5 Great songs on Contraband

[metallex78]

U messed up dude

there are 11 great songs and 2 good songs which are spectacle and Illegal I

Do It For the Kids and Dirty Little Thing are my current favs.

That's just your opinion, but I think Illegal I and Spectacle are 2 of the great songs on there.
But on a good stereo system, the whole album rocks.

I was never much of a fan of Big Machine, but I listened to it on my mate's stereo recently, and damn, that song rocks so hard!

[Top-Hatted One]

agree 100% I love spectacle and illegal I. Big machine and superhuman aren't my favorites but they're amazing live!

set me free is my least fav.

[deliverthecow]

I absolutely think everything on Contraband is solid. Kinda was burnt on Set Me Free, but nonetheless it is still a good song. My favorites are 'Illegal I',  'Big Machine',  ' Suckertrain', 'Spectacle', and 'You Got No Right'. The one thing I still like about Contraband is everyone seems to have a different favorite song. That really doesn't happen all of that much on one album. Similar to how everyone has a different favorite off the 'Illusion' cd's.

[Krispy Kreme]

Good post and I completely agree.
But you left out Spectacle and Sucker train blues. They are great songs. STB is  a classic in my book. Also, I love Dirty little thing the more I listen. Basically, this is a very solid album from  top to bottom, no matter what others (on this board) may say who have their own agenda to diss the band.

[hyperionmax2003]

I like em all except for You Got No Right and Loving the Alien.  I love VR but i think their "slow songs" are really weak.  And true story, Slither turned me into an official rock/metal fan.   Growing up I just listened to whatever was popular at the time and never was set on one style of music.  Anyways, one day I saw the Slither video on VH1 and said, "wait I know that guy playing guitar (which was actually Slash)".  I ask my lil brother and said ," isn't that that guy from AC/DC"?  Since then, I pretty much stick with all rock/metal music, with GNR/VR being my favorite.  Hell, I listened to the GNR GH and said damn, I heard pretty much every song on the album.  Anyway, point in story, Slither pretty much changed my life.   

[metallex78]

I like em all except for You Got No Right and Loving the Alien.? I love VR but i think their "slow songs" are really weak.? And true story, Slither turned me into an official rock/metal fan.? ?Growing up I just listened to whatever was popular at the time and never was set on one style of music.? Anyways, one day I saw the Slither video on VH1 and said, "wait I know that guy playing guitar (which was actually Slash)".? I ask my lil brother and said ," isn't that that guy from AC/DC"?? Since then, I pretty much stick with all rock/metal music, with GNR/VR being my favorite.? Hell, I listened to the GNR GH and said damn, I heard pretty much every song on the album.? Anyway, point in story, Slither pretty much changed my life.? ?

That's good to hear dude, welcome aboard. But don't you love the Slash solos in You Got No Right and Loving The Alien? They are some of his best solos since his GN'R days, especially in You Got No Right.

[tomass74]

It's pretty cool to see that after a year peopel are still into Contraband.   It really is a great album and I am looking forward to the next one... I am still meeting people all the time that like VR and alot of time they are people that I wouldn't expect it.. I am happy for the band and I hope it lasts while... 

[mikegiuliana]

I like em all except for You Got No Right and Loving the Alien.? I love VR but i think their "slow songs" are really weak.? And true story, Slither turned me into an official rock/metal fan.? ?Growing up I just listened to whatever was popular at the time and never was set on one style of music.? Anyways, one day I saw the Slither video on VH1 and said, "wait I know that guy playing guitar (which was actually Slash)".? I ask my lil brother and said ," isn't that that guy from AC/DC"?? Since then, I pretty much stick with all rock/metal music, with GNR/VR being my favorite.? Hell, I listened to the GNR GH and said damn, I heard pretty much every song on the album.? Anyway, point in story, Slither pretty much changed my life.? ?

nice to hear..

[GNR - CROATIA]

1) Slither
2) Set me free
3) Fall to pieces
4) Dirty little thing
5) Sucker train blues

[hyperionmax2003]

I like em all except for You Got No Right and Loving the Alien.  I love VR but i think their "slow songs" are really weak. 

Posted on: June 08, 2005, 10:09:11 PM Posted by: hyperionmax2003

Okay, I been listening to the album ALOT recentlyand have started to come around for "Loving the Alien" ( but I still think "You Got no Right" blows.  I didn't put a list last time so here goes:
1. Spectacle
2. Set Me Free
3. Slither
4. Sucker Train Blues
5. Fall to Pieces

[Marc8382]

I haven't bought the album (yet) but I think that Fall to Pieces is very Similar to Sweet Child of Mine but SCOM is far superior.  Still, FTP is better than most current rock songs on the radio.

[marknroses]

The five best songs in my opinion are
Set Me Free
Slither
Suckertrain Blues
You Got No Right
Big Machine

these songs can hold a torch to GNR's stuff. I know this for a fact because I can get off on these songs wherevere, even at the gym, just like listening to GNR songs.

MNR

[tomass74]

My top 5 no order, hmmmm.....

Dirtly Little Thing
Superhuman
Loving The Alien
Slither
Sucker Train Blues

[jimmythegent]

after living with it about a year id give it 5.5/10

the decent songs on there are :

Big Machine
Slither
Fall to pieces
Superhuman
You got no right
Loving the Alien

These are good ( some great ) song

The rest im afraid, ranges from mediocre to poor

[mikegiuliana]

after living with it about a year id give it 5.5/10

the decent songs on there are :

Big Machine
Slither
Fall to pieces
Superhuman
You got no right
Loving the Alien

These are good ( some great ) song

The rest im afraid, ranges from mediocre to poor

I don't think it's bad if an album has 5-6 good two really good songs.. A lot of albums I have bought through they years haven't even had that many songs I enjoyed and liked it..

[liquidvirus]

i love the whole album!
can't wait for the next one.....but off contraband i love all songs cept fall to pieces, thats a bit ...meh

[DoubleTalkingJive]

I like all the songs too.  It's rare that I find myself liking just about every song on an album so for me CB rocks    To tell you the truth the only other albums that I like pretty much every song, well AFD every song but all the other GNR albums, I like mostly all the songs on each album.  So it's not surprising to me, since VR is made up of 3 members of old gnr that I would like it so much.