Velvet Revolver - Libertad
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Artist: Velvet RevolverEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-07-03
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Let It Roll
- She Mine
- Get Out The Door
- She Builds Quick Machines
- The Last Fight
- Pills, Demons & Etc.
- American Man
- Mary Mary
- Just Sixteen
- Can't Get It Out Of My Head
- For A Brother
- Spay
- Gravedancer
- Re-Evolution
Music reviews of Libertad
Music Review: Not as bad as some reviews but not good either.
Rating: 2 Stars
I was trying to balance the two extreme reviews of this album. First the Amazon review is a joke as has been pointed out. No way is this anywhere as good as Contraband. I do think they were going for a different sound and it works sometimes but most of the time the entire disc seems forced and recorded with no group unity whatsoever. It is easy to hear the songs Weiland wanted on the album vs. the songs the rest of the band wanted. And that is ultimately what brought the band down. Corporate rock is a great description of this album. No real stand out tracks but nothing completely horrible except the "bonus track". A lot of rehashed ideas also but I think there are a couple of good moments.
The first album actually really embodied the sunset strip as it is now very well. I live somewhat near there in CA and can tell you that "Contraband" was pretty much the real deal like it or not. I have always heard that Izzy was part of the band and actually recorded all the rhythm guitar tracks on Contraband. I know they played a couple club shows before it came out and Izzy was there for those shows. And I think Kushner was too. I actually have desktop wallpaper with Izzy not Kushner in the pic too. But Izzy wasn't up for touring so he quit. But I have always thought that this might be why Libertad ultimately sounds so different. But it is only a guess and Kushner might have recorded those tracks again but I really doubt it.
So I would recommend buying this used if you are a really curious hardcore GNR/STP fan. This album is much better than the two Snakepit albums which some have said. That material is really horrible. And this is also much better than anything Duff put out on his own. Izzy's first cd is worth seeking out and is awesome if you like his songs on UYI 1&2. It is my favorite GN'R solo album. And you be the judge and see if he is the most underrated member of GN'R ever.
I have heard VR is getting a new singer. I am hoping for the best but they might just want to hang it up. I have also heard Slash is working on a solo disc. He should make a cool instrumental album and forget having a singer. People would love it and most of his hardcore fans would eat it up. This disc should be near the bottom of the wish list for the hardcore Slash GN'R fan but is not nearly as bad as some have said. But it's not good either just very mediocre.
Description of Libertad
Japanese two disc (CD + NTSC/Region 2 DVD) edition of the Rock supergroup's 2007 album featuring one bonus audio track ('Don't Drop That Dime') plus a bonus DVD that includes a South American tour documentary, music video clips and much more. BMG.When they exploded out of the gates on their 2004 debut, Contraband, Velvet Revolver were met with as much diffidence as appreciation. After all, supergroups have tended to detonate as often as succeed, and with vocalist Scott Weiland, bassist Duff McKagan, and guitarist Slash all vying to keep the lit match away from the fuse, the odds against this band ever seeing album #2 were even money at best. Surprise! Not only have Velvet Revolver survived three years with unreckless abandon, this album blows the doors off its predecessor. Save a pair of disinfected ballads ("The Last Fight," "Gravedancer"), Libertad is all about hand-grenade chords, drag-racing riffs, and circus-tent choruses. The ageless McKagan and Slash continually gun for the disorderliness of their former band (most notably on the punkish opener "Let It Roll" and its lewd brother "Spay"), while Weiland sounds--knock on wood--positively clean and like a voice of boisterous renewal on tracks like "Mary Mary," "She Builds Quick Machines," and the melt-in-your-mouth cover of ELO's "Can't Get It Out of My Head." Obviously egos have been checked at the studio door, as Velvet Revolver have already exceeded their anticipated existence. And now that existence goes back on the clock, trying to outshine a second album that's head-and-shoulders better than the first. --Scott Holter
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