Born Free (Album)

Born Free
Kid Rock studio album
Publication (s)	2010
Label (s)	Atlantic Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Country rock , southern rock , blues rock
Title (number)	12
running time	55:55
occupation	Vocals, guitar: Kid Rock Lead guitar: Marlon Young Guitar: David Hidalgo Guitar, bass: Matt Sweeney Drums: Chad Smith Keyboard, piano: Benmont Tench
production	Rick Rubin
chronology Rock N Roll Jesus (2007) Born Free Rebel Soul (2012)

Born Free is the eighth studio album by the American musician Kid Rock . It was released on November 12, 2010 in Germany and on November 16, 2010 in North America. It is the sequel to Rock N Roll Jesus, released in 2007 .

useful information

For this album too, Kid Rock worked with other artists from the fields of rock , country rock and rap . Sheryl Crow and Bob Seger worked on Collide and Zac Brown on Flyin 'High . Of Care two versions were sold, one with Mary J. Blige and TI and once with Martina McBride addition and TI In the album was recorded with the likes of international rock music, including Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers . It is his first album that did not receive a parental advisory sticker. Musically, the album continues Kid Rock's development from rap to country rock . While the rap and hip-hop elements predominated on his first albums , this album focuses more on country rock and southern rock . A clear genre classification is therefore difficult to achieve.

Track list

1. Born Free - 5:14
2. Slow My Roll - 4:18
3. Care - 4:12 feat. Mary J. Blige and TI
4. Purple Sky - 4:05
5. When It Rains - 4:45
6. God Bless Saturday - 3:34 am
7. Collide - 4:49 feat. Sheryl Crow and Bob Seger
8. Flyin 'High - 4:03 feat. Zac Brown
9. Times Like These - 5:56
10. Rock On - 5:22
11. Rock Bottom Blues - 3:51
12. For the First Time (In a Long Time) - 5:46

The tracks were written by Kid Rock himself.

Publications

Born Free was released as the lead single . The single was able to place itself in the charts internationally. The second single God Bless Saturday was released before Collide was released. Care , in the version with Mary J. Blige and TI , was also played on German radios .

Reviews

The album received mostly above-average reviews. track4-info.de described Kid Rock as probably the most upright American today . The album is one of the most original American albums in recent years . Care is an incredibly tastefully pearly jewel of country and classic rock, played freely and wonderfully authentically classical instrumented . At laut.de the album got less good reviews, it was inflated and pretentious . The self-proclaimed "Rock'n'Roll Jesus" torments himself as chubby and oversteer as a broken car horn through a dirty dozen of all-world tracks . cdstarts came to an average conclusion and awarded 6 out of 10 possible points. No question about it, the song material on “Born Free” is quite coherent and has been recorded excellently by various top musicians such as Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) on drums and Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) on piano and organ. On the length of the album, however, the bite and thieving fun of provocation of earlier days is missing a little. As a result, the limitless relaxation seems almost deadly serious again, which at the end of the day does not go well with Kid Rock .

Chart placements

album

country	placement
United States	5
Germany	9
Austria	7th
Switzerland	7th

Singles

year	title
		DE	AT	CH	US
2010	Born Free	23	21st	42	-
2011	God Bless Saturday	-	-	-	-
2011	Collide	-	-	-	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.youtube.com ( Memento from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ www.youtube.com
3. ↑ www.br-online.de ( Memento from November 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ www.track4-info.de
5. ↑ www.track4-info.de
6. ↑ Review on laut.de
7. ↑ www.cdstarts.de
8. ↑ Chart positions in the USA
9. ↑ Chart placements in Germany ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Chart placements in Austria
11. ↑ Born Free : Chart placements in Switzerland
12. ↑ Chart placements in Germany ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Chart placements in Switzerland
14. ↑ Chart positions in the USA