Top 200 Favourite Albums. This update: #130. More tomorrow.

THE CAFFE` LATTE`

200

MOST RECOMMENDED ALBUMS

Some are the best selling, while others may be obscure, but the albums listed here are all worthy of a listen. No compilation/ best of sets. Only exceptional live albums included. This is a personal listing of the albums I enjoy the most to this day.

#130

ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY: 

LENNY KRAVITZ

 

 [1993] 

Lenny Kravitz draws from a variety of sources in his music. There's elements of Jimi Hendrix and psychedelia / heavy rock (the title track and "My Love"); John Lennon's introspective rock ("Is There Any Love In Your Heart" and "Believe") and the funk/ rock of Prince ("Sugar" and "Sister"). Those ingredients have been essential influences in Kravitz's music before, but on 'Believe', he explores a more soulful direction. This is most evident on "Black Girl", "Heaven Help" and "Just Be A Woman". All these influences mesh better than on any Kravitz album before or since. It's an effective make out album too. Highlight tracks: Are You Gonna Go My Way; Believe & Black Girl.