Name: 5 by Lenny Kravitz
Brand: Lenny Kravitz
SKU: 724384560553
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 2.5 (91 reviews)

ALBUM Explicit

Lenny Kravitz must have realized he bottomed out with the turgid Circus, so he decided to shake things up a bit on its follow-up, 5. Like any veteran in the late '90s, he dabbled in electronica, adding a few trip-hop loops and analog synths to his bedrock rock n' soul. It's enough to make 5 sound relatively fresh, at least compared to the retro dead-end of Circus, yet it sounds like Kravitz read about the idea of electronica without actually listening to any music. Anemic synths and stilted drum loops (sampled from Kravitz's playing, not old records) are scattered throughout the record, along with vaguely distorted vocals. It's not enough to make Kravitz sound hip, especially since he still loves endless funk jams and electric sitars, but it does revitalize his sound. At least for a little while. By the end of the album, his songwriting sounds as tired and unmemorable as on Circus. Without hooks, melodies, and style, Kravitz's Sly, Mayfield, Hendrix, Lennon, and Prince pastiches are a bore. 5 has a few passable cuts, yet it falls short of the quirky hero worship and melodic smarts that made his first three records so enjoyable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

1. Live

by Lenny Kravitz

Background Vocals: Lenny Kravitz
Nehemiah Heild
Sunovia Piere
Natalie Dekoning; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross; Composer
Bass Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross; Performer
Hammond Organ: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Performer: Nehemiah Heild
Natalie Dekoning
Craig Ross
Harold Todd
Michael Hunter
Lenny Kravitz
Sunovia Piere; Performer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Saxophone: Harold Todd; Performer
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Trumpet: Michael Hunter; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Studio Personnel: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

2. Supersoulfighter

by Lenny Kravitz

Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Angie Stone
Lenny Kravitz
Stefanie Bolton
Tenita Dreher; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Moog Bass: Lenny Kravitz
George Laks
Craig Ross; Performer
Performer: George Laks
Craig Ross
Stefanie Bolton
Angie Stone
Lenny Kravitz
Tenita Dreher; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Studio Personnel: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production

3. I Belong To You

by Lenny Kravitz

Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Performer: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Studio Personnel: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

4. Black Velveteen

by Lenny Kravitz

Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Mellotron: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Performer: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Synthesizer: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Studio Personnel: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

5. If You Can't Say No

by Lenny Kravitz

Background Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Drum Programming: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Hammond Organ: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Keyboard: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Performer: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Studio Personnel: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

6. Thinking Of You

by Lenny Kravitz

Background Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Engineer: Tom Edmonds; Production
Bass ( Vocal): Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Bass (vocal): Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Craig Ross
Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Keyboard: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Percussion: Craig Ross
Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz
Lysa Trenier; Composer
Performer: Craig Ross
Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Mixing: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording: Terry Manning
Tom Edmonds; Production
Studio Personnel: Terry Manning
Tom Edmonds
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

7. Take Time

by Lenny Kravitz

Background Vocals: Stefanie Bolton
Tenita Dreher
Angie Stone
Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Cymbals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Percussion: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Performer: Angie Stone
Lenny Kravitz
Stefanie Bolton
Tenita Dreher; Performer
Piano: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Studio Personnel: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

8. Fly Away

by Lenny Kravitz

Background Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Bass Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Performer: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Studio Personnel: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

9. It's Your Life

by Lenny Kravitz

Background Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Bass Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Performer: George Laks
Craig Ross
Michael Hunter
Lenny Kravitz
Harold Todd; Performer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Bass Guitar: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross; Performer
Keyboard: Lenny Kravitz
George Laks; Performer
Saxophone: Harold Todd; Performer
Trumpet: Michael Hunter; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Studio Personnel: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other
Conga: Lenny Kravitz; Other

10. Straight Cold Player

by Lenny Kravitz

Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording Assistant: Tom Edmonds; Production
Bass Guitar: Jack Daley; Performer
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Bass Guitar: Jack Daley; Performer
Drums: Cindy Blackman; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross; Performer
Performer: Harold Todd
Jack Daley
Michael Hunter
Lenny Kravitz
Tom Edmonds
Cindy Blackman
Craig Ross; Performer
Saxophone: Tom Edmonds
Harold Todd; Performer
Trumpet: Michael Hunter; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Studio Personnel: Terry Manning
Tom Edmonds
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other
Conga: Lenny Kravitz; Other

11. Little Girl's Eyes

by Lenny Kravitz

Background Vocals: Stefanie Bolton
Lenny Kravitz
Angie Stone
Tenita Dreher; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Moog Bass: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Performer: Tenita Dreher
Stefanie Bolton
Craig Ross
Lenny Kravitz
Angie Stone; Performer
Mixing: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Synthesizer: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Studio Personnel: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

12. You're My Flavor

by Lenny Kravitz

Background Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Bass (vocal): Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross; Performer
Performer: Craig Ross
Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Studio Personnel: Lenny Kravitz
Terry Manning; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

13. Can We Find A Reason?

by Lenny Kravitz

Primary Artist: Lenny Kravitz; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Jacquie Johnson
Lenny Kravitz
Susan Marshall; Performer
Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Mixing: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Bass ( Vocal): Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Producer: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer: Lenny Kravitz; Composer
Bass (vocal): Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Drums: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Guitar: Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross; Performer
Performer: Susan Marshall
Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross
Jacquie Johnson; Performer
Synthesizer: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Kravitz; Performer
Recording: Terry Manning; Production
Recording Arrangement: Lenny Kravitz; Production
Studio Personnel: Terry Manning
Lenny Kravitz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lenny Kravitz; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

13 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 6 minutes and 38 seconds

Explicit

Containing curse words, language, or art that is sexually, violently, or offensively oriented.

Coverart

Available and up to 1401x1401 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

12/13 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Electronic, Electronica, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative, Funk Rock

Label

Virgin

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

May 11, 1998

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

724384560553

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Notification

5

1. Live

2. Supersoulfighter

3. I Belong To You

4. Black Velveteen

5. If You Can't Say No

6. Thinking Of You

7. Take Time

8. Fly Away

9. It's Your Life

10. Straight Cold Player

11. Little Girl's Eyes

12. You're My Flavor

13. Can We Find A Reason?

Technical Specifications

5

Product information

Release options

1. Live

2. Supersoulfighter

3. I Belong To You

4. Black Velveteen

5. If You Can't Say No

6. Thinking Of You

7. Take Time

8. Fly Away

9. It's Your Life

10. Straight Cold Player

11. Little Girl's Eyes

12. You're My Flavor

13. Can We Find A Reason?

Technical Specifications