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On MAMA SAID, Lenny Kravitz builds on the edgy soul-rock of his debut, streamlining his sound in both songcraft and production. The opener, "Fields of Joy," moves from ethereal verses that evoke a bucolic summer's day to power-chord-heavy refrains and screaming guitar solos. The Stax/Volt-esque soul of "Stand By My Woman," the bossa nova groove of "What Goes Around Comes Around" (which finds Kravitz mining a clear Curtis Mayfield influence), and the heavily phased rocker "Stop Draggin' Around" are all finely honed tributes to classic '60s and '70s sounds.
That Kravitz is an unabashed fan of the old school is what, ultimately, makes his music so enjoyable, and he manages to synthesize his influences with style and economy. MAMA SAID's two standout tracks, "Always on the Run" and "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over," are cases in point. The former is a lean, riff-driven rock song that recalls both Jimi Hendrix and early Funkadelic; the latter a string-sweetened ballad that could have been pulled straight from the Philly Soul catalogue. Kravitz's flair for re-imagining rock, pop, and soul, topped by his fine production sense, keeps it all appealing. The buttons he pushes are no less pleasurable for being so familiar.
Audio Mixer: Henry Hirsch.
Photographer: James Calderarro.
Arranger: Lenny Kravitz.
Personnel: Lenny Kravitz (vocals, guitar, organ, bass, drums); Slash, Adam Widoff (guitar); Nancy Ives (cello); Karl Denson, Butch Tomas (saxophone); Mike Hunter (trumpet); Sean Ono Lennon (piano); Henry Hirsch (keyboards, bass); Lebron Scott (bass); Zoro (drums).
Personnel: Lenny Kravitz (vocals, guitar, sitar, Fender Rhodes piano, Mellotron, synthesizer, drums); Adam Widoff, Slash (guitar); Nancy Ives (cello); Butch Tomas, Karl Denson (saxophone); Michael Hunter (trumpet); The Phenix Horns, The Phoenix Horns (horns); Henry Hirsch (piano, organ, Mellotron, mini-Moog synthesizer); Sean Lennon (piano); David Domanich, Zoro (drums).
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Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.55) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
Rolling Stone (4/18/91) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a talent for crafting and arranging engaging songs..." Mama Said Music | List Price | $8.94 (You save $0.09) | | Category | Rock Albums, R&B CDs, Pop, Rock/Pop, Soul/R&B, Contemporary R&B | | Label | Virgin | | Orig Year | 1991 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4261  | | CD Universe Part number | 1033596 | | Catalog number | 86209 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 29, 1992 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Lenny Kravitz | | Engineer | David Domanich; Henry Hirsch | | Recording Time | 52 minutes | | Personnel | Lenny Kravitz - vocals, guitar, organ, bass, drums
Karl Denson - saxophone
Henry Hirsch - keyboards, bass
Adam Widoff - guitar
Nancy Ives - cello
Zoro - drums
Lebron Scott - bass
Butch Tomas - saxophone
Mike Hunter - trumpet
Sean Ono Lennon - piano
Also: Slash, Sean Lennon, Michael Hunter, David Domanich, Phenix Horns |
Lenny Kravitz Mama Said Songs Mama Said Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  A great album
This is one of my favorite Lenny Kravitz albums. It is his second album and where is starts to define his sound. At this same time you can feel what is going on with his personal life. At this time, he has a new daughter with his wife, Lisa Bonet. And, his marriage is in strive. A great album for anyone who has loved.
Submitted by kevin_tabor (North Tazewell, VA USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Lenny's best
This is always the best work from Lenny
so heartful and painful
You usually listen to a record as a collection of songs, some you like some you don't
but not this, man, this could be a 56 min. song
at least but not last Slash's left his sign on two songs and this is how a real guitar should sound!! thanks
Submitted by gti16 (BAGNOLO IN PIANO,RE,ITALY)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No I think this man is personal
You don't like being personal, then you don't what this record is about! Best track - Always on the Run. This has a real psychedelic groove. Yeah :)
Submitted by skank992002 (Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA)
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Purchase Mama Said CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Lenny Kravitz Circus CD (1995)
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"Rock And Roll Is Dead" was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
With CIRCUS, Lenny Kravitz is four albums into a career of reinventing rock's best pieces, and flying further with them. CIRCUS is no change from this format, but proves why he's so successful at it.
"Rock And Roll Is Dead" snubs alternative rock and rap acts who "can't even sing or play an instrument," while Kravitz plays guitar, bass and drums with confidence and a well-learned sense of groove. His gift for molding AOR idioms into new forms jumps on the John Bonham wagon for the heavy wallop of "Beyond The 7th Sky"; his Hendrix-ian wah-wah mixes perfectly with some Sly Stone bump-and-grind on "Tunnel Vision"; and the Beatlesque guitar on "Can't Get You Off My Mind" proves that mimicry just may be the sincerest ...
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This version of 5 replaces the previous version and contains two bonus tracks.
"Fly Away" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
On 5, Lenny Kravitz continues to push the envelope of creativity. Defying the traditional genre categories of pop, rock, soul and alternative, 5 provides the listener with Kravitz's most far-reaching ...
| | Lenny Kravitz Let Love Rule CD (1989)
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Sounding like it could have been written and recorded in 1969 rather than '89, LET LOVE RULE proves that Lenny Kravitz's retro-rock concerns were not a late-blooming affectation, ...
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Lenny Kravitz's performance of "Are You Gonna Go My Way" was nominated for a 1994 Grammy Award as "Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo."
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Lenny Kravitz/Craig Ross) was nominated for a 1994 Grammy Award as "Best Rock Song."
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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Monty Alexander has always been a fine jazz pianist, but in recent years he has received more popular acclaim for interpreting the reggae music of his native Jamaica. While his reggae efforts are well done, straight-ahead jazz and interpreting standards are really his forte. For The Good Life, Alexander has chosen to riff on tunes from the repertoire of Tony Bennett -- not the most popular or well-known, or even written by the singer -- but a good cross section of his set list over the decades. The Chicago-based rhythm team of veteran drummer George Fludas and up-and-coming bassist Lorin Cohen (cousin and bandmate of pianist Ryan Cohan) gives Alexander all the supple support ...
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