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Contraband [2CD] | ![Contraband [2CD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PWZTSDSGL._SL160_.jpg) | Artist: Velvet Revolver
Label: Bmg
Category: Music
List Price: £13.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 68092
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics, Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.5
UPC: 828767019727
EAN: 0828767019727
ASIN: B0009JDS4C
Release Date: June 20, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Sucker Train Blues | | • | Do It For The Kids | | • | Big Machine | | • | Illegal I Song | | • | Spectacle | | • | Fall To Pieces | | • | Headspace |
Disc 2
| • | Superhuman | | • | Set Me Free | | • | You Got No Right | | • | Slither | | • | Dirty Little Thing | | • | Loving The Alien |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
IContraband/I, the debut album from Velvet Revolver (who include three ex-members of Guns 'n' Roses, arrives with both a great deal of expectation and a great deal of baggage. That's the trouble with "supergroups": there's always the difficulty of stepping out of the shadows of the members' previous bands, and keeping old fans happy while appealing to new ones. Lead singer Scott Weiland gets off easy: he used to be in Stone Temple Pilots, widely regarded as an adequate, second-string rock band (in spite of selling millions of records in their native USA) due to the simple fact that they tended towards mediocrity. Not so his new bandmates Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, who as members of Guns 'n' Roses raised the standard for rock music in the early 1990s. p Judged against G 'n' R's peak, IContraband/I can't fail to disappoint. But it's important to remember that even Guns 'n' Roses never recaptured their IAppetite for Destruction/I heyday, and at the very least, IContraband/I is better than IThe Spaghetti Incident/I. Sure, there are a number of tracks that sound too much like contemporary American, radio-friendly rock-by-numbers, but "Do It for the Kids" and "Big Machine" recall UK rock stalwarts the Wildhearts, with shouted lyrics and punky guitars. "Fall to Pieces" is a classic lighters-in-the-air ballad, all emotional build up and crashing crescendo, while "Set Me Free" boasts one of Slash's best-ever guitar riffs (no mean feat for the man behind "Sweet Child of Mine"). The pleasures of IContraband/I aren't always immediate, but they are there. It's just that they're often buried under the weight of the band members' histories. I--Robert Burrow/Ip BThis album comes with three randomly selected cover colours./B
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| Customer Reviews:
Savour of rock and roll November 15, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
finally a band to over take guns n roses this albums surges hard through your speakers and keeps on going. This band is so refreshing with its pure dirty sound i cant get tired of hearing them .There cover of no more no more is spectacular really good solo on it .I have to take my hats of to slash and co ( my reason for picking this album up in the first place). Even the variety of songs shows the potential for growth of the band , in your face rock n roll like slither to awe inspiring power ballads like fall to peices . Cant wait untill the follow up album . Also i seen them play live at the secc on june the 9th and they were immense keep on goin lads you will save the soul of rock and roll and blow away the pretenders with your no nononsense uncompromising f*ck off attitude and powerfull songs
Brilliant February 10, 2007
Spider Monkey (UK)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is great rock music. Slash rips on the guitar in his usual fantastic style. The songs and lyrics are superb. This band has such a great feel to them, I can't wait for the next installment. This is highly recommended whether you're a fan of Guns and Roses or not, as it's just brilliant rock music. Turn your stereo up loud, put on this album and let the good times roll!
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Guns #x27;n Roses no more.... January 27, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
this has too be one of the best rock n roll albums ever or at least that! slash has proven that he doesn#x27;t need to have the guns n roses thing around him to be noticed as a great guitar player just listen or buy this album and you will be blown away with the most well thought out guitar riffs and terrific vocals from scott weiland
Velvert revolver December 17, 2007
Shoe2190
This is my 3rd fav album ever behind appetite and use your illusions 1. If you listen to something once then decided if you like it or not then its not for you as it is a grower and i kept coming back to it until i loved every track.
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