| Libertad | ||||
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| Studio album by Velvet Revolver | ||||
| Released | July 3, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | December 11, 2006–February 25, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 51:56 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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Libertad is the second studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, released on July 3, 2007. The name is Spanish and translates to "liberty" or "freedom" in English. According to a 2007 interview with Rolling Stone, along with the Stone Temple Pilots album Core, Libertad is the only album lead singer Scott Weiland has written while sober.
Libertad was the last Velvet Revolver album to feature Weiland on vocals, after his departure from the band in April 2008. Libertad is also the last record the band released on RCA Records.
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Release and promotion
Velvet Revolver originally announced their plans for a second album in late 2005, when lead singer Scott Weiland said that the band was planning on recording a concept album. Although it is not certain how concrete the concept album plans were,[1] they were eventually scrapped and the band began to work with famed producer Rick Rubin. However, the bandmembers felt that Rubin was not a good fit for the band and thus parted ways with him. In December 2006, Velvet Revolver began working with producer Brendan O'Brien, who had previously produced albums for Stone Temple Pilots, Weiland's former band. As Scott Weiland commented in Kerrang! magazine, "We were really excited about six months ago, when we first began writing. Then we really kind of flat-lined for a while, We didn't know which way we were going. Once Brendan (O'Brien) came on board, it was kind of like a shot in the arm. It was a new energy." Recording began on December 11 and continued through December, January, and February. The process was documented by a series of video blogs, or "Vlogs", available on the band's website.
On June 26, 2007, Velvet Revolver released a sneak peek of Libertad in its entirety.
Libertad was a released as an Enhanced-CD which includes a 10-minute video documentary called "Re-Evolution: The Making of Libertad" (Directed by Rocco Guarino). A deluxe Best Buy edition was also released which includes a DVD containing a 30-minute documentary called "Tierra Roja, Sangre Roja" (Directed by Rocco Guarino), that documented the band's journey across South America.
To promote the album, Velvet Revolver embarked on a South American tour with Aerosmith. The final performance saw 70,000 fans in attendance. Shortly thereafter, VR embarked on a North American club tour, revealing several new songs. The band also played major music festivals such as the Download Festival. On August 2007, they began a North American arena tour with Alice in Chains, and later toured Europe and Asia.
Songs from the album were featured at X Games XIII as being the official background music to the event. The track "Let It Roll" is also used as the official theme song for the 2007 WWE Diva Search. The song "American Man" has also been used in promotional ads for the popular drama Prison Break.
Reception
The album debuted at number five on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 92,000 copies in its first week; as of October 12, 2007, it has sold 222,000 copies and had fallen off the charts. Compared to the multi-platinum success of Contraband, Libertad was seen as a commercial disappointment for the band.[2] The album is certified Gold in New Zealand. Upon its release, Libertad received generally positive reviews and was said to possibly be "THE rock record of the summer" according to the Associated Press. Rolling Stone also gave the album a good review, stating that "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" and that the album had "honest depth."[1]
Cover controversy
The album's cover features a stylized 10 Chilean peso coin from Chile produced from 1976 to 1990. The coin is an allusion to the Coup d'etat in Chile in 1973. [3] During the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, the coin bore the image of the winged female figure. To her side, in small Roman numerals, the date of the coup d'état is marked, and underneath the word Libertad is written in capitals. After the return of democracy, a design with the portrait of Bernardo O'Higgins was used.
It was actually later stated by Slash in an interview in September 2007 by 102.1 The Edge in Dallas that the image came from a friend's necklace. Slash reported that he had no idea what the significance of the image was until a concert in Brazil.
Track listing
All songs were written by Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner, except "Can't Get It Out of My Head" by Jeff Lynne and Psycho Killer by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.
- "Let It Roll" – 2:32
- "She Mine" – 3:25
- "Get Out the Door" – 3:14
- "She Builds Quick Machines" – 4:04
- "The Last Fight" – 4:03
- "Pills, Demons & Etc." – 2:54
- "American Man" – 3:56
- "Mary Mary" – 4:33
- "Just Sixteen" – 3:59
- "Can't Get It Out of My Head" (Electric Light Orchestra cover) – 3:58
- "For a Brother" – 3:26
- "Spay" – 3:06
- "Gravedancer" – 8:42
- Contains a hidden track, "Don't Drop That Dime" from 4:43
- Japanese edition
- "Gas & a Dollar Laugh"
- iTunes edition
- "Messages"
- "Psycho Killer" (Talking Heads cover)
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