#Slash anastasia professional

Writing for Artistdirect, Rick Florino gave an enthusiastic review, awarding the album 5 out of 5 stars and stating that it 'embodies every side of Slash', featuring 'some of the man's most incendiary and infectious playing yet'. On Metacritic, it has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 13 reviews. The album received mixed reviews from critics. The number one album for the week was John Mayer's Born and Raised, with 17,800 copies. The album debuted at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 7,500 copies.

#Slash anastasia professional

Release and reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores It is an 'internet rumor' according to Slash that the lead intro riff for 'Anastasia' takes inspiration from Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, which Slash interpolates live in his version of ' Speak Softly Love'. On March 26, 30 second samples from 'Apocalyptic Love' were made available on. Kennedy, who wrote the lyrics, has said that some of the lyrics on the album are about his past negative experiences with drugs. Slash released the track listing for the album on March 5, 2012. The first single, 'You're a Lie', was released to rock radio on Februa 30-second preview of the song was released online with this announcement. The album was finished in February 2012 and was given a May 22, 2012, release date. Slash described the new material as 'very heavy'. Slash began working on his second solo album in June 2011, and that December, three songs-'Halo', 'Standing in the Sun' and 'Bad Rain'-had been recorded. Slash later said that his second album would be more of a collaboration album with Kennedy, and said he was unsure whether it would be released under his own name or a new name entirely. Kennedy had previously appeared on two songs from Slash's first album, and was later the vocalist of Slash's band on tour. Shadows, and Kid Rock, he said his second album would feature Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy as the sole singer. Unlike his self-titled debut solo album, which featured a variety of singers including Chris Cornell, Ozzy Osbourne, M. Kennedy also sang with Slash and other former members of GUNS N' ROSES when the band was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in April 2012.During his first solo world tour, Slash announced his second studio album. Unlike Slash's solo debut, which featured different vocalists on each track and a number of guest musicians, Slash has recorded all of the new CD with his touring band, MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS. 'Now as far as like the glory days of the record business, that's something - yeah, I mean, you can miss it, but it's changed so much and most of the companies have turned into such conglomerates, it's pointless to really sort of miss the old days 'cause they're long gone.' 'It's really enabling me to make records and be able to put them out myself so I don't have to do the gamble with the big record companies,' he said. The former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist is now releasing his music through his own label, Dik Hayd Records, and The Pulse Of Radio asked him how that compares to working with major labels in the past. Slash's self-titled debut album scored the highest new entry on The Billboard 200 chart in April 2010, with first-week U.S. The song comes off his second solo album, 'Apocalyptic Love', which sold around 38,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 'Anastasia', the new video from legendary guitarist Slash's ( VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES),can be seen below.