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- Record Label: Roadrunner Records
- Release Date: Aug 29, 2011
- Summary: The funk rock singer and multi-instrumentalist releases his ninth studio album.
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- Record Label: Roadrunner Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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| Don't give up, You're gonna see tomorrow That you'll be on your feet again Sometimes the world's gonna knock you over But you will see who you are... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Aug 30, 2011Here, he reverses that dynamic, playing the studio like the virtuoso that he is, and he's come up with his best record in years, a shamelessly enjoyable piece of aural candy.
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Aug 26, 2011Kravitz's ninth album is a melting pot of funk, soul, rock, and other made-in-the-USA genres, with songs about growing up biracial after civil rights (the '70s-inspired title track) and plenty of hopey-changey stuff (''Stand,'' ''Push'').
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Aug 30, 2011Still, each of these 16 songs succeeds on its own terms, which is a vision for America beyond the black and white divide.
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Aug 26, 2011Overall, it's an easily enjoyable album with its heart in the right place.
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Q MagazineSep 21, 2011As rock, soul and funk steep together, the overriding sense is that Kravitz would prefer to be the leering loverman than the seer. [Oct 2011, p.124]
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Aug 30, 2011Black and White America is a laudable musical statement, and a much needed reminder of how prodigious Kravitz is at melding together rock and funk.
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MojoSep 8, 2011Can be hard for mere mortals to swallow. [Oct 2011, p.104]
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Sep 5, 2011
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