Libertad (Velvet Revolver album)
Occupation
- Vocals: Scott Weiland
- Lead Guitar: Slash
- Rhythm Guitar: Dave Kushner
- Bass: Duff McKagan
- Drums: Matt Sorum
Libertad is the title of the second published in 2007, we have so far last studio album by the American hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver. After the subsequent tour to the publication singer Scott Weiland left the group and has since not replaced. The band, however, plans to continue her career with a new singer.
Background
The debut album of the group, Contraband, was extremely successful: it was (June 8, 2004) with more than 250,000 units sold in the week of its release the fastest-selling debut album in the history of American rock music. It also reached the top position of the U.S. album charts, was number 7 in Germany and reached number 11 on the British charts.
Libertad was recorded at Henson Recording Studio and was published on 29 June 2007. It contained, besides twelve original compositions by the group with Can not Get It Out Of My Head and the cover version of a song by the Electric Light Orchestra. In addition to the regular CD and a bonus DVD was released with the album, which contains documentation for the previous tour. It is entitled Tierra Roja, Sangre Roja. The CD was produced as an enhanced CD and included with Re-Evolution: Making of Libertad another video post.
Reception
Libertad was only in the UK, where it reached # 6 of the album charts, more successful than the previous album; in Germany ( No. 36 ) and the USA ( 5th place), it underperformed. Even the singles cut less well than in 2004: She Builds Quick Machines reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, but was neither in Germany nor in the UK in the charts present. The same was true for The Last Fight: Also only represented in the U.S. charts, the song reached only place there 72
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, reviewer for Allmusic, commented on Libertad, the album was " more homogeneous than its predecessor ", which was also due to the producer, who for wear concern that the " melodies get more weight, while the guitars continue their remarkable muscles can " show. He criticized, however, that the band does not appear as a band ". During the verses opportunity to play their riffs, but then blended into the background, while Weiland a chorus sings that undeniably belongs to him " The individual members get Erlewine feels the not necessarily as bad, but wishes that the group members in the course of listening to the CD " to give more as a band " would, instead, the " weakness to yield to maintain their egos by doing what they can each best ". He comes to the conclusion that the group must " demonstrate an album next time that the past of all its members will meet, instead of harming it " when.