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[               Lenny Kravitz--Mama Said                    ]

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Style    [ Rock              ]        [ 160kbps / 44,1kHz ] Quality

Date     [ 10-31-1999        ] ░▒▓▓▒░ [ 14 (52:54 min)    ]   Songs

In the same way that people said Springsteen was copping Dylan,

people are saying that Kravitz is copping Lennon. As the Boss later

proved with a larger-than-life road show and his own persona, Lenny

Kravitz is proving himself with a personal, heartfelt sophomore LP

that is filled with pop/rock/ soul nuggets that hold up, listen after

listen, despite the scrutiny of retro naysayers. Perhaps his greatest

feat is creating an album that depends heavily on his own

tribulations in lyrical content while still speaking with a relevancy

for the masses - not unlike I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. That

relevancy comes with the addition of other songwriters, arrangers and

musicians - most notably Guns N' Roses' Slash on the churning title

track and Sean Ono Lennon adding piano (and not helping to distance

Lenny from John) on the ballad, "All I Ever Wanted." Also on the

subject of progression is the addition of more tracks utilizing

brass, woodwinds, strings and especially Kravitz's amazing falsetto;

"It Ain't Over `Til It's Over" melds Earth, Wind & Fire with

latter-day Beatles, and "What Goes Around Comes Around" recalls

Curtis Mayfield bopping around the stage in Superfly. Progression

through regression might not be the artistically correct mode of

operation, but Mama Said simultaneously makes a case for the sheer

enjoyment of listening to classic pop redux, and the multi-faceted

talent of Lenny Kravitz.

Forget 5, this is definitely the best Kravitz album!

01 Fields Of Joy                                          (03:56)

02 Always On The Run                                      (03:52)

03 Stand By My Woman                                      (04:20)

04 It Aint Over Til Its Over                              (04:02)

05 More Than Anything In This World                       (03:28)

06 What Goes Around Comes Around                          (04:49)

07 The Difference Is Why                                  (04:52)

08 Stop Draggin Around                                    (02:39)

09 Flowers For Zoe                                        (02:43)

10 Fields Of Joy (Reprise)                                (03:58)

11 All I Ever Wanted                                      (04:14)

12 When The Morning Turns To Night                        (02:59)

13 What The .... Are We Saying?                           (05:12)

14 Butterfly                                              (01:50)

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