13 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, while the title track, released as a single, reached No.

[2] The October 15, 1966 issue of Billboard magazine reviewed the album:[3] The U.S. catalog numbers were LP 117 in monaural and SP 4117 in stereo.

International releases included Argentina (Fermata 111, titled Los Sandpipers), Australia (A&M SAML 932,128), Canada (A&M LP 117 and SP 4117), Chile (Fermata LF-120, titled "El Mar", different track order), France (A&M 875 030), Germany (London SHA 202 and A&M 212 008), Italy (Derby DBL 8022), Japan (King AML-20), Mexico (A&M printed by Discos Tizoc, TAMM-9017 and TAMS-9017), Netherlands (A&M 540 415), New Zealand (A&M SAML 932128), Spain (A&M HDAS 371-04), Taiwan (First FL-1501 on orange vinyl and Bell Song SWL-1043 on red vinyl), United Kingdom (Pye International NPL.28086), and Venezuela (A&M LPS-77308).

In the 2012 novel A Quiet Life in Bedlam by Patricia Bjornstad, the lead character Kate Bamber relates a detailed fictional account (p. 94) of being the subject of the Guantanamera cover photo.

The album was combined with The Sandpipers in a 2000 CD release by Collectors' Choice Music.