Track Listing
1. Let It Roll
2. She Mine
3. Get Out the Door
4. She Builds Quick Machines
5. Last Fight, The
6. Pills, Demons & etc.
7. American Man
8. Mary Mary
9. Just Sixteen
10. Can't Get It Out of My Head
11. For a Brother
12. Spay
13. Gravedancer
| Details | | Playing Time: | 69 min. | | Producer: | Brendan O'Brien | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Velvet Revolver: Scott Weiland (vocals); Dave Kushner, Slash (guitar); Duff McKagan (bass instrument); Matt Sorum (drums).
Given the dismal track record of supergroups in general and the well-known personal difficulties of Velvet Revolver's frontman in particular, many listeners assumed that 2004's CONTRABAND would be a one-off experiment. However, the album was commercially and artistically successful enough that the core trio of Scott Weiland, Slash, and Duff McKagan stuck together to create the even better follow-up, LIBERTAD.
Where CONTRABAND sounded, logically enough, like a mash-up of Stone Temple Pilots' alterna-rock angst and Guns N Roses' Rolling Stones-derived hard-rock swagger, LIBERTAD sounds much more like the work of a cohesive band with a singular vision. There are many elements of 1970s arena rock on LIBERTAD, not least in the respectful cover of the Electric Light Orchestra's "Can't Get It Out Of My Head," whose power-ballad charms are echoed in the originals "The Last Fight" and "Gravedancer." Elsewhere, speedy, punky tracks like "She Builds Quick Machines" and "Let It Roll" underscore McKagan and Weiland's roots in the Seattle underground of the 1980s prior to their later mainstream success. "Get Out the Door" showcase's Slash's still considerable chops.
Editorial Reviews
Stop pining for a new Guns N' Roses release, break out your air guitars, and bask in the glory of LIBERTAD. -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- From anyone else, these tales of strip-club sirens and lost souls would be wish fulfillment. For VR, they're diary entries.
Uncut
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [T]here is plenty of thrill in the fuzz-lined hard-rubber bends of Slash's guitar breaks and the way bassist Duff McKagan keeps time.
Rolling Stone
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