Caravanserai (album)

Caravanserai
Studio album by Santana
Released	October 11, 1972 (1972-10-11)
Recorded	February 21 – May 5, 1972
Studio	Columbia Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Jazz fusion Latin rock
Length	51:33
Label	Columbia CBS
Producer	Michael Shrieve Carlos Santana
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. 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 LPs chart, but has been critically acclaimed.