Slash Album Review - pretty positive

[madison]

Here's a review of Slash's solo album that's pretty positive.  It even suggests it could be album of the year!

It appeared in today's Sunday Mercury:

Apr 4 2010 by Paul Cole, Sunday Mercury

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HE’S long been the guv’nor of rock’n’roll guitar but Slash’s post Guns N’ Roses outings have lacked a really good frontman, especially given the dynamic of his glory days with Axl Rose.

Accordingly, the new album boasts no fewer than a dozen new singers, a stellar line-up including Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Ian Astbury, Lemmy, Chris Cornell, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and Kid Rock.

And although each song inevitably plays to its singer’s personality, there’s a gratifying consistency running throughout, with Slash playing at his fiery best.

Despite the old stagers on the guestlist (listen for Dave Grohl on drums, too!) the highlights are as unexpected as they are blisteringly good.

Who could have dreamed that Black Eyed Peas songbird Fergie would turn rock chick on Beautiful Dangerous, a title that sums up her new face perfectly?

Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale gives Robert Plant a run for his money in By The Sword, its huge riff and subtle solo surely the best Led Zeppelin never wrote.

And then Slash goes manic metal for Nothing To Say, his speed riffing backing Avenge Sevenfold’s M Shadows.

Rock album of the year, anyone?
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http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/2010/04/04/slash-slash-66331-26165279/

[JACKSPARROW]

http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/15

Here you can listen to the whole album.
Its nothing special if you ask me..

[RKD]

Just downloaded it off iTunes. Sounds Phenomenal. No messing around bullshit. Straight to it, awesome album. I'm afraid i rate this over Chinese Democracy. Its a much more fun album. Doesn't take itself too seriously and its just a joy to listen to.

[L_Haynes]

After listening to the whole thing and apart from Beautiful Dangerous it just deosn't fire on all cylinders like I was expecting it to.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying its crap or bad or anything...just, idk, something is off for me.

It's just not what I imagined an album featuring the man behind some of music's greatest riffmongery to be...perhaps he needs that...um how to put it...needs that dark, dangerous and elusive "frontmen" type guy (Rose, Weiland for those playing at home) to conflict with and clash and fight and be like "well then what the fuck should it sound like?" and ultimately come up with something that just rocks (even though the Velvet Revolver stuff wasn't all that great but hey I still think Slither is one of the best songs of the past decade)

Just me $0.02

[Robbie]

lol @ people comparing this to cd

[2NaFish]

lol @ people comparing this to cd

i cant imagine people listening to this in a year time, nevermind ten. Everytime i listen to CD i hear something diifferent; slash's album is great but its not even been released properly and i've heard enough.

but, i know. opinions yadda yadda....

[Iconic Shawn]

Trust me 2na.. a lot of us will be listening to it for a good while.

The comparison is fair. This is Slash's first release where he's in total control of things as Chinese Democracy was Axl's first release with total control of the music.

CD had all the hype and anticipation any album could ever want but didn't make it past 2 weeks before being either forgotten about or chuckled at.

I'm betting Slash's release will fair better because its genuine and the people who buy it will be getting exactly what they're looking for.  Unlike with CD where they went to buy a good meaty steak but instead got that very well dressed, very exoticly flavored slice of tofu. (Like I've said before!!!)

I don't care how much anyone wants to bury the legacy of this band and simply ignore what made it great or how bad Axl wishes Slash would just disappear from existence (poor baby can't handle reality), people will always compare anything these two guys do now.

Personally, I give Slash the nod in terms of releases.

I'm looking forward to what the rest of the world thinks.

~S~

[2NaFish]

Trust me 2na.. a lot of us will be listening to it for a good while.

as far as i can throw you.

[dman1991]

pretty solid. Suprisingly I love his compilation with fergie.

[mooney]

There's a couple songs i think are really cool, the rest is good/decent. For me, there isn't anything overly new or exciting about this album - it's solid, but that's about it. I much prefered Contraband as an overall body of work to this. Maybe even Libertad, which did have it's moments, just not enough of them. Combine the best from Contra with the best from Libertad and that would be interesting!

I'm gonna resist the CD comparison. I got sucked into that one in the old Guns section!

[Robbie]

i really like this album, there i'll admit it
That's the best song i've heard ozzy sing in forever...
Love the rythem to ghost, Promise hasn't left my head all day.
The fergie song to me seems very similar to that lady gaga song (in the chorus) but did anyone start listening to it and go.. i never knew shirley manson was on this album??
That lemmy song is typical lemmy the song title alone is cliche.. doctor alibi or wating for an alibi by thin lizzy and i don't need no doctor by free/stevie w anyone..
Gotten sounds like a maroon 5 song with slash playing guitar and that's it
Nothing to say is refreshing, nice to hear slash playing metal for a change

Ok im a little wrecked so i won't continue

Cd is a different animal it's one man investing everything to put what he hears in his head on a record, this is slash coming up with some great riffs and having random famous musicians put lyrics and vocal melody to it.

[Faxl]

Has anyone found the Classic Rock Slashpack? Can't find it m'self.

[RKD]

Has anyone found the Classic Rock Slashpack? Can't find it m'self.

Preordered it. i should be getting it in the next couple of days. according to Classic Rock it is a limited edition and so i preordered it. Might not be in stores. The Classic Rock in stores is the KISS covered one.

[sunnyp]

Bought it. Better than most other music out there.

8/10