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Generally favorable reviews- based on 113 Ratings
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Positive: 91 out of 113
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Mixed: 9 out of 113
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Negative: 13 out of 113
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BrockSSep 8, 2004This album is great!
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scottywhailandJun 10, 2004Great record
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DaveHJun 12, 2004This album is a solid rock albumwith not one single bad track. Album of the year!
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roberthJun 13, 2004Great hard rocking return that beats the crap out of all the wimpy corporate rock junk being passed out like pablum for the lemmings. There's nothing original here - just ROCK. Ignore the whiners. Get it.
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MohdNohnohAug 3, 2004Velvet Revolver is so far the best merger of former GNR and S.T.P, it remind me of the good old days of Alice in chain, this combination is perfect and they sound better than audioslave, which i expected they play something heavier and im looking for VR next realease
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ClaireLSep 6, 2004I think all of us real rock fans have waited a good few years for an album likr this to come along. This has restored my faith in hard rock. Yay to the "old hands"
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mordSep 8, 2004Not a dull track on the album. Great songs from start to finish. 'nuff said
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JohnAJan 14, 2005Greatest album ive ever bought, Great guitar and lyrics, every song is brilliant after 2 listens
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ThaddyDJul 29, 2005What sounds better then a lp standard, tone knobs down, tube amp at 11 and a good singer to boost?
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JCAug 5, 2005This album rocks all the songs on the album are absolutely brilliant. Best Songs Sucker Train Blues, Slither, Dirty Little Thing and Do it For the Kids. It sounds much better than any of the GnR stuff.
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dominiclJan 4, 2006
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antslOct 5, 2006lets get slashing
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LachlanHOct 5, 2004Couple of good moments. Slash isn't loud enough. 'Nuff said.
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ARkelRodJun 11, 2004This album represents a rebirth of the mainstream rock. Solid vocals from Scott and the amazing riffs of Slash...this is a rock band!!
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ErikHJun 10, 2004Kick Ass!!! An awesome return to the Sunset Strip! These guys just sound like they are having fun and the reviews/critics be damned. Keep it going fellas!!
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NateSJun 10, 2004Great 'in your face' rock album.
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JayTJun 12, 2004
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ciztarkmanJun 16, 2004awesome real-kick ass modern rock demo. Slash and Scott make an excellent duo way better than fucking shaq- kobe or tom morello-chirs cornell b.s. axl rose should listen to contraband
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[Anonymous]Jun 8, 2004A really good rock album on it's own, but fans expecting G'n'R or STP part two won't be happy.
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ErleKJun 8, 2004Best CD I've heard in YEARS... Not quite GN'R, not quite STP.... Velvet creates their own identity and ROCKS!!
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StephenSJun 9, 2004Interesting mix of STP's often harsh sound and G n' R's 80 racous
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JamesOAug 8, 2004This album is so much better than it is given credit for. This is not 1987 or 1993 and we can't expect it to make the same kind of impact against what passes for popular music today. It is just the best hard rock album to come out in the past 8 years or so.
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rinaldocFeb 13, 2005
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AviJun 17, 2005The chemistry of Matt, Duff, and Slash is there. This band cannot be compared to GNR because it has nothing alike. This band is much more modern. I've been ashtonished by the solos of Slash. I think Weiland needs transformation into "Axl" - in his behaviour on stage.
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chadhJul 19, 2005great album
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SlashH.Jun 29, 2007Great Rock n Roll record!
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avehDec 8, 2004it sucks compared to guns n' roses but way better than the alternative crap rock with 4 power chords and blink 182 type bands that pass as music these days.
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JohnDoeJun 11, 2004This album rocks!
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AlexJJun 10, 2004Don't listen to the reviews just go down your local music store listen to the album for yourself and i bet you'll end up buying it.
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MarkJun 10, 2004The best hardnosed rock album to hit stores in quite sometime. If you're sick of this canned crap that they call "rock" on the radio, try this.
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Awards & Rankings
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MojoA perpetual guilty pleasure. [Jun 2004, p.107]
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Entertainment WeeklyEven at its sharpest, Contraband feels secondhand, and much of it is also hobbled by a disconnect between singer and band. [4 June 2004, p.79]
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SpinThis is a troubling record. There are some stellar moments, but it's mostly just troubling. [Jul 2004, p.105]