Good afternoon, today I'm going to write about one of my best singers. Lenny Kravitz has a unique style and that's what I like the most, the touch he gives with character and presence. He is also one of the most influential rock and soul artists of the last decades
Well, let's start
1980s, first steps
- 1989: Let Love Rule, is the first album she released, but the truth is that the songs were still good enough to get into the music industry. In these songs you could notice musical influences, mixing psychedelic rock with soul and funk. If I have to highlight any song from this album, it would be "Let Love Rule" and "I Build This Garden for Us"
1990s: the first hits arrive
- 1991: Mama Said, the second album, is more intimate and personal, as the lyrics of the songs reflect his emotions after the end of his marriage to actress Lisa Bone and give him a more personal style, mixing 60s soul with modern rock. On this album, "Always On The Run", "Stand By My Woman" and "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" stand out.
- 1993: Are You Gonna Go My Way, with this album he already achieved the worldwide recognition he was looking for, apart from the song "Are You Gonna Go My Way" would become an anthem of that decade since this album has unique sounds that only he could create and in "Believe" you can appreciate them.
- 1995: Circus, but with this album I wanted to do something more personal and less commercial and of course this album was not as successful as the previous ones because it gave them a darker theme and I am going to highlight songs like "Rock And Roll Is Dead", "Can't Get You Off My Mind" and "Circus" which for me are works of art.
- 1998: 5 in this he makes him unique as he introduced dance and electronic sounds and thanks to that he won a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Male Rock Performance for the song "Fly Away" this fact made his popularity rise and the songs that also helped him were, "I Belong To You" "American Woman" and "Live"
2000s-2020s
- 2000: Greatest Hits is already recognized and he releases this album with all his hits including a new song, "Again" for which he won another Grammy Award.
- 2001: Lenny this album is a masterpiece with great influence from Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. and writes the song "Dig In" and again won a Grammy in 2002 for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
- 2011: Black and White America on disc. It's not one of my favorites, but I like it. It explores religion, love and reconciliation in a contemporary social context. They criticized him for these two songs "Stand" and "Come On Get It"
He is still very influential in the industry today, it is true that he releases songs like those from his first albums, but I consider him a key person in music for his ability to fuse genres and styles. For me, the best album is 5.