LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL

 GATEFOLD

     PRINTED INNERSLEEVES

Contraband is the critically acclaimed debut studio album by American Hard Rock band Velvet Revolver, which was originally released in 2004. The super group consists of former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth and Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland.

Contraband debuted at number one on the American Billboard 200 chart and was certified double platinum by the  RIAA. The  commercial  success was helped by the impact of the singles “Slither” and “Fall to Pieces”, which both reached number one on the Mainstream Rock Chart and The album’s third single “Dirty Little Thing” peaked at number eight on the Mainstream Rock chart. The band won a Grammy Award when “Slither” was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2005. The band toured extensively for 19 months in support of Contraband. They toured  both  the  United  States  and  Europe  twice,  while also  performing  in Australia,  New  Zealand,  and  Japan.

Originally released in 2004 and long out of print, the beautiful re-issue by Music On Vinyl in 2014 celebrates the album’s 10 year anniversary.

SIDE A

 1. Sucker Train Blues

 2. Do It For The Kids

3. Big Machine

4. Illegal i Song

SIDE B

1. Spectacle

2. Fall To Pieces

3. Headspace

SIDE C

1. Superhuman

2. Set Me Free

3. You Got No Right

SIDE D

1. Slither  

2. Dirty Little Thing

3. Loving The Alien

4. Bodies