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Žanr: Hard Rok i Metal, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Studio album by Velvet Revolver
Released June 8, 2004
Recorded June–December 2003
Studios NRG and Pulse Recording
Genre Hard rock
Length 56:47
Label RCA
Producers
Josh AbrahamVelvet RevolverNick Raskulinecz
Velvet Revolver chronology
Contraband
(2004) Libertad
(2007)

Contraband is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver. It was released on June 8, 2004, through RCA Records. A commercial success, Contraband debuted at number one on the American Billboard 200 chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.[1][2]

Background and recording
Velvet Revolver formed when then-former Guns N` Roses members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass), and Matt Sorum (drums) combined to play at a benefit concert for fellow musician Randy Castillo in 2002. They decided to form a band and recruited guitarist Dave Kushner who had most recently played in McKagan`s band Loaded. The quartet then set about recruiting a lead singer with the recruitment process filmed by VH1. Several lead singers auditioned including Josh Todd of Buckcherry, Kelly Shaefer of Neurotica and Travis Meeks of Days of the New. Scott Weiland had become friends with McKagan and had played on the same bill as Kushner when Stone Temple Pilots were known as Mighty Joe Young and Kushner was in the Electric Love Hogs. Weiland heard the material and offered his services as the lead singer and the band clicked. Slash suggested the name Revolver for the project while Weiland suggested Black Velvet Revolver which was shortened to Velvet Revolver.[3]

Velvet Revolver recorded its first track `Set Me Free` for the soundtrack of the film Hulk in 2003, later incorporated into the album`s track listing, along with a cover of Pink Floyd`s `Money` for The Italian Job, which was later released as a B-side.

The band played their first live gig at the El Rey in Los Angeles in July 2003. They recorded Contraband in the latter part of 2003 with recording complicated by Weiland`s court appearances for drug charges and his subsequent sentencing to undertake rehabilitation. Slash recorded `Sucker Train Blues` with a Fender Telecaster 1956 and a Fender Stratocaster 1965.[4]

All lyrics are written by Scott Weiland, except where noted; all music is composed by Velvet Revolver, except where noted.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Sucker Train Blues` 4:27
2. `Do It for the Kids` 3:55
3. `Big Machine` 4:25
4. `Illegal I Song` 4:17
5. `Spectacle` 3:41
6. `Fall to Pieces` 4:30
7. `Headspace` 3:42
8. `Superhuman` 4:15
9. `Set Me Free` 4:07
10. `You Got No Right` 5:35
11. `Slither` 4:08
12. `Dirty Little Thing` Velvet Revolver, Keith Nelson[22] 3:57
13. `Loving the Alien` 5:48

Personnel
Adapted from the album`s booklet.[22]

Velvet Revolver

Scott Weiland – lead and backing vocals, production
Slash – lead guitar, additional backing vocals, production
Duff McKagan – bass guitar, additional backing vocals, production
Matt Sorum – drums, additional backing vocals, production
Dave Kushner – rhythm guitar, production
Design

Robin C. Hendrickson – art direction
Brett Kilroe – art direction
Dan Winters – photography
Production

Josh Abraham – production
Douglas Grean – keyboards on tracks 6, 10 and 13, vocal production, engineering, associate producer of `Set Me Free`
Nick Raskulinecz – production on `Set Me Free`
Andy Wallace – mixing
Chris Young – mixing assistance
Ryan Williams – engineering
Brandon Belsky – engineering assistance
Rocco Guarino – engineering assistance
George Marino – mastering