Artist: VELVET REVOLVER
Album: LIBERTAD LTD. EDIT. (CD+DVD)

Year: 2007
Media type: CD

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, 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. The album debuted at number five on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 92,000 copies in its first week.

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. In August 2007, they will begin a North American arena tour with Alice in Chains, and later tour Europe and Asia.

Two new Velvet Revolver songs are set to be included in the video game Guitar Hero III. Slash and Matt Sorum stated in a recent interview that one of these songs will be "She Builds Quick Machines", and the other will likely be either "Let It Roll" or "Get Out The Door."


TRACKLIST CD:

01. Let It Roll
02. She Mine
03. Get Out The Door
04. She Builds Quick Machines
05. The Last Fight
06. Pills, Demons & Etc.
07. American Man
08. Mary Mary
09. Just Sixteen
10. Can't Get It Out Of My Head
- ELO cover.
11. For A Brother
12. Spay
13. Gravedancer
- Contains a hidden track named "Don't Drop That Dime" starting at 04:43.

LINE-UP:

Scott Weiland - vocals
Slash - lead guitar
Dave Kushner - rhythm guitar
Duff McKagan - bass guitar, backing vocals
Matt Sorum - drums, percussion, backing vocals

Produced by Brendan O'Brien & Velvet Revolver