Bad Reputation (Kid Rock album)
Bad Reputation is the twelfth studio album by American recording artist Kid Rock. It was released on digital 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,[7] "Ala-Fuckin-Bama",[8] "We The People",[9] "The Last Dance" and "Rockin'", and only 3 music videos were released. This was the first album since 1996's Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp to be released by Top Dog Records independently.[10]
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| Released | March 21, 2022 (digital) April 6, 2022 (physical) | |||
| Recorded | 2019-2021 | |||
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| Length | 72:00 | |||
| Label | Top Dog Records | |||
| Producer | Kid Rock | |||
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| Singles from Bad Reputation | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
Background
The album was at first announced in late 2019 and was originally scheduled for release in 2021.[11] 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.[12] The album name was announced in January 2022 during a birthday bash concert at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, Texas.[13]
Commercial performance
On April 6, 2022, Kid Rock embarked on his Bad Reputation tour.[14]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Tell Me How To Live (feat. Monster Truck)" | 4:04 |
| 2. | "We The People" | 4:09 |
| 3. | "My Kind Of Country" | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Bad Reputation" | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Never Quit" | 3:20 |
| 6. | "Shakedown (feat. Robert James)" | 2:41 |
| 7. | "Rockin" | 3:41 |
| 8. | "The Last Dance" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "See You Again" | 5:50 |
| 10. | "Still Somethin’" | 4:08 |
| 11. | "She’s Your Baby (Now Rock Her)" | 4:15 |
| 12. | "Never Enough" | 3:43 |
| 13. | "Everything To Me" | 4:27 |
| 14. | "Cold Beer" | 4:10 |
| 15. | "Ala-Fuckin-Bama" | 3:56 |
| 16. | "Am What I Am" | 2:58 |
| 17. | "The Nashville I Know" | 3:39 |
| 18. | "Fifty" | 4:23 |
| Total length: | 72:00 | |
Personnel
listed inside the booklet from the album:
Kid Rock
- Robert James Ritchie Sr. - drum programming, drums, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion, background vocals, B3 Organ, turntables
Backing vocalists
- Herschel Boone - background vocals
- Shannon Curfman - background vocals
- Gretchen Wilson - background vocals
- Robert James - background vocals
- Perry Coleman - background vocals
- Kate Falcon - background vocals
- Victoria Camp - background vocals
- Amanda Gene Rowland - background vocals
- Stacy Michelle - background vocals
- Mason Douglas - background vocals (uncredited)
- Jason Wyatt - background vocals (uncredited)
Drummers
- Jerry Roe
- Greg Morrow
- Evan Hutchings
- Miles McPherson
- John “Rook” Cappelletty
- Richard Millsap
Others
- Mark Douthit - saxophone
- Russ Phal - pedal steel guitar
- Max Abrams - saxophone
- Marlon Young - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- David Roe Rorick - Bass, Drums
- Peter G Abbott - engineer
- Tim Watson - Fiddle
- T.J. Watson - acoustic guitar, vocals
Guitarists
- Gordy Quist - electric guitar
- Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar
- Ed Jurdi - acoustic guitar
- Nathan Young - electric guitar
- Rob McNelley - electric guitar
- Vinnie Dombroski - electric guitar
- Nick Bockrath - electric guitar
- Tom Bukovac - electric guitar
- Gordy Quist - acoustic guitar
- Dean James - electric and acoustic guitar
- Gannin Arnold - electric guitar
Pianists
- Peter Keys - keyboards
- Jim Jonsin - keyboards
- Gordon Mote - piano (credited as "Gordan Mote")
- Jim "Moose" Brown - piano, B3 Organ
- Dave Cohen - piano, B3 Organ, keyboards, synths
Bassists
- Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar
- Alison Prestwood - bass guitar
- Scott Davis - bass guitar
- Mark Hill - bass guitar
- Tony Lucido - bass guitar
References
- {{Cite web|title=Don't Tell Me How To Live (feat. Monster Truck) (Live)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUI6Hru7Sxg%7Cwebsite = YouTube|date=November 18, 2021|access-date=April 29, 2022
- {{Cite web|title=Ala-Fuckin-Bama|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lib5Tk_giW4%7Cwebsite = YouTube|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=April 29, 2022
- {{Cite web|title=We The People|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKfm4rqMd78%7Cwebsite = YouTube|date=January 24, 2022|access-date=April 29, 2022
- {{Cite web|title=The Last Dance|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt5nD5MX1a0%7Cwebsite = YouTube|date=January 24, 2022|access-date=April 29, 2022
- {{Cite web|title=Rockin'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Xm39V6oYE%7Cwebsite = YouTube|date=January 24, 2022|access-date=April 29, 2022
- "Kid Rock Bad Reputation".
- "Kid Rock Lambasts 'Snowflakes' in His New Song, 'Don't Tell Me How to Live'".
- "Kid Rock Drops F-Bombs In Rockin' New Tailgate Anthem "Ala-F**kin-Bama"".
- "Kid Rock's profanity-laced 'We The People' skyrockets to No. 1 on iTunes".
- "Kid Rock – "Bad Reputation" review".
- "Kid Rock Announces He's Making New Music: 'Haters Better Be Shaking In Your Boots'".
- "Kid Rock marks 50th birthday, vows likely farewell tour, raises $200K for pandemic fund".
- "Kid Rock Takes Over Billy Bob's For Two-Day Birthday Bash".
- "Kid Rock Reveals 2022 Bad Reputation Tour Dates With Foreigner & More".