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RELEASE INFO

Artist......: Kid rock
Album.......: Born free
Grabber     : EAC
Encoder.....: LAME v3.90.3
Release Date: Nov-16-2010
Rip Date....: Nov-23-2010
Genre.......: Rock
Quality     : VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Playtime    : 60:42 min
Ripper      : Happy Hacker Industries [HHI]
CD Songs    : 13
Label.......: Atlantic Records
ReleaseNotes:

Few musicians have the stylistic reach Detroit rap-rocker Kid Rock displays in bringing
together musical guests as disparate as country music sweetheart Martina McBride and rapper
T.I. — and on the same track, no less. But that’s one of the nifty surprises Kid Rock pulls off
on his eighth album, making strange musical bedfellows sound like kindred spirits to boot.

That also may have something to do with the presence of producer Rick Rubin, who once again
demonstrates his uncanny gift for chipping away the bluster and artifice from the acts he works
with, helping them sculpt their songs and performances down to what really matters.

There’s nary a trace of the rap-metal hybrid that first ushered in what might easily have been
his 15 minutes of fame, and little of the country dabbling that’s endeared him in recent years
to the Nashville crowd. Instead, Kid Rock appears intent on asserting his place as the
classic-rock scion of Detroit rasper Bob Seger, who plays piano on “Collide,” a folk-rock
ballad that exhibits honest-to-goodness vulnerability.

“Wish I didn’t know now the things I didn’t know then,” he sings wistfully in “When It Rains,”
the melancholy flip side of his nostalgia-minded 2008 hit, “All Summer Long.” “Care,” the track
with McBride and T.I., is winningly modest in its viewpoint that perhaps it’s not possible to
change the world, but it’s always possible to care.

He hasn’t completely abandoned his party-hardy ethic, delivering an instant dive-bar jukebox
classic, “God Bless Saturday,” with its Stones-Aerosmith echoes, and a lively ZZ Top-worthy
shuffle in “Rock Bottom Blues.”

With a refreshing emphasis on music over outrageous persona, Kid Rock has earned himself
another 15 minutes with this one. Oh, what the heck? Let’s make it 30.

Album opinion is taken from sites such as cduniverse and allmusic,
HHI does not express an opinion either way with regard to the quality
of the band etc. We hope you enjoy the music whatever it is!


Track Listing....:
01.Born free                                            [05:15]
02.Slow my roll                                         [04:20]
03.Care (F, martina mcbride & T.I.)                     [04:13]
04.Purple sky                                           [04:07]
05.When it rains                                        [04:46]
06.God bless saturday                                   [03:35]
07.Collide (F, sherryl crow & bob seger on piano)       [04:49]
08.Flyin' high (F, zac brown)                           [04:04]
09.Times like these                                     [05:57]
10.Rock on                                              [05:23]
11.Rock bottom blues                                    [03:52]
12.For the first time (in A long time)                  [05:56]
13.Untitled                                             [04:25]
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60:42 min
 94,6 MB

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