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The cover indicates that Are You Gonna Go My Way is Lenny Kravitz's bid for rock stardom. Designed in the style of an early-'70s record, it features Kravitz in hippie clothing, apparently exposing himself to a photographer -- in other words, he's a dangerously sexy counterculture rebel. That may have been true in 1970, but in 1993, he simply sounds like a weird sideshow exhibit, the man who never lived past 1973. Of course, it's easy to make such potshots, but Kravitz opens himself up to such attacks. No other artist, especially a successful one, has been quite so devoted to the past and ignorant of the present. Since he has considerable talent for songcraft and production, Kravitz isn't nearly as bad as he could be, and Are You Gonna Go My Way is just as enjoyable and more accomplished than its predecessors. This time around, Hendrix is his chief influence, as evidenced by the roaring title track, and he does expand that with his traditional Lennon, Curtis Mayfield, and Prince obsessions. Song for song, it's his most consistent album, although by the end of the record, his painstaking reproduction of classic rock sounds begins to appear a bit too studied, suggesting that Kravitz may have hit a creative wall. Nevertheless, that does nothing to diminish the enjoyment of this record.
© 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
℗ 1993 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
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Craig Ross, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
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
℗ 1993 Capitol Records, LLC
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, String Arranger, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Mellotron, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Breit, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, Composer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, Drums, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Breit, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, Composer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, Drums, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Breit, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, String Arranger, Drums, Electric Guitar, Horn Arranger, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Hunter, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soye Kim, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, String Arranger, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Horn Arranger, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Michael Hunter, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soye Kim, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Henry Hirsch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cooper, Keyboards, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Digesu, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Domanich, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, Composer - Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Henry Hirsch, Composer
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Producer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
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Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Henry Hirsch, Composer
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Author, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Terry Britten, Composer, Author - Gerry DeVeaux, Composer, Author - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Craig Ross, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Henry Hirsch, Producer
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Henry Hirsch, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Virgin Records
Lenny Kravitz, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - Mike Wilkojc, Producer
℗ 2013 BBC
Albumbeschreibung
The cover indicates that Are You Gonna Go My Way is Lenny Kravitz's bid for rock stardom. Designed in the style of an early-'70s record, it features Kravitz in hippie clothing, apparently exposing himself to a photographer -- in other words, he's a dangerously sexy counterculture rebel. That may have been true in 1970, but in 1993, he simply sounds like a weird sideshow exhibit, the man who never lived past 1973. Of course, it's easy to make such potshots, but Kravitz opens himself up to such attacks. No other artist, especially a successful one, has been quite so devoted to the past and ignorant of the present. Since he has considerable talent for songcraft and production, Kravitz isn't nearly as bad as he could be, and Are You Gonna Go My Way is just as enjoyable and more accomplished than its predecessors. This time around, Hendrix is his chief influence, as evidenced by the roaring title track, and he does expand that with his traditional Lennon, Curtis Mayfield, and Prince obsessions. Song for song, it's his most consistent album, although by the end of the record, his painstaking reproduction of classic rock sounds begins to appear a bit too studied, suggesting that Kravitz may have hit a creative wall. Nevertheless, that does nothing to diminish the enjoyment of this record.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 02:28:47
- Main artists: Lenny Kravitz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Catalog (V81)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2013 Virgin Records ℗ 2013 Virgin Records
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