- 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 byLenny Kravitz , released in October 2000 (see2000 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 theUK Album Chart . As ofMarch 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
Japan ese edition of the album includes the song "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" as abonus 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, drumsRichard Locker
Barry Finclair
Elena Barere
Lamar Alsop
Richard Sortomme
Jean Ingraham
Eugene Moye
Regis Iandiorio
Julien BarberReferences
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