Born Free..
| Kid Rock
Born Free..
The country-oriented album was produced by Rick Rubin featuring several high-profile artists such as T.I., Sheryl Crow, and Bob Seger. This is Kid Rock's first album not to feature a Parental Advisory sticker and is his first all-country album. - Wikipedia
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CoS
In the end, it comes down to one fact alone – I would rather hear “Her Strut” over and over, right after pardoning “Shakedown”, than go through this forgery again.
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RollingStone
Born Free shows that you just might be able to take the Kid out of the Rock.
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sputnik music
If some of the tracks aren't quite as memorable as they could have been, the album is still pretty solid in its earnestness and songwriting talent.
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AV CLUB
the brain-dead, butthead swagger that’s made him a dive-bar favorite is sorely missing on Born Free.
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SPIN
But though Born Free’s dusky highway choogle provides wind-in-the-hair nostalgia for middle-aged Sons of Anarchy, it lacks jokes and raunch. And while the guitars unfurl, they never crunch, unless the blue- collar BTO-lite of “God Bless Saturday” counts.
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ALL MUSIC
Born Free goes a long, long way toward keeping that heartland flame burning bright: it’s familiar yet fresh, and song for song it’s the best album Kid Rock has cut since Devil Without a Cause.
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SLANT
Born Free desperately panders to all of country music’s traditional staples and themes, but fails to land a memorable couplet throughout its hackneyed hour.
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Country Music Life
Kid Rock continues to break the rules in music by offering songs that multiple audiences love. He’s talented and knows how to make a melody like. That’s probably his best quality – creating songs people like.
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Daily News
Former hip hopper embraces country and maturity.
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IGN
Kid Rock's transformation from rap-rock ass-kicker to country bumpkin nears completion on his latest album. With a country-leaning southern rock sound that lives comfortably between Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bob Seger, who lends his piano skills to one song, the Detroit native focuses most of his songwriting efforts here toward looking back on his wild days and realizing that he needs to slow things down a bit, none more obvious than on "Slow My Roll".
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billboard
"Born Free" lets Rock get back to what he does best: making classic rock music with a modern twist.
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My Global Mind
BORN FREE shows yet another side of a man that amidst all of the controversy and unwarranted critical backlash, still manages to be one of the enigmas of the modern day music scene and is one of the most enjoyable albums I had the pleasure of listening to all year.
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SCENE
Unfortunately, that Kid Rock is nowhere to be found on Born Free. Instead, we get the kinda-twangy Mom Rocker who comes off as a complete softie next to someone like Brad Paisley, who has Rock beat in both wit and guitar playing these days.
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LA Times
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.
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LOUDER
Rock goes mild in the country.
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Country Music Chicago
Kid Rock is no doubt a rebel but, in my mind, he is also a leader. A true rocker with an extraordinary amount of talent. A consummate entertainer, he lends something to everyone jump from one genre to the next without missing a beat.
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LancasterOnline
an album that strips down the glam and the show to reveal Rock's Southern roots.
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StarTribune
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. -- on the same track, no less. But that's one of the nifty surprises he pulls off on his eighth album.
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