Sucker Train Blues Do It for the Kids Big Machine Illegal I Song Spectacle Fall to Pieces Headspace Superhuman Set Me Free You Got No Right Slither Dirty Little Thing Loving the Alien The most eagerly awaited album of 2004 came from a grizzled gaggle of Gunners and a frontman whose CV read like a toxicology report, but 's avoided the curse of so-called ‘supergroup’ records in that it wasn't indulgent. There was a palpable desire to deliver on their promise, and a feeling of edge that couldn’t be faked. It was who offered frontman the lifeline of joining Velvet Revolver when the singer was at an all-time low.
The guitarist’s former bandmates and Matt Sorum were already in place, but when an initially ambivalent Weiland came on board he immediately raised the game. and (hurriedly written for the soundtrack) made the mosh pits explode while gave Velvet Revolver their very own moment: a lighters-aloft anthem, complete with melodic bassline and skyscraping solo. As muscular and wiry as a featherweight boxer – or Weiland himself.
The singer was back. Did they produce an album to do the legacy of Guns proud? Or was it just another under-achieving and short-lived side-project? magazine named it the best album of 2004, so perhaps it succeeded on both counts. Every week, Album of the Week Club listens to and discusses the album in question, votes on how good it is, and publishes our findings, with the aim of giving people reliable reviews and the wider rock community the chan.
