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Libertad
by Velvet Revolver


7.6

based on 15 reviews
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Contraband

Scott Weiland and company return with their second album.

LABEL:	RCA
RELEASE DATE:	03 July 2007
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rock

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Entertainment Weekly

Velvet Revolver's second CD is so chock-full of the tight 'n' crunchy pedigreed hard rock that's in short supply these days, it feels both comfortingly familiar and vaguely exotic

Dot Music

With filth, loose morals, anger, frustration, big guitars and even bigger choruses at every turn, it's got all the DNA of a pure-bred rock classic.

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Velvet Revolver still mines sleaze-rock formula on songs like "She Builds Quick Machines," the band has also expanded its sound considerably, taking turns at rambling country and gauzy psychedelic pop before returning to the boozy classic rock.

Billboard

Libertad is one of those sophomore albums that builds on the strengths of the first and offers enough fresh stuff to establish a new standard for the band.

Amazon.com

This album blows the doors off its predecessor. Save a pair of disinfected ballads ("The Last Fight," "Gravedancer"), Libertad is all about hand-grenade chords, drag-racing riffs, and circus-tent choruses.

Blender

[A] tightly coiled second album. [Jul 2007, p.119]

Hartford Courant

Libertad, is another riff-happy collection of big, juiced-up rock songs perfect for summertime thrashing.

Sputnikmusic

A handful of jukebox-friendly hard rock tracks and a thoroughly replayable album is almost as good an outcome as could be expected from this group of aging rockers.

All Music Guide

This record is more cohesive than the debut, partially due to the presence of Weiland's old STP producer, Brendan O'Brien, who lends the recording color and texture that enhances the melodies while still giving the guitars considerable muscle.

Hot Press

Velvet Revolver are a formidable collection of important figures from 80’s and 90’s hard rock, and this strong mixture of personalities lends their music a certain charisma, even when it isn’t particularly accomplished.

Rolling Stone

There is plenty of thrill in the fuzz-lined hard-rubber bends of Slash's guitar breaks and the way bassist Duff McKagan keeps time, like a cop swinging a billy club. There is honest depth here too.

Spin

Libertad does improve slightly on the mostly hookless choogling of the band's 2004 debut, "Contraband," with songs that are punchier and a bit more memorable.

PopMatters

Libertad is much more like Audioslave’s second record, "Out of Exile": it shows the unbelievably low flair a supergroup can have, and how bland they can play, but finds them playing together anyway.

Austin Chronicle

Libertad flips the end-run finish of the group's 2004 debut, "Contraband," front-loaded and overall smoother, tighter, louder thanks to veteran producer Brendan O'Brien.

The New York Times

Libertad sounds old, heavy, wrapped in a tough skin. At the same time, by virtue of sheer outdated flamboyance, it seems almost willfully naive.

The average user rating for this album is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 98 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

John S gave it an8:
Better than their first album and that one was good too. More diverse and some of the riffs are just so awesome. A little punkish on the track Spectacle. Great, raw and catchy!

David K. gave it a9:
Spay was disappointing, but the rest were brilliant. The bonus track, Don't Drop That Dime, was good but could have lost the 'yahhos' at the end. This was an excellent album, but one point away from perfection.

Rob S. gave it a0:
This is an embarrassment compared to Contraband. It is obvious all of the magazines are in some kind of deal with velver revolver because this cd totally sucks. I brought it back after 4 listens 4 days after purchasing and they would only give me 3 dollars. They already had two used ones turned in at the local cd exchange. I wish this brainwashing people into believing garbage music like this is good. This is a boring, uninspired joke of a cd and the members should be ashamed.

Iyotirmaya D. gave it a7:
I love it! Much better than Contraband... more songs stick with me.

Mark K. gave it a9:
Better then their first album, Contraband. Then again Contraband was awesome anyway. Lots of thrills and some solid goldies in here, like The Last Fight and She Builds Quick Machines. Well worth any price!

Tim P. gave it a4:
If I could say that anything on this album sounded like something I hadn't heard before I would raise it at least five points. It's been done and only at a couple of points does this, albeit hard rocking album, ever dare to step outside of the chorus verse chorus structure that could only hold up in the year 1995. Music has got to be more complex, and even STP is more complex. Aside from an ELO cover and a fairly well written ballad this cd is junk. New rule, no band can ever write a song about a girl running through their head.

Joost W. gave it an8:
Better than the first. More variety in songs. Some great riffs and solos.

Libertad by Velvet Revolver

Libertad
by Velvet Revolver