Devil Without a Cause

Occupation

  • Vocals, guitar, bass: Kid Rock
  • Lead Guitar: Kenny Olson
  • Guitar: Jason Krause
  • Guitar, Bass: Matt O'Brien
  • Drums: Stefanie Eulinberg
  • Keyboard, Piano: Jimmy Bones

Devil Without a Cause (Eng. hell for no reason ) is the fourth studio album by American musician Kid Rock. It was published on 18 August 1998. It is the successor of 1996 brought out Early Morning Stoned Pimp and is considered the most successful of the musician.

  • 2.1 Publications
  • 4.1 album
  • 4.2 Singles

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The lyrics to the songs wrote Kid Rock along with the members of his band and with Uncle Kracker, who had already begun at this time his solo career. It is the last album by Kid Rock, which is classified more in the genre Hip -hop than rock. Most of the pieces are a mix of these two genres. However, this can be found also some pure hip hop tracks on the album, such as the title song Welcome 2 the Party. Allmusic.com rated the album as a "masterpiece of the rap-rock " ( rap-rock Masterpiece ). Devil Without a Cause is the most successful album by Kid Rock. In the U.S. alone, it was sold about 11 million times.

Samples

Almost all the tracks on the album use samples from other songs, whether lyrically or musically speaking:

  • Bawitdaba Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
  • Making Cash Money - Busy Bee
  • Rocket In My Pocket (Live) - Cerrone
  • Mysterious Ways - U2
  • Do not Fight The Feeling - Too Short
  • Looking For The Perfect Beat - Soul Sonic Force
  • Down On The Avenue - Fat Larry 's Band
  • Slow Slow Disco - Swamp Dogg
  • In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
  • Freddy Fender - The Faces
  • Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
  • NIB - Black Sabbath
  • Running With The Devil - Van Halen
  • Rock The House - The B Boys

Title list

The album was released in two versions: in a standard version and a censored, the so-called " Clean Version ". The standard version includes the following titles:

Publications

The first single Welcome 2 the Party ( Ode 2 the Old School ) was published. However, the single was not a success and missed the charts. The album was only known as I Am the Bullgod the mainstream rock charts in the U.S. reached. The third single, Bawitdaba then brought her international breakthrough. The title was able to place in the charts, among others in Germany, New Zealand and the UK, but also missed the official U.S. charts. The first success in the U.S. charts had with Kid Rock Cowboy and Only God Knows Why, that could be placed there at number 82 and 19 respectively.

Reviews

The album received mostly positive reviews. Allmusic.com awarded 4.5 stars out of 5. The magazine Rolling Stone awarded 4 stars out of 5 .. For ultimate- guitar.com the album received 8.5 out of 10 possible points.

Chart positions

Album

The album was recorded in the USA with 11 times platinum.

Singles

It lists only those singles who have made it into the respective official national charts.

Record label Hip hop music Rock music The Sugarhill Gang Whodini Mountain (Band) Media-Control-Charts
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