The Polyfuze Method

The Polyfuze Method
Studio album by Kid Rock
Released March 16, 1993
Recorded 1992-1993
Genre Hip hop, rap rock
Length 58:52
Label Continuum
Producer Kid Rock, D-Square, Mike E. Clark
Kid Rock chronology
Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast
(1990)		 The Polyfuze Method
(1993)		 Fire It Up (EP)
(1993)
Singles from The Polyfuze Method
  1. "Back From The Dead"
    Released: May 24, 1993
  2. "U Don't Know Me"
    Released: December 29, 1993
  3. "Prodigal Son"
    Released: March 11, 1994
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Allmusic [1]

The Polyfuze Method is the second album from Kid Rock, released in 1993 on indie label Continuum Records. The album has been long out of print and nearly impossible to find at any store, but can still be found used for sale on the Internet. The Polyfuze Method shows Kid Rock developing a more rap rock sound.[2] In 1997 Kid Rock re-released the album under the title The Polyfuze Method Revisited, but the re-release has also been long out of print. The Polyfuze Method Revisited contained three tracks that weren't on the original version - "I Am The Bullgod" and "Rollin' on the Island" from Kid Rock's Fire It Up EP, and the demo "Rain Check". There was also a European release of the album that had a different track listing and omitted the skit "T.V. Dinner".

"Prodigal Son", "Fuck U Blind" and "My Oedipus Complex" were later completely re-recorded and released on The History of Rock in 2000 along with a shorter version of the original "3 Sheets to the Wind".[3] The vocals for "I Am The Bullgod" were re-recorded for Devil Without a Cause in 1998 and became his first hit song that gained heavy rotation on radio and MTV. During his 1999 tours he performed "Balls In Your Mouth" from the album as well.[4]

Contents

Singles

"Back From The Dead" and "U Don't Know Me" were released as singles. "Back From The Dead" was released as a single in 1992 before the album was released and was a minor hit on college radio. After arguing with his bosses on whether to release "Prodigal Son" or "U Don't Know Me" as a single the label won releasing the latter. The label paid for the very low-budget music videos of "U Don't Know Me" and "Back From The Dead", but due to poor promotion both videos received little to no airplay and tanked badly. In 1994 "Prodigal Son" would be a promo single for the Fire It Up EP.

Track listings

CD 1993 release

  1. "Fred" – 0:25
  2. "Killin' Brain Cells" – 3:55
  3. "Prodigal Son" - 5:18
  4. "The Cramper" - 4:12
  5. "3 Sheets to the Wind" – 4:43
  6. "Fuck U Blind" – 3:55
  7. "Desperate-Rado" – 4:25
  8. "Back From the Dead" – 4:43
  9. "My Oedipus Complex" - 5:35
  10. "Balls in Your Mouth" - 3:48
  11. "Trippin' With Dick Vitale" – 4:07
  12. "TV Dinner" – 0:47
  13. "Pancake Breakfast" – 3:02
  14. "Blow Me" – 2:31
  15. "In So Deep" – 1:59
  16. "U Don't Know Me" – 5:25

Vinyl release

Side One

  1. "Fred"
  2. "Killin' Brain Cells"
  3. "Prodigal Son"
  4. "The Cramper"
  5. "3 Sheets to the Wind"
  6. "Fuck U Blind"
  7. "I Am the Bullgod"

Side Two

  1. "My Oedipus Complex"
  2. "Balls In Your Mouth"
  3. "Pancake Breakfast"
  4. "Rollin' On the Island"
  5. "U Don't Know Me"

"Polyfuze Method Revisited" 1997 release

  1. "Fred" – 0:52
  2. "Killin' Brain Cells" – 3:55
  3. "Prodigal Son" - 5:18
  4. "The Cramper" - 4:12
  5. "Three Sheets to the Wind" – 4:43
  6. "I Am the Bullgod" - 4:51
  7. "Fuck U Blind" – 3:55
  8. "Desperate-Rado" – 4:25
  9. "Back From the Dead" – 4:43
  10. "My Oedipus Complex" - 5:35
  11. "Balls in Your Mouth" - 3:48
  12. "Rollin' on the Island" - 7:47
  13. "Rain Check" - 1:14
  14. "Trippin' With Dick Vitale" – 4:07
  15. "TV Dinner" – 0:30
  16. "Pancake Breakfast" – 3:02
  17. "Blow Me" – 2:31
  18. "In So Deep" – 1:59
  19. "U Don't Know Me" – 5:24
  20. "Fred Remix" - 0:37

Demos

  1. " A Country Boy Can Survive" - 6:14 - released on Fire It Up final version shortened
  2. " Born 2 B A Hick" - 1:37 - released on The History Of Rock
  3. " In So Deep (Echo Mix)" - 2:01
  4. " Plastic People" - 4:48 - released on the October/November 1994 Bootleg Tape (Bootleg Series)
  5. " Something I Scratch On" - 2:13 - released on the December 1994 Bootleg Tape (Bootleg Series)

Samples

Additional Crew

References

  1. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "The Polyfuze Method - Kid Rock/Allmusic". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-polyfuze-method-r175960/review. Retrieved 23 November 2010. 
  2. ^ The Polyfuze Method Review at Allmusic
  3. ^ Official Kid Rock discography
  4. ^ Kid Rock performing "Balls In Your Mouth" at Woodstock '99 (Youtube video)
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