BAPTISM
| Lenny Kravitz
BAPTISM
Baptism is the seventh album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on May 17, 2004, by Virgin Records. The album produced five singles and reached #14 on the Billboard 200 and #74 on the UK Albums Chart. - WIKIPEDIA
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SLANT
His highly stylized brand of retro rock has always been a guilty pleasure, even though it’s been largely hit or miss, but with Baptism, Kravitz’s seventh album, it’s become sad and limp, like a wet, leftover noodle or a stash gone bad.
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sputnik music
This album was one of Lenny better ones. It has some great songs, and a couple that leave you scratching your head, but for the most part it is a good album.
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musicOMH
Definitely a talented chap. Some may say control freak. But there’s no denying his musical abilities. He even produced this album.
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ALL MUSIC
It's a shame and embarrassment, and hopefully it will be a temporary slump like Circus -- unless he really does want to quit this business called show, since it would be better for him to stop making records than to crank out depressing sludge like this.
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rock music review
I may not be Jewish but I understand that personal exoneration will not be accomplished through such banal self-glorification and self-deprecation. Maybe he should start visiting the Synagogue of Truth instead of the Church of Rock.
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TODAY
the album is the number of acoustic ballads. Melodically light and heady, the album’s title track “Baptized” features Kravitz singing about love and loneliness.
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mxdwn.com
If Baptism is an indicator of rebirth one can only ask why Lenny Kravitz is directing more creativity toward his hairstyle than he is to his music.
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NOW
Kravitz knows what he excels at and doesn’t let simplicity weaken the intensity of his focus here, which is raw positivity channelled through 70s-era rock. It’s intriguing how he channels James Brown for the funk throwdown Will You Marry Me, and A Long And Sad Goodbye is a beautiful tribute to his deceased father.
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SCENE
So the fact that Kravitz begins his seventh album by declaring himself the "Minister of Rock 'n' Roll," in full scream and without a trace of irony, is a good sign, and it's confirmed by the remainder of the album, his best collection in a decade.
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Entertainment
the best tracks feel thin and too low-tech.
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Telegraph & Argus
Best left alone really.
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