Kid Rock - Rock n Roll Jesus (2007)
Posted on November 18th, 2008
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 gentlemen (”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 stabilized 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
Track Listings:
1. Rock N Roll Jesus
2. Amen
3. All Summer Long
4. Roll On
5. So Hott
6. Sugar
7. When You Love Someone
8. New Orleans
9. Don’t Tell Me You Love Me
10. Blue Jeans And A Rosary
11. Half Your Age
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http://rapidshare.com/files/165017743/Kid_Rock_Rock_N_Roll_Jesus.rar
Tags: 2007, Jesus, Kid, n, rock, roll
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