Born Free (Kid Rock album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Born Free

| type = studio

| artist = Kid Rock

| cover = Kid-Rock-Born-Free-Final-Cover1.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2010|11|16}}

| recorded = January–July 2010

| venue =

| studio = *Sound City (Van Nuys, California)

• Shangri-La (Malibu, California){{Cite web|title=Rick Rubin on Crashing Kanye's Album in 15 Days|website=Newsweek |date=27 June 2013 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/2013/06/26/rick-rubin-crashing-kanyes-album-15-days-237646.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331155715/http://www.newsweek.com:80/2013/06/26/rick-rubin-crashing-kanyes-album-15-days-237646.html |archive-date=2014-03-31 }}
• Allen Roadhouse (Clarkston, Michigan)

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Country rock{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/kid-rock-born-free | title=Kid Rock: Born Free | date=10 November 2010 }}
• heartland rock

}}

| length = 56:10

| label = {{flatlist|

• Atlantic
• Top Dog

}}

| producer = Rick Rubin

| prev_title = Rock n Roll Jesus

| prev_year = 2007

| year = 2010

| next_title = Rebel Soul

| next_year = 2012

}}

{{Album ratings

|MC=63/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/born-free|title=Born Free|last=Light|first=Alan|website=Metacritic}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=born-free-mw0002029044|pure_url=yes}} Born Free - Kid Rock] allmusic. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = C{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/kid-rock-born-free-1798166579|title=Kid Rock: Born Free|website=The A.V. Club|last=Hyden|first=Steven|date=23 November 2010|access-date=21 March 2025}}

| rev3 = Classic Rock

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/kid-rock-born-free|title=Kid Rock: Born Free|website=Classic Rock|last=Lawson|first=Dom|date=10 November 2010|access-date=21 March 2025}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = B{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20440999,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113031038/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20440999,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2010|title=Born Free Review|last=Collis|first=Clark|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 10, 2010|accessdate=March 23, 2012}}

| rev5 = Kerrang!

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}With its emphasis on freedom, this is the kind of stuff beloved of American who are heavily armed, piss-drunk,or both. The rest of the world need not apply, however. [13 Nov 2010, p.52]

| rev6 = Los Angeles Times

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2010-11-16/album-review-kid-rocks-born-free|title=Album review: Kid Rock’s ‘Born Free’|website=Los Angeles Times|last=Lewis|first=Randy|date=16 November 2010|access-date=21 March 2025}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/born-free-20101116|title=Born Free|last=Light|first=Alan|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 16, 2010|accessdate=March 23, 2012}}

| rev8 = Slant Magazine

| rev8score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/kid-rock-born-free/|title=Review: Kid Rock, Born Free|website=Slant Magazine|last=Jones|first=Hew|date=12 November 2010|access-date=21 March 2025}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = 5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2010/11/kid-rock-born-free-atlantic/|title=Kid Rock, ‘Born Free’ (Atlantic)|website=Spin|last=Eddy|first=Chuck|date=16 November 2010|access-date=21 March 2025}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = 4/10It's a grim assemblage of cliche from the title downwards. [Feb 2011, p.90]

}}

Born Free is the eighth studio album by American musician Kid Rock. It was released on November 16, 2010 with the title track as its lead single.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/kid-rock-politics-musical-evolution-senate-run-7872906|title=Kid Rock as a Potential Senate Candidate: What We Can Learn About His Politics From His Music | Billboard|date=July 18, 2017|website=www.billboard.com|accessdate=June 28, 2020}}

The country-oriented album was produced by Rick Rubin featuring several high-profile artists such as T.I., Sheryl Crow, and Bob Seger. This is Kid Rock's first, and to date, only album not to feature a Parental Advisory sticker and is his first all-country album. It is also the first album since 1993's The Polyfuze Method not to feature his backing band Twisted Brown Trucker. Marlon Young is the only member from Twisted Brown Trucker to perform on the album. Kid Rock describes it as "very organic blues-based rock and roll".{{cite web|last=Bonaquro|first=Alison|title=Kid Rock Feels like he is Born Free to Sing with Everybody|url=http://blog.cmt.com/2010-06-02/kid-rock-feels-born-free-to-sing-with-everybody/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604010522/http://blog.cmt.com/2010-06-02/kid-rock-feels-born-free-to-sing-with-everybody/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2010|work=CMT.com|accessdate=June 4, 2010}}{{cite news|last=Graham|first=Adam|title=Kid Rock to Launch New Album Sept. 7|url=http://www.detnews.com/article/20100530/ENT04/5300317/1424/ENT04/Kid-Rock-to-launch-new-album-Sept-7|accessdate=June 4, 2010|newspaper=The Detroit News|date=May 30, 2010}} Cable network TBS used the title track, "Born Free", for its coverage of the 2010 Major League Baseball postseason. As of June 16, 2011 Born Free is certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipments in excess of one million copies. This gave Kid Rock his sixth Platinum album certification in the US. A Michigan only promotion was released with the album: a 4-song EP called Racing Father Time.