This makes a lot of best album cover lists. I can definitely see why, though it really isn’t a personal favorite. Maybe it’s just a little too busy.
The cover was designed by Mati Klarwein:
With friends (that's Mati on the right)
It started out as a painting that Santana just happened to come across in a magazine. Klarwein also did the famous cover of Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew:
And that would have definitely made it here except for the fact that Miles is strictly jazz.
More cool stuff from Mati:
The scene in Abraxas is actually an annunciation (where an angel tells Mary she is with child). Here’s a little more traditional version of one of those (this one courtesy of some Italian guy named Leonardo da something or other):
The album is not one of Santana’s more popular ones, though it does include “Oye Come Va” and “Black Magic Woman.” Those are both covers by the way.
All in all, Santana was one of the best guitarists ever, and also gets some major cred for introducing some Latin and jazz influences into good ol’ rock and roll.
The man, the legend, the fedora
Santana had some other pretty cool covers as well:
The album has only one parody that I could find (love the title):
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