Rebel Soul (Kid Rock album)
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| Studio album by Kid Rock | ||||
| Released | November 19, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | August–October 2012 | |||
| Genre | Rock,[1] southern rock,[2] soul[3] | |||
| Length | 65:30 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Kid Rock | |||
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Rebel Soul is Kid Rock's ninth studio album and sixth, and final, studio album with Atlantic Records. The album was released on November 19, 2012. Kid Rock is the producer on the album and the Twisted Brown Truckers return after Rick Rubin placed in an all-star band for 2010's Born Free.[4] "Redneck Paradise" was written by The Young Brothers in 2007; they sent it to Kid Rock's representatives hoping he'd use the song.[5]
The album was described as a mixture of Southern rock, soul, blues, gospel and Motown Sound.[2]
It has sold 592,000 copies in the US as of February 2015.[6]
During Nascar's 2012 Race To The Chase, Kid Rock introed to the last 10 races with an array of songs of the album including "Let's Ride", "Rebel Soul,"The Mirror", "Celebrate" and "Mr. Rock N Roll". "Let's Ride" was used as one of the official theme songs to WWE's 2012 Tribute to the Troops event, while "Celebrate" is the official theme song to WrestleMania XXX.[7] "Let's Ride" was also used in the 2014 film, Into The Storm.
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 67/100[8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
| Rock Hard (de) | 7/10[2] |
The album has received a rating of 67 out of 100 on the ratings website Metacritic.[8]
About the album
The album returned to more of a party rocker vibe after 2010's more serious "Born Free". The album starts off with "Chickens In The Pen", a song about a fictional brothel called the Dew Drop Inn. The song has a sing-along chorus and is equal parts blues and funk. "Let's Ride" was the album's sole hit, charting at No 105 on the Hot 100 and No 16 on the mainstream rock charts. It is a heavy heartland rocker that was a military anthem. The song was originally titled "The Battle Hymn Of The Middle East". "3 CATT Boogie" launches into the subjects of corrupt government and banks over a honky tonk doo wop blues number. Detroit, Michigan was reworked Motown cover by Ronnie Love. The southern fried funk title track told the tale of a loner while "God Save Rock N Roll" was the backwoods cousin of Bad Company's "Shooting Star". Though this song was actually about his struggles then rise in the business. "Happy New Year" is tongue-in-cheek Motown come on to an ex. "Celebrate" is a rock song bout sex when daddy away. "The Mirror" is a dark broken blues song with flourishes of techno that give it a haunting intro. The song deals with coming to terms that he doesn't love his self through all his binges of drugs and alcohol and only has himself to blame. "Mr Rock N Roll" is nothing but classic rock titles put in an order to where they tell a story behind a 1950s-style boogie rock number. "Cucci Galore" is old school throw back of Kid Rock's hip-hop days.The song is a re-write of an Ultra V song. " Cocaine And Gin" is a country blues song pining over losing his girl. The final track is "Midnight Ferry", which is a rewrite of Van Morrison's "Bulbs" about leaving a relationship.
"Cucci Galore", "Happy New Year", "Rebel Soul" and "Redneck Paradise" all failed to chart. "Rebel Soul" became his first studio album since 1996's Early Mornin Stoned Pimp not to go platinum.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Chickens in the Pen" | 4:49 |
| 2. | "Let's Ride" | 4:50 |
| 3. | "3 CATT Boogie" | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Detroit, Michigan" | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Rebel Soul" | 4:02 |
| 6. | "God Save Rock n Roll" | 5:21 |
| 7. | "Happy New Year" | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Celebrate" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "The Mirror" | 4:46 |
| 10. | "Mr. Rock n Roll" | 6:37 |
| 11. | "Cucci Galore" | 4:25 |
| 12. | "Redneck Paradise" | 5:12 |
| 13. | "Cocaine and Gin" | 4:15 |
| 14. | "Midnight Ferry" | 5:18 |
Total length: |
65:30 | |
Covers
- Detroit, Michigan – Ronnie Love (some of the lyrics were re-worked)
- Happy New Year – John Eddie
- Cucci Galore – Ultra-V (originally titled Playboy Mansion, some of the lyrics were re-worked)
- Redneck Paradise- The Young Brothers
Trivia
- 3 CATT Boogie stands for 3 Chords And The Truth Boogie
Samples
- 3 CATT Boogie - "The Fire Down Below" by Bob Seger (piano)
- Rebel Soul- "Listen To The Music" by the Doobie Brothers (acoustic gutair)
- Celebrate - "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" by Bob Seger (organ intro)
- Cucci Galore - "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy (vocal sample only) and "Strangle Hold" by Ted Nugent (gutair outro)
- Midnight Ferry-"Bulbs" by Van Morrison (uses structure of the song)
References
- 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Allmusic review". Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 Kupfer, Thomas. "Rock Hard review". issue 308. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- 1 2 Hunter, James (2012-11-20). "Rebel Soul review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ Maloy, Sarah (September 24, 2012). "Kid Rock's 'Rebel Soul' Album Drops Nov. 19". http://www.billboard.com. Retrieved October 24, 2012. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Website Disabled". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015.
- ↑ "CM Punk Updates, WrestleMania XXX Theme Song, WrestleMania DVD & Blu-ray News". Wrestling Inc.com. February 2, 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- 1 2 "Rebel Soul review". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
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