Caravanserai (album)

Caravanserai
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 1972 (1972-10-11)
RecordedFebruary 21 – May 5, 1972
StudioColumbia Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length51:33
Label
Producer
Santana chronology
Santana
(1971)
Caravanserai
(1972)
Welcome
(1973)
Carlos Santana chronology
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
(1972)
Caravanserai
(1972)
Love Devotion Surrender
(1973)

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.