Contraband by Velvet Revolver

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Sucker Train Blues 4:27 146,418
2 Do It For The Kids 3:55 135,782
3 Big Machine 4:25 130,392
4 Illegal i Song 4:16 105,699
5 Spectacle 3:41 104,928
6 Fall To Pieces 4:31 258,073
7 Headspace 3:42 115,408
8 Superhuman 4:15 116,507
9 Set Me Free 4:06 143,547
10 You Got No Right 5:37 101,201
11 Slither 4:10 275,689
12 Dirty Little Thing 3:57 158,274
13 Loving The Alien 5:49 101,590
14 Bodies (live) 3:19 36,798
14 Bodies 3:20 3,057
No More, No More 5:38 3,098
Fall To Pieces - Acoustic Version 4:09 37
Surrender 4:23 11,791

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About this album

RCA Records Label (2004) Released: 7 Jun 2004 18 tracks (77:40)
Contraband is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, released on June 8, 2004 by RCA Records. A commercial success, Contraband debuted at number one on the American Billboard 200 chart and was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA.

Velvet Revolver formed when three Guns N’ Roses musicians - Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums) - combined to play at a benefit concert for fellow musician Randy Castillo in 2002. They decided to form another band and recruited guitarist Dave Kushner who had previously played with Suicidal Tendencies, Wasted Youth, and Dave Navarro. Kushner had gone to school with Slash and had worked with McKagan before. The quartet was known as The Project pending the selection of a permanent name.

The quartet then set about recruiting a lead singer with the recruitment process filmed by VH1. Several lead singers auditioned including Josh Todd of Buckcherry, Kelly Shaefer of Neurotica and Travis Meeks of Days of the New but they were unsuccessful. Scott Weiland had become friends with McKagan and had played on the same bill as Kushner when Stone Temple Pilots were known as Mighty Joe Young and Kushner was in the Electric Love Hogs. Weiland heard the material and offered his services as the lead singer and the band clicked. Slash suggested the name Revolver for the project and Weiland suggested the addition of Velvet to the title.

Velvet Revolver recorded its first track “Set Me Free” for The Hulk soundtrack in 2003, along with a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Money” for The Italian Job.

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  • pepganzo

    best rock album of 2000

    March 2012
  • Miensman

    I prefer Audioslave than Velvet Revolver as the best band form first decade of XXI Century, but I appriciate Scott Weiland & the rest.

    June 2011
  • nicolasbj

    I like the white cover

    February 2011
  • PabloFromPoland

    Not "probably" - it is for sure :D (white version of cover looks better than black on library, red is terrible)

    February 2011
  • XJ220RACER

    This is probably one of the best albums of decade easily! [3]

    January 2011
  • an3torres

    This is probably one of the best albums of decade easily! (2)

    January 2011
  • TinmanHavoc

    This is probably one of the best albums of decade easily !

    December 2010
  • Piston163

    Very> Very Good)))

    September 2010
  • thealleycat1122

    So good! :D

    September 2010
  • deadgrave

    not bad

    September 2010
  • ziemniak94

    Great album \m/

    May 2010
  • ForGoTTTen_

    Vote on the your favorite cover: http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Velvet+Revolver/Contraband/+images

    May 2010
  • Superbeast_

    awesome album

    April 2010
  • sipoflife

    This is one sick album! \m/

    April 2010
  • Artemito

    Arriba!

    April 2010
  • Zohasreturned

    Libertad was a decent album but this blows it out of the water! Contraband is a flawless piece of work.

    February 2010
  • ThEfAiLuRe-

    I love Weiland's voice, really great album, one of the best hard rock albums from this century :) [5]

    December 2009
  • hard_rocker-fin

    I love Weiland's voice, really great album, one of the best hard rock albums from this century :) [4]

    December 2009
  • Danielcarmoo

    I love Weiland's voice, really great album, one of the best hard rock albums from this century :) [3]

    November 2009
  • pepganzo

    I love Weiland's voice, really great album, one of the best hard rock albums from this century :) [2]

    September 2009
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