Kid RockBest Kid Rock Albums Ranked

First Kiss

rollingstone

8.0

“A little more than halfway through this delightfully strange, often lovely, and consistently fascinating album, things get downright freaky, at least musically speaking. Having deployed epic amounts of bass, a gospel choir, a valiant drummer who — whether it’s a thumper or a ballad — continually gets wicked, a wide array of rhythm tricks and tracks, guitars both acoustic and electric, and all sort”

Rock N Roll Jesus

rollingstone

8.0

“As its title suggests, this balls-to-the-wall album finds Kid Rock latching onto the verities of sex, drugs and rock & roll as a path to redemption — both his and the country’s. He’d never admit it, but hurt over losing Pamela Anderson fuels his appetite for salvation. She’s the target of the hilarious country romp […]”

Kid Rock

rollingstone

8.0

“When Eminem crossed over to pop, he freaked out. But when Kid Rock crossed over, he just grinned, threw up a middle finger and kept going, crossing right through the mainstream and coming out the other side. He embraced the "White America" that Eminem scorned, conjuring up a fantasy of backwoods life that looked a […]”

Rebel Soul

rollingstone

7.0

“A sprawling disc of storytelling, pop history and partying, Kid Rock's ninth studio album seeks the grooves and reach of classic soul – with a Detroit bull-god spin, of course. Self-produced in Michigan with his colorful Twisted Brown Trucker Band, this ruggedly consistent and robustly sung music jumps genres and makes statements. Soul, according to Kid Rock, does what it wants. Supple Berlin tech”

Born Free

rollingstone

7.0

“With his eighth album, Kid Rock has done something he's threatened to do for years: slipped fully into classic-rock mode”

Sweet Southern Sugar

rollingstone

6.0

“Our take on 'Sweet Southern Sugar,' the 11th album from the rap-rock-country superstar”