Greatest Hits (Lenny Kravitz album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Lenny Kravitz
Released October 24, 2000 (U.S.)
Recorded 1989-2000
Genre Funk rock, hard rock, psychedelic soul, rhythm and blues
Length 62:25 (main edition)
68:43 (limited tour edition)
Label Virgin
Producer Lenny Albert Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz chronology
5
(1998)		 Greatest Hits
(2000)		 Lenny
(2001)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Again"
    Released: September 14, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on October 24, 2000. The album featured an unreleased track for promotion called "Again" which became a hit, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, following a very successful string of hits from the album 5.

Kravitz reported in an interview for VivaMusic.com[2] that the selection of the songs were led by his record company, Virgin Records, which only chose the songs that were successful on the charts. The tracks were sequenced by Kravitz's engineer, Henry Hirsch.

The album reached #2 on the Billboard 200 and #12 on the UK Album Chart. As of March 2008, Greatest Hits has sold 4.5 million units in the U.S, approximately 10.5 million in worldwide sales, the biggest selling album in Lenny's career to date. The album is amongst the top-selling albums of the decade.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original edition

# Title Original album Writer(s) Production credits Time
1. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross Lenny Kravitz 3:30
2. "Fly Away" 5 Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:41
3. "Rock and Roll Is Dead" Circus Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:22
4. "Again" Previously unreleased Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:45
5. "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" Mama Said Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:55
6. "Can't Get You Off My Mind" Circus Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 4:33
7. "Mr. Cab Driver" Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:49
8. "American Woman" Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Original Soundtrack) / 5 (Re-release) B. Cummings, M.J. Kale, G. Peterson, R. Bachman Lenny Kravitz 4:21
9. "Stand By My Woman" Mama Said Lenny Kravitz, Henry Hirsch, S. Pasch, A. Krizan Lenny Kravitz 4:16
10. "Always on the Run" Mama Said Lenny Kravitz, Slash Lenny Kravitz 3:57
11. "Heaven Help" Are You Gonna Go My Way Gerry DeVeaux, Terry Britten Lenny Kravitz 3:10
12. "I Belong to You" 5 Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 4:17
13. "Believe" Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz, Henry Hirsch Lenny Kravitz 4:50
14. "Let Love Rule" Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 5:42
15. "Black Velveteen" 5 Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 4:48

[edit] Japanese edition

The Japan release has the song "Is There Any Love In Your Heart" appended as track 12. The tracks otherwise remained the same.

[edit] Greatest Hits: Limited Tour Edition

On November 8, 2005, the album was re-released due to Kravitz's 2005 Tour, including the songs "Dig In" and "Where Are We Runnin'?", from his latest albums, Lenny and Baptism respectively.

CD

# Title Original album Writer(s) Production credits Time
1. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross Lenny Kravitz 3:30
2. "Fly Away" 5 Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:41
3. "Rock and Roll Is Dead" Circus Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:22
4. "Again" Previously unreleased Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:45
5. "Dig In" Lenny Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:43
6. "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" Mama Said Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:55
7. "Can't Get You Off My Mind" Circus Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 4:33
8. "Mr. Cab Driver" Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 3:49
9. "American Woman" Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Original Soundtrack) / 5 (Re-release) B. Cummings, M.J. Kale, G. Peterson, R. Bachman Lenny Kravitz 4:21
10 "Where Are We Runnin'? Baptism Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 2:40
11. "Stand By My Woman" Mama Said Lenny Kravitz, Henry Hirsch, S. Pasch, A. Krizan Lenny Kravitz 4:16
12. "Always on the Run" Mama Said Lenny Kravitz, Slash Lenny Kravitz 3:57
13. "Heaven Help" Are You Gonna Go My Way Gerry DeVeaux, Terry Britten Lenny Kravitz 3:10
14. "Is There Any Love in Your Heart?" Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross Lenny Kravitz 3:40
15. "I Belong to You" 5 Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 4:17
16. "Believe" Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz, Henry Hirsch Lenny Kravitz 4:50
17. "Let Love Rule" Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 5:42
18. "Black Velveteen" 5 Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 4:48

DVD

# Title Original album Director Time
1. "Always on the Run" Mama Said Jesse Dylan 3:30
2. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Are You Gonna Go My Way Mark Romanek 3:41
3. "Fly Away" 5 Paul Hunter 3:22
4. "American Woman" Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Original Soundtrack) / 5 (Re-release) 3:45
5. "Dig In" Lenny Samuel Bayer 3:55
6. "Where Are We Runnin'?" Baptism Philip Andelman, Lenny Kravitz 4:33

[edit] Promotion

"Again" was released as the promotional single for this compilation, along with a music video. The single reached number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Kravitz's highest-charting song since 1991 "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over".

[edit] Personnel

Lenny Kravitz - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, sitar, bass, drums

Richard Locker
Barry Finclair
Elena Barere
Lamar Alsop
Richard Sortomme
Jean Ingraham
Eugene Moye
Regis Iandiorio
Julien Barber

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r503138
  2. ^ "Lenny Kravitz Grammy Awards!". Lenny-Kravitz.com. http://www.lenny-kravitz.com/interviewvivamusic.html. Retrieved 2006-09-22. 
Lenny Kravitz
Studio albums
Compilations
  • Greatest Hits
Extended plays
  • Is There Any Love in the World
  • Maximum Kravitz
Video albums
Promos
  • "The Soul of Lenny Kravitz" (1999)
  • "Super Soul Fighter" (1999)
Tours
  • Universal Love (1993-1994)
  • Circus (1996)
  • The Freedom Tour (1998)
  • Lenny (2002-2003)
  • Baptism (2005)
  • Electric Church (2006)
  • Get On The Bus Mini-Tour (2008)
  • Love Revolution (2008-2009)
Filmography
Related articles
Lenny Kravitz singles discography
Let Love Rule
Mama Said
Are You Gonna Go My Way
Circus
5
Greatest Hits
Lenny
Baptism
It Is Time for a Love Revolution
Black and White America
Soundtracks
Other singles
Promotional singles
  • "The Soul of Lenny Kravitz" (1999)
  • "Super Soul Fighter" (1999)
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