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Nov 20, 2012Rebel Soul brings [that devil (without a cause, of course)-may-care 'tude] back into the mix without sacrificing the lessons Rock learned from working with Rubin and his cadre of top-shelf session hands--only this time he applied them to the live, lived-in feel of his Twisted Brown Trucker band.
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Dec 21, 2012His recorded albums, and even his mesmerizing live show, have gradually incorporated a country sound. That trend continues on his latest, the rewarding 14-song Rebel Soul.
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Nov 26, 2012Kid Rock is an amateurish singer, but over the last few years his unsteady squeal has been become burnished and is now credible.
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Nov 20, 2012Throughout the album, Rock, who clearly understands his vocal limitations, employs some dynamite backup singers who enliven, fill out, and otherwise beautify their surroundings nicely.
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Nov 20, 2012Self-produced in Michigan with his colorful Twisted Brown Trucker Band, this ruggedly consistent and robustly sung music jumps genres and makes statements.
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Nov 19, 2012Rebel Soul is appropriately rebellious and conservative, a dose of old-time rock & roll at a time when the style is starting to fade.
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Nov 16, 2012Rebel Soul lives and dies by his yarn-spinning.
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Nov 27, 2012It's a whole lot of uneven songs crammed into an overlong album that tries hard to please the fickle country/rock-'n'-roll/hip-hop audience-but not too hard, because that's not Kid Rock's style.
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Nov 16, 2012It's a very safe affair, full of platitudes and conspicuous all-American gestures.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 22
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Mixed: 2 out of 22
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Negative: 13 out of 22
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