Track Listing

1. Fly Away
2. Can We Find A Reason
3. I Belong To You
4. Super Soul Finger
5. Thinking Of You
6. Straight Cold Player
7. Little Girl's Eyes
8. Black Velveteen
9. Take Time
10. It's Your Life
11. Your My Flavour
12. If You Can't Say No
13. Live
14. American Woman
15. Without You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55651 in Music
• Released on: 1999-05-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks, Original recording reissued
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Lenny Kravitz is still obsessed with the 1970s, and for good reason: he's found endless inspiration in the work of Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, and a decade's worth of soul men. Kravitz hasn't lost the funk on 5, but the sound here drifts dangerously close to the Me decade's shallowest end, when disco seemed to rob R&B of its soul. So the passion Kravitz has shown on early albums is strangely diluted (aside from the album-closing epic "Can We Find a Reason?"). 5 is the singer's first foray into digital technology, but despite a few modern effects at the edges, he's doing essentially the same as before--only colder. --Steve Appleford

CD Description
On 5, Lenny Kravitz continues to push the envelope of creativity. Defying the traditional genre categories of pop, rock, soul and alternative, 5 provides the listener with Kravitz's most far-reaching creation to date. Hip-Hop drum loops, Electronica textures and vintage Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ and Moog keyboard sounds interact throughout the disc, solidly backed by Kravitz's trademark guitar sound. As usual, Lenny plays most of the instruments on the album, from drums to bass. Delivering the goods as a songwriter and musician, Kravitz is truly a mega-talent.
As his influences range from Led Zeppelin to Parliament, Kravitz can combine classic songwriting with '90s sampled-based vibes. 5 is filled with standard Kravitz-type, beautifully sung, well-crafted songs such as "If You Can't Say No", "Thinking of You" and "CanWe Find a Reason". Although Kravitz hasn't yet fully reached the vast commercial potential of his talent, 5 will appealto music buyers from vastly different categories.

Customer Reviews

FUNKY
this is the most funked-out seventies rocksoul that i've ever heard. fantastic lyrics and tunes, great!

Great! From sassy songs to beautiful ballads, it's a hit!
I was into more poppy music like steps and S Club 7 but from the first time I heard American Woman I was hooked, from a saucy, sassy single like that 2 the deep, smooth depths of his new one: I belong 2 U and the hit Fly Away, AMAZING!

Great fly soul funked rock n roll tunes!
This is Lenny's most rocked up funky album, with large influence of many seventies and sixties soul and funk groups very present. This is full of some very soulful deep tunes, and some Lenny classics like Fly Away, American Woman, Live, If you can't ssay no, and the strange almost electo dance Black velveteen. Big funky rock sould record. Groovy soul music.