Let Love Rule

Let Love Rule is the debut album by Lenny Kravitz. It was released in September 1989 on Virgin Records.

On the origin

The former wife of Kravitz, Lisa Bonet wrote the text of Fear. When Rosemary Bonet and Kravitz co-wrote the text. Musically, the album by artists such as John Lennon, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, Prince was influenced. The influences of Jimi Hendrix were noted at Freedom Train. General of the 70s rock was a major influence.

Success

The album reached # 61 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., # 12 in Switzerland and No. 56 in the UK. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote the album does not sound stiff or isolated, but " spatially and open" and rated it 4.5 stars out of 5 Rezensator.de missed 7 out of 10 stars and wrote: "Retro is not always good, especially when it sounds just cloned. The Kravitz sound but sounds interesting and also has a certain degree of autonomy on. Thus, this journey is fun. "

Title list

All pieces were written by Lenny Kravitz, except for the text of " Fear" by Lisa Bonet and the text of " Rosemary " by Kravitz and Bonet.

Bonus title of 20th Anniversary Edition

All pieces were, except where stated otherwise by Lenny Kravitz.

• Track 16 first appeared on the single Always on the Run, but was originally recorded on the tour to Let Love Rule.

• Tracks 11-12 recorded at The Paradiso, Amsterdam - 12/20/89