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The History of Rock is a compilation album by Kid Rock. Released in 2000, the album consists of re-recorded versions of songs from the album The Polyfuze Method, remixed versions of songs from the album Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp, demos and unreleased songs, including the single "American Bad Ass".

Music

Many of the compilation's songs were previously released on Kid Rock's second and third studio albums, The Polyfuze Method[1] and Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp.[2] The inclusions from The Polyfuze Method have been re-recorded for this compilation[2], while the songs from Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp are remixed.

The new recording "American Bad Ass" has been praised by Allmusic and Rolling Stone as being the best song on the compilation.[1][3] The nu metal song is built around samples from Metallica's song "Sad But True", while paying lyrical tribute to Johnny Cash, Grandmaster Flash, David Allan Coe, the Beastie Boys and Bob Seger.[1][3][4]

Also new to this compilation are the songs ”Abortion”, a hard rock blues song,[2] "Fuck That", categorized by Entertainment Weekly as alternative rock,[2] and ”Born 2 B a Hick”, which has been compared stylistically to Chuck Berry.[2] "Fuck That" previously appeared on the soundtrack to the 1999 film Any Given Sunday.

”Born 2 B a Hick” was an older song that Kid Rock had never recorded.[2] Despite its title, "Abortion" is a anti-drug ballad, which Rolling Stone described as "[finding] common ground between the Geto Boys and Lynyrd Skynyrd".[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[3]
Entertainment Weekly(C)[2]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[6]

The History of Rock received mixed to positive reviews from critics, earning a 64 out of 100 score on Metacritic.[5]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for Allmusic, gave the album four out of five stars, saying that "It's not a great listen, but its swagger and white-trash style make it the second-best record in [Kid Rock's] catalog to date."[1] Robert Christgau gave the album an honorable mention.[6]

Rob Sheffield, writing for Rolling Stone, gave the album three out of five stars, writing that "History peaks with the two new songs".[3] Entertainment Weekly panned the album, however, giving it a C, writing, "Perhaps this marginal collection by a potentially major act should have been called The History of Rap (by White Boys)."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Recording sourceLength
1."Intro"Robert Ritchie (Kid Rock), Wes Gandy (Wes Chill) 1:08
2."American Bad Ass"Ritchie, James Hetfield, Lars UlrichNew track4:32
3."Prodigal Son"RitchieRe-recorded from The Polyfuze Method6:41
4."Paid"RitchieRemixed from Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp4:45
5."Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp" (feat. Joe C.)Ritchie, Martin GrossRemixed from Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp7:14
6."Dark & Gray"RitchiePreviously unreleased4:56
7."3 Sheets to the Wind (What's My Name?)"RitchieRe-recorded from The Polyfuze Method3:59
8."Abortion"RitchiePreviously unreleased4:29
9."I Wanna Go Back"RitchieRemixed from Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp5:29
10."Ya' Keep On"Ritchie, Barbara Lomas, Carlos Ward, Dennis Rowe, Louis Risbrook, William Risbrook, Orlando Woods, Richard ThompsonRemixed from Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp3:57
11."Fuck That"RitchiePreviously released on the Any Given Sunday soundtrack3:42
12."Fuck U Blind"RitchieRe-recorded from The Polyfuze Method3:57
13."Born 2 B a Hick"RitchieUnreleased demo1:42
14."My Oedipus Complex" (feat. Twisted Brown Trucker)RitchieRe-recorded from The Polyfuze Method8:19

Musicians

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The History of Rock at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ a b c d e Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ Hill, Stephen (July 4, 2017). "The Top 40 nu-metal songs of all time". Metal Hammer. Retrieved July 5, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ a b "The History of Rock". Metacritic. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ a b Robert Christgau review