Libertad debuts well below Contraband

[BurningHills]

Libertad drops 4 more spots this week to #104. (Week of 9/5)

So much for "The Last Fight" being the saving grace.

[Jizzo]

its only been 1 week.

wait until the increased numbers come in from the best buy sales

[Butch Français]

people who live in glass houses should not throw stones....VR does nothing for me but at least they actually release music. Maybe uninspired music but at least they gave it a shot.....1 officially released, original studio song in 16 years is not even giving it a shot. I hope that changes soon but the silence is deafening.

David Hasselhoff releases music too.

HOORAY!!!




/jarmo

really? well, then I guess his fans are probably satisfied and don't spend their time bashing Pamela Anderson or someone else he used to work with..

[hellfirecan]

really? well, then I guess his fans are probably satisfied and don't spend their time bashing Pamela Anderson or someone else he used to work with..

that quote actually made me laugh out loud...

[jarmo]

people who live in glass houses should not throw stones....VR does nothing for me but at least they actually release music. Maybe uninspired music but at least they gave it a shot.....1 officially released, original studio song in 16 years is not even giving it a shot. I hope that changes soon but the silence is deafening.

David Hasselhoff releases music too.

HOORAY!!!




/jarmo

really? well, then I guess his fans are probably satisfied and don't spend their time bashing Pamela Anderson or someone else he used to work with..

I think the Pamela Anderson fans are going to The Hoff's board to tell the fans of The Hoff how much he needs Pamela and how much better Pamela's new series is compared to Baywatch.

They don't mind that the new series is on cable only and has low ratings. They also don't mind that there are several flaws in the series' plot.

If somebody points these issues out, they're just jealous because Pamela is out there working on a quality TV series.



Shouldn't you be more concerned about posting about how sales don't matter?

Or how great Libertad really is?

Sales only mattered in 2004-5 when Contraband was released in multiple versions and people were buying the hype.





/jarmo

[Eazy E]

Sales only mattered in 2004-5 when Contraband was released in multiple versions and people were buying the hype.

Ouch!  Way to take yourself down a notch.... Did you not attend Velvet Revolver concerts?

I'll consider that admitting you're just a whore for the music industry and marketing schemes.   

As for the actual fans who post in this section, well, they just like the music.

[jarmo]

I really wanted to believe they were as great as everybody said they were.

Once the excitement is over, you're just left with this feeling of "is this it?".


I've said before, the shows were great at the time but compared to what came in 2006 and 2007, they weren't anything special after all.....





/jarmo

[Eazy E]

I really wanted to believe they were as great as everybody said they were.

Once the excitement is over, you're just left with this feeling of "is this it?".


I've said before, the shows were great at the time but compared to what came in 2006 and 2007, they weren't anything special after all.....

I don't think anyone's ever said they are "great" enough to be a classic band that goes down in history... but maybe good enough to be one of the best bands out there at the time.  If you let "what happened in 2006 and 2007" influence you, as a dedicated GN'R fan, you're going to have that empty feeling over a lot of music.

It seems Velvet Revolver gets held to a higher standard than most bands... There are lots of albums and bands that have a large handful of songs that I dislike, but I'm still a fan.  When VR albums are being 'reviewed' around here, it seems to be all or nothing.  If they don't release a classic, they're releasing garbage and Slash and Duff are wasting their time.

[jarmo]

Well, they're the ones hyping themselves.


Of course it influences me. GN'R is the reason I tried to like this band beyond the first phase of excitement.

It's the same thing for many others. They want VR's cds to be great because Slash plays on it.

All the videos are amazing and brilliant etc.





/jarmo

[Butch Français]

VR fans brought up sales figures 3 years ago, now GN'R fans that does.
myself, Ive never cared about the sales figures of their albums, I like the music.

[RTK]

Billboard
Issue Date: September 22, 2007

LIBERTAD
Billboard 200: #96 (+8) Peak: #5

[Robman?]

Billboard
Issue Date: September 22, 2007

LIBERTAD
Billboard 200: #96 (+8) Peak: #5

amazing, it went up

lol

[CaughtMeInaComa]

I like several songs on LIBERTAD. not all are great, but some.
I don't care about numbers. I buy it for the music.
That's all that matters.....The music.

[audjon]

from metasucks.net
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#96: Velvet Revolver - Libertad
This Week: 6,275
Cume: 221,472

Back in the Top 100 after dropping out last week, but sold a near identical number of copies ? actually, exactly 3 more than last week ? indicating that the bump up the charts has more to do with the performance of other releases than this one.

[GeraldFord]

Only 800,000 to go!

[RTK]

Only 800,000 to go!

Nah, just 778,528

[jarmo]

its only been 1 week.

wait until the increased numbers come in from the best buy sales

Did they come yet?


/jarmo

[LeftToDecay]

It is really pathetic how much pure pleasure&glee bashing VR and running around proclaiming how badly they do  causes among some of the new GNR fans.

It has to take some fundamental flaw in logic be able to call yourself a GNR fan and at the same time have as little respect towards Slash and Duff as some of you guys do.

an old fashioned hard rock record by a band formed in mid 00's sells like shit. Oh my god,quick, stop the press  and lets go vent out our fustration about whatever by trolling VR fans!
As it is now, simple  traditional guitar based hard rock is, not dead but atleast very firmly underground, off the charts and out of sight. 
It takes hell alot more than middle aged parts of original line up of GNR in brand new b(r)and  for hard rock to become hip again.

[stolat]

It is really pathetic how much pure pleasure&glee bashing VR and running around proclaiming how badly they do? causes among some of the new GNR fans.

It has to take some fundamental flaw in logic be able to call yourself a GNR fan and at the same time have as little respect towards Slash and Duff as some of you guys do.

You have to respect yourself first in order to be respected by others.

[LeftToDecay]

You have to respect yourself first in order to be respected by others.

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