the album received mixed to positive reviews by critics. "rolling stone"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s will hermes considered the album a latin pop version of "supernatural" and that its music "remains an unmistakable, undeniable sound". thom jurek from allmusic felt "santana actually sounds hungry again" and stated that "while some of these cuts are forgettable, his inventive engagement with latin pop here is not only successful, but satisfying". "billboard"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s leila cobo considered the album to be guitar-driven despite of the many vocalists. overall, she praised the album, but pointed a few songs that she considered not to have worked, such as "feel it coming back", in which she felt that diego torres struggled with the language; and "indy", in which miguel's improvisations "lack structure and tend to meander". jeremy williams-chalmers from so so gay felt the album might "be the record that finally knocks "supernatural" off its throne as santana's definitive release" and considered it to be "everything a santana record needs to be", while joining cobo on criticizing torres' english skills. "the independent"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s nick coleman said the album "contains a brightly recorded, punchy collection of 'latin' beats and melodies, plus some rock, featuring a handful of distinguished guests and the familiar overflying drone of carlos's own guitar obbligati" and that it "is certain to be a hit in its target territories".