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Libertad |  | Artist: Velvet Revolver
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 7828
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 88859
UPC: 828768885925
EAN: 0828768885925
ASIN: B000P29B62
Release Date: July 2, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Let It Roll | | • | She Mine | | • | Get Out The Door | | • | She Builds | | • | Quick Machines | | • | The Last Fight | | • | American Man | | • | Mary Mary | | • | Just Sixteen | | • | Can't Get You Out Of My Head | | • | For A Brother | | • | Spay | | • | Gravedancer |
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Amazon.co.uk
When they exploded out of the gates on their 2004 debut, iContraband/i, 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"), iLibertad/i 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. --iScott Holter/i
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 40
 Buy This Album!! July 23, 2007
Slashs Mistress (Leeds, UK)
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was eagerly awaiting the follow up to Contraband and wasn't disapointed. Velvet Revolver, I feel have now found their sound. Contraband was a fantastic CD and was enough to whet the appetite and leave you panting for more.
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br /Some say that Libertad isn't as heavy as Contraband, but I would say its edgier. Contraband was a dare I say it, basic rock album. On Libertad its easy to hear the bands influences come through.
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br /She Builds Quick Machines is a perfect first single from the album and The Last Fight is rumoured to be their second. Every song on the album gets better with every listen and I am throughly impressed by the tight album the band have brought out.
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br /Scotts vocals are brilliant and atmospheric as usual and musically Slash, Duff, Matt and Dave bring their own sound to the album.
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br /The songs are amazing performed live, and I can honestly say Velvet Revolver are to all the critics out there a proper band, not just 4 members of previously famous bands and one 'secret weapon'.
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br /Velvet Revolver Rock !! \m/
Maturity July 5, 2007
Ioa G. Passas
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Give it time ,,this will last the time...
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br /This great record proves the fact that the boys have taken it one step further (rock n roll wise..)
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br /Great album..
good work guys July 24, 2007
A. Konstantinidis (Luton UK)
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
well, after the first multi platinum album you hardly expect anything better. Nevertheless they manage to make an album so strong and with such passion that you cant get it out of your head. Maybe the fact that they didnt sat to make an album straight away to take advantage of their huge success helped them. In some way the inner difficulties they faced (death of weilands brother) played there part also. Whatever is the reason this is a strong album that even if you stop listening to it , you will put it on your hi-fi after a year and still will enjoyed it.
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br /maybe this is not exactly for 5 stars but i just put 5 stars because it enormosly difficult to make such a good album after the huge success that your first album had
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br /Gravedancer
br /She dances on my grave ..everytime she comes down..
Just Awesome July 1, 2007
M. J. Funnell (England)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Libertad is one of the best albums i've heard in a long time. I think that the criticism of this album is an excellent example of how great it is. Reviewers wanting to condemn the album are having to resort to the typical Axl is better than Scott comments (when was the last time Axl released an album?) and that the album is too poppy for their liking (just listen to Let It Roll and decide for yourself on that one!)
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br /This is definatley a must buy for all rock fans and is growing on me by the minute. Let It Roll, The Last Fight and Just Sixteen are instant classics for me but the first single She Builds Quick Machines is equally worthy of mention along with the hard rocking Get Out the Door and Mary Mary
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br /There is no doubt that when listening to this album you are listening to the greatest guitarist of today, in my opinion of all time. His solos are as moving as ever and his riff's up there with his work while in Guns N' Roses all those years ago. Although Slash does stand out for me (and from what i have read most other listeners too), the whole band is on form with Libertad and the resulting album is one that should become known as one of 'the great' rock albums of all time *****
A fine second album July 4, 2007
snoopy (england)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Well Done to all in VR.
br /I guess the negative reviews on this page are from those expecting a carbon copy of Contraband. This was never going to be the case. After seeing these guys put on an awesome display at a recent gig in Manchester you could just feel from that performance alone, how different and established Libertad was going be.
br /Yes there are the the classic rock songs that grab you instantly like 'She Builds Quick Machines' 'Let It Roll' and 'Get Out The Door' but there are the slower, more grown up songs like the graceful 'Last Fight' and the beautiful 'Gravedancer'.
br /I have enjoyed listening to this album and I will continue to do so for a long time. Bring on the Libertad tour!
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