs in the "junk" section of the music store and by golly i think the cd, THE REAL CD ITSELF, smells of garbage. Just kidding, but this album is neant for people that have unfortunately lost the ability to hear. Santana, you're Santana once again proves that making an entire album of guest musicians is the best way to hit the bulls eye of mediocrity. This album can bugger off and belongs in the "junk" section of the music store and by golly i think the cd, THE REAL CD ITSELF, smells of garbage. Just kidding, but this album is neant for people that have unfortunately lost the ability to hear. Santana, you're playing for a minority there. Boo you and your latest lack of success. Knock knock? Who is there? This album is pooooo.… Expand
  18. TomB
    Nov 4, 2005
    0
    This album is like that one last piece in Jenga that, when pulled, knocks down the entire structure. Whoever thought this album was a good idea is about the dullest, least imaginative, unvisionary person in the world. This is the most cynical record ever made. Fuck you, Santana - indeed. And fuck you to the people who stock this in jukeboxes and a double fuck you to those who play it.
  19. Gnarles
    Nov 3, 2005
    1
    F*** you, Santana.
  20. ChielV
    Nov 2, 2005
    1
    one point for what he has done in the past. Please stop mister Santana if you want some dignity the rest of your life!
  21. Aaron
    Nov 1, 2005
    0
    Blech! Same formula, same old crap.

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Metascore
45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. E! Online
    58
    Even Santana sounds bored, absentmindedly delivering Latin rock-influenced guitar licks behind a parade of stale melodies.
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  2. AllMusic
    40
    A bland, friendly affair that disappears into the ether the moment it's finishing playing.
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  3. Billboard
    50
    Too often Santana sounds like a guest on his own show.
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