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Slash - Slash
I was never a huge GnR of Velvet fan, but yesterday on a radio show I listen to they played some tracks from Slashes new solo album and it sounded amazing!
Chris Cornell is on one of the tracks and it's insanely good, anyone else got/getting this? You have singers like Fergie, Chris Cornell, Iggy Pop, Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy Kilmeister so it sounds pretty good overall! |
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One of the best tracks on the album is with Fergie called Beautiful/Dangerous, Fergie does have a really good voice for rock music
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Listening to it now:
1. Ghost w/ Ian Astbury - Rock by numbers... Makes Chinese Democracy sound creative. AC/DC (and even The Cult) have been doing this better for decades. 2/10. 2. Crucify the Dead w/ Ozzy Osbourne - Low-fat Ozzy ballad. 5/10. 3. Beautiful Dangerous w/ Fergie - Loving the killswitch, and a catchy vocal hook. Decadent stripper anthem. 6/10. 4. Back from Cali w/ Myles Kennedy - Feels like a liquored up road song, but still more Buckcherry than Guns n' Roses or Alter Bridge. 4/10. 5. Promise w/ Chris Cornell - The riffs are the least obvious so far, and Chris Cornell is on fine form. Definitely going on the iPod. 8/10. 6. By the Sword w/ Andrew Stockdale - Extremely Led Zeppish in places. Vocals are extremely reminiscent of Robert Plant in his heyday. Favourite intro to a solo on the record yet. 9/10. 7. Gotten w/ Adam Levine - The last chord in the verse sequence, and some snappy licks here and there barely save it from being middle of the road rock. Song needed more of the strings and volume swells in the solo. Slightly Bon Jovi-ish in the second half. 4/10 8. Dr Alibi w/ Lemmy - Pretty punkish in places. I'd be willing to bet that New York Dolls were an inspiration for this. Again, finding myself wishing the bite in the outro was there through more of the song. 6/10. 9. Watch This w/ Duff and Dave Grohl - Instrumental, complete with the most 'Slash' solo on the whole album. Best drumming on the album by a country mile, as you'd expect from Mr. Grohl. Feels more like a jam session than a real song though. 5/10 10. I Hold On w/ Kid Rock - Best part is the way the guitar melds with the gospel-ish backing vocals during the chorus. Instantly forgettable. 4/10. 11. Nothing To Say w/ M Shadows - By far the most 'metal' I've ever heard Slash. He eschews his normal style for something more suited to Pantera or Black Label Society. Doesn't quite come off, but still fun. 6/10 12. Starlight w/ Myles Kennedy - Myles' Kennedy pulls off the second best vocal performance on the album, and with a solo that owes a lot to Brian May in style in the middle of such a country-rock song, it's one of the album's better tracks. 7/10 13. Saint is a Sinner w/ Rocco DeLuca - Extremely kooky and restrained for Slash, but somehow he pulls it off. I'd never have believed this was one of his songs if I'd just heard it on the radio. 8/10 14. We're All Gonna Die w/ Iggy Pop. Completely dominated by Iggy and his style at the beginning, as you can tell from the very opening line: "Gina, I really like your tits." By the end, there's some very Axl-ish laughter and talking over the track. The sudden ultra low bass in the solo is a great contrast - I've never heard that done before in quite that way. Another addition to the iPod. 8/10. 15. Baby Can't Drive w/ Alice Cooper and Nicole Scherzinger - I thought I was going to hate this, what with it having a Pussycat Doll in it, but her vocals are surprisingly 'thick' and snarly. She may even have outsung Alice Cooper. Not exactly a musical revolution though. 6/10.16. Mother Maria w/ Beth Hart - Never heard of Beth Hart before today, but I'll be looking her up again soon. That gentle quiver in her voice is reminiscent of Tracy Chapman and Janis Joplin. Slash is far more subtle in his playing, and it pays off in this sweet little ballad. 9/10. 17. Paradise City w/ Fergie and Cypress Hill - Just no. No, no, no. Production is way too clean for such a sleazy tune, and this really isn't Cypress Hill's forte. The solos are not improvements on the originals. Fergie holds up her side alright though. 2/10. Lots of hits and misses, buoyed up by the fact that it's quite a diverse set of genres. Overall, I'd give it a 7 out of 10. |
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Love this album to bits. So many different styles and approaches but they (nearly) all work.
Highlights for me are Ghost (purely for Izzy Stradlin, who was always the brains behind GNR's guitar licks anyway), Beautiful Dangerous, Promise, Gotten and Nothing To Say. |
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I was way too harsh on this album. Listened to it a few times, and it's a real grower. Bump up most of those ratings in my last post 1 or 2 points.
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Not exactly a musical revolution though. 6/10.