Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album)

This article is about the Lenny Kravitz album. For the Ledisi album, see Let Love Rule (Ledisi album).

Let Love Rule
Studio album by
Lenny Kravitz
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1989
Recorded1988–1989
Genre
Length55:27
LabelVirgin
ProducerLenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz chronology
Let Love Rule
(1989) 		Mama Said
(1991)
Alternative cover
Digipak cover
Singles from Let Love Rule
  1. "Let Love Rule"
    Released: July 23, 1989
  2. "I Build This Garden for Us"
    Released: January 18, 1990
  3. "Mr. Cab Driver"
    Released: June 29, 1990
  4. "Be"
    Released: August 13, 1990
  5. "Does Anybody Out There Even Care"
    Released: February 6, 1991
Kravitz performing "Let Love Rule" the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Let Love Rule is the debut studio album of American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on September 6, 1989, by Virgin Records. Then-wife Lisa Bonet wrote the lyrics to "Fear" and co-wrote the lyrics on the song "Rosemary"; other than that the album is virtually a one-man Kravitz show, as he wrote and produced all the songs and played nearly all the instruments.[2]

Let Love Rule reached number 61 on the Billboard 200, while it peaked at number 56 on the UK Albums Chart. The album is also featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[3] The video for the lead single "Let Love Rule" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist.

  1. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (October 29, 2021). "The Number Ones: Madonna's "Justify My Love". Stereogum. Retrieved December 19, 2023. In 1989, Kravitz released Let Love Rule, a debut album full of starry-eyed soul-rock psychedelia.
  2. ^ Hunt, Dennis (September 27, 1989). "Rocking Beyond the Family Ties". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (February 7, 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.