The History of Rock

The History of Rock
Compilation album by Kid Rock
Released May 30, 2000
Recorded 1992-2000
Genre Rap Metal
Hard Rock
Hip hop
Length 64:46
Label Atlantic
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Kid Rock chronology
Devil Without a Cause
(1998)		 The History of Rock
(2000)		 Cocky
(2001)

The History of Rock is a compilation album released by Kid Rock in 2000, as the unofficial follow up to Devil Without a Cause[1]. After acquiring the rights to his indie-label recordings, Rock decided to release a compilation of older material. The album contains material from the albums The Polyfuze Method and Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp. The liner notes state that Rock re-recorded the songs from Polyfuze because he couldn't find the master recordings, and "remixed and touched up" the EMSP tracks to show how they would've sounded if Rock had the money to record them properly at the time. There are also three previously unreleased songs from those album sessions ("Born 2 Be a Hick" from the Polyfuze sessions in 1992, "Dark and Grey" and "Abortion" from the EMSP sessions in 1994). The only new tracks were "American Bad Ass", which was the first single from the album, and "Fuck That", which had been used previously for the Any Given Sunday soundtrack. "Fuck U Blind" was re-written from the original version, most likely to avoid a lawsuit from Madonna.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Intro"   Wes Chill, R.J. Ritchie 1:08
2. "American Bad Ass"   Ritchie, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich 4:32
3. "Prodigal Son"   Ritchie 6:41
4. "Paid"   Ritchie 4:45
5. "Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp" (feat. Joe C and Tino) Ritchie, M. Gross 7:14
6. "Dark & Gray"   Ritchie 4:56
7. "3 Sheets To the Wind (What's My Name?)"   Ritchie 3:59
8. "Abortion"   Ritchie 4:29
9. "I Wanna Go Back"   Ritchie 5:29
10. "Ya' Keep On"   B. Lomas, L. Risbrook, Ritchie, R. Thompson, C. Ward, O. Woods, D. Rowe 3:57
11. "Fuck That"   Ritchie 3:42
12. "Fuck U Blind"   Ritchie 3:57
13. "Born 2 B a Hick"   Ritchie 1:42
14. "My Oedipus Complex" (feat. Twisted Brown Trucker) Ritchie 8:19

Tracklisting for clean version

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Intro"     1:07
2. "American Bad A**"     4:32
3. "Prodigal Son"     6:41
4. "Paid"     4:45
5. "Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp"     7:14
6. "Dark & Gray"     4:56
7. "3 Sheets to the Wind / What's My Name?"     3:59
8. "Abortion"     4:29
9. "I Wanna Go Back"     5:29
10. "Ya' Keep On"     3:53
11. "F**k That"     3:42
12. "F**k You Blind"     1:41
13. "My Oedipus Complex"     8:19

Success On Radio

"American Bad Ass" was the only released single from the album. It would peak at No. 20 on mainstream rock charts and No. 33 on modern rock charts. It would chart at No. 25 in the U.K., No. 26 in Germany, and No. 81 in Denmark.

Partially due to that single's radio success, the album itself managed a peak of No. 2 on the U.S. album chart, his highest-charting album until 2007's Rock N Roll Jesus, which topped the chart.

Musicians

Notes

Selected Samples

  1. American Bad Ass- "Sad But True" by Metallica
  2. Prodigal Son-"When The Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin
  3. Early Mornin Stoned Pimp-"Boogie Drama" by John Lee Hooker
  4. Abortion-"All Along The Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix
  5. Ya Keep On- "Express" by B.T.Express
  6. Born 2 B A Hick-"Get Out Of Denver" by Bob Seger
  7. My Oedipus Complex-"Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin

References

  1. ^ (in the album's liner notes, Rock says to "look for the follow up to Devil Without a Cause in 2001")
  2. ^ John J. Miller on Music on National Review Online
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