Mama Said

Mama Said
Studio album by Lenny Kravitz
Publication (s)	April 2, 1991
admission	1990-1991
Label (s)	Virgin Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hard rock , funk rock
Title (number)	14th
running time	52:38
production	Lenny Kravitz
Studio (s)	Waterfront Recording Studios
chronology Let Love Rule (1989) Mama Said Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993)

Mama Said is Lenny Kravitz's second studio album . It was released on Virgin Records in April 1991 .

To the formation

Guitarist Slash from Guns N 'Roses was involved in the creation of the album , who co-wrote the piece Always on the Run and also played on the album, he was also heard on Fields of Joy . Sean Lennon also wrote All I Ever Wanted . Kravitz quoted a lot from rock of the 1960s and 70s. For the first time he made it into the top 40 in the USA. Many funky riffs can be heard on the album.

success

The album reached number 39 on the Billboard 200 and platinum in the USA, number 20 on the German charts and number eight in the UK. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic called it more polished and more studied than its predecessor and rated it 4 out of 5. Rezensator.de awarded 6 out of 10 stars and wrote: “Overall, Kravitz is again presenting decent songs. Despite all the beautiful moments, Kravitz cannot completely convince. "

Track list

All pieces were written by Lenny Kravitz unless otherwise noted.

1. Fields of Joy ( Michael Kamen , Hal Fredericks) - 4:03
   • Arranged by Doug Neslund & Kravitz
2. Always on the Run (Kravitz, Slash ) - 3:57
   • Featuring slash
3. Stand by My Woman (Kravitz, Henry Hirsch, Stephen Mark Pasch, Anthony Krizan ) - 4:16
4. It Ain't Over 'til It's Over - 3:55
5. More Than Anything In This World - 3:43
6. What Goes Around Comes Around - 4:40
7. The Difference Is Why - 4:48
8. Stop Draggin 'Around - 2:37
9. Flowers for Zoë - 2:45
10. Fields of Joy (Reprise) (Kamen, Fredricks) - 3:57
    • Arranged by Kravitz
11. All I Ever Wanted (Kravitz, Sean Lennon ) - 4:04
12. When the Morning Turns to Night - 2:58
13. What the Fuck Are We Saying? - 5:13
14. Butterfly - 1:50

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Album review Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said In: rezensator.de , accessed on November 27, 2018.
2. ↑ Lenny Kravitz in the German charts
3. ↑ Mama Said at Allmusic (English)