Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators is quite a mouthful for a band and World on Fire is quite a handful for an album. World on Fire weighs in at 17 tracks, which is just one song longer than Use Your Illusion I, but where that record gained momentum (not to mention identity) through its mess, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators gives the impression that they're just pouring out everything they have. Perhaps a good edit or two would've turned the record into something leaner, but there's no evident place to cut. Slash, naturally, stands out and his solos are nearly as pleasurable as his riffs, and the Conspirators hit their marks with aplomb, as does Myles Kennedy, who never gets in the way of songs, not even ones he's written. Such a long, hefty album may indeed be what some fans want, for there is a whole lot of bang for this buck. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rovi
前作に続き、パーマネントなツアー・バンドとガッチリ作り上げたニュー・アルバム! 最大の特徴はマイルス・ケネディ(アルター・ブリッジ)がサブ・ギタリストから外れ、ヴォーカルに専念していることだろう。その結果、艶やかでハードでルーズで激アツなスラッシュ節のギター・プレイが炸裂! シンプルだからこそ強さと太さの際立った、この火花飛び散るロックンロールに胸を焦がさないなんて嘘だろ!? 大傑作!
bounce (C)山口コージー
タワーレコード(vol.371(2014年9月25日発行号)掲載)