- Release date:
- October 9, 2007
- Artist/Band name:
- Kid Rock
- Record label:
- Atlantic
- Official Web Site:
- http://www.kidrock.com/
Why you should care: …and he’s spread it all over “Rock n Roll Jesus,” a campy, classic rock–inflected return to form. Rock and his Twisted Brown Trucker bandmates still have the chops to alternatively tear it up (the grungy “So Hott”) and hang back (“New Orleans,” “Amen”), and they’ve seamlessly added a healthy dose of gospel and some horns to the mix, giving the record a far funkier groove than any of Rock’s old hip-hop records. As for the rapping, it’s thankfully gone, save for the atrocious or brilliant (depending on your point of view) “Sugar,” where Rock rhymes “paparazzi,” “Yahtzee” and “Nazi.” Oh, Kid!
Verdict: A little heavy on the ballads, and the lyrics only work if you buy into the Kid Rock mythos: telling off Pamela Anderson on the country-rocker “Half Your Age” does not make for a working man’s anthem. That said, any guy who can unabashedly sample “Sweet Home Alabama” and write an ode to both salvation and pot smoking (“All Summer Long”) deserves some kudos.
X-Factor: Besides Skynyrd, Rock also samples Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” on “All Summer Long.”







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alonzo4ever from nicepeople - December 29, 2008 at 12:29 AM
wow kid rock is the best rock singer ever not just that he can sing anything he is my fav of all music
Report This Commentcountrymamablues from trenton,ohio - November 13, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Hey hey hey kid you rock all the way! I love your new cd rock and roll jesus that cd means so much to me keep em coming just like that you got tale...
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