Baptism
by Lenny Kravitz
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: May 18, 2004
User Score
4.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 41
  3. Negative: 20 out of 41

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  1. jurajm
    May 21, 2004
    4
    I was looking forward to hearing a new album from lenny, but was seriously dissapointed... totally uninspired. A shame, really...
  2. DisaPointed
    May 27, 2004
    6
    I was really anticipating the new album. Lenny has so much talent and his styles are so diverse. Unfortunately, though I like some of the classic Lenny sounding songs, I was disapointed! There wasn't any breaking of new ground, except in his vocals. Musically, it just seems, overall, bland. This album sounds like the left over cuts from the last album, "Lenny." On three of the I was really anticipating the new album. Lenny has so much talent and his styles are so diverse. Unfortunately, though I like some of the classic Lenny sounding songs, I was disapointed! There wasn't any breaking of new ground, except in his vocals. Musically, it just seems, overall, bland. This album sounds like the left over cuts from the last album, "Lenny." On three of the balads, the chords all hit right on the 4 / 4 beat. It's mechanical, uninspired, overall. But there are moments of genious. However, I don't like the homogenized bland sound. Lenny turned down many offers before his first album so he could explore and create without labels and limits. Where is that zeal now? I just don't hear it in this album. Sorry Lenny, but I still love you man. You are a genious and I know you can do better.… Expand

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Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 5 out of 10
  1. Rolling Stone
    70
    Somewhere along the line in his career, he fully absorbed his pantheon of Sixties and Seventies influences and began to sound like no one but himself. The confidence that results from that growth -- along with the knowledge that comes from having made records for fifteen years -- is apparent throughout this album.
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  2. Mojo
    20
    Tired and contrived-sounding.... Baptism? Craptism, more like. [Jun 2004, p.102]
  3. Blender
    30
    Kravitz has evolved merely from one set of retro-’70s surfaces to another, with uncharacteristically uninspired hooks.
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