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Lenny Kravitz - Circus (1995)

Track listing:
  1. Rock and Roll Is Dead 3:23
  2. Circus 4:47
  3. Beyond the 7th Sky 4:53
  4. Tunnel Vision 4:15
  5. Can't Get You Off My Mind 4:32
  6. Magdalene 3:47
  7. God is Love 4:25
  8. Thin Ice 5:31
  9. Dont Go and Put a Bullet in Your Head 4:16
  10. In My Life Today 6:27
  11. Resurrection 4:22

Notes

After the fuzz-rock revivalism of Are You Gonna Go My Way, Lenny Kravitz seems to have settled into a comfortable groove, alternating between early-'70s album rock and early-'70s soul, with the occasional Prince flourish thrown in for good measure. Circus is the weakest of Kravitz's albums, simply because he didn't change his style in a distinctive manner, replicating the sound of Are You Gonna Go My Way instead. To compound his problems, Kravitz kicks off the record with "Rock N' Roll Is Dead," a workmanlike rewrite of "Are You Gonna Go My Way" that lacks hooks. However, after one more half-hearted rocker, Circus begins to open up, as Kravitz turns in a series of ballads and lightly psychedelic mid-tempo pop numbers, which prove to be his real strength.