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Black And White America

Lenny Kravitz

Black And White America

Album number nine from the rock / soul / funk multi-insrumentalist includes a contribution from Jay-Z

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6.2

Label
Roadrunner
UK Release date
22/08/2011
US Release date
30/08/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   BBC

    Everything is a three-and-a-half minute dollop of exquisitely joyous pop music, featuring the kind of chorus that will stick in your mind from the moment it sings its first hello
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  2. 7.5 |   BBC

    Almost everything contained on Black and White America is most enjoyable indeed
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  3. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Each of these 16 songs succeeds on its own terms, which is a vision for America beyond the black and white divide
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  4. 6.5 |   Paste Magazine

    The “blacker” he gets, the better he gets ... Unfortunately, Kravitz’s whiter side proves far less interesting
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  5. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Finds him in fluent form whether he is strutting through familiar heavy funk rock territory or investigating 80s new wave turbo pop
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  6. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    An easily enjoyable album with its heart in the right place
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  7. 6.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Synth-pop and power ballads confusingly battle with classic rock and R’n’B
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  8. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    This is, needless to say, an immaculately produced record
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  9. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  10. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Perhaps Lenny might be more lovable if he didn't sound so damn smug. Print edition only

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  • 1. Black And White America N/A
  • 2. Come On Get It N/A
  • 3. In The Black N/A
  • 4. Liquid Jesus N/A
  • 5. Rock Star City Life N/A
  • 6. Boongie Drop (feat. JAY Z & DJ Military) N/A
  • 7. Stand N/A
  • 8. Superlove N/A
  • 9. Everything N/A
  • 10. I Can't Be Without You N/A
  • 11. Looking Back On Love N/A
  • 12. Life Ain't Ever Been Better Than It Is Now N/A
  • 13. The Faith Of A Child N/A
  • 14. Sunflower (feat. Drake) N/A
  • 15. Dream N/A
  • 16. Push N/A
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