I Build This Garden for Us

"I Build This Garden for Us"
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	Lenny Kravitz
Producer	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]}

Critical reception

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]

Track listing

1. "I Build This Garden for Us" – 6:16 (Kravitz)
2. "Flower Child" – 2:56 (Kravitz)
3. "Fear" – 5:25 (Kravitz, Lisa Bonet)

Members

• 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

Charts

Chart performance for "I Build This Garden for Us"

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [5]	83
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6]	51
UK Singles (OCC) [7]	83
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [8]	25

References

1. "Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden For Us". Discogs . Retrieved 27 June 2018.
2. "Lenny Kravitz: I Build This Garden for Us". Allmusic . Retrieved 27 June 2018.
3. 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.
4. Mackie, John (20 January 1990). "Surprise, surprise - there's more to Kravitz than looks". The Vancouver Sun .
5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 158.
6. "Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden for Us" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
8. "Lenny Kravitz Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

External links

• Lenny Kravitz official site