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Mama Said (EXPLICIT) (CD)

By: Lenny Kravitz (Artist)

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Lenny Kravitz Artist Snapshot:

Late-1980s/early-'90s rock had totally lost the gritty feel of the '60s and '70s until Lenny Kravitz rediscovered the magic retro formula. Kravitz's sonic template was based on a combination of glam, soul, and psychedelia, and it made him a massive success. He made a splash straight out of the gate with his 1989 album LET LOVE RULE. After that, he de-emphasized the flower-power aspects of his music and began moving toward a heavier rock sound. This progression brought him such huge '90s hits as "Are You Gonna Go My Way" and a hard-rocking cover of the Guess Who's "American Woman." Along the way, his flamboyant image, model-like looks and turbulent relationships have made him a fixture in the pop press.

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DISC 1 for Mama Said (EXPLICIT) (CD) Album By Lenny Kravitz (Artist)
1   Fields Of Joy
2   Always On The Run - (with Slash)
3   Stand By My Woman
4   It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
5   More Than Anything In This World
6   What Goes Around Comes Around
7   Difference Is Why, The
8   Stop Draggin' Around
9   Flowers For Zoe
10   Fields Of Joy (Reprise)
11   All I Ever Wanted
12   When The Morning Turns To Night
13   What The...Are We Saying?
14   Butterfly
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.55) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
Rolling Stone (4/18/91) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a talent for crafting and arranging engaging songs..."

Title Note

Personnel: Lenny Kravitz (vocals, guitar, organ, bass, drums); Slash, Adam Widoff (guitar); Nancy Ives (cello); Karl Denson, Butch Tomas (saxophone); Mike Hunter (trumpet); Sean Ono Lennon (piano); Henry Hirsch (keyboards, bass); Lebron Scott (bass); Zoro (drums).

On MAMA SAID, Lenny Kravitz builds on the edgy soul-rock of his debut, streamlining his sound in both songcraft and production. The opener, "Fields of Joy," moves from ethereal verses that evoke a bucolic summer's day to power-chord-heavy refrains and screaming guitar solos. The Stax/Volt-esque soul of "Stand By My Woman," the bossa nova groove of "What Goes Around Comes Around" (which finds Kravitz mining a clear Curtis Mayfield influence), and the heavily phased rocker "Stop Draggin' Around" are all finely honed tributes to classic '60s and '70s sounds.

That Kravitz is an unabashed fan of the old school is what, ultimately, makes his music so enjoyable, and he manages to synthesize his influences with style and economy. MAMA SAID's two standout tracks, "Always on the Run" and "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over," are cases in point. The former is a lean, riff-driven rock song that recalls both Jimi Hendrix and early Funkadelic; the latter a string-sweetened ballad that could have been pulled straight from the Philly Soul catalogue. Kravitz's flair for re-imagining rock, pop, and soul, topped by his fine production sense, keeps it all appealing. The buttons he pushes are no less pleasurable for being so familiar.

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