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Man, I remember being elated that my favorite band was back. I thought they were done for good when Talk Show was announced.
Looking back now, they literally went away for less than 2 years - which is really nothing. They played a show as late May of 97 and had to have reconvened in the studio prior to the October release in 99.
In those days though, it seemed like forever. Maybe because the Talk Show and 12BB albums pointed more towards a direction of separate ways.
My god, do you make such an excellent point here, especially considering the state of STP 2002-2016. I remember this period well and every time I would get to Seven Caged Tigers I would think, is this it for STP? Well then came the implosion in 2002 and the 9 year wait between SLDD and S/T.
I am absolutely with both of you guys on this. I had exactly the same feelings during the Tiny Music - No. 4 gap. Exactly.
But at least with the 2002 - 2009 gap we had Velvet Revolver which was so much more..... acceptable? Fulfilling? I definitely wanted more STP, but VR was exciting for me as soon as I heard "Set Me Free".
There were some rumblings as to the reasons for this in one of the better STP groups on Facebook. Glad to have this place back though. Thank you Rik.
I think Libertad is much better than this album, and also much better than Contraband, it's got far more of Scott's DNA on it than either Contraband (which is a noisy mess in my opinion) or ST2010.
When I first heard it I thought, we this sounds much more like STP than GnR this time, and that is a good thing.
Didn't like Libertad as much upon it's release, but it's become one of my all-time favorite albums. It's got endlessly listenable tracks on it - She Builds, Mary......