a solid effort, usual themes, usual riffs, pleasant middle England acceptable black music, beatles strings AGAIN!, only + point for me is that the Guitar rox a little harder on a lot of trax. "5" is a much better CD as indeed are the first 3 he did.

wow, has noboby listened to it yet!!!

rather have 5 pt.2 , i like two tracks

funkyhead said:

There's been about 2 threads discussing it. I personally find it rather bland.

Its ok i like it, its what i expect from him at this point, same view on the new Sheryl Crow, i know what im gonna get pretty much from her.

Beyond, "Love Love Love" - I think it is pretty bland. I'm still hoping he makes good on his word of doing a funk album next.

his music is coming to a close... its looking that way

same shit...same package...different year!

Come ON, Lenny! DAMN!!!

I haven't heard the new one yet, but after the last couple, I think he needed to get back to doing something good first, and then build on that with something new. But it's Lenny. I doubt he's got anything truly new or original in him.

I was hoping to buy it today. I'm a huge fan, but the reviews here are honestly scaring me!

abigail05 said:

I posted this earlier, thought it might help.

This post is for non-haters!
Actually, this is a good LK album.
After 17+ years, what do you want? Like I said, this aint rocket science, just music.
Relax.
Groundbreaking? No. Good? Fun? Rocking? Meaningfull? Sure. Why not.
It's Time For...

If you like LK you'll dig it.
If you're just ehhh, prolly not.

Kravitz has always been an enigma to me. He's a talented artist, no doubt.

I own 5 of his albums and like a lot of what he does. It's never groundbreaking, but he has, for the most part, been dependable.

But, he's rarely passion-inducing, and true "WOW" moments are rare.

Bfunkthe1 said:

I agree. If you are a fan of Lenny's work, you will love the new album. Definitely buy it. It has quite a few great songs. Is it groundbreaking? No, but it has great songs that rock. If you are not a fan of Lenny's work or if you have only liked his first 2 or 3 cd's then you will probably not be into this cd.

The album is great! "Good Morning", "Love Revolution," "Love, Love, Love," "I'll Be Waiting," and "This Moment Is All There Is" are standouts for me!

I recommend that you get the deluxe edition which brings a bonus dvd and if you buy it at Target like I did you also get access to download additional videos online.

Not ground breaking in the least, but I'm totally diggin it!!

Ah, I just caught the video for Love, Love, Love on Amazon. I'm no longer worried. More like I'm rocking out over here. Excellent!

I will pick it up at Target, thanx for the tip !

emilio319 said:

What additional videos does it let you D/L?
I got mine at Best Buy and it gives you some code where you can D/L some live audio stuff.I'd rather have video material.

I think this is my favourite Lenny album.

Will You Marry Me is Lenny's funkiest song ever IMO. Man, the guitar is tight on that one!

And Bring It On, Love Love Love, Back In Vietnam all rock too.

Much better than "Lenny" and "Baptism" if you ask me...

Bfunkthe1 said:

If you buy it at Target you get a code that allows you to download online the following additional videos:

"Again"
"Calling All Angels"
"California"
"I Belong To You"
PLUS
a behind-the-scenes video of "It Is Time For A Love Revolution" which includes acoustic performances of "Sister" and "Let Love Rule."

I haven't actually gotten around to downloading yet, I will probably do it later on tonight.

abigail05 said:

Yeah the video for "Love Love Love" kicks ass.

Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...bBwAnVeGcs

emilio319 said:

Man. I wish I had known that before I bought at Best Buy.
I'd much rather have that the some live audio stuff. Will you be able to save the video stuff ot just stream it?

coltrane3 said:

Totally agree. I like the cd better than Baptism, its pretty good, but nothing new, but still good for working out at the gym..

"Baptism" is the worse album I own of his. But "5" is nothing but the truth. That has to be my favorite album that he has put out.

I've listened to a few tracks and found them to be okay, nowhere near the creativity that "5" had featured...then again when he did "5" his mother has just passed away...some artists best work come out when they suffer the most. sad but true.

Lenny keeps putting out basically the same album with a few tweaks here and there. I agree, "5" still kicks ass! "Black Velveteen"..... and "You're My Flavor"...Oh Lawd! Come back '98!!!

I heard it today and loved it

The new album is MUCH better than 5.

Love Love Love, A Long & Sad Goodbye, Back In Vietnam, Bring It On and Will You Marry Me... these songs kick the ass of anything from 5.

MattyJam said:

A Long And Sad Goodbye is very much Purple Rain...like, listen to the guitar. The sound is all througout the song, especially starting at 4:30 til the end.

MattyJam said:

Is this sayin alot though??

i thought 5 was terribly mediocre...


I just think elements are missing with lennys music... i can't put my finger on it..

I used to buy his records..till i started figuring out I only probably only listen to them a day or so... play it back in a week and realize what a crap cd it is/was

Bfunkthe1 said:

Best Buy version has the live audio stuff. THe video is on the Target version. Anyone know what is on the Best Buy download and how much material it is?? I have one but I havent opened it yet in case I want to return it and get the Target version.

it's virgin records. Lenny is as creative as he's always been.