Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Top 30 Albums of the Decade 2000-2009: Number 17

Number 17

Velvet Revolver
"Contraband"

Released: June 8th 2004
Key Tracks: "Do It For the Kids" / "Fall to Pieces" / "Slither"

Another supergroup, another top class album. Members of Guns N Roses unite with Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots to create full frontal hard rock, blaring guitar solos, and great all round tunes.

From the hard rocking - "Do It For The Kids", "Slither" et al - to the moving balladry of "Fall to Pieces" and "You Got No Right", the band showed their range throughout the fifty-seven minute running time, while Slash got to do what Slash does best. Shred out solos.

One more album followed before the inevitable fall out. Currently seeking a new singer, Velvet Revolver nevertheless leave us with the seventeenth best album of the last decade.

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