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Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
| Billboard |
| Oh, yeah—Kid Rock makes music, too. It's possible to lose sight of that amid the headline-making Pamela Anderson/Tommy Lee shenanigans, and Rock's declining sales since 1998's breakthrough "Devil Without a Cause" has thrown the personality/performer equilibrium a little out of whack. "Jesus" makes a strong bid to change that. "Amen" offers gospel-flavored social commentary, while "Roll On" is a soulful high-water mark....full text |
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| Rollingstone |
| As its title suggests, this balls-to-the-wall album finds Kid Rock latching onto the verities of sex, drugs and rock & roll as a path to redemption -- both his and the country's. He'd never admit it, but hurt over losing Pamela Anderson fuels his appetite for salvation. She's the target of the hilarious country romp "Half Your Age," which proclaims Rock's new girlfriend to be "half your age and twice as hot."...full text |
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| Having gone after the Satanist vote on 1998's Devil Without a Cause, is the Kid now courting Christians via Rock N Roll Jesus? No. The title track is a nondenominational, AC/DC-style tribute to Rock's rockingness, while ''Amen'' finds Kid Rock taking lyrical aim at established religion. There is a fairly catholic array of influences here: Smile-provoking nostalgiafest ''All Summer Long'' lifts elements from both ''Werewolves of London'' and ''Sweet Home Alabama.'' But the mediocre ''New Orleans'' makes hard work of celebrating Big Easy blues....full text |
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