writing for "new york daily news", jim farber was not so impressed by the album. he criticized it being promoted as a latin pop album while having half of its lyrics in english. he also saw negatively the artists chosen for this album: "santana's glistening leads compete with, rather than complement, these artists. [...] latin alternative music features so many artists who would have paired better with santana's style. [...] wrangling artists like those would have made this album a true first". "ultimate guitar archive"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s team felt santana himself had little space in some of the songs and considered the album to be "a compilation of well formulated, radio-friendly latino pop which often times ends up sounding somewhat bizarre". they also labeled the lyrics as "repetitive" and concluded by saying: "the outcome which appears on [...] "corazon" falls short of any preset expectations. [...] considering the album's pop-driven outcome it leaves the listener puzzled as to where santana was hoping to proceed with this effort".