Caravanserai

Caravanserai is the fourth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on October 11, 1972, by Columbia and CBS. 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 Top LP's & Tape chart, but has been critically acclaimed.

The album reached number eight in the Billboard 200 chart and number six in the R&B Albums chart in 1972. A 1976 review in Rolling Stone by Ralph Gleason said the album affirmed and "speaks directly to the universality of man, both in the sound of the music and in the vocals." Caravanserai was also voted number 609 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).