Lenny Kravitz's 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' Remastered and Expanded; Out Today

By: Sep. 24, 2013
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Lenny Kravitz's Are You Gonna Go My Way album has been digitally remastered and expanded for a new Deluxe Edition for release today, September 24th (September 23rd outside of North America) by Virgin/UMe. The special 2CD and digital edition adds 20 bonus tracks to the album's original line-up, including 10 previously unreleased recordings from Kravitz's personal archive (please see track listing below).

By 1993, Lenny Kravitz had achieved global superstardom with his psychedelic brand of rock, by way of his 1989 debut Let Love Rule and his groundbreaking 1991 follow-up, Mama Said, which boasted no fewer than seven chart topping singles. Kravitz's third studio album, Are You Gonna Go My Way, was released in March 1993. The collection's explosive title track became a household hit, landing at No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and propelling the album to massive success.

Among the new Deluxe Edition's previously unreleased recordings are six demos and outtakes from the Are You Gonna Go My Way album sessions, as well as three early demos Kravitz recorded for Vanessa Paradis' self-titled 1992 album, which he produced. "I May Not Be A Star (Light Piece For Vanessa)" has never been released in any form, while "Travelogue" and "Lonely Rainbows" were finished and recorded by Paradis for the album. A previously unreleased BBC Radio interview is also included, and acoustic versions of "Believe," "Sister," and "Heaven Help" and seven official B-sides are also featured, completing the commemorative reissue of this epic album.

Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go My Way (Deluxe Edition)

* = Previously unreleased

DISC ONE
1. Are You Gonna Go My Way
2. Believe
3. Come On And Love Me
4. Heaven Help
5. Just Be A Woman
6. Is There Any Love In Your Heart
7. Black Girl
8. My Love
9. Sugar
10. Sister
11. Eleutheria

Bonus Tracks (The B-sides)
12. Spinning Around Over You
13. Ascension
14. All My Life
15. Brother
16. Someone Like You
17. For The First Time
18. B-Side Blues

DISC TWO
The Acoustic Versions:
1. Believe (Acoustic Version)
2. Sister (Acoustic Version)
3. Heaven Help (Acoustic Version)
Work In Progress: Demos & Outtakes:
4. Work Like The Devil*
5. Feeling Alright (Instrumental)*
6. Getting Out (Will You Marry Me)*
7. Good Lovin'*
8. Blood (Instrumental)/Papa (Long And Sad Goodbye)*
9. Early Morning Blues*
The Vanessa Paradis Demos:
10. I May Not Be A Star (Light Piece For Vanessa)*
11. Travelogue (Your Love Has Got A Handle On My Mind)*
12. Lonely Rainbows*
13. BBC Interview with Mick Wilcox*

Regarded as one of the preeminent rock musicians of our time, Lenny Kravitz has transcended genre, style, race and class into a 20-year musical career, one which revels in the influences of '60s and '70s soul, rock and funk. In that time, Kravitz has sold nearly 40 million albums worldwide and won four GRAMMY Awards. The artist's multiple talents as a writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist have resonated through nine studio albums into a timeless catalog.

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