Velvet Revolver Contraband

[MattleyCrue]

Still sounds awesome almost 20 years later

Sucker Train Blues
Dirty Little Thing
You Got No Right

Amazing record front to back

[BDG135]

Good album. Never cared for Fall To Pieces. It sounded like something they put together just to have a slow song on the album.

[SchenkerFan]

First album was very good. Second album was crap. Huge drop in quality.

[SterileEyes1]

The first and last song are great. “Loving The Alien” might be the only song of theirs where I thought they at least equaled the sum of their parts.

[jens]

Boooooooooooring

Absurd is better than everything on that snoozefest combined.

[Ozzy Stradlin]

I think it’s ok.

8.5/10

[Nate S Axel]

Still sounds awesome almost 20 years later

Good call!

[WentEast]

I remember thinking at the time it was not as good as it could/should have been, but it was still a good shot in the arm at a time when music needed it. Only later saw that documentary about how they formed and could see Weiland was still a mess, and I knew they couldn't last.

[FreddyFender]

Very good record, a little long but whatever.

"Dirty Little Thing" is fuckin' excellent rock n roll.

[killeverything]

I really liked it, but thought their next one would be even better since they would have been together longer.

Boy, was I wrong. 'Libertad' sucked.

[mrsnikkisixx]

Great album. Still on rotation here.

[Ziggy Sawdust]

If only new GNR could be so good, last fart of creativity from Slash & co.

[roxxxtar]

[Criss]

Very good record, a little long but whatever.

"Dirty Little Thing" is fuckin' excellent rock n roll.

Reason it's awesome? Izzy Stradlin wrote the riffs

[FreddyFender]

Very good record, a little long but whatever.

"Dirty Little Thing" is fuckin' excellent rock n roll.

Reason it's awesome? Izzy Stradlin wrote the riffs

*Keith Nelson from Buckcherry

[GreatWhiteSnake]

I'm one of the weirdos that likes both records...

[Tommy2Tone84]

I like his Snakepit and Conspirators records better. I wanted to love STP and Weiland but just never could. Scott was a poor but very popular choice.

[Wild Obsession]

Both albums are mostly filler........and pretty equal as far as "quality".....

Love STP and Gn'R, but IMO, Weiland and Slash were not a good musical pairing.

[thechefs2003]

The first and last song are great. “Loving The Alien” might be the only song of theirs where I thought they at least equaled the sum of their parts.

You're right about that, "Loving The Alien" is fantastic.

[Mojo]

Contraband is solid. Libertad still has a few songs I really like, but yeah, the drop-off in quality is obvious. I've read that it's one of only three albums Weiland ever did while sober, but Weiland's lyrics were rambling, nonsensical bullshit either way, so I'm not sure that would affect the music much.

[Mister Freeze]

Gave it a front-to-back listen for the first time about a year ago.

Songs and performances were decent. The production made it hard to listen to. Everything is just jumbled together in the mix without the clarity and dynamics you'd find in classic Gn'R/STP albums.

Music made for the MP3 generation.

[Hellsinkey]

Love STP and Gn'R, but IMO, Weiland and Slash were not a good musical pairing.

This. The records were alright, VR worked better live.