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It Is Time For A Love Revolution
''It Is Time for a Love Revolution'' is the eighth studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on February 5, 2008. The album produced four singles released in 2007 and 2008. This is Kravitz's final album for Virgin Records. Background It includes 14 original tracks, written, composed, arranged, performed, and produced by Kravitz. The album received Kravitz's best reviews in years, with '' Rolling Stone'' giving it three stars out of a possible five and suggesting that "As a blast back to the past, this is the best album Lenny Kravitz has ever made." Kravitz toured with the album's material for two years after the release, starting with a performance of two new songs on Times Square New Year's Eve show, hosted by Carson Daly. Release It debuted at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 73,000 copies in its first week and becoming Kravitz's first US Top 5 album since 2000's '' Greatest Hits''. Reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. His style incorporates elements of Rock music, rock, blues, Soul music, soul, Contemporary R&B, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic, Pop music, pop and Folk music, folk. Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category and setting the record for most consecutive wins in one category by a male. He has been nominated for and won other awards, including American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, Brit Awards, and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. Kravitz's hit singles include "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991) and "Again (Lenny Kravitz song), Again" (2000), each of which reached the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Top 100 chart; other hits include "Let Love Rule (song), Let Love Rule" (1989), "Alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are You Gonna Go My Way (song)
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" is the first single to be released by American musician Lenny Kravitz from his third studio album, ''Are You Gonna Go My Way'' (1993). It was written by Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross. The single has been covered by numerous artists, such as Metallica, in a medley for " MTV Hits" at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards, Tom Jones for the ''Jerky Boys OST'', Robbie Williams on Jones' 1999 album ''Reload'' and Mel B in her solo section of the Spice Girls 2007 Reunion Tour. Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack recorded a version on their live cover album ''DisCover'' in 2002. A remixed version is played as the opening theme song in '' Gran Turismo 3: A-spec''. Adam Lambert covered the song in November 2012 in his swing through South Africa. Critical reception AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the song as "roaring". American magazine ''Billboard'' said it is Kravitz's "hardest and fastest to date". Larry Flick described it as a "passionate" trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Said (album)
''Mama Said'' is the second studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in April 1991 by Virgin Records. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash co-wrote and played on the song " Always on the Run". He also played on the song "Fields of Joy". The song "All I Ever Wanted" was co-written by Sean Lennon. Although the album has sold enough copies to be certified double platinum, the RIAA still has it listed as platinum. In the UK, the album reached number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2012, Virgin Records released an expanded, double-disc version of the album with a number of remixes and bonus tracks. Reception Greg Kot of ''Chicago Tribune'' commented "Rather than building on the '60s influences that permeated his 1989 debut, ''Let Love Rule'', Kravitz practically wallows in them on ''Mama Said''... Kravitz`s taste is commendable, and ''Mama Said'' sounds admirably gritty and sexy, without big '90s production touches. But until Kravitz begins transforming his influences in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
"It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" is a song written, produced, and performed by American musician Lenny Kravitz for his second studio album, '' Mama Said'' (1991). Released as the album's second single in June 1991, the song is a mid-tempo ballad musically inspired by Motown, Philly soul, and Earth, Wind & Fire (particularly "That's the Way of the World"). The horn line at the end is performed by the Phenix Horns from Earth, Wind & Fire. "That song just came out one day, and I knew it had a classic vibe. And I still love that song very much today," Kravitz said in an interview for VivaMusic.com in 2000. The line is based on a Yogiism, or quotation from Yogi Berra: "It ain't over 'til it's over." "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" was Kravitz's first top-10 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching 2 to become his highest peak on the chart. Worldwide, the single also reached No. 2 in Canada and peaked within the top 10 on the charts of Australia, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Theater System
DTS, Inc. (originally Digital Theater Systems) is an American company that makes multichannel audio technologies for film and video. Based in Calabasas, California, the company introduced its DTS technology in 1993 as a competitor to Dolby Laboratories, incorporating DTS in the film ''Jurassic Park'' (1993). The DTS product is used in surround sound formats for both commercial/theatrical and consumer-grade applications. It was known as The Digital Experience until 1995. DTS licenses its technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers. The DTS brand was acquired by Tessera Holding Corporation in December 2016, then Tessera was renamed to Xperi Corporation. History DTS was founded by Terry Beard, an audio engineer and Caltech graduate. Beard, speaking to a friend of a friend, was able to get in touch with Steven Spielberg to audition a remastering of Spielberg's film ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' mixed in DTS. Spielberg then selected DTS sound for his next film, ''J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Love Rule (song)
