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It Is Time For A Love Revolution | 
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| Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 2170
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 63786
UPC: 724386378620
EAN: 0724386378620
ASIN: B000RWCRSE
Release Date: February 5, 2008
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Condition: Factory sealed-next day shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Love Revolution | | • | Bring It On | | • | Good Morning | | • | Love Love Love | | • | If You Want It | | • | I'll Be Waiting | | • | Will You Marry Me | | • | I Love the Rain | | • | A Long and Sad Goodbye | | • | Dancin' til Dawn | | • | This Moment is All There Is | | • | A New Door | | • | Back in Vietnam | | • | I Want To Go Home |
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| Editorial Reviews:
"We've all got our voice. And if I have this gift to play music, then I'm gonna talk about love," Lenny Kravitz says in a YouTube promo for his eighth studio album. Understood. Got it. The fact, though, is that Kravitz could be singing about old tires or bowling shoes in these songs and it wouldn't much matter, because in the basest and most primal way possible, they rock. Opener "Love Revolution" busts out a vibe that lingers, with Lenny barking a credo--clearly in his old-school element as drums pound and guitars get abused--and loving it. Breaks come in the form of quieter songs like the Beatles-esque chill-pill "Good Morning" and the vintage Queen-like "A Long and Sad Goodbye," but the mission of Love Revolution is mostly to move the masses. And that it shall: fists will pump, feet will stomp, and attitudes will be copped. As listeners flip through the track list and discern influences as far-flung as James Brown, the Black Crowes, and Jimi Hendrix, they will feel not disdain for the lack of ingenuity but appreciation for the good sense Kravitz shows in following those artists' leads. In jumbling them up and making them his own, he proves that love revolutions need not be tame. They can be fierce. The best evidence arrives two tracks in: though "Bring It On" features the soothing sitar of Anishka Shankar, it bashes its way through the speakers as though fueled by kryptonite. It is bad-ass, in a word. And so is this album. --Tammy La Gorce
Album Description
Deluxe edition includes a rare up close and personal documentary of Lenny as never seen before. Watch as he takes you on a journey through the streets of his beloved hometown, New York City, discussing the many inspirations and decisions that led to the creation of his 8th studio album.
Album Description
Deluxe two disc edition includes bonus DVD. As the title indicates, the album is a thunderous rock 'n roll call-to-arms featuring Kravitz singing songs of a love revolution backed by a powerful blend of soul, funk, and jazz grooves and the undeniable, anthemic lyricism that's been his trademark from day one. Globally recognized and acclaimed rock musician Lenny Kravitz kicked off this album with his"Get on the Bus with the Love Revolution" club tour of nine select markets with tickets through MySpace. Winners travel on a Kravitz-designed custom tour bus and become part of the artist's tour family on the road with full backstage access to the live concert event. The lucky winners and their guests join Lenny on the road. This is Lenny Kravitz's 8th studio album including the singles 'Bring It On' and 'I'll Be Waiting', the album is the artist's first new release in over three years. 14 tracks. Virgin Records. 2008.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 52 more reviews...
 Lenny Kravitz: A One-Man 'Revolution.' September 13, 2008
G. Merritt (Boulder, CO)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Many of my friends have an aversion to singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz. I find this curious, considering his ability not only to blend retro garage-rock, soul, funk, reggae, and psychedelic sounds, but because of his multi-talented ability to play guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and percussion on his albums. To his critics, I say keep an an open mind and give Kravitz's eighth studio album, It Is Time for a Love Revolution, a try. It reveals his gifted proficiency as a singer-songwriter-musician. He wrote, composed, arranged, performed, and produced all fourteen tracks himself. Dare I say that at times the classic-rock guitar work sounds like Kravitz channeling Hendrix? This is arguably the best album Kravitz has ever made, and there is a reason it has topped the charts around the world. Tracks include:
1. Love Revolution 3:14
2. Bring It On 3:35
3. Good Morning 4:17
4. Love, Love, Love 3:21
5. If You Want It 5:08
6. I'll Be Waiting 4:19
7. Will You Marry Me 3:44
8. I Love the Rain 4:44
9. A Long and Sad Goodbye 5:57
10. Dancin' Til Dawn 5:09
11. This Moment Is All There Is 5:07
12. A New Door 4:39
13. Back In Vietnam 3:45
14. I Want To Go Home 5:04
G. Merritt
excellent September 8, 2008
Nathan K. Knaus
not only does Lenny wail the guitar, bump the bass, and bang a sweet beat, this album has a deep spiritual riff. the lyrical content will have you searching your soul. i wonder if Kravitz is Christian. awesome album.
Lenny Proves There Is Hope! August 17, 2008
Clifford C. Hritz (Philadelphia, PA USA)
Now let me just start by saying this cd is almost religious! It's so insanely great that I lose my mind when I listen to it and play along to it! It's so full of emotion that is missing from today's pop & rock music. Thank goodness that Lenny still has the blessing of the Gods of great music! If you don't understand the greatness of this album, that embraces all the great music of the past, you are lost.
It really is time for a love revolution!!! August 16, 2008
Cynthia A. Grimm
Lenny Kravitz sings songs that are needed for today on this album.
The CD makes me feel hopeful for a better future.
Getting back to what he does best. August 16, 2008
pp777 (New York, NY)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Written and recorded over the course of the last year, in various locations from New York to Miami, Paris, the Bahamas and Brazil, "It Is Time For A Love Revolution" looks set to hold up as one of the Kravitz's best albums with its raucous rock 'n' roll jams, heavy drums, tight hip-shaking grooves, frenetic guitars and Kravitz's unmistakable croon.
Featuring 14 new songs, the album once again finds the multi-instrumentalist writing, producing, arranging and playing all the tracks on the album, which he has done on all of his releases throughout his career.
As the album title indicates, Kravitz sings songs of love and spiritual revolution, calling on people to open up and let love in their hearts.
He also isn't afraid to get political, using his music to draw attention to the current US war in Iraq and the Vietnam era.
There's no denying the talent of the man: multi-instrumentalist, singer and writer of global hits.
Here he's shunned the risk of over-production to go for a gritty approach.
"Good Morning" is a whirling psychedelic, but sadly sub-Sgt Pepper, ballad - an unflattering Beatles homage.
"I'll Be Waiting" has a great, soulful hook but is an all too brief glimpse of what he is capable of.
It gives way to the dry funk of "Will You Marry Me". The White Stripes do this retro rock 'n' roll and manage to make it sound as vibrant as the day that Hendrix released Purple Haze.
Lenny's clearly enjoying the ride, but too much of this album sounds like demos that he would once have rightly left on the studio floor.
From the singles "Bring It On" and "I'll Be Waiting", as well as "Love, Love, Love", "Dancin' Til Dawn" and "I Want To Go Home", the CD (Lenny's eighth studio album} represents the characteristics that has made Kravitz a vital musician for 18 years.
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