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Manufacturer: Virgin Records
Mfg Part#: 11156048
Sku: 202019455
UPC: 094634599924
UPC 14: 00094634599924
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| With Greatest Hits, Kravitz brings into sharp relief his multiple talents as a writer, producer, arranger, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and live performer. The record offers a retrospective of Kravitz's decade-plus output--touching on his eclectic palette of rock, funk, jazz, soul, R&B, country, reggae, blues, gospel, pop, techno, psychedelic and classical influences--following in the footsteps of a personal pantheon which includes James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Bob Marley. The record boasts 14 "Greatest Hits" plus, "Again," recorded in his home Roxie Studios in Miami, named after his late mother, TV star Roxie Roker. The songs range from his 1989 debut album Let Love Rule--with the title track trumpeting his belief in classic '60s rock ideals--to his 1998 effort 5--which sold more than six million copies worldwide, remaining on the Billboard charts for more than 110 consecutive weeks. "Fly Away" and "American Woman" earned Kravitz two consecutive Grammys as Best Rock Vocal Performance Male, while the former made history by topping the Billboard rock charts in three different Rock formats the same week. The record's highlights include commercial successes such as the #2-charting 1991 breakthrough, "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" (from Mama Said), and his Top 15 U.S. single "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (from the 1993 double-Platinum album of the same name)--which earned him a '93 MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video. There are also fan favorites like the tongue-in-cheek anthem "Rock and Roll Is Dead" (from Circus) and the electronica-tinged "Black Velveteen," one of the overlooked cuts from the smash 5 album. This compilation drives home the remarkable fact that Kravitz has played and arranged virtually every note on his five albums. "I think I've covered a lot of ground," he says. "There are a lot of different elements in my music, and this really shows where I've been and where I'm going as well." Usually, a "Greatest Hits" collection comes at the end of an artist's career. For Lenny, it marks a new beginning, a fresh start after eleven years as a recording artist. One decade down, and plenty more to go. "I'm not about to stop making music," says Kravitz. "In fact, I feel like I'm at the beginning of my career." |
