5 (album)

5
Studio album by Lenny Kravitz
Publication (s)	May 12, 1998 (USA)
admission	1998
Label (s)	Virgin Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , hard rock , funk rock
Title (number)	13/15 (re-release)
running time	75:39
production	Lenny Kravitz
chronology Circus (1995) 5 Lenny (2002)

5 is Lenny Kravitz's fifth studio album . For the hit Fly Away and his cover of the song American Woman , originally from The Guess Who , Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance .

To the formation

In the production of the album Kravitz worked with synthesizers and loops , which should give the album a more modern sound. Musically, however, the pieces were more inspired by the 1970s and combined funk elements with Kravitz's rock style. The song American Woman was also used as the soundtrack for the film Austin Powers - Spy in a secret missionary position .

success

The album reached number 28 on the Billboard 200 , number six in the German charts, number one in Austria and number three in Switzerland. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the album contained some passable pieces but fell short of the melodies that made his first three records so enjoyable.

In the Austrian charts the album stayed at number 1 for one week and 48 weeks in the charts and was awarded gold.

Track list

1. Live (Kravitz, Ross ) - 5:12
2. Supersoulfighter - 4:58
3. I Belong to You - 4:17
4. Black Velveteen - 4:48
5. If You Can't Say No - 5:17
6. Thinking of You (Kravitz, Trenier) - 6:24
7. Take Time - 4:31
8. Fly Away - 3:41
9. It's Your Life - 5:02
10. Straight Cold Player - 4:19
11. Little Girl's Eyes - 7:44
12. You're My Flavor - 3:48
13. Can We Find a Reason - 6:24
14. American Woman (Bachman, Cummings, Kale, Peterson) - 4:21 (on re-release only)
15. Without You - 4:47 (on re-release only)

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	(200,000)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	(50,000)
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	(50,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	8 × gold 10 × platinum	4,185,000

Main article: Lenny Kravitz / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lenny Kravitz Official Biography - Updated in 2004 ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
2. ↑ ^{a b} 5 at Allmusic (English)