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- Summary: Taking a break from his usual rap and metal musical hybrid style, Kid Rock's latest album is influenced by country-rock and blues, featuring collaborations with Zac Brown, Sheryl Crow, and others.
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- Record Label: Atlantic
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, American Trad Rock
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Positive: 4 out of 10
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Mixed: 4 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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Nov 19, 2010Born Free goes a long, long way toward keeping that heartland flame burning bright: it's familiar yet fresh, and song for song it's the best album Kid Rock has cut since Devil Without a Cause.
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Nov 15, 2010For the most part, this is a crisp, hook-heavy collection of old-fashioned rock & roll.
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Nov 16, 2010With a refreshing emphasis on music over outrageous persona, Kid Rock has earned himself another 15 minutes with this one. Or, what the heck? Let's make it 30.
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Kerrang!Dec 14, 2010With its emphasis on freedom, this is the kind of stuff beloved of American who are heavily armed, piss-drunk,or both. The rest of the world need not apply, however. [13 Nov 2010, p.52]
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Nov 23, 2010On Born Free, Kid Rock has become Grown Man Rock, setting aside the bombastic mélange of hip-hop, metal, country, and bad taste that made his name a permanent fixture on the asses of strippers across this great land.
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UncutJan 24, 2011It's a grim assemblage of cliche from the title downwards. [Feb 2011, p.90]
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Nov 15, 2010It's not so much the shift in style that hampers Born Free, but rather the trite subject matter and gormless storytelling that Rock so keenly adopts.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 2 out of 8
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Feb 23, 2011It is easy to see that Kid Rocks best years are behind him. The all American â
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Dec 2, 2010
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Feb 10, 2011With Kid Rocks new album Born Free he found a good niche in the country blues rock scene. You mustnâ
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Feb 23, 2011
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