"relix"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bill murphy considered carlos santana's guitar playing in the album to be the "best he's done in decades" and felt that "where too many cooks may have overwhelmed "supernatural", "corazón" simmers with spicy variety". jon pareles, writing for "the new york times", considered the songs to be radio-aimed and described the contrast between santana's guitar and the guest singers vocals as follows: "the way mr. santana answers the lyrics and grapples for the foreground until verse and chorus gave way to full-fledged guitar solos is the audio equivalent of photobombing the lead vocal. luckily, mr. santana's guitar can be as impassioned as any singer's voice." however, he considered some tracks (such as "oye 2014" and "yo soy la luz") to be "awkward moments".