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Mama Said (album)

Mama Said
Lenny Kravitz-Mama Said (album cover).jpg
Studio album by Lenny Kravitz
Released April 2, 1991
Recorded 1990
Genre
Length 52:38
Label Virgin
Producer Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz chronology
Let Love Rule
(1989)
Mama Said
(1991)
Are You Gonna Go My Way
(1993)
Singles from Mama Said
  1. "Always on the Run"
    Released: March 8, 1991
  2. "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"
    Released: June 6, 1991
  3. "Fields of Joy"
    Released: July 16, 1991
  4. "Stand by My Woman"
    Released: August 13, 1991
  5. "What the Fuck Are We Saying"
    Released: September 28, 1991
  6. "Stop Draggin' Around"
    Released: December 27, 1991
  7. "What Goes Around Comes Around"
    Released: January 29, 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Chicago Tribune 2.5/4 stars
Christgau's Consumer Guide (2-star Honorable Mention)
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly C−
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars
Select 4/5

Mama Said is the second studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in April 1991 by Virgin Records. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash co-wrote and played on the song "Always on the Run". He also played on the song "Fields of Joy". The song "All I Ever Wanted" was co-written by Sean Lennon.

Mama Said became Kravitz's first U.S. top 40 album, reaching number 39 on the Billboard 200, and going on to sell 1.88 million copies in the US (as of November 2002). Although the album has sold enough copies to be certified double platinum, the RIAA still has it listed as platinum. In the UK, the album reached number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. The album sold over 3 million copies worldwide and established Kravitz's worldwide popularity two years after his 1989 debut album Let Love Rule. In 2012, Virgin Records released an expanded, double-disc version of the album with a number of remixes and bonus tracks.

All songs were written by Lenny Kravitz, except where noted.


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