It Is Time for a Love Revolution

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(57/100)^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The A.V. Club	(C-)^[4]
Billboard	(positive)^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)^[2]
The Guardian	^[6]
Lost at Sea	(7.6/10)^[7]
Now	^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Yahoo! Music UK	^[10]

It Is Time for a Love Revolution is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger Lenny Kravitz, released on February 5, 2008.^[11]

It includes 14 original tracks, written, composed, arranged, performed and produced by Kravitz. The album received Kravitz's best reviews in years, with Rolling Stone awarding it three stars out of a possible five and suggesting that "As a blast back to the past, this is the best album Lenny Kravitz has ever made."^[9]

Kravitz has planned to tour with the album's material for two years after the release, starting with a performance of two new songs on Times Square New Year's Eve show, hosted by Carson Daly.

It debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling about 73,000 copies in its first week^[12] and becoming Kravitz's first US Top 5 album since 2000's Greatest Hits. As of January 2012, the album has sold approximately 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Lenny Kravitz.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Love Revolution"	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	3:14
2.	"Bring It On"	Lenny Kravitz	3:35
3.	"Good Morning"	Lenny Kravitz, Tony LeMans	4:17
4.	"Love Love Love"	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	3:21
5.	"If You Want It"	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	5:08
6.	"I'll Be Waiting"	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	4:19
7.	"Will You Marry Me"	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	3:43
8.	"I Love the Rain"	Lenny Kravitz	4:43
9.	"A Long and Sad Goodbye"	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	5:58
10.	"Dancin' Til Dawn"	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	5:09
11.	"This Moment Is All There Is"	Lenny Kravitz	5:07
12.	"A New Door"	Lenny Kravitz	4:38
13.	"Back in Vietnam"	Lenny Kravitz	3:45
14.	"I Want to Go Home"	Lenny Kravitz	5:04
Total length:			62:09

Japan Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Music	Length
15.	"Uncharted Terrain"	Lenny Kravitz	4:28
16.	"Confused"	Lenny Kravitz	6:48
17.	"I'll Be Waiting" (Acoustic Version)	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	4:22
Total length:			77:48

Deluxe edition bonus DVD

"It Is Time for a Love Revolution Intro" (Interview)
"Let Love Rule" (5.1 Surround Video) (originally on Let Love Rule)
"Mr. Cab Driver" (originally on Let Love Rule)
"I'll Be Waiting" (Interview)
"It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" (originally on Mama Said)
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (originally on Are You Gonna Go My Way)
"If You Want It" (Interview)
"Rock and Roll Is Dead" (5.1 Surround Video) (originally on Circus)
"A Long and Sad Goodbye" (Interview)
"Fly Away" (originally on 5)
"Lady" (originally on Baptism)
"Love Revolution" (Interview)
"Where Are We Runnin'?" (originally on Baptism)

Personnel

Lenny Kravitz - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, bass, drums, congas, cowbells, tambourine, hand claps, sound effects
Anoushka Shankar - sitar
Craig Ross - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand claps
Liuh-Wen Ting - viola
Tony Breit - bass

Commercial appearance

The song "Love Revolution" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2008 comedy film Made of Honor.
The song "Bring It On" was played on the 9th episode of the fifth season of the drama series One Tree Hill.^[13]
The song "I'll Be Waiting" was featured on the 2008 Brazilian soap opera Beleza Pura.^[14]

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Australian ARIA Chart ^[15]	47
Austrian Albums Chart ^[15]	4
Belgian Albums Chart ^[16]	5
Canadian Albums Chart	5
Danish Albums Chart ^[15]	17
Dutch Albums Chart ^[15]	2
Finnish Albums Chart ^[15]	9
French Albums Chart ^[15]	5
German Albums Chart ^[16]	3
Greek Albums Chart^[17]	14
Italian Albums Chart ^[15]	3
Japanese Albums Chart ^[15]	10
Mexican Albums Chart ^[15]	43
New Zealand RIANZ Chart ^[15]	30
Norwegian Albums Chart ^[15]	28
Polish Albums Chart^[18]	2
Portuguese Albums Chart ^[15]	11
Spanish Promusicae Chart	6
Swedish Albums Chart ^[15]	17
Swiss Albums Chart ^[15]	1
UK Albums Chart ^[16]	42
U.S. Billboard 200 ^[19]	4

Certifications

Country	Certification (sales thresholds)
Germany	Gold^[20]

