I bought 3 albums this week...This Santana album and the last 2 Kings of Leon albums.
I like most of the Santana album - hey, I grew up in the '60's & 70's - I remember Carlos Santana melting my eardrums with that wailing guitar of his. This new stuff is different, but it's got some character and I think they brought some life back into some songs that lost their zip many years ago. There's a few poo-bombs in there and personally, I don't listen to any group that has "Def" in its name, so seeing Photograph was disappointing to say the least. I've already deleted it and moved on. Back in Black was also embarrassing...and I'm only a listener.
As for the Kings of Leon - I had (until yesterday) never heard a single tune by these guys. The latest album "Come Around Sundown" is really, really good. How's that for a review? "really, really good".
Steve