Black And White America
by Lenny Kravitz

Black And White America by Lenny Kravitz
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-08-19
Overall rank: 14,548th   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 35 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (307th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (3,024th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,548th)

Listen on Spotify Spotify
Product Details
Availability

eBay
eBay
Lenny Kravitz - Black & White America [New Vinyl LP]
Condition: New


eBay
eBay
Lenny Kravitz - Black & White America (Rktbr25) (Brick & Mortar Exclusive) [LP]
Condition: New


eBay
eBay
Lenny Kravitz - Black And White America - Lenny Kravitz CD IEVG The Cheap Fast
Condition: Very Good


  My favourite store:  

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 2620 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 597.

Lenny Kravitz album bestography « Higher ranked (13,927th)
Circus
This album (14,548th)
Black And White America
Lower ranked (19,889th) »
It Is Time For A Love Revolution

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Upcoming concerts

Feb
22
Sun
20:00
Aries
The Underground, Charlotte, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Jan
17
Sat
20:00
Takuya Nakamura
Bowery Ballroom, New York, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Feb
25
Wed
20:00
Aries - GLASS JAW World Tour
Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Discover more upcoming concerts

Listen to Black And White America on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

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).

Sort by
#
Track
Rating/Comments
1.
Average Rating: 78 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
2.
Average Rating: 78 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
3.
Average Rating: 75 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
4.
Average Rating: 75 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
5.
Average Rating: 76 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
7.
Average Rating: 75 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
8.
Average Rating: 75 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
9.
Average Rating: 76 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
10.
Average Rating: 76 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
11.
Average Rating: 74 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
13.
Average Rating: 77 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
14.
Average Rating: 77 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
15.
Average Rating: 75 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
16.
Average Rating: 77 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify

Black And White America rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,548th | 2010s rank: 3,024th | 2011 rank: 307th

Black And White America collection

Black And White America ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 35 votes)
   Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 35 ratings for this album.

Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
60/100
 !
10/04/2025 00:55 dhbarrett   8,25365/100
 
70/100
 !
08/16/2024 15:26 LosWochos   46,79175/100
 
75/100
 !
06/19/2024 19:24 Jakor   4,90569/100
 
70/100
 !
03/26/2024 06:07 PAPPITUFO   20576/100
 
80/100
 !
07/15/2023 06:13 PapaShiz86   10,94279/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Black And White America favourites

Showing all 2 members who have added this album as a favourite

Black And White America comments

Showing all 4 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
75/100
From 06/18/2020 12:25 | #253804
Lots of filler here.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 12/31/2017 23:33 | #204223
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.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
55/100
From 01/31/2016 18:06 | #158315
What a disappointment Mr. Kravitz has become. "Mama Said" is a great album. Everything since then has become progressively more and more mundane.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
70/100
From 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.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Black And White America

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this album by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this album.
Best Albums of 2011
1. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
2. Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
3. The Smile Sessions by The Beach Boys
4. Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
5. The King Of Limbs by Radiohead
6. El Camino by The Black Keys
7. Kaputt by Destroyer
8. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83
9. 21 by Adele
10. Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
11. Strange Mercy by St. Vincent
12. Take Care by Drake
13. Section.80 by Kendrick Lamar
14. James Blake by James Blake
15. Exmilitary by Death Grips
16. Ceremonials by Florence + The Machine
17. House Of Balloons by The Weeknd
18. Suck It And See by Arctic Monkeys
19. Torches by Foster The People
20. Angles by The Strokes
Back to Top