Independent review

On the same day as Paul McCartney (more about the main thing tomorrow), on Friday, September 7, a more modern master, Lenny Kravitz, also released his new album. The owner of four Grammys had not given birth to an album for 4 years, and now Raise Vibration is his 11 longplay. Lenny funks and raises vibrations. He does what has been getting him excited lately and what is stated in the title. As is customary, Kravitz recorded almost all the parts himself with a little help from his regular guitarist Craig Ross and keyboardist David Baron. Under the guidance of the latter, orchestrations and brass were also recorded. Of course, in addition to funky rhythms, there is also typical Kravitzian modern blues-rock on the album, as well as ballads full of tenderness. If you divide the best tracks by style, you will get rock in Raise Vibration, funk in It's Enough, reggae in I'll Always Be Inside Your Soul, and a blues-rock ballad in the best song on the album, Here to Love. To these I will add the typical late-Lenny track Low and the rhythmic 5 More Days 'til Summer. There is more rock on Raise than on a couple of the previous releases, but less than at the beginning of his career when Lenny lived next door to Slash. You can consider the album an averaged model of Kravitz from the last ten years. This is not a conqueror of MTV and the Grammy ceremonies, but he is also not an overtly African-American artist from the Black and White America days. Everyone will find a Lenny to their taste here, unless you have an initial prejudice against the artist, since the musician with Ukrainian roots is definitely not trying to surprise anyone or pose as someone else. Peace, love - the main message of Kravitz. And in this message, I believe, the main problem was the excessive peace of mind of the latest records. No, a rebellious protest is far from Raise, but Lenny is still capable of causing certain vibrations from ears to heart, and not just forcing hot bodies to move. A not-bad disc from an eternal summer.

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