Power of Peace is a 2017 studio album made by American rhythm and blues group The Isley Brothers and American Latino rock band Santana.
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Released | July 28, 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2016[1] | |||
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Length | 66:01 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Legacy Recordings | |||
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The theme is spiritual divine medicine to counter the fever-pitch fear that’s permeating this planet right now... Every era has its song … to help alleviate the condition of brutality and war.
—Carlos Santana on the themes of Power of Peace[1]
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing that the music is "loose, but everybody brought their chops to the party" and is the sound of great musicians enjoying one another's company.[2] Writing for The Arts Desk, Thomas H. Green gave this album 2 out of 5 stars, writing that there are "passable moments" on the album, but the music "slump[s] into a bland string of slowies".[3] The The Independent, Andy Gill rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, calling it "not entirely successful", but noting strong performances on particular tracks.[4] At Louder Sound, Julian Marszalek gave this collaboration 3 out of 5 stars, characterizing it as "not quite a harvest for the world but no spoilt crops either".[5]
Paste's Douge Heselgrave gave this album a 5.8 out of 10, writing "With so much common ground and shared history, having high expectations of such a collaboration is fairly reasonable. And plenty of their fans will probably enjoy Power of Peace quite a lot. It’s an impressively produced piece of work. The songs are well-arranged, creatively charted and, for the most part, beautifully performed.", but calling it "a lot less captivating than it should be" and "predictable".[6] Tristan Kneschke of PopMatters scored Power of Peace a 6 out of 10, stating that there are "rough edges" to the music, but that "the album connects us with the expression of love across 20th century songwriting, a sentiment that often seems to have vanished".[7] Daryl Easlea of Record Collector scored this album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that it "is exactly what it is; people old enough to have long packed up this business, getting down to it, having enormous enjoyment doing it".[8] Rolling Stone's Will Hermes rated Power of Peace 3 out of 5 stars, praising Ronald Isley's vocals and Carlos Santana's guitar work.[9] In Spill Magazine, Aaron Badgley gave this work 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing that it is "exactly as you would expect, slickly produced, full of amazing playing and some of the sweetest vocals this side of Heaven".[10]
The Isley Brothers
Santana
Additional personnel
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] | 60 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] | 104 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] | 108 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] | 128 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] | 28 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] | 66 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] | 60 |
US Billboard 200[18] | 64 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] | 32 |