Sweet Southern Sugar

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Sweet Southern Sugar
Kid Rock Sweet Southern Sugar.jpg
Studio album by
Kid Rock
ReleasedNovember 3, 2017
StudioThe Allen Roadhouse, Clarkston, Michigan

Starstruck Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length43:02
Label
Kid Rock chronology
First Kiss
(2015)		Sweet Southern Sugar
(2017)		 Bad Reputation
(2022)
Singles from Sweet Southern Sugar
  1. "Po-Dunk"
    Released: July 13, 2017
  2. "Greatest Show on Earth"
    Released: July 13, 2017
  3. "Tennessee Mountain Top"
    Released: October 19, 2017
  4. "American Rock 'n Roll"
    Released: January 22, 2018
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Detroit Free Press(favorable) [1]

Sweet Southern Sugar is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Kid Rock. It was released on November 3, 2017, by Broken Bow Records, [2] Top Dog Records and BMG Rights Management. [4] [5] The album spawned four singles: "Po-Dunk", "Greatest Show on Earth", "Tennessee Mountain Top", and "American Rock 'n Roll", along with their music videos. [6] Its lead single, "Po-Dunk", peaked at number 27 on the Hot Country Songs. [7] "Greatest Show on Earth" peaked at number 16 on the Mainstream Rock chart [8] and it was used as the main theme for WWE pay-per-view Survivor Series (2017). "Tennessee Mountain Top" peaked at number 36 on the Hot Country Songs. [9] Sweet Southern Sugar is Kid Rock's first album since his self-titled 2003 album not to feature a title track, though the album's name comes from a lyric in "Tennessee Mountain Top". The album also features a cover of the Four Tops song "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", titled "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch". The songs "Back to the Otherside" and "Grandpa's Jam" feature a return to the rapping vocals of Rock's earlier work.

Contents

Commercial performance

Kid Rock at the White House in 2017 Kid Rock at White House.jpg
Kid Rock at the White House in 2017

Sweet Southern Sugar debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 and number four on the US Billboard Top Country Albums with 43,000 album-equivalent units, with almost all of that figure (41,000) coming from pure album sales. [10] It has sold 184,600 copies in the United States as of April 2019. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Greatest Show on Earth"3:59
2."Po-Dunk"4:31
3."Tennessee Mountain Top"4:34
4."I Wonder"3:18
5."American Rock 'n Roll"4:35
6."Back to the Otherside"4:51
7."Raining Whiskey" (Frankie Miller/Ralph Murphy)3:59
8."Stand the Pain"4:44
9."Sugar Pie Honey Bunch" (Four Tops cover)4:11
10."Grandpa's Jam"4:14
Total length:43:02

Charts

Personnel

listed inside the booklet from the album:

Kid Rock

Additional personnel

Backing vocalists

  • Herschel Boone - background vocals
  • Danny Rader - background vocals
  • Joey Hyde - background vocals
  • Shannon Curfman - background vocals
  • Aaron Eshuis - background vocals
  • Stacy Michelle - background vocals
  • Kristen Rogers - background vocals
  • Morgan Hebert - background vocals
  • Stephcynie Curry - background vocals

Drummers

Others

Guitarists

  • Gordy Quist - electric guitar
  • Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar
  • Nathan Young - electric guitar
  • Jason Krause - electric guitar
  • Derek Wells - electric guitar
  • Rob McNelley - electric guitar

Pianists

  • Tim Lauer - piano, keyboards, mellotron, synth, Rhodes, strings (string machine)
  • Justin Niebank - piano, synth
  • Jim "Moose" Brown - piano, B3 Organ
  • Dave Cohen - piano, B3 Organ, keyboards, synths

Bassists

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