Santana

You have to give it to the Santana-the man has made at least one good song in his 39-year career. In fact, he's probably made two or three. But even if he has made three, it still means he comes out with one good song every 13 years. Which, needless to say, isn't all that impressive.

Earlier this week, Santana released All That I Am, record number 60-something in his catalogue, and this album does not fall under one of those 13 years. This should not come as a surprise, considering every one of those three songs came from the 70s.

However, in recent years performing on a Santana song has become some sort of affirmation of a musician's career for some reason. For about three months, it saved Rob Thomas' career, which then subsequently crashed again. And once you've made an appearance on a Santana album, wow. You're in it for the long haul. It's serious now.

On this record, we see cameos from the likes of Michelle Branch, Sean Paul and Steven Tyler, among others. But don't let the star-studded faAade fool you-the album is just as derivative and plain bad as all forty of his albums recorded after 1979.