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Lenny Kravitz Discography
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Artist...............: Lenny Kravitz
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 1989-2008
Quality..............: 192kbps (except where noted)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Covers...............: Front, Back
Information..........: Separate nfo/sfv for each album
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Albumlisting
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1989 - Let Love Rule
1991 - Mama Said
1993 - Are You Gonna Go My Way
1994 - Unplugged (VBR 314kbps)
1995 - Circus
1999 - 5
2000 - Greatest Hits
2001 - Lenny
2004 - Baptism (320kbps)
2008 - It Is Time for a Love Revolution (VBR 180kbps)
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Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is a popular American
singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and arranger
whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard
rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads.
In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Kravitz often plays all the
guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and percussion himself when recording. He is
known for his elaborate stage performances and music videos. Kravitz has
had multiple number 1 hits on the US Top Singles Charts and many more
worldwide. He won the Grammy Award for "Best Male Rock Vocal
Performance" four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for
most wins in that category and most consecutive wins in one category. He
has been nominated many more times and has also won many other
prestigious awards, namely American Music Awards, MTV Video Music
Awards, Radio Music Awards, BRIT Awards and Blockbuster Entertainment
Awards. He is regarded as one of the most successful and best-selling rock
artists of his time, having sold an estimated 38 million albums worldwide.
All of Kravitz's albums have received certifications of gold or higher in the
U.S., three of which have been declared multi-platinum. As of present,
Kravitz has earned three gold albums, two platinum albums, two double
platinum albums, and one triple platinum album. Kravitz's début album Let
Love Rule (1989) peaked at #61 in the U.S., and while receiving generally
positive reviews, it became a huge success in Europe but took a long time to
reach success in the U.S. Its followers, Mama Said (1991) and Are You Gonna
Go My Way (1993) became instant hits, being considered some of the finest
recordings of the decade and acheiving platinum and multi-platinum status
respectively, establishing Kravitz in the music industry and expanding his
success in Europe and South America. However, despite only a two year gap
between albums, personal issues such as substance abuse problems, the
aftermath of divorce and his mother Roxie Roker's illness lead to a decline in
commercial sales with Circus (1995), in comparisson to his preceding success,
remaining his least successful album to date. With 5 (1998), Kravitz embraced
a fresh outlook towards his career and also experimented with electronic
equipment such as pro-tools. Initially, the album received only mediocre
reviews and it took a slow and steady process for it to achieve worldwide
success after spinning off hits such as "I Belong to You" and "Fly Away" to
ultimately become Kravitz's most successful studio album to date. It would be
the album to establish his career at a higher level, with increasing worldwide
popularity, especially in Europe, and would win him his first two Grammy
Awards. Greatest Hits (2000) would prove to become Kravitz's most
successful album to date, going on to sell over 10.5 million copies worldwide,
earning him yet another Grammy. While Lenny (2001) would prove to be a
very fast seller, although not quite comparing to 5 or Greatest Hits, it
managed to win Kravitz his fourth consecutive Grammy. However, Baptism
would prove to be somewhat of a commercial disappointment for the
multi-platinum selling artist when compared to its predescessors. Most
recently, his 2008 release It Is Time For A Love Revolution had Kravitz
realising some of the best début positions and opening sales weeks worldwide
in years, along with his best critical reviews since Lenny.
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