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Lenny Kravitz's greatest gift is that he's a master synthesist, pulling together different sounds and styles from eras past to create a sound that isn't necessarily blazingly original, but fresh due to his craft and sheer mastery of the studio. Since he was an unabashed classicist, his records often suffered the brunt of nasty criticism, but they were often very good, particularly early in his career before he indulged in the mannerisms of guitar-blasting stadium rock. Even if Circus and 5 were sunk by their own bloat, they still had good singles, as did those early albums, so the 2000 collection Greatest Hits is a terrific encapsulation of Kravitz at the peak of his talents. Certainly, there are some fan favorites missing, and the non-chronological sequencing is maddening (two of his three worst singles are within the first three songs), but it does boast the magnificent new single "Again," along with such seminal Kravitz moments as "Are You Gonna Go My Way," "Mr. Cabdriver," "Stand By My Woman," "Always on the Run," "Believe," "Let Love Rule," and "It Ain't Over Til It's Over," which is enough to make this a first-class greatest-hits compilation. After all, it doesn't just have all the main songs, it also illustrates that he indeed is a master synthesist.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Craig Ross, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Liuh-Wen Ting, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Mellotron, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Henry Hirsch, Bass Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Lawrence, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Hunter, Flugelhorn, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Breit, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry Manning, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, String Arranger, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Sitar, Horn Arranger, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Phenix Horns, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Brown, Strings Contractor, AssociatedPerformer - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Craig Ross, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Producer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Denson, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Domanich, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Kale, ComposerLyricist - Cummings, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Clapping, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stephen Dorff, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Browne, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randolf Charles Bachman, ComposerLyricist - Alex Alvarez, Moog Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Knobel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerry Peterson, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anthony Krizan, Composer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, Drums, Vocals, Horn Arranger, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Composer, Mixer, String Arranger, Engineer, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Al Brown, Strings Contractor, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Denson, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steven Pasch, Composer
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Horn Arranger, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mike Hunter, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Slash, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Denson, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Butch Thomas, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry Britten, Composer, Author - Gerry DeVeaux, Composer, Author, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, Guitar, Performer, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Angie Stone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Piano, Recording Engineer, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Drums, Engineer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1993 Capitol Records, LLC
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, Mixer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sarah Adams, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Ross, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Liuh-Wen Ting, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Performer, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Henry Hirsch, Composer, Mixer, Organ, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Lawrence, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Hunter, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Delente, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Murphy, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Soye Kim, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Whear, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Davis Fryer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Engineer, Organ, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Denson, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Domanich, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry Manning, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Synthesizer, Mellotron, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Lenny Kravitz's greatest gift is that he's a master synthesist, pulling together different sounds and styles from eras past to create a sound that isn't necessarily blazingly original, but fresh due to his craft and sheer mastery of the studio. Since he was an unabashed classicist, his records often suffered the brunt of nasty criticism, but they were often very good, particularly early in his career before he indulged in the mannerisms of guitar-blasting stadium rock. Even if Circus and 5 were sunk by their own bloat, they still had good singles, as did those early albums, so the 2000 collection Greatest Hits is a terrific encapsulation of Kravitz at the peak of his talents. Certainly, there are some fan favorites missing, and the non-chronological sequencing is maddening (two of his three worst singles are within the first three songs), but it does boast the magnificent new single "Again," along with such seminal Kravitz moments as "Are You Gonna Go My Way," "Mr. Cabdriver," "Stand By My Woman," "Always on the Run," "Believe," "Let Love Rule," and "It Ain't Over Til It's Over," which is enough to make this a first-class greatest-hits compilation. After all, it doesn't just have all the main songs, it also illustrates that he indeed is a master synthesist.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:13
- Main artists: Lenny Kravitz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc.
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