Black And White America
by Lenny Kravitz
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Lenny Kravitz bestography
Black And White America is ranked 6th best out of 13 albums by Lenny Kravitz on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lenny Kravitz is Mama Said which is ranked number 2762 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 569.
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Black And White America track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Black And White America rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 52 Music Albums of 2011 | 6/52 | 5 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 84 Music Albums of 2011 | 59/84 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 30 Music Albums of 2011 | 13/30 | 3 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Daredevil42 | Top 25 Music Albums of 2011 | 16/25 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 44/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 81 | |||
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Black And White America ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/15/2026 21:45 | brunodelpopolo | 8 | 94/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 17:54 | covecove | 6,744 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2025 00:55 | dhbarrett | 8,917 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Not quite a comeback album for Lenny Kravitz in terms of record sales, but for me, this was his best effort since 5. My biggest criticism of Lenny's albums is that they are just too long. Stick to your 10 best tracks.
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 13:18 | #81850
Lenny Kravitz seems to have gone a different direction with his music than the public is used to. I can’t say I’ve really ever been Kravitz’s biggest fan. I respect him as a guitar player, and some of his songs are alright, however he has a habit of consistently being mediocre. I look at his collective body of work and I think “meh." And this album is no different in quality. However in sound, it is a bit different, at least with a few songs. Perhaps the most obvious are the two songs that feature rappers. One features Jay-Z and the other features Drake. Now Jay-Z I love, Drake I don’t, but the rappers in Kravitz’s music just seem slightly out of place. Some of the songs on this album are decent, most are just mediocre. It’s an ok album.
What a disappointment Mr. Kravitz has become. "Mama Said" is a great album. Everything since then has become progressively more and more mundane.
llibnanoon 06/18/2020 12:25 | #253804
Lots of filler here.
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