Libertad (album)

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Libertad
Studio album by Velvet Revolver

Publication
(s)

June 29, 2007

Label (s) RCA

Format (s)

CD , download

Genre (s)

Hard rock

Title (number)

13

running time

51:48

occupation

production

Brendan O'Brian , Velvet Revolver

Studio (s)

Henson Recording Studios

chronology
Contraband
(2004) 		Libertad -

Libertad is the second published in 2007 and so far last studio album of American hard rock - supergroup Velvet Revolver . After the tour that followed the release, singer Scott Weiland left the group and has not been replaced since. However, the band plans to continue their career with a new singer.

background

The group's debut album , Contraband , was hugely successful: in the week of its release (June 8, 2004), it was the fastest-selling debut album in American rock history, with more than 250,000 units sold. It also reached the top of the American album charts , was number 7 in Germany and reached number 11 on the British charts.

Libertad was recorded at Henson Recording Studio and was released on June 29, 2007. In addition to twelve original compositions by the group with Can't Get It Out Of My Head, it also contained the cover version of a song by the Electric Light Orchestra . In addition to the regular CD, a bonus DVD was also released with the album, which contains documentation on the previous tour. It is called Tierra Roja, Sangre Roja . The CD was produced as an enhanced CD and contained another video contribution, Re-Evolution: Making of Libertad .

reception

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Libertad
  DE 36 07/13/2007 (3 weeks)
  UK 6th 07/14/2007 (7 weeks)
  US 5 07/21/2007 (13 weeks)
Singles
She Builds Quick Machines
  US 14th 07/28/2007 (7 weeks)
The last fight
  US 72 11/17/2007 (11 weeks)

Libertad was only more successful than the previous album in Great Britain , where it reached number 6 on the album charts; in Germany (36th place) and the USA (5th place) it performed worse. The singles also did less well than in 2004: She Builds Quick Machines reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 , but was not in the charts in either Germany or Great Britain. The same applied to The Last Fight : Also only represented in the US charts, the song only reached number 72 there.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, reviewer for Allmusic , commented on Libertad that the album was “more homogeneous than its predecessor,” thanks in part to the producer, who made sure that “the melodies are given more weight while the guitars retain their remarkable muscles “ Can show. Nevertheless, he criticizes the fact that the band does not appear like a band: The individual members “ get the opportunity to play their riffs during the verses, but are then mixed into the background while Weiland sings a chorus that undeniably belongs to him.” Erlewine feels that not necessarily bad, but would like the group members to “act more like a band” as they listened to the CD instead of surrendering to the “weakness of nurturing their egos by doing what they do best " . He comes to the conclusion that the group must "next time show an album that does justice to the past of all its members, instead of harming it . "

Track list

  1. 2:32 - Let It Roll Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  2. 3:24 - She Mine Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  3. 3:14 - Get Out the Door Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  4. 4:03 - She Builds Quick Machines Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  5. 4:03 - The Last Fight Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  6. 2:54 - Pills, Demons & Etc. Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  7. 3:35 - American Man Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  8. 4:33 - Mary Mary Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  9. 3:58 - Just Sixteen Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  10. 3:37 - Can't Get It Out Of My Head Jeff Lynne
  11. 3:26 - For a Brother Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  12. 3:06 - Spay Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland
  13. 11:14 am - Gravedancer Kushner, McKagan, Slash, Sorum, Weiland

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Velvet Revolver separates from Scott Weiland - Rolling Stone
  2. ↑ Mick Wall : WAR - The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose ; St. Martins Press, USA, 2008; ISBN 978-0-312-37767-0
  3. ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US