Born Free (Kid Rock album)

The album's lead single was the title track. The songs promotional push included being the theme for the MLB Playoffs, European Music Awards and the CMA Festival. He also performed "Times Like These" at the American Music Awards and "Care" at the Rally for Sanity. This led to a debut of 189,000 copies sold and landing at number five on the Billboard 200. VH-1 aired the Isle of Malta concert special. The following single "God Bless Saturday" became the secondary theme song for ESPN's College Game Day. The third single "Collide" saw him reunite with Sheryl Crow with whom he previously recorded his 2002 single "Picture" and went on a joint tour with. "Purple Sky" failed to chart and the final single was "Care" with rapper T.I. and depending on the version, Martina McBride, Mary J. Blige or Angaleena Presley of the Pistol Annies. ==Critical reception==

Upon its release, Born Free received mixed reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". ==Track listing==

Target bonus tracks • "Rock n Roll Jesus" (live) • "Lowlife (Living the Highlife)/Keep Your Hands to Yourself" (live) • "Care" (Demo Version with Mary J. Blige) ==Racing Father Time EP==

• "The Midwest Fall" • "Lonely Road of Faith" (Alt. version) • "Slow My Roll" (Porch version) • "Forty" ==Personnel==

• Kid Rock - lead vocals, guitar • Marlon Young - lead guitar • David Hidalgo - guitar • Matt Sweeney - guitar • Justin Meldal-Johnsen - bass • Lenny Castro - percussion • Chad Smith - drums, percussion • Benmont Tench - keyboards, piano • Blake Mills - banjo, guitar Additional personnel • Bob Seger - piano on "Collide" • Sheryl Crow - vocals on "Collide" • Zac Brown - vocals on "Flying High" • T.I. - vocals on "Care" • Martina McBride - vocals on "Care" • Mary J. Blige- vocals on " Care ( Demo Version)" • Trace Adkins- background vocals on "Rock Bottom Blues" ==Charts==

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