Mama Said
by Lenny Kravitz
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Lenny Kravitz bestography
Mama Said is ranked as the best album by Lenny Kravitz.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Mama Said track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Mama Said rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 98 Music Albums of 1991 | 25/98 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Virgin on the brilliant | 46/57 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 39 Music Albums of 1991 | 34/39 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | bluekite | Top 30 Greatest Music Albums | 26/30 | 16 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 48 Music Albums of 1991 | 6/48 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 5/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 46 Music Albums of 1991 | 37/46 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 156 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 571 | |||
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Mama Said ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/30/2026 21:57 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 18:02 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 10:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Mama Said forum mentions
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~SMiLE~ 01/16/2012 15:18 | #35306 | TOP COMMENT
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An explosion of hard-edged guitar funk. A pleasure to listen to "Mama Said" has an exceptional sound. Kravitz's songs are tuneful, unapologetically retro and he wears his influences on his sleeve;John Lennon,Curtis Mayfield,Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone are blended into a cohesive whole while making it his own. Kravitz has a chameleon like ability to slide effortless in and out of music styles. Superb arrangements, folksy feel , soulful vibes, fuzzy hard rock, deep dark grooves,sweeping strings, lush harmonies and Psychedelic sounds all add to this outstanding album. Marvelous !
Lenny Kravitz's best album. Mama said, is a thoroughly enjoyable record heavily influenced by the likes of John Lennon, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, and, Prince. There are some great tracks here, from the hit single, it ain't over 'til it's over, to the ballad, stand by my woman, and the excellent, always on the run, featuring Slash on guitar. Yes, mama said, is deriritive, and a lot of it sounds like pastiche, but, so what, it's all good fun.
His best record by far. The songs are great and the production's got that throw back vibe. I love this album!
Eastwood 01/15/2015 16:42 | #131607 | TOP COMMENT
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Very good funk rock/hard rock/psychedelic soul album. Best 10 songs average is 91,2/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best and full scoring song is "Always on the run". Followed by "Stand by my woman" and "It ain't over 'til it's over" both 95/100 and next "More than anything..." 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100, except "What goes around..." average 75/100 only. Favourite!
Great album, one of my fav Kravitz' "Always on the run" with Slash, good stuff.
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