Raise Vibration

Raise Vibration
Studio album by Lenny Kravitz
Released September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)
Studio Gregory Town Sound, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Genre Rock, funk
Length 64:35
Label Roxie, BMG
Producer Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz chronology
Strut
(2014)Strut2014		 Raise Vibration
(2018)
Singles from Raise Vibration
  1. "It's Enough!"
    Released: May 11, 2018
  2. "Low"
    Released: May 29, 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic62/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Flood Magazine6/10[3]
Paste Magazine7.2/10[4]
Pop Magazine[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
Spectrum Culture2.25/5[8]

Raise Vibration is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz. The album was released on Roxie Records via BMG Rights Management on September 7, 2018.[9][10][11]

Background

Raise Vibration contains twelve compositions. As on most of his other albums, Kravitz plays most of the instruments himself, with longtime guitarist Craig Ross and keyboardist/orchestrator David Baron being the only collaborators (other than string and horn players).[12] The album has produced two singles. "It's Enough!" is a song against corporate greed, political corruption, and racism. The follow-up single "Low" explores the perils of his near-mythical sensuality with intonations alluding to his past intimate relationships.[13] The song "Low" was released as a single and a video approximately six weeks before the album.[14] It contains vocal extracts from Michael Jackson.

The song "Johnny Cash" is a tribute to American legendary country singer Johnny Cash, who died on September 12, 2003. Kravitz claims to have met Cash and his wife June Carter in 1995 when he was flatmates with Rick Rubin in Los Angeles, when he encountered Cash and his wife after being called that his mother had died. [15] He recalls the memory in the song, and pays respect to the legend.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62, based on six reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Madison Desler of Paste Magazine commented "So here we are at the end of this album, left with the question, after 30 years, where does he stand? Is Lenny Kravitz a low-key legend? Let’s say yes—French people love him, he’s been praised and pilloried in equal measure and he has some tried-and-true bangers. Is Lenny Kravitz still cool? Not sure. This album is sending mixed messages. Will the giant scarf always be a thing? Most definitely".[4] Darryl G. Wright of Spectrum Culture added "It’s easy to develop a romantic mental picture of the aging rock star, but the reality of Kravitz’s latest work is far less appealing ... the album as a whole, fails to offer anything new or fresh. If you’re looking for positivity in 2018, you’re also probably looking for truth. That’s in short supply here".[8]

Kory Grow of Rolling Stone stated "Lenny Kravitz gets angry in only the most Lenny Kravitz way possible: with a high-pitched “hoooo,” some funky bass and his typically über-passionate vocal delivery. Nearly every track on his 11th album, Raise Vibration – at least those that aren’t his signature love songs – seems like he intended it to be an anthem for resistance in the Trump era... Mostly, it’s Kravitz’s signature blend of rock and soul, love and social outrage, only this time with a little more bite".[6] Zachary Hoskins of Slant Magazine wrote "Raise Vibration's more serious shortcoming is its lyrics, which stumble whenever they reach for grand proclamations on the state of the world".[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Lenny Kravitz.

No.TitleLength
1."We Can Get It All Together"4:40
2."Low"5:19
3."Who Really Are the Monsters?"5:19
4."Raise Vibration"5:27
5."Johnny Cash"6:18
6."Here to Love"4:42
7."It's Enough!"7:55
8."5 More Days ‘til Summer"4:02
9."The Majesty of Love"5:49
10."Gold Dust"5:08
11."Ride"5:58
12."I'll Always Be Inside Your Soul"3:58
Total length:64:35

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[16] 40
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] 4
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[20] 4
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[21] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 3
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[23] 19
Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 2
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[25] 11
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[27] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[29] 19
US Billboard 200[30] 43

References

  1. 1 2 "RAISE VIBRATION by Lenny Kravitz". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Lenny Kravitz: Raise Vibration". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Scrudato, Ken (September 10, 2018). "Lenny Kravitz, "Raise Vibration"". Flood Magazine. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 Desler, Madison (7 September 2018). "Lenny Kravitz: Raise Vibration Review". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Perkins, Mai (13 September 2018). "Review: Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration". Pop Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  6. 1 2 Grow, Kory (7 September 2018). "Review: Lenny Kravitz Lends His Voice to the Resistance on 'Raise Vibration'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  7. 1 2 HOSKINS, ZACHARY (10 September 2018). "Lenny Kravitz: Raise Vibration". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 Wright, Darryl G. (September 19, 2018). "Lenny Kravitz:Raise Vibration". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Lifton, Dave. "Lenny Kravitz is set to release his 11th studio album, Raise Vibration, on Sept. 7". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ Thibault, Alexis (May 18, 2018). "How come Lenny Kravitz is still so cool?". Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz: Neues Album „Raise Vibration" erscheint im September". Rolling Stone (in German). May 14, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  12. ↑ Browne, David (April 17, 2018). "Lenny Kravitz Talks Overcoming Dry Spell for New Album 'Raise Vibration'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  13. ↑ Kugel, Allison (June 6, 2018). "Lenny Kravitz on race, god and spreading love through music". The Spectrum. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  14. ↑ "New Lenny Kravitz Album, Raise Vibration, To Be Released in September". Music Tap. May 14, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  15. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lenny-kravitz-johnny-cash-new-song-raise-vibration-720456/
  16. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201837 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2018. 37. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 37 (dal 2018-09-07 al 2018-09-13)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 37: del 7.9.2018 al 13.9.2018" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  29. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  30. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
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