Bad Reputation (Kid Rock album) explained

Bad Reputation
Type:studio
Artist:Kid Rock
Cover:KidRock Bad Reputation.jpg
Released:March 21, 2022
Recorded:2019–2021
Genre:
Length:71:30
Label:Top Dog Records
Producer:Kid Rock
Prev Title:Sweet Southern Sugar
Prev Year:2017

Bad Reputation is the twelfth studio album by American musician Kid Rock. It was released digitally on March 21, 2022, and on physical CD on April 6, 2022, by Top Dog Records. The album spawned five singles: "Don't Tell Me How to Live" which features Monster Truck,[2] "Ala-Fuckin-Bama",[3] "We the People",[4] "The Last Dance" and "Rockin'", and three music videos were released. This was the first album since 1996's Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp to be released by Top Dog Records independently.[5]

Background

The album was at first announced in late 2019 and was originally scheduled for release in 2021.[6] On January 17, 2021, he held a birthday live stream event and originally announced the name of his album to be Kid Motherfuckin' Rock and announced a total of 50 songs including 10 hip hop songs, 10 rock songs, 10 country songs and 20 previously unreleased songs.[7] The album name was announced in January 2022 during a birthday bash concert at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, Texas.[8]

Music and lyrics

Bad Reputation is a Southern rock and country album. Some of the lyrics reflect Kid Rock's support of former President Donald Trump and criticism of President Joe Biden. "Don't Tell Me How to Live" is a rap rock cover of a song by Monster Truck, who are featured on the recording. The song's sound was compared to that of the album Devil Without a Cause.[9] The song "We the People" attacks the media, Dr. Anthony Fauci, masks, COVID-19 restrictions, and Big Tech, and features the chant "Let's go Brandon" in the chorus.[10] [11]

Reception

Upon its initial release, Bad Reputation failed to chart on the Billboard 200 chart in its first week of eligibility, breaking a streak of top 10 debuts on the chart dating back to Cocky in 2001. The album debuted on Billboards Independent Albums chart at number 31, the Top Rock Albums chart at number 39, the Top Current Album Sales chart at number 9 and the Top Album Sales chart at number 15.[12] Two weeks after its release, the album had sold 25,000 copies.[13]

It debuted at number 124 on the Billboard 200 chart on April 23, 2022, a month after its release.[1]

In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "a record that confirms [Kid Rock's] diminished status by catering exclusively to the only audience he has left: aging hard rockers who also are stuck in the past."

Touring

On April 6, 2022, Kid Rock embarked on his Bad Reputation Tour.[14] Ritchie had announced he would specifically not tour locations with COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates.[15]

Personnel

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: McCollum . Brian . Kid Rock summons 'Devil Without a Cause' in defiant new song 'Don't Tell Me How to Live' . 2024-01-20 . Detroit Free Press . en-US.
  2. Web site: Kid Rock Lambasts 'Snowflakes' in His New Song, 'Don't Tell Me How to Live' . November 29, 2021 .
  3. Web site: Kid Rock Drops F-Bombs In Rockin' New Tailgate Anthem "Ala-F**kin-Bama" . December 21, 2021 .
  4. Web site: Kid Rock's profanity-laced 'We The People' skyrockets to No. 1 on iTunes . January 27, 2022 .
  5. Web site: Kid Rock – "Bad Reputation" review . March 21, 2022 .
  6. Web site: Kid Rock Announces He's Making New Music: 'Haters Better Be Shaking In Your Boots' . October 7, 2021 .
  7. Web site: Kid Rock marks 50th birthday, vows likely farewell tour, raises $200K for pandemic fund .
  8. Web site: Kid Rock Takes Over Billy Bob's For Two-Day Birthday Bash . January 23, 2022 .
  9. Web site: Kid Rock summons 'Devil Without a Cause' in defiant new song 'Don't Tell Me How to Live' . McCollum . Brian . November 19, 2021 . Detroit Free Press . November 20, 2021 .
  10. News: Miller . Matthew . LISTEN: Kid Rock . . . 2022-01-25 . 2022-01-25 . January 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125205209/https://gazette.com/news/listen-kid-rocks-new-single-chants-lets-go-brandon-blasting-fauci-and-big-tech/article_523e681c-39e6-540f-bce6-8c097fcc03e9.html . dead .
  11. Aniftos . Rania . Kid Rock Chants 'Let's Go Brandon,' Slams Joe Biden & Dr. Fauci in New Song . . 2022-01-31 . 25 January 2022 . February 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220201184313/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/kid-rock-we-the-people-anti-biden-song-1235022971/ . live .
  12. Web site: Graham . Adam . Kid Rock's 'Bad Reputation' no-shows on Billboard 200 chart . May 22, 2022 . The Detroit News . en-US.
  13. Web site: April 8, 2022 . Kid Rock's Bid for Right Wing, Redneck Fans Falls Flat as His "Bad Reputation" Album Flops . Friedman. Roger . May 22, 2022 . Showbiz411 . en-US.
  14. Kid Rock Reveals 2022 Bad Reputation Tour Dates With Foreigner & More . .
  15. Web site: January 31, 2022 . Kid Rock vows to cancel shows at venues with Covid vaccine mandates . May 22, 2022 . The Independent . en.

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