5 is Lenny Kravitz's funkiest record to date. The rock of songs like Always On The Run or Are You Gonna Go My Way has made way for a more danceable approach on this CD. This can best be heard in the spectacular opener Live and Fly Away, for example. Kravitz is the first to use old-fashioned (Moog) synthesizers in songs like Supersoulfighter (funky soul on a disco beat), Black Velveteen and Little
… Girl's Eyes. He experiments with unusual rhythms in the hypnotic Take Time. The soul ballads known from Kravitz (including the single If You Can't Say No) and the psychedelic pop of the song You're My Flavor have remained unchanged. (WvdZ)more
