Hostile review
A landmark the critic called hollow
Released in the US on 22 August 1969. A contemporary hostile review, alongside chart results with their dates.
The verdict at the time
Winner attacked the record as a 'masterpiece of hollow techniques' and a 'speed freak's delight — fast, pounding, frantic music with no real content', comparing its effect to methedrine and finding the playing repetitively unimaginative.
Chart peaks
European positions are listed by country. Later chart entries are labelled separately.
Sources & context
One critic's opinion, summarised from the original Rolling Stone review of 18 October 1969. The album is now ranked among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and recognised as a foundational Latin-rock record.
