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Released
  
March 16, 1993

Length
  
58:52

Artist
  
Kid Rock

Label
  
Top Dog Records

Recorded
  
1992–1993

The Polyfuze Method(1993)
  
Fire It Up(1993)

Release date
  
16 March 1993

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Producer
  
Kid Rock, D-Square, Mike E. Clark

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Rap rock, Heavy metal, Nu metal

Similar
  
Kid Rock albums, Heavy metal albums

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The Polyfuze Method is the second album by Kid Rock, released in 1993 on the independent record label Continuum Records. The Polyfuze Method shows Kid Rock developing a more rap rock sound. In 1997, Kid Rock re-released the album under the title The Polyfuze Method Revisited, but the re-release is also long out of print. The Polyfuze Method Revisited contained three tracks that were not on the original version—"I Am the Bullgod" and "Rollin' on the Island" from Kid Rock's Fire It Up EP, and the demo "Rain Check". There was also a European release of the album that had a different track listing and omitted the skit "TV Dinner".

Contents

"Prodigal Son", "Fuck U Blind" and "My Oedipus Complex" were later completely re-recorded and released on The History of Rock in 2000 along with a shorter version of the original "3 Sheets to the Wind". The vocals for "I Am the Bullgod" were re-recorded for Devil Without a Cause in 1998 and became his first hit song that gained heavy rotation on radio and MTV. During his 1999 tours he performed "Balls in Your Mouth" from the album as well.

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Singles

"Back from the Dead" and "U Don't Know Me" were released as singles. "Back from the Dead" was released as a single in 1992 before the album was released and was a minor hit on college radio. After disagreements between Kid Rock and his record label about whether to release "Prodigal Son" or "U Don't Know Me" as a single, the label won and released the latter. The label paid for the very low-budget music videos of "U Don't Know Me" and "Back from the Dead", but due to poor promotion both videos received little to no airplay and performed badly. In 1993, "Prodigal Son" was a promotional single for the Fire It Up EP,as was My Oedipus Complex (Remix). The Back From The Dead single included a radio remix,extended version,instrumental and a cappella version. "U Don't Know Me" depending on the singles release country featured the remixes of radio mix,beyond the doors mix, beyond the doors mix edit, naked booty truth mix, cali boy mix, cali boy instrumental and alt funk mix. Both "U Don't Know Me" and "Back From The Dead" were released on a 1991 sampler for the album. "Back From The Dead", "3 Sheets To The Wind", "Balls In Your Mouth" was on a 1992 sampler of the album. Prodigal Son included a radio mix, down and dirty mix and the echo mix of "In So Deep". "My Oedipus Complex" single's b-side was a raw version of "I Am The Bullgod" with two mixes of "My Oedipus Complex".

1993 CD release

  1. "Fred" – 0:25
  2. "Killin' Brain Cells" – 3:55
  3. "Prodigal Son" – 5:18
  4. "The Cramper" – 4:12
  5. "3 Sheets to the Wind" – 4:43
  6. "Fuck U Blind" – 3:55
  7. "Desperate-Rado" – 4:25
  8. "Back from the Dead" – 4:43
  9. "My Oedipus Complex" – 5:35
  10. "Balls in Your Mouth" – 3:48
  11. "Trippin' with Dick Vitale" – 4:07
  12. "TV Dinner" – 0:47
  13. "Pancake Breakfast" – 3:02
  14. "Blow Me" – 2:31
  15. "In So Deep" – 1:59
  16. "U Don't Know Me" – 5:25

Vinyl release

Side one
  1. "Fred"
  2. "Killin' Brain Cells"
  3. "Prodigal Son"
  4. "The Cramper"
  5. "3 Sheets to the Wind"
  6. "Fuck U Blind"
  7. "I Am the Bullgod"
Side two
  1. "My Oedipus Complex"
  2. "Balls in Your Mouth"
  3. "Pancake Breakfast"
  4. "Rollin' on the Island"
  5. "U Don't Know Me"

Polyfuze Method Revisited 1997 release

  1. "Fred" – 0:52
  2. "Killin' Brain Cells" – 3:55
  3. "Prodigal Son" – 5:18
  4. "The Cramper" – 4:12
  5. "Three Sheets to the Wind" – 4:43
  6. "I Am the Bullgod" – 4:51
  7. "Fuck U Blind" – 3:55
  8. "Desperate-Rado" – 4:25
  9. "Back from the Dead" – 4:43
  10. "My Oedipus Complex" – 5:35
  11. "Balls in Your Mouth" – 3:48
  12. "Rollin' on the Island" – 7:47
  13. "Rain Check" – 1:14
  14. "Trippin' with Dick Vitale" – 4:07
  15. "TV Dinner" – 0:30
  16. "Pancake Breakfast" – 3:02
  17. "Blow Me" – 2:31
  18. "In So Deep" – 1:59
  19. "U Don't Know Me" – 5:24
  20. "Fred Remix" – 0:37

