I Build This Garden for Us explained

I Build This Garden for Us
Cover:	LK I Build This Garden For Us-single.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Lenny Kravitz
Album:	Let Love Rule
Released:	January 18, 1990
Recorded:	1989
Genre:	Psychedelic rock
Label:	Virgin
Producer:	Lenny Kravitz
Prev Title:	Let Love Rule
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Mr. Cab Driver
Next Year:	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 an 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

External links

• Lenny Kravitz official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden For Us . . 27 June 2018.
2. Web site: Lenny Kravitz: I Build This Garden for Us . . 27 June 2018.
3. Reynolds. Simon. Simon Reynolds. Review: Lenny Kravitz – "I Build This Garden for Us" (Virgin America). Melody Maker. 3 February 1990. 38. London. IPC Limited. 0025-9012. 4 January 2023. Flickr.
4. Mackie, John (20 January 1990). "Surprise, surprise - there's more to Kravitz than looks". The Vancouver Sun.
5. 158.