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Perfect new album, delivered on time. All the greatest hits of Lenny. Price wasn't bad either. What more could you ask for.
Great price, fast shipment, and Cd in condition as described. I recommend this seller, no complaints.
The cd I ordered came in great condition and at the time it was promised. I'd definitely shop with this seller again.
He has a great voice and his lyrics are captivating. This CD will never get old.
Scope that over a decade's worth of music, and you get the culmination of tracks that compose Kravitz' Greatest Hits.Kravitz' crazy-quilt of style is a music fan's delight. This time, the Zep influence howls from "Rock and Roll Is Dead." But is was also where Kravitz lost focus, which is indicated by the fact that only two songs from that album are included here.Kravitz took a four year break, cut his hair, trimmed his musical excesses, and came back with 5. He also plays guitar with a Hendrixian flair. He's a man with a soul obsession with Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, the idealistic rocker that worships John Lennon and Led Zepplin, and the modern pop rock desires that would have him emulate Prince and work with Madonna. From the beginning, Lenny Kravitz has been an enigma. Lenny Kravitz' classic rock identity crisis made for fascinating musical evolution before finally resolving itself. The insistently classic rock loaded Are You Gonna Go My Way album remains his most consistent album, but it was the followup, Circus, that gave Kravitz his first top ten album. At the same time, those rock instincts were pushing the envelope as Guns and Roses guitar slinger Slash co-wrote "Always On The Run."As he came more and more into his own voice, Kravitz aimed for the stadium bleachers and scored when the Hendrix styled "Are You Gonna Go My Way" became a mammoth rock radio hit and a retro-video smash.
"Black Velveteen" returns full-circle to his Prince fascination. He came off as a one man flower-child, which made the sudden left-turn into the easy grooving Mama Said shocking. He's a rock star with streamers in so many gene pools that his songs were often surprise packages of whom he'd be this year. Focused and less dependant on retro-rocking, the slow build of "Fly Away" and the killer remake of "American Woman" (which was featured in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me") captured an artist at the peak of maturity and prowess. From his early Beatles hommage "Let Love Rule" to the Princely message funk of "Mr Cab Driver," Kravitz made an audacious debut on Let Love Rule. But the Curtis Mayfield hit "It Ain't Over Till It's Over" pushed Kravitz into hitmaker territory. It wraps up Kravitz first decade, along with a powerful new song "Again." As collections go, it serves its subject well. Given that his career since has held steady (Lenny to the recent It Is Time For A Love Revolution), Volume Two will probably just as solid as this best of.
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