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intereact!Kid Rock
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2001-11-20
Manufacturer: Lava
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Detroit-bred rocker/rapper Kid Rock has reason to be "cocky," as 1998's multiplatinum Devil Without a Cause established the multifaceted artist with the Southern rock influences as a generally likable braggart able to back up his boasts musically. Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker backup band also spawned a successful solo career for DJ Uncle Kracker, who wrote songs for--but whose turntables aren't on--Cocky. With a little help from fab friends, including actor David Spade, and musicians Sheryl Crow and Snoop Dogg, Cocky covers a mélange of styles, from rap to country, utilizing organ, pedal steel, and harp as well as metallic guitar solos. Ultimately, though, the 14 songs are schizophrenic and not always successful: on "Lonely Road of Faith," Kid Rock turns in a anthemic ballad nearly worthy of Lynyrd Skynrd, whose "Freebird" he samples in the laid-back R&B-flavored "You Never Met a Motherf**ker Quite Like Me," while Crow's vocals on the gentle, country tune "Picture" and the plodding "Midnight Train to Memphis" contrast with the metallic riffs of "I'm a Dog," the nasty "sex rhymes" of "WCSR," and the rapped boasts of the narcissistic title track. Cocky? Indeed. Commendable? Dubious. --Katherine Turman
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5
1) It's well worth the money!!:) [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This CD I've wanted for awhile, but around the small town I love in, they never had it. This is one of his best CD's !!! I suggest it to anyone...2) cool guitar style [Rating: 5 out of 5]
i like this cd most for the kickass guitar work. i also like the whole package but the guitar and bass are awsome. i guess some people don't like him so they won't give it a chance. their loss.3) Everything to offer [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Cocky is kids most underrated work. Like most of his albums this has a bit of everything to offer. It pretty much works from start to finish just like most great albums do. The best songs would have to be What I learned out on the road, Lonely road of faith and my personal favourite Midnight train to Memphis. It's just an incredible album that should be given a try.4) Superior now than in retrospect [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Kid Rock's 2001 album, 'Cocky', is definitely superior today than it was in 2001. Although Kid Rock has been releasing albums since 1991, 'Devil Without a Cause' is when the mainstream really noticed him and that went on to be one of the best selling albums of all time. After that, he made a quickie greatest hits release with 2000's 'The History of Rock'. Many fans (me included) got used to the sound produced there and the new country songs found in 'Cocky' came to a shock to us. Although I just recently purchased this album (I couldn't get into the country songs six years ago), I would have to say that it's a pretty good listen and better than I remembered it several years ago. Although there are some great old-school style Kid Rock songs on here (such as 'Forever', the self-titled track, and WCSR with Snoop Dogg) , the country-flavored tracks represent a good portion of the album. In fact, there are more country/country-rock songs on here than from any other genre. Some fans will not be able to get over this, but as someone who has more or less outgrown rap-metal they actually come out as refreshing years later. I'm not typically a country fan at all, but songs like 'Lay It On Me', 'What I Learned Out On The Road', and 'Lonely Road of Faith' are very well-done. Unfortunately, there are also some stinkers on this album as well, such as the hugely overrated single 'Picture', but the good definitely outweighs the bad. Dust off your copy of this and give it a try; you just might like it now.5) Surprising [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I purchased this CD for one song that I really liked and was surprised when I played the other songs due to some of the lyrics. I am what you would call "An Old Hippy" and I've really grown to love the entire CD. I consider Kid Rock to be a real rock and roller and his music appeals to a Headbanger (That's what me kids refer to me as) like me. Thanks