Contraband
by Velvet Revolver
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Jun 8, 2004
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 113 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 91 out of 113
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 113
  3. Negative: 13 out of 113

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  1. BrockS
    Sep 8, 2004
    10
    This album is great!
  2. DaveH
    Jun 12, 2004
    10
    This album is a solid rock albumwith not one single bad track. Album of the year!
  3. MohdNohnoh
    Aug 3, 2004
    10
    Velvet 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
  4. JohnA
    Jan 14, 2005
    10
    Greatest album ive ever bought, Great guitar and lyrics, every song is brilliant after 2 listens
  5. ThaddyD
    Jul 29, 2005
    10
    What sounds better then a lp standard, tone knobs down, tube amp at 11 and a good singer to boost?
  6. JC
    Aug 5, 2005
    10
    This 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.
  7. dominicl
    Jan 4, 2006
    10
    This album is amazing. Just like the Guns N Roses Days, this album also covers a range of tracks. Heavy songs: Slither, Do it for the kids! Ballads: Fall To Pieces and Loving The Alien. Velvet Revolver, i my opinon are the best (possibly second best) modern band around. My favourite tracks of contraband are: Slither, Fall To Pieces, Do It For The Kids, Dirty Little Thing, and Suckertrain This album is amazing. Just like the Guns N Roses Days, this album also covers a range of tracks. Heavy songs: Slither, Do it for the kids! Ballads: Fall To Pieces and Loving The Alien. Velvet Revolver, i my opinon are the best (possibly second best) modern band around. My favourite tracks of contraband are: Slither, Fall To Pieces, Do It For The Kids, Dirty Little Thing, and Suckertrain Blues! Brilliant album 10/10… Expand
  8. antsl
    Oct 5, 2006
    10
    lets get slashing
  9. ARkelRod
    Jun 11, 2004
    10
    This album represents a rebirth of the mainstream rock. Solid vocals from Scott and the amazing riffs of Slash...this is a rock band!!
  10. JayT
    Jun 12, 2004
    10
    Contraband is a breath of fresh air that rock music needs right about now. The perfect combination of Guns N' Roses without the maniacal ranting of Axl Rose; Stone Temple Pilots with a kick. Over the next few weeks, you'll hear more about the ballad "Fall To Pieces", and the similarity with G N' R's "Sweet Child O' Mine", but a few plays of the ballad "You Got No Contraband is a breath of fresh air that rock music needs right about now. The perfect combination of Guns N' Roses without the maniacal ranting of Axl Rose; Stone Temple Pilots with a kick. Over the next few weeks, you'll hear more about the ballad "Fall To Pieces", and the similarity with G N' R's "Sweet Child O' Mine", but a few plays of the ballad "You Got No Right" reveals a classic that has Velvet Revolver in a class that neither STP or G N' R would be able to reach. In fact, "You Got No Right" is what we all wished that "November Rain" really sounded like.… Expand
  11. JamesO
    Aug 8, 2004
    10
    This 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.
  12. rinaldoc
    Feb 13, 2005
    10
    this album really rocks, it's even better than the guns n roses era that slash, matt and duff been through. slash is on the guitar even better, he did not lose the rhythm at all. matt's drumming is amazing. scott on the vocals is perfect. i could not pick an other singer out, better than axl rose.... people should think that these guys lost the inspiration because they have not this album really rocks, it's even better than the guns n roses era that slash, matt and duff been through. slash is on the guitar even better, he did not lose the rhythm at all. matt's drumming is amazing. scott on the vocals is perfect. i could not pick an other singer out, better than axl rose.... people should think that these guys lost the inspiration because they have not released a project for years...but they are contra of that.... full of esteam, power and rock n roll.........velvet revolver rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!! my favorite number is do it for the kids......… Expand
  13. chadh
    Jul 19, 2005
    10
    great album
  14. aveh
    Dec 8, 2004
    10
    it 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.
  15. JohnDoe
    Jun 11, 2004
    10
    This album rocks!
  16. AlexJ
    Jun 10, 2004
    10
    Don'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.
  17. DanielH
    Jun 25, 2004
    10
    Even better than I expected!!!
  18. billyd
    Jun 9, 2004
    10
    awesome
  19. MarkL
    Jul 31, 2004
    10
    It's cool, the music and everything!
  20. ZaydeN
    Jan 12, 2005
    10
    A rare ingenuity in the world of rock, a dying species. The best album by any band in years. An instant classic.
  21. PhilL.
    Oct 30, 2005
    10
    This album is amazing. It has it! Great guitar solos and great singing. This has a hint of old rock nothing like todays rock its way better!!
  22. dp
    Feb 6, 2005
    10
    Now..if only Weiland could sing other than that a great cd Slash is the man
  23. brianb
    Jul 3, 2005
    10
    this album rocks! the only reason i think somone would give it a bad review is if they where expecting the music to sound exactly like gnr.
  24. ConlanM
    Aug 2, 2005
    10
    This cd is a awesome new start for over half the band!
  25. hiphopsucks
    Feb 17, 2006
    10
    This is even better than the old stuff from Guns N' Roses. I reccomend this album to any rock fan. I don't reccomend it to rap fans . Eh, Maybe. But overall, this is one of the best albums ever. Buy it if you don't already own it.
  26. SpencerC
    Apr 8, 2006
    10
    the best slash album since appetite for destruction
  27. JasonL
    Jun 14, 2004
    10
    Awesome! Rock is back!
  28. TreyB
    Jun 14, 2004
    10
    Contraband is a great RnR album!
  29. james
    Jun 19, 2004
    10
    Rocks... that's all i have to say that the album rocks!
  30. FrankJ
    Jun 23, 2004
    10
    Finally, rock music is back instead of little brats who pis and moan about heartbreaks
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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Mojo
    80
    A perpetual guilty pleasure. [Jun 2004, p.107]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Even 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]
  3. Spin
    42
    This is a troubling record. There are some stellar moments, but it's mostly just troubling. [Jul 2004, p.105]
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