"Let Love Rule" is the debut single by American musician Lenny Kravitz and appeared on his debut studio album, '' Let Love Rule'' (1989). The song charted at number 23 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, and number 5 on the US Modern Rock charts. Then-wife Lisa Bonet appears in the video for the single. In April 2009, a remix of the song by the French house duo Justice, was released to help promote the 20th anniversary deluxe edition of the album. The song is available as a download for ''Rock Band'' and '' Guitar Hero 5''. Critical reception David Giles from '' Music Week'' wrote, "Debut from a New York vocalist who has astonishingly managed to reproduce the classic sound of Al Green in full flight. His voice isn't quite as syrupy, naturally, but he's got the woozy Hammond organ and the fat brass down to a tee. And the song itself isn't at all bad either." Track listings * CD / 12" #"Let Love Rule" – 5:42 #"Empty Hands" – 4:42 #"Blues For Sister Someone" – 3:00 #"Flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony LeMans
Tony LeMans was an American singer and songwriter, associated with Prince and signed to Prince's Paisley Park Records. Biography Tony LeMans was born Antony L. Fortier on July 14, 1963, in Santa Monica, California, United States. He attended Will Rogers Elementary School, John Adams Junior High, Santa Monica High School and Olympic High School. It was at John Adams that he met Lenny Kravitz, who was just beginning to study music. After dropping out of Olympic High, Tony changed his surname to LeMans as a consequence of his father's love of the vehicle with that name. He then briefly worked with Kravitz on the latter's Romeo Blue project. Due to personal differences, however, they soon went their separate ways. Tony had stolen Lenny's girlfriend, but they remained friends until his death. LeMans left Los Angeles for Minneapolis, and met Prince shortly after arriving there. Paisley Park Records released Tony's only album, the self-titled ''Tony LeMans'' in 1989. Sly Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Ross
Craig David Ross is an American guitarist best known for performing and recording with Lenny Kravitz. Early life Craig Ross was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He has two daughters named Mia and Devon with his first wife Anna. Since 2014, he has been married to Spanish actress Goya Toledo. Craig Ross borrowed a guitar from a neighbor's garage at age eight. He began playing the music of the Beatles and Chuck Berry, his early influences. Career Before the age of sixteen, Ross started playing the L.A. clubs and eventually formed the band The Broken Homes while in high school, and going by the stage name Kreg Ross. They opened for prominent musicians like Stevie Ray Vaughan, INXS, and Jerry Lee Lewis, among others, while doing clubs gigs with bands such as Guns N' Roses and Jane's Addiction. The band made three records for MCA records in the 80s, working with producers such as Andy Johns of Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones fame. This seminal period gave Craig his edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. Erlewine was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a nephew of the former musician and AllMusic founder Michael Erlewine. He studied at the University of Michigan, where he majored in English, and was a music editor (1993–94) and then arts editor (1994–1995) of the school's paper '' The Michigan Daily'', and DJ'd at the campus radio station, WCBN. He has contributed to many books, including ''All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'' and ''All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop''. References External linksErlewine's pageat Pitchfork.comContributionsto ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz Album)
''Let Love Rule'' is the debut studio album of American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on September 6, 1989, by Virgin Records. Then-wife Lisa Bonet wrote the lyrics to "Fear" and co-wrote the lyrics on the song "Rosemary"; other than that the album is virtually a one-man Kravitz show, as he wrote and produced all the songs and played nearly all the instruments. ''Let Love Rule'' reached number 61 on the ''Billboard'' 200, while it peaked at number 56 on the UK Albums Chart. The album is also featured in the book '' 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''. The video for the lead single " Let Love Rule" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Track listing All tracks written by Lenny Kravitz, except "Fear" lyrics by Lisa Bonet, and "Rosemary" lyrics by Kravitz and Bonet. #"Sittin' on Top of the World" – 3:16 #" Let Love Rule" – 5:42 #"Freedom Train" – 2:50 #"My Precious Love" – 5:15 #"I Build This Garden for Us" – 6:16 #"Fear" � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits (Lenny Kravitz Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is a greatest hits album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on October 24, 2000. Background The album features an unreleased track for promotion called " Again" which became a hit, reaching number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, following a very successful string of hits from the album '' 5''. "Again" propelled the compilation to commercial success greater than any of his studio efforts. Kravitz reported in an interview for VivaMusic.com that the selection of the songs were led by his record company, Virgin Records, which only chose the songs that were successful on the charts. The tracks were sequenced by Kravitz's engineer, Henry Hirsch. The album reached number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 12 on the UK Albums Chart. This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. Promotion "Again" was released as the promotional single for this compilation, along with a music video. The single reached numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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