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Old 11-22-2008, 09:19 PM   #861 (permalink)
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I listened to the whole album on myspace the other night... I'm SO dissappointed...
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Old 11-23-2008, 08:35 AM   #862 (permalink)
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Why would you be dissapointed? Did you really excpect it to be good?
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Old 11-23-2008, 10:59 AM   #863 (permalink)
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Why would you be dissapointed? Did you really excpect it to be good?
I use to be a HUGE GNR fan, and I was kinda hopin it would be good... It was just a dissappointment...
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Old 11-23-2008, 11:24 AM   #864 (permalink)
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I'm not saying GNR sucks, I'm saying with all that was being said about this album beofre it was out I can't see how you could have excpected it to be good. But I'm just being a douche so pay no mind.
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Old 11-23-2008, 01:41 PM   #865 (permalink)
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I'm just going to disagree with everyone now. I listened to it about four times since last night and I think it's a very good album.
Yeah, it's different from the previous albums, and nowhere near the blues/rock style that the band had up to 1993. But I'm not going to comment if it should be a Gn'R album or an Axl Rose album. I knew from the beginning I wouldn't get something with a sound similar to AFD or UYI, so I wasn't dissapointed at all. And I even found a few of the songs very good and easy-listening, especially "Shackler's Revenge", "Street Of Dreams", "Madagascar","This I Love" and "Prostitute". I think the vocals are very good, even though I expected more from the lyrics really since it's been in the making for so long. I also liked the musicians.
If I had to give it a rating out of 10,I'd say: 7.

Now if I think they should had released it under a different band name: absolutely yes!

but again I think it's a good album
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Old 11-24-2008, 04:30 AM   #866 (permalink)
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i liked it.




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Old 11-24-2008, 07:21 AM   #867 (permalink)
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I've yet to hear Chinese Democracy because frankly, I don't have high expectations. I do like GNR, though. Me and most of my friends know it from back then and it's hard not to get a little nostalgic when Slash's final guitar solo from the cheese-dripping November Rain comes on. It bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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Old 11-24-2008, 12:16 PM   #868 (permalink)
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I'm just going to disagree with everyone now. I listened to it about four times since last night and I think it's a very good album.
Yeah, it's different from the previous albums, and nowhere near the blues/rock style that the band had up to 1993. But I'm not going to comment if it should be a Gn'R album or an Axl Rose album. I knew from the beginning I wouldn't get something with a sound similar to AFD or UYI, so I wasn't dissapointed at all. And I even found a few of the songs very good and easy-listening, especially "Shackler's Revenge", "Street Of Dreams", "Madagascar","This I Love" and "Prostitute". I think the vocals are very good, even though I expected more from the lyrics really since it's been in the making for so long. I also liked the musicians.
If I had to give it a rating out of 10,I'd say: 7.

Now if I think they should had released it under a different band name: absolutely yes!

but again I think it's a good album
I totally agree, he should have called it "The Axl Rose Band". David Lee Roth did it with AMAZING results. Also didn't hurt that he had Stevie Vai on it, but still, I think Axl could have pulled it off. He just used the name, because it's a HUGE name in music and should help it sell. Metallica did it with their latest album, it sucked, but I digress...
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Old 11-24-2008, 04:34 PM   #869 (permalink)
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i liked it.




Me too, and I think Better & Madagascar are great songs.

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Old 11-25-2008, 09:27 AM   #870 (permalink)
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The sound of this album is very impressive... they didn't seem to fold to the "loudness wars". Axl's voice is not aging like a fine wine... and the guitar work on this album is near perfect. Overall I think it's a good album which could have been 10-12 tracks... 14 is a bit much. I also agree with everyone who is saying Axl shouldn't have used the GNR name... it doesn't sound like GNR because it isn't GNR. Queen are guilty of the same, their new album isn't Queen (but it's not bad).
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