Kid Rock showed his sensitive side to almost everyone's surprise on the album Born Free. It earned him varying reviews. Fans of the first hour can indulge themselves with the follow-up, because Rebel Soul is rougher and more like the music from before Born Free. The album mainly consists of rock songs, but as the title suggests there are also some soul influences to be heard. Yet he seems to feel
… most at home in real American rock. You can hear this immediately on the chauvinistic opener Chickens In The Pen and the subsequent Let's Ride. Michigan-born Kid Rock is known as a staunch Republican and previously lent the song Born Free to Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign. But he's not too proud to make fun of his patriotic countrymen in Redneck Paradise. without a doubt the strongest song on Rebel Soul. Also beautiful is the heavy ballad The Mirror, on which his sensitive side emerges again. But above all, Rebel Soul is really rock 'n roll. (BvdV)more
