Lenny Kravitz - Baptism

Broken Records - The Search for the Worst Album Ever

Another week, another Broken Record to rank as we search for the worst album in the history of music. In this episode Steve and Remfry discuss Baptism, the 7th studio album from the big scarf-wearing, hard funk, singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz, released on the 18th of May 2004.

By 2004 Lenny was a massive rock star! He’d picked up Grammy’s four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, he’d gone platinum a bunch of times, he was doing songs with Jay-Z, P Diddy and Pharrell, dating Brazilian supermodels and A-list Hollywood actresses, he had been immortalised in The Simpsons and he even had a book released which consisted solely of pictures of his own, let's be real here, very lovely looking, face! But did all this actually make Lenny Kravitz happy? Baptism would suggest not. In his search for some kind of spiritual fulfilment Kravtiz crafted an album that questioned his career, his life decisions and the industry that had turned him into one of the most recognisable faces on the planet. Often this kind of soul searching from artists can lead to some brilliantly arch and transgressive music, often it can lead to some rich bloke whining and grumbling about how hard they have it over the top of some truly awful, bland and sappy tunes. Guess which one Baptism is.

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