Marathon (Santana album)

Marathon
Studio album by
Released September 1979
Studio The Automatt, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length 40:37
Label Columbia
Producer Keith Olsen, Santana, David DeVore
Santana chronology
Inner Secrets
(1978)
Marathon
(1979)
Zebop!
(1981)
Singles from Marathon
  1. "You Know That I Love You"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic
Christgau's Record Guide C
Rolling Stone

Marathon is the eleventh studio album by Santana. This marked the beginning of the group's commercial slide, in spite of having the Top 40 hit "You Know That I Love You". Alex Ligertwood, who would sing with the group throughout the 1980s, joined the group for this album.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Marathon" (Carlos Santana) - 1:28
  2. "Lightning in the Sky" (Santana, Chris Solberg) - 3:52
  3. "Aqua Marine" (Alan Pasqua, Santana) - 5:35
  4. "You Know That I Love You" (Alex Ligertwood, Pasqua, Santana) - 4:26
  5. "All I Ever Wanted" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg) – 4:02

Side two

  1. "Stand Up" (Santana, Solberg) - 4:02
  2. "Runnin" (David Margen) - 1:39
  3. "Summer Lady" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Solberg) - 4:23
  4. "Love" (Santana, Solberg) - 3:22
  5. "Stay (Beside Me)" (Santana) - 3:50
  6. "Hard Times" (Ligertwood, Margen, Pasqua) - 3:57

Personnel

  • Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals
  • Carlos Santana – guitars, backing vocals
  • Chris Solberg – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Alan Pasqua – keyboards, backing vocals
  • David Margen – bass
  • Graham Lear – drums
  • Armando Peraza – percussion (timbales), backing vocals
  • Raul Rekow – percussion (congas), backing vocals
  • Jaco Pastorius - Bass on “Aqua Marine”

Charts

Chart (1979-1980) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 9
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 52
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 21
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) 13
French Albums (SNEP) 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 40
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 15
UK Albums (OCC) 28
US Billboard 200 25

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) Gold 100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.