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Lenny Kravitz
Virgin Records, 1998
REVIEW BY: Alfredo Narvaez
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 06/25/2000
"Fly Away."
If you have, by some miraculous chance, avoided the monster hitfrom Lenny Kravitz's last album 5, then count yourself among the few. From TV ads to VH-1,this song has been around for the past couple of years and refusesto go away.
And why should it? After the success of songs like "It Ain'tOver Till It's Over" and "Are You Gonna Go My Way," the artist onceknown as Romeo Blue has waited a while for his next big hit tostrike. Though well liked by people across various generationalgaps by his mix of '60s love vibes, '70s funk, and '80s guitarrock, Kravitz has nonetheless never gotten over with critics. He isoften perceived as nothing more than a cheap knockoff of the musicof the '60s and '70s. Add to that the message to "Let Love Rule"that permeates all of his work -- a mantra plucked straight out ofthe flower power generation. It has not been easy for Kravitz toseparate himself from detractrors' cries for unoriginality.
That said, Kravitz's last offering, 5, serves a more potent mixof his music than his last album did. It may have been due to therecent death of his mother, TV star Roxie Roker, but Circus was a dark and depressing album. After all, Kravitz,like all artists, feeds off his emotions and feelings to create. Idoubt that he was feeling cheery and peppy during those times.

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