Kid Rock - New Album (November 2009)

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Kid Rock is currently working on new material for a new album to be released by the end of the year.

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Kid Rock Hooks Up With Rick Rubin For 'Jesus' Follow-up
Kid Rock has hooked up with Rick Rubin for new album.

June 22, 2009 09:58 AM ET

Gary Graff, Detroit
Kid Rock has shifted gears on his next album, hooking up with producer Rick Rubin and telling Billboard.com that "we won't release anything until we both agree that every song on it is great."

Rock had previously fast-tracked the record and predicted having it out in the fourth quarter of this year, with a single possibly dropping this summer. But after the double-platinum showing of 2007's "Rock N Roll Jesus" and the chart-topping success of the single "All Summer Long," Rock says he's anxious to maintain that momentum with what he does next.

"It's hard to follow big records with another big record," he notes. "I had most of (the next album) in the stages where I could go in and finish it up. Then Rick said, 'I look at these like demos, and we should go back in with the right players and re-cut everything...To really solidify into the big leagues, I think we have to do it this way.' And I was like, 'I'm open to anything.'"

Rock says he has 18-20 songs ready for the album that he and Rubin will discuss and "prioritize" during the coming week, while Rock and his Twisted Brown Trucker Band are in Florida preparing for their summer tour. "Right now we're just looking at where the record is and what's gonna round out the record," he explains. "Do we need a big record? Do we need this or that?' I think we've got everything; it's just a matter of zeroing in on it now."

Rock says he will have a small recording rig on the road with him in order to fine-tune any of the existing songs or write new material. He and Rubin will also be eyeballing potential studio time and might even "go rent a cool place somewhere and set up there for two or three weeks."


"It's kind of weird," Rock notes, "'cause I've never written a record and then gone into the studio. I've always written the record as I've been in the studio."

Fans might get a chance to hear some of the new material at shows this summer, too. Rock says he plans to have Twisted Brown Trucker rehearse the songs at sound checks and have them ready to insert into the shows.

"There's so many things you can learn from going out and playing your record live, things you might've done differently," explains Rock, who starts the tour Friday in West Palm Beach, Fla., and will play a two-night stand July 17-18 at Detroit's Comerica Park baseball stadium. "So we're going to at least start playing them all in sound check and screwing around with them every day. If nothing else, at least when we go into the studio we'll have a feel for playing these songs live."

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Kid Rock's Born Free Due November 16
New album will feature collaborations with T.I., Sheryl Crow and Zac Brown.
By Gil Kaufman

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There's no way you're going to be able to confuse Kid Rock's upcoming album Born Free with twitch-pop bomb-thrower M.I.A.'s song of the same name.

First of all, Rock's eighth studio album, due November 16, was produced by legendary knobmeister Rick Rubin. Second, even though Rock, like M.I.A., will release a song called "Born Free" as his first single, the Detroit bad boy's tune focuses not on world affairs, but on the economic decline of his hometown, Detroit.

A press release announcing the album calls Born Free "transformational," going on to note that while Rock retains his "edge, wit, and swagger" on the record, he has left his rap-metal roots behind. "There isn't even a parental warning sticker," the release says.

Rock described how D-town inspired the Americana feel of some tracks.

"The catalyst for this record was Detroit, and my thoughts on the world through the lens of Detroit," he said. "Watching everything go downhill over the past few years, the economy, the loss of jobs everywhere, I wanted to make a record that reflected the times but that still had soul."

Most of the album was recorded during a two-week session in Los Angeles with a band that included Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Los Lobos guitarist/singer David Hidalgo and Chavez guitarist Matt Sweeney. The release also noted that Rock logged time in studios in Detroit, Nashville and Atlanta to lay down collaborations with fellow hometown rock icon Bob Seger, former flame Sheryl Crow, Zac Brown and Trace Adkins. T.I. and Martina McBride will appear on a song called "Care."

The disc is the follow-up to 2007's slow-burn success Rock N Roll Jesus, which produced the Lynyrd Skynyrd-inspired 2008 hit "All Summer Long."

Rock provided a preview of the album earlier this month when he performed six of its songs during a series of hometown shows. In addition to the Detroit-boosting anthem "Times Like These," he pulled the cover back on the Springsteen-like title track, the midtempo "Slow My Roll," the somber "Rock On," the 1970s-style rocker "Feels Good to Me" and the Rolling Stones-influenced "God Bless Saturday."

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If you have the money, it looks like it is available alot earlier than that as an import

www.amazon.com/Born-Free-Kid-Rock/dp/B003TYKGVC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1284252423&sr=1-1

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LOL - just noticed, the thread title got the month right but not the year :o

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Was Martina McBride replaced with Mary on "Care"? Or, is there another version with Martina in place of Mary?