Greatest Hits (Lenny Kravitz album)

Infobox Album
Name = Greatest Hits
Type = greatest hits
Artist = Lenny Kravitz


Released = October 24 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 62:25 (main edition)
68:43 (limited tour edition)
Label = Virgin
Producer = Lenny Kravitz
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifexqw0ldhe link]
Last album = "5"
(1998)
This album = "Greatest Hits"
(2000)
Next album = "Lenny"
(2001)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = greatest hits


Lower caption = Limited tour edition cover

"Greatest Hits" is a greatest hits album by Lenny Kravitz, released in October 2000 (see 2000 in music). The album featured an unreleased track for promotion called "Again".

Kravitz reported in an interview for VivaMusic.com [cite web |url=http://www.lenny-kravitz.com/interviewvivamusic.html |title=Lenny Kravitz Grammy Awards! |accessdate=2006-09-22 |work=Lenny-Kravitz.com] 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.

Track listing

Main edition

#"Are You Gonna Go My Way", from "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
#"Fly Away", from album "5"
#"Rock and Roll Is Dead", from "Circus"
#"Again", "previously unreleased"
#"It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over", from "Mama Said"
#"Can't Get You off My Mind", from "Circus"
#"Mr. Cab Driver", from "Let Love Rule"
#"American Woman", from "5"
#"Stand by My Woman", from "Mama Said"
#"Always on the Run", from "Mama Said"
#"Heaven Help", from "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
#"I Belong to You", from "5"
#"Believe", from "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
#"Let Love Rule", from "Let Love Rule"
#"Black Velveteen", from "5"

The Japanese edition of the album includes the song "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" as a bonus track.

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.

#"Are You Gonna Go My Way", from "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
#"Fly Away", from album "5"
#"Rock and Roll Is Dead", from "Circus"
#"Again", "previously unreleased"
#"Dig In", from "Lenny"
#"It Ain't Over Til It's Over", from "Mama Said"
#"Can't Get You off My Mind", from "Circus"
#"Heaven Help", from "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
#"Mr. Cab Driver", from "Let Love Rule"
#"American Woman", from "5"
#"Where Are We Runnin'?", from "Baptism"
#"Stand by My Woman", from "Mama Said"
#"Always on the Run", from "Mama Said"
#"I Belong to You", from "5"
#"Believe", from "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
#"Let Love Rule", from "Let Love Rule"
#"Black Velveteen", from "5"

*The special edition also contained a DVD with six videos:

#"Always on the Run"
#"Are You Gonna Go My Way"
#"Fly Away"
#"American Woman"
#"Dig In"
#"Where Are We Runnin'?"

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".

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

References