Year-end charts

Country	Year-end position (2008)
Germany ^[21]	44

References

1 2 Thomas, Stephen (2008-02-05). "It Is Time for a Love Revolution - Lenny Kravitz". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
1 2 "It Is Time for a Love Revolution Review". Entertainment Weekly. February 1, 2008.
↑ "It Is Time For A Love Revolution Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
↑ "Leny Kravitz: It Is Time For A Love Revolution". The A.V. Club.
↑ Graff, Gary. "It Is Time for a Love Revolution". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
↑ Clarke, Betty (February 1, 2008). "CD: Lenny Kravitz, It Is For a Love Revolution". London: The Guardian.
↑ "Reviews". Lost at Sea.
↑ "Lenny Kravitz". Now.
1 2 Fricke, David (January 25, 2008). "It Is Time For A Love Revolution : Lenny Kravitz : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 28, 2008. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
↑ "Lenny Kravitz It Is Time For A Love Revolution Album Review". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
↑ Matthews, Allie. (October 9, 2007) A Love Revolution is coming your way at the Wayback Machine (archived December 10, 2008) Aced Magazine. Accessed October 27, 2007.
↑ Katie Hasty, "Digital Sales Propel Johnson To Second No. 1", Billboard.com, February 13, 2008.
↑ Default (2008-02-26). "One Tree Hill Music". Oth-music.com. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
↑ "Cd Beleza Pura". Aofundo.org. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "International performance". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
1 2 3 "Chart performance". A-charts.us. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
↑ "Greek Albums Chart". Ifpi.gr. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
↑ "OLiS: sales for the period 04.02.2008 - 10.02.2008". OLiS. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
↑ "Lenny Kravitz Artist Chart Position at ''Billboard''". Billboard.com. 2008-12-10. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('It Is Time for a Love Revolution')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
↑ ":: MTV | Album Jahrescharts 2008 | charts". MTV.de. 2010-01-18. Archived from the original on 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2012-08-11.

External links

It Is Time for a Love Revolution at Metacritic

Lenny Kravitz

Studio albums	Let Love Rule (1989) Mama Said (1991) Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993) Circus (1995) 5 (1998) Lenny (2001) Baptism (2004) It Is Time for a Love Revolution (2008) Black and White America (2011) Strut (2014)

Compilations	Greatest Hits

Video albums	Video Retrospective Greatest Hits: Limited Tour Edition (2004) It Is Time for a Love Revolution: Deluxe Edition (2008)

Related articles	Discography Videography Roxie Roker Sy Kravitz Zoë Kravitz Al Roker Lisa Bonet

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Lenny Kravitz singles discography

Let Love Rule	"Let Love Rule" (1989) "I Build This Garden for Us" (1990) "Freedom Train" (1990) "Does Anybody Out There Even Care" (1990) "Mr. Cab Driver" (1990) "Be" (1990)

Mama Said	"Always on the Run" (featuring Slash) (1991) "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991) "Fields of Joy" (1991) "Stand by My Woman" (1991) "What the Fuck Are We Saying" (1991) "Stop Draggin' Around" (1991) "What Goes Around Comes Around"

Are You Gonna Go My Way	"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993) "Believe" (1993) "Heaven Help" (1993) "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" (1993) "Heaven Help" / "Spinning Around Over You" (1994)

Circus	"Rock and Roll Is Dead" (1995) "Circus" (1995) "Can't Get You Off My Mind" (1996) "The Resurrection" (1996)

5	"If You Can't Say No" (1998) "Thinking of You" (1998) "I Belong to You" (1998) "Fly Away" (1998) "American Woman" (1999) "Black Velveteen" (2000)

Greatest Hits	"Again" (1999) "Black Velveteen" (2000)

Lenny	"Dig In" (2001) "Stillness of Heart" (2002) "Believe in Me" (2002) "If I Could Fall in Love" (2002) "Yesterday Is Gone" (2002)

Baptism	"Where Are We Runnin'?" (2004) "California" (2004) "Storm" (featuring Jay-Z) (2004) "Calling All Angels" (2004) "Lady" (2005)

It Is Time for a Love Revolution	"Bring It On" (2007) "I'll Be Waiting" (2008) "Love Love Love" (2008) "Dancin' Til Dawn" (2008)

Black and White America	"Come On Get It" (2011) "Stand" (2011) "Rock Star City Life" (2011) "Push" (2011)

Strut	"The Chamber" (2014) "Sex" (2014) "New York City" (2014) "Strut" (2015) "The Pleasure And The Pain" (2015)

Soundtracks	"Spinning Around Over You" (1994) "American Woman" (1999) "Show Me Your Soul" (featuring P. Diddy, Pharrell Williams, Loon) (2004)

Other singles	"Deuce" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (1994) "We Want Peace" (2003) "Breathe" (2006) "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (featuring Michael Jackson) (2010) "Superlove" (vs. Avicii) (2012)

Promotional singles	"The Soul of Lenny Kravitz" (1999) "Super Soul Fighter" (1999)

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