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1990 single by Lenny Kravitz
| "I Build This Garden for Us" | |
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| Single by Lenny Kravitz | |
| from the album Let Love Rule | |
| Released | January 18, 1990 |
| Recorded | 1989 |
| Genre | Psychedelic rock |
| Length | 6:16 (album version)4:40 (single version) |
| Label | Virgin |
| Songwriter(s) | Lenny Kravitz |
| Producer(s) | Lenny Kravitz |
| Lenny Kravitz singles chronology | |
| "Let Love Rule" (1989) "I Build This Garden for Us" (1990) "Mr. Cab Driver" (1990) |
"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]
In a 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]
- "I Build This Garden for Us" – 6:16 (Kravitz)
- "Flower Child" – 2:56 (Kravitz)
- "Fear" – 5:25 (Kravitz, Lisa Bonet)
- Lenny Kravitz – vocals, 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
- ^ "Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden For Us". Discogs. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Lenny Kravitz: I Build This Garden for Us". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (3 February 1990). "Review: Lenny Kravitz – "I Build This Garden for Us" (Virgin America)". Melody Maker. London: IPC Limited. p. 38. ISSN 0025-9012. Retrieved 4 January 2023 – via Flickr.
- ^ Mackie, John (20 January 1990). "Surprise, surprise - there's more to Kravitz than looks". The Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 158.
- ^ "Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden for Us" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Lenny Kravitz Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2022.