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File:LK I Build This Garden For Us-single.jpg
Single by Lenny Kravitz
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Released January 18, 1990
Recorded 1989
Genre Psychedelic rock
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Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Lenny Kravitz
Producer(s) Lenny Kravitz
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"I Build This Garden for Us" is a song by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in 1990 by Virgin Records as the second single from his debut album, Let Love Rule (1989).[1][2]

Critical reception[]

In an review on 3 February 1990, Simon Reynolds of Melody Maker named the musician a "hi-fibre, organic version of Prince" and summarized on a single, "Well made, but not what you could call 'music'".[3] John Mackie from The Vancouver Sun declared it a "standout" from Let Love Rule, noting that the song "sounds like it was teleported in from the golden era of psychedelia".[4]

Track listing[]

  1. "I Build This Garden for Us" – 6:16 (Kravitz)
  2. "Flower Child" – 2:56 (Kravitz)
  3. "Fear" – 5:25 (Kravitz, Lisa Bonet)

Members[]

  • Lenny Kravitzvocals, guitar, drums
  • Jean McClain – backing vocals
  • Yolanda Pittman – backing vocals
  • Tisha Campbell – backing vocals
  • Nancy Ives – cello
  • Henry Hirsch – bass, organ, electric piano (Rhodes piano)
  • Eric Delente – violin

Charts[]

Chart performance for "I Build This Garden for Us"
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 83
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 51
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 83
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] 25

References[]

  1. "Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden For Us". https://www.discogs.com/Lenny-Kravitz-I-Build-This-Garden-For-Us/release/1646745. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  2. "Lenny Kravitz: I Build This Garden for Us". https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-build-this-garden-for-us-mw0000889718. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  3. Reynolds, Simon (3 February 1990). "Review: Lenny Kravitz – "I Build This Garden for Us" (Virgin America)". Melody Maker (London: IPC Limited): 38. ISSN 0025-9012. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52036491283/in/album-72177720298204791/. Retrieved 4 January 2023. 
  4. Mackie, John (20 January 1990). "Surprise, surprise - there's more to Kravitz than looks". The Vancouver Sun.
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 158. 
  6. "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden for Us" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  8. Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/MRT "Lenny Kravitz Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

External links[]

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