Album review: GILBY CLARKE – The Gospel Truth

Golden Robot Records [Release date 23.04.21]

Later this month Gilby Clarke releases his fifth studio album “The Gospel Truth”, his first new solo album since 2001’s “Swag” and it is a welcome return.

He has kept himself busy since leaving Guns n Roses in 1994, alongside his solo career he has toured with the likes of The MC5, Heart and Nancy Sinatra, been a constant fixture in Matt Sorum’s all-star band Kings Of Chaos, appeared in reality TV’s “Rockstar Supernova” and produced countless albums, but it is “The Gospel Truth” that fans have been waiting for, and it is well worth the twenty year wait.

The album opens in style with title track “The Gospel Truth”, this hard driven track is one of the three singles already released from the album and by the end of the song it is as if the last two decades have melted away.

The other singles are “Tightwad” (featuring Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx and Stephen Perkins of Jane’s Addiction) and “Rock N Roll Is Getting Louder”, both packed with groove and swagger with the latter featuring a great Keith Richards inspired riff. Another of the album’s highlights is “The Ending” which follows a similar pattern.

One word that keeps coming to mind whilst listening to the album is groove, this is an album that thrives on it. Take for example “Wayfarer” which has sleaze and groove but is almost laid back in its approach. “Rusted N Busted” reminds me a bit of Tom Petty whilst “She Won’t Fight Fair” has an Ace Frehley feel to it.

“The Gospel Truth” is an album full of great hard rock songs, solid riffs and big choruses, and with less of a nod back to Clarke’s earlier solo output it may earn him a new generation of fans who may not have heard his solo work yet. Let’s hope there are live shows to come and less of a wait for a follow up album. ****

Review by Nikk Gunns

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