Rock 'n' Roll Jesus: Parental Advisory

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075678997174 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Atlantic Manufacturer: Atlantic Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Atlantic Release Date: 2008-07-28 Studio: Atlantic
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Editorial Reviews: Kid Rock maintains a remarkable propensity for wearing his contradictions on his sleeve, and more than anything he's previously released, Rock 'n' Roll Jesus finds fuel in unresolved opposites. Is he a hard-core chauvinist ("Half Your Age") or a would-be gentleman ("When U Love Someone")? Is he a God-fearing everyman ("Blue Jeans and a Rosary") or a bohemian hero ("So Hott")? These questions are nothing new, even if the album at hand takes them to freshly delirious extremes. Ever since he first began shedding his rap/rock posture to be the next Ted Nugent, Kid Rock has constructed his public persona out of full-frontal ambivalence: race, class, sex, religion, money, whatever it takes. This album's bookends--the title song and "bonus" track, "Lowlife (Living the Highlife)"--demonstrate all this irreconcilable nonsense in no uncertain terms, but all his polar wobbling is at least stabilised by a firm commitment to southern-styled rock, tinged at times with gospel, blues, a lingering need to rap ("Sugar"), and a rare, soul-fed instrumental jambalaya ("New Orleans"). In the end, Kid Rock may be a remarkable self-promoter, but a musical Messiah he is not. --Jason Kirk
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great Southern Rock'n'Soul Comment: Got this record after loving 'All Summer Long' and I was not disappointed. This record follows on from 2003's fantastic self titled album and serves up some great Southern rock and soul music which has more in common with someone like The Black Crowes than his earlier rap metal output. There still some rap metal machismo on the likes of 'So Hott' and 'Sugar', but the rest of it is soulful and uplifting. Great summer music from an artist who is shockingly underrated in the UK. Customer Rating: Summary: Dads review Comment: Well its what happens when you say to your daughter that you are bored with your record collection. Here Dad try this she said putting Kid Rock into my hands. Well I am impressed. There are some great riffs on this album and a real mixture of rock/country styles. In some ways it is a mature sound and the country feel is not disimilar to a theme in Bon Jovi's, Lost Highway album. It kicks off with a real foot tapper in Rock and Roll Jesus, and Amen is thought provoking to say the least. I am not overly impressed with the sentiments and language in some tracks as noted in other reviews. But like a lot of British TV and music if you removed Fk and, oh my God, from the majority of shows they couldn't string many sentences together (try it with an episode of Friends). Anyway coming from someone who grew up with AC/DC, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy etc, I don't know how much is just a generational view. The album has some really great vocals, with some very warm sounds such as Roll On. There are odd bits of sax which would not be out of place with Bruce Springsteen, the backing vocals are excellent and really add to the tracks. There is also a Bob Seger feel to some tracks, without mentioning the obvious Southern boys links and a couple of ZZ Top style licks. Its all 'sex, drugs and rock and roll' well worth a listen in this Dads opinion, thank you daughter. Customer Rating: Summary: Soul Music for the Soulless Comment: Kid Rock seems to belong to the growing number of 'artists' who have taken at least some of their inspiration from the blues and soul stars of the sixties, seventies, and earlier decades, only to miss the point. Is there some intended irony in the choice of title? Modern rhythm and blues grew out of the churches and church choirs of the South. Kid Rock seems to have as much moral or physical depth, as much connection with the blues, as a plate of cold chips. This album is a mixture of misogyny, misanthropy, narcissism, and self-loathing, with no common thread other than Kid Rock's belief he has a talent that deserves to be heard and a need to get paid. Its not even as if the rock tracks rock that hard. White soul music has been done better before. Save your money - if you really want to hear a white man sing the blues mixed with hip-hop and rock buy Whitey ford Sings the Blues by Everlast instead. Customer Rating: Summary: In the wrong category but not sure which one would suit Comment: Please, you have got to be kidding about buying this. A new form of shock-rock where the 'artist' in this case can be accused of unwarranted butchery particularly to the original 'werewolves of london' and 'sweet home alabama' that died and have had their very souls crushed in the head-on collision that is 'all summer long'. If you love rock don't buy it. If this is up your street I won't ever want your music collection. Customer Rating: Summary: Return to form! Comment:** I was a kind of fan of Kid Rock from Cowboy and Bawitdaba, sucked in by American Badass, and a convert by Cocky. Thought his last album was a touch weaker, but more grown up. Rock N Roll Jesus however is outstanding. I have to say, I think So Hott is one of the weaker efforts despite being the most like the American Badass era. Standout tracks, and evidence of his musical maturation, are All Summer Long, Rock 'n' Roll Jesus and Lowlife. Not a bad track on there! Buy it, hear it, love it! More Reviews