Mama Said (album)

Mama Said
Studio album by Lenny Kravitz
Released	April 2, 1991
Recorded	1990-1991
Genre	Funk rock, hard rock, psychedelic soul
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
"Always on the Run (feat. Slash)" Released: April 8, 1991 "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" Released: June 6, 1991 "Fields of Joy" Released: July 16, 1991 "Stand By My Woman" Released: August 13, 1991 "What the Fuck Are We Saying" Released: September 28, 1991 "Stop Draggin' Around" Released: December 27, 1991 "What Goes Around Comes Around" Released: January 29, 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Mama Said is the second studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in April 1991 by Virgin Records. Then 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 Ono Lennon.

Mama Said became Kravitz's first U.S. Top 40 album, reaching #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 was a big success, reaching #8 on the UK Album Chart. The album sold over 3 million copies worldwide and established Kravitz's popularity into the worldwide market two years after his debut album Let Love Rule.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lenny Kravitz; except where indicated

1. "Fields of Joy" – 4:03 (Kamen, Fredricks, arr. Neslund, Kravitz)
2. "Always on the Run" (featuring Slash) – 3:57 (Kravitz, Slash)
3. "Stand by My Woman" – 4:16 (Kravitz, Hirsch, Pasch, Krizan)
4. "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" – 3:55
5. "More Than Anything In This World" – 3:43
6. "What Goes Around Comes Around" – 4:40
7. "The Difference Is Why" – 4:48
8. "Stop Draggin' Around" – 2:37
9. "Flowers for Zoë" – 2:45
10. "Fields of Joy (Reprise)" – 3:57 (Kamen, Fredricks, arr. Kravitz)
11. "All I Ever Wanted" – 4:04 (Kravitz, Sean Ono Lennon)
12. "When the Morning Turns to Night" – 2:58
13. "What the Fuck Are We Saying?" – 5:13
14. "Butterfly" – 1:50

Personnel

• Slash - guitar solos for tracks 1 and 2
• Karl Denson - saxophone for tracks 2,3,6 and 13
• Butch Tomas - saxophone for track 2
• Henry Hirsch - bass1
• Phenix Horns - horns on track 4

• Engineering by David Domanich and Henry Hirsch
• Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound Studios
• Mixed by Henry Hirsch at Waterfront Studios.

• Art Direction by Melanie Nissen
• Artwork Design by Tom Bouman
• Photography by James Colderaro

References

1. ^ "Mama Said - Lenny Kravitz". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11221. 
2. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lennykravitz/albums/album/260925/review/5944975/mama_said^{[dead link]}