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Rock N Roll Jesus is Kid Rock's sixth album under the Atlantic Records umbrella and his eleventh overall. The album was released October 9, 2007. Rob Cavallo (Green Day & The Goo Goo Dolls) co-produced the album with Rock & Al Sutton.[1].


Musical Style

The album sees Kid Rock moving away from rap, into other genres. The album mixes hard rock, southern rock and country, with traces of jazz, soul and delta blues. He still manages to rap on songs such as Sugar. The thematic elements of the lyrics include social commentary in the ballad "Amen", reflecting on the concept of getting older in the track "Roll On", and remembrance of lost love in "All Summer Long". Some of his more trademark elements can be heard in "Rock N Roll Jesus", "So Hott", "Sugar" and "Don't Tell Me U Love Me". The track "Half Your Age" takes shots at Rock's ex-wife, Pamela Anderson.

Track listing

Rock N Roll Jesus
No.TitleLength
1."Rock N Roll Jesus"4:29
2."Amen"4:40
3."All Summer Long"4:56
4."Roll On"6:11
5."So Hott"4:07
6."Sugar"3:44
7."When U Love Someone"5:40
8."New Orleans"6:36
9."Don't Tell Me U Love Me"4:20
10."Blue Jeans And A Rosary"4:35
11."Half Your Age"3:45
12."Lowlife (Living The Highlife)"4:04


The version of the album available at Best Buy has two additional tracks; "Guilty" and a live cut of 2003's "Jackson, Mississippi". Target and Wal-Mart sold limited-edition DVD's that came with the album in its first few weeks of sales. Wal-Mart had "Cowboy" and "Lonely Road Of Faith" from CMT Crossroads and the behind the scenes making documentary of the album. Target had a bonus interview DVD called "Roll On With Kid Rock". The single "All Summer Long" is also the official theme song of WWE Backlash 2008. It was the first collaboration between the Kid and WWE in over 6 years. The album was not released onto iTunes.

Reception

Critical Reception

Rock N Roll Jesus has received generally positive reviews from critics. The album has a score of 63 on Metacritic, based on 12 reviews. [2] Rolling Stone gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, stating "His good-hearted faith in rock & roll delivers a powerful kick. As he well knows--and Rock N Roll Jesus proves--roaring guitars, truckloads of attitude and an unquenchable lust for life make up for a multitude of sins." [3] Billboard stated "We may be more entertained at times by Rock's extramusical affairs, but the "Devil" should still be given his due as a clever and creative musical force." [4] Allmusic was less enthusiastic, stating "The music isn't as serious: splashy and silly though it may be, at least it gets the basic sound right, even if it's way too polished and precise." [5]

Sales

The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling about 170,000 copies in its first week.[6] It is Kid Rock's first and only album so far to go #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

So Hott was the first single off the album, and peaked at No. 2 on the Mainstream Chart Chart and No. 13 on Modern Rock.

The acoustic ballad "Amen" was the 2nd released single, peaking at #11 on mainstream rock and #27 on Modern Rock Stations.

"All Summer Long" is the album's current single. It has become a worldwide hit, charting at No. 1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland. In the UK, the week ending July 19th the single jumped forty places from number 46 to number six, later reaching #1. The album debuted at #4 in the UK album chart selling 19,396 copies. Even in the US, it reached success. It is so far the only single off the album that has reached the Billboard Hot 100, currently at No. 38, and on the Pop 100, its at No. 25. It's also become his biggest Country hit to date, reaching the top 20 and still climbing rapidly.

The album had total sales of 380,000 units globally in it's first 4 weeks on the United World Chart. After that, it simply dropped off the charts, but it re-entered on June 21 at No. 40 with sales of 26,000. Now it is currently on the chart.

The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on May 29, 2008. After the album slowly went down the charts, the success of All Summer Long rebooted it both in the US and globally. The album slowly climbed back on the Billboard 200. Globally, album sales also began rising.

The album has worked miraculously on the United World Chart. It's first run, it sold 170,000 on it's first week. It went completely off the chart, but then re-entered at #40. Every week, it slowly rose, and after over 10 months of release it rose back to #6 with weekly sales of 135,000. Trends show it will even increase.

"Roll On" is slated to be the follow up single to "All Summer Long".

Personnel

Charts

Charts (2007) Peak
position 		Sales
United World Chart 2 [7] 1.723.280
US Billboard 200 1 [7] 1.425.881
UK Albums Chart 4
Austria 2 [7]
Swedish Albums Chart 28
Switzerland 4 [7]
Dutch 47 [7]

References

  1. ^ Billboard Magazine (August 4, 2006) Rap Takes A Back Seat On New Kid Rock Album
  2. ^ "Rock N Roll Jesus - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  3. ^ "Rock N Roll Jesus : Kid Rock : Review : Rolling Stone:". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  4. ^ "Rock N Roll Jesus". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  5. ^ "Rock N Roll Jesus". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  6. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Kid Rock Rolls To No. 1 Album Chart Debut", Billboard.com, October 17, 2007.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus worldwide chart positions". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 23 2007.
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
October 21 2007 - October 27 2007 		Succeeded by
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