Abraxas: Rolling Stones #207 of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
Abraxas Studio album: Santana Album cover: Painting by Mati Klarwein Released: September 23, 1970 Genre: Rock, rock/jazz, rock/blues, Latin rock, Chicano, fusion, psychedelic Abraxas was Santana's first LP to reach number one in the United States. The title derives from Greek, "... a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides ." Deemed " culturally, historically, or artistically significant " by the Library of Congress , Abraxas was selected for preservation in their National Recording Registry in 2016. The album ranks number 207 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . In 2015, it was listed among Billboard's 50 Essential Latin Albums of the 50 Past Years . It's included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.