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Linkin Park may have had more technically proficient musicians in their lineup, and Limp Bizkit at their height enjoyed far greater popularity than Kid Rock, but for a short while there, if you wanted to get your rap-rock fix without looking like a doofus, you had a totally viable option in the form of a white boy from Detroit not named Eminem (who appears on this album, by the way, in full The Slim Shady LP mode, for better or worse).Īll of which adds up to a wonderful album to listen to in 1998.
He isn’t a great rapper, but he knows his limitations and works his music around them. Compare even the weaker offerings on Devil Without a Cause to similar rap-rock acts at the time or a short time past his prime, like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, and Rock still wins out in every regard. Also, and this is something even I forgot before I revisited this album this week but is worth singling out, Kid Rock has a good ear for music. From purely a business perspective, the dude was a marketing dream, with footholds in country, rock’n’roll, and hip-hop, able to appeal to all of these lucrative markets without coming across as some sort of phony. He went from being a literal nobody to one of the biggest rock stars on the planet in less than six months, getting play on both traditional rock stations as well as making a splash on alternative stations. I wouldn’t go as far as to say Devil Without a Cause made Kid Rock a star overnight, but it was a quick ascension regardless. The phrase, of course, goes “ignorance is bliss”, but if someone actually gets a time machine going, I’ve a feeling I know which year most would go back to, if only for a little while. To those of us living comfortably under the thumb of a President that was laid back but not incompetent, gas at a buck-oh-three per gallon, and with every meaningful military conflict occurring on distant shores that would seemingly never touch our lives in a personal matter, it felt like the world hit the spot where we could just hit pause and happily live out the rest of our lives in that bubble. It was a weird year that many in the West have regarded as a magical time, and I’m not immune to that sort of revisionist nostalgia. I don’t know if I have it in me to fill out the rest of the year with columns about 1998, but I’ve a suspicion that I could if I were sufficiently motivated and interested. Haim neither flinch nor blush in their directness and neither should you in enjoying ‘Days Are Gone’ for what it is: unabashed fun.Kid Rock's breakthrough album turned twenty years old this month. But spandex knows no gender and dancing knows no fuddy-duddies. Its thick, slick production will have young teenage girls dancing away in front of the mirror thinking they’re Olivia Newton-John circa 1981.
Layered vocals over deep, echo-y drums and plenty of synth build an album abundant in melody and hooks.
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Haim know their strengths and how to flaunt them. This might sound like mocking but it’s not. Most any track from ‘Days Are Gone’ could be lifted as a single or used to soundtrack that pivotal moment in a coming-of-age rom-com when the lead characters decide to follow their hearts despite what their peers think. Although the product of a relevantly new band, it feels that ‘Days Are Gone’, the debut album from LA act Haim, has been a long time coming.įoreshadowed by a handful of catchy, radio-overfriendly singles, ‘Days Are Gone’ promised to be an indulgent pop binge for those who like their tunes sweet and without sharp edges.Īnd on that promise Haim delivers.
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