Raise vibration

Raise vibration
Studio album by Lenny Kravitz
Publication (s)	September 7, 2018
admission	2017-2018
Label (s)	Roxie Records, BMG
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC, download
Genre (s)	Rock , funk
Title (number)	12
running time	64:35
production	Lenny Kravitz
chronology Strut (2014) Raise vibration -
Single releases May 11, 2018 It's enough 29 May 2018 Low July 27, 2018 5 More Days' Til Summer November 30, 2018 Johnny Cash

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Raise vibration   DE 3 14.09.2018 (8 weeks)   AT 4th 09/21/2018 (7 weeks)   CH 3 16.09.2018 (13 weeks)   UK 19th 09/20/2018 (1 week)   US 43 09/22/2018 (1 week)

Singles

Low   DE 61 14.09.2018 (1 week)   CH 69 06/03/2018 (6 weeks)

Raise Vibration is the eleventh studio album by the musician Lenny Kravitz . It was released on September 7, 2018 as the second release on his label Roxie Records with distribution by BMG Rights Management .

Emergence

Lenny Kravitz wrote all the songs on the album himself and also played the instruments himself. The recordings in the Gregory Town Sound Studios on Eleuthera in the Bahamas were accompanied by Craig Ross and other musicians and singers. It was mastered by Bernie Grundman .

The ideas for many pieces on the album came to him in his sleep, so that he sometimes woke up at night and drove to the studio to record them straight away. For Low he used recordings by Michael Jackson in the background , which come from the earlier collaboration on "(I Can't Make It) Another Day". In Johnny Cash he processes his feelings after the death of his mother Roxie Roker. Johnny Cash and June Carter would have comforted him when he learned of her death - they were living in the same house with producer Rick Rubin in Los Angeles at the time.

In the compositions Who Really Are the Monsters? and Here to Love he takes a political position on the situation in the world and opposes all acts of war. With It's Enough he also denounces the destruction of the environment - the accompanying music video with a length of 7:55 minutes makes this clear with original excerpts from official reports.

The blue-tones album cover shows Lenny Kravitz head-on with crossed legs standing on the beach with the sunset in the background.

Track list

All titles were written by Lenny Kravitz . He composed the music for two tracks together with Craig Ross.

Raise vibration
No.	title	music	length
1.	We Can Get It All Together	Kravitz	4:40
2.	Low	Kravitz	5:19
3.	Who Really Are the Monsters?	Kravitz, Ross	5:19
4th	Raise vibration	Kravitz	5:27
5.	Johnny Cash	Kravitz	6:18
6th	Here to love	Kravitz	4:42
7th	It's enough	Kravitz	7:55
8th.	5 More Days' Til Summer	Kravitz	4:02
9.	The Majesty of Love	Kravitz	5:49
10.	Gold dust	Kravitz, Ross	5:08
11.	Ride	Kravitz	5:58
12.	I'll Always Be Inside Your Soul	Kravitz	3:58
Overall length:			64:35

Publications

Before the album was released on September 7th 2018, the singles It´s Enough were released on May 11th, Low on May 29th and 5 More Days' Til Summer on July 27th. On July 26, 2018, a remix of the title Low by David Guetta was released .

Even before the album was released, there was a tour with the Raise Vibration Tour , which began in Mexico on April 13, 2018. In Germany he gave five concerts and one each in Vienna and Zurich. The tour continued until 2019, where he gave two concerts in Germany in May 2019.

reception

success

source	rating
laut.de
classicrock.net
Metacritic
Plattentests.de

In Germany, the album was in the charts for eight weeks and rose to third place. It reached number 43 on the American Billboard 200 , number 19 in Great Britain, number three in Switzerland and number four in Austria. So did raise vibration less success than the previous album Strut . The most successful single in the charts was Low .

criticism

The reviews of the album were mixed. Sven Kabelitz from laut.de says: “With 'Raise Vibration', Lenny Kravitz succeeds in using the downward spiral, which has been tentative at first and then more and more tense for the last twenty years, and to bounce back eagerly. Leaning on the spirit of his first albums, guitarist Craig Ross gives him a clear, sometimes too good sound. A little more pepper would have done some pieces good, a few songs remain below their potential. Nevertheless, Kravitz unexpectedly delivers his best album since 5. "( Sven Kabelitz : laut.de)

Felix Heinecker sees it in a similar way: “The twelve songs take their time, celebrate jam sessions and mostly don't care about tight songwriting corsets. OK then. [...] He was never a really great lyric poet, but the banalities that can be endured on 'Raise Vibration' are quite exhausting. [...] the bottom line is, 'Raise Vibration' is again an album with great songs and a few missteps that will still hardly attract new fans. "( Felix Heinecker : plattentest.de)

“Lenny Kravitz doesn't have to prove anything on his eleventh album. In classic rock, he takes a stand on the world situation and hopes for the reconciliation of mankind. The record is strongest where the message is secondary and Kravitz lets instruments speak. "

- stern.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austriancharts.at: Raise Vibration in the Austrian charts.
2. ^ Hitparade.ch: Raise Vibration in the Swiss Charts.
3. ↑ Raise Vibration in the Official UK Charts (English)
4. ^ ^{A b} Officialcharts.de: Lenny Kravitz in the German album charts.
5. ↑ Lenny Kravitz on the US Billboard 200 Album Charts
6. ↑ Lenny Kravitz - Low In: hitparade.ch , accessed on September 14, 2018.
7. ↑ ^{a b} According to the information in the booklet of the album Raise Vibration .
8. ↑ Marcel Anders: Lenny Kravitz: "Raise Vibration" - "Call to Love, Reason and Optimism". In: deutschlandfunk.de. September 1, 2018, accessed on September 11, 2018 (interview). 
9. ^ Sassan Niasseri: Lenny Kravitz in portrait: One with anger. In: rollingstone.de. September 6, 2018, accessed September 11, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Lenny Kravitz publishes "It's Enough" a song against racism, war and violence In: songtexte.com , accessed on February 19, 2019.
11. ↑ David Guetta: This is how his remix for Lenny Kravitz 'single “Low” came about . In: bigfm.de , accessed on September 13, 2018.
12. ↑ Roland Aust: Lenny Kravitz continues his "Raise Vibration" tour in May. In: eventmagazin.info. September 10, 2018, accessed September 11, 2018 . 
13. ↑ ^{a b} Sven Kabelitz: "Raise Vibration" by Lenny Kravitz - laut.de - album. In: laut.de. Retrieved September 11, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Jacqueline Floßmann: Review: Lenny Kravitz RAISE VIBRATION. In: classicrock.net. September 7, 2018, accessed September 11, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Raise Vibration by Lenny Kravitz Reviews and Tracks In: metacritic.com , accessed September 12, 2018.
16. ^ ^{A b} Felix Heinecker: Lenny Kravitz - Raise vibration • Plattentests.de review. In: plattentests.de. August 29, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018 . 
17. ↑ dpa: Raise Vibration: Lenny Kravitz: Rock nach old Schule In: stern.de , accessed on September 13, 2018.