Demos

  1. "A Country Boy Can Survive" – 6:14 (released on Fire It Up; final version shortened)
  2. "Born 2 B a Hick" – 1:37 (released on The History of Rock)
  3. "In So Deep" (Echo Mix) – 2:01 (released on 1993 single of "Prodigal Son")
  4. "Plastic People" – 4:48 (released on the October/November '94 Bootleg Tape)
  5. "Something I Scratch On" – 2:13 (released on the December '94 Bootleg Tape)
  6. "It's Still East Detroit to Me" – 1:56 (released on the July '94 Bootleg Tape)
  7. "Mom and Dad I Use Drugs" – 4:58 (released on the July '94 Bootleg Tape)
  8. "Oedipus Intro/Rain Check" – 3:09 (released on the September '94 Bootleg Tape)
  9. "I Am the Bullgod" (Talkbox) – 4:09 (released on the December '94 Bootleg Tape)
  10. "Balls in Your Mouth" (Head Mix) – 3:58 (released on August '94 Bootleg Tape)
  11. "Prodigal Son" – 8:36 (released on July '94 Bootleg Tape)
  12. "Rollin' on the Island" – 8:01 (released on September '94 Bootleg Tape)
  13. "Back from the Dead" (Live in '92) – 2:58 (released on August '94 Bootleg Tape)

Samples

  • "Killin' Brain Cells"
  • "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" by New Kids on the Block (vocal sample only)
  • "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul (vocal sample only)
  • "Girl You Know It's True" by Milli Vanilli (vocal sample only)
  • "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice (vocal sample)
  • 8th World Wonder by Sugar Hill Gang ( vocal sample)
  • " Turn Off The Radio" by Ice Cube (vocal sample)
  • "Soul Soul Soul" by The Wild Magnolias (hook/riff)
  • Opening Scene Of Goodfellas
  • "Prodigal Son"
  • "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin (drums)
  • Never Been Any Reason by Head East (riff)
  • "The Cramper"
  • "Echoes" by Pink Floyd (instrumental intro)
  • " Spill The Wine " by War (flute)
  • "3 Sheets to the Wind"
  • "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa (backbeat)
  • "Word Up" by Cameo (vocal sample)
  • "Desperate Rado"
  • "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (hook/riff)
  • "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" by Johnny Jenkins (drums)
  • "Get Up,Get Into In,Get Involved by James Brown (hook/riff )
  • "Back from the Dead"
  • "The Ocean" by Led Zeppelin ( on extended version-riff)
  • "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths (hook/riff)
  • "Turn Me Loose" by Sly and the Family Stone (vocal sample only)
  • "Ashley's Roadclip" by The Soul Searchers (drums)
  • "Dominoes" by "Donald Byrd (hook/riff)
  • "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp & Roger (vocal sample only)
  • "Ugly People Be Quiet" by Cash Money & The Marvelous (hook/riff)
  • "Can't Find The Judge" by "Gary Wright" (hook/riff)
  • "My Oedipus Complex"
  • "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin (hook/riff)
  • "Balls in Your Mouth"
  • "Howard Stern vs the FCC" ("Balls in your mouth" line is Howard Stern)
  • "Good Ol Music" by Funkadelic (bass line )
  • "Girls" by Beastie Boys (vocal sample only)
  • "Go See The Doctor" by Kool Mo Dee(vocal sample only)
  • "Trippin' with Dick Vitale"
  • "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang (vocal sampleonly)
  • "Here We Go" by Run–D.M.C. (vocal sample only)
  • "Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli (vocal sample only)
  • "Its A New Day So Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn by James Brown (vocal sample)
  • "Pancake Breakfast"
  • "Sweet Leaf" by Black Sabbath (hook/riff/cough effect)
  • "Marley Marl Scratch" by Marley Marl featuring MC Shan (backbeat,vocal sample)
  • "Change The Beat (Female Version) by Beside (vocal sample only)
  • Blow Me
  • "Freedom Train" by Lenny Kravitz ( uses the songs instrumental structure)
  • "U Don't Know Me"
  • "Soul Kitchen" by The Doors (organ)
  • "Don't Bring Me Down" by Electric Light Orchestra (organ)
  • "I'm A Chief Kamanawanalea" by The Turtles (drums)

    • Several movies and TV shows are also sampled on the album, including Scarface, Better Off Dead, Pump Up the Volume, The Godfather, Duke Nukem and Detroit 9000 as well as the Looney Tunes characters.

    Additional crew

  • Bob Ebling – drums
  • Bill Grant – bass guitar, guitar
  • Kid Rock – guitar, loops, bass guitar, producer
  • Chris Peters – guitar, bass guitar
  • Dono Zoyes – bass guitar
  • Jon Slow – flute
  • Peg Leg Sam – harmonica
  • Mike Henry – guitar on "In So Deep"
  • D-Square – producer
  • Mike E. Clark – producer

    • Songs

    1Fred0:26
    2Killin' Brain Cells3:53
    3Prodigal Son5:17

    References

    The Polyfuze Method Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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