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THANKS AXL!
on November 10, 2008
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from Boston, MA
If you ever liked GNR you will like this album. If you are a true fan you'll know what I mean. AXL ROCKS!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Epic. Addictive. Axel has arrived....again
on November 19, 2008
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This record is very big. Big in every way, production, expectations and content. Axel's vision so far exceeds what the old GnR were probably capable of 20 years ago. Does a movie director use the same cast for every movie, no. If so after a couple of movies we would all stop watching. Axel has done what only a very few are able to do. He has transcended GnR. by making the name of a band just that, a name. Regardless of your musical preferences there is something here for you to love. Chinese Democracy isn't a $13 million dollar record it's a priceless record.
What's great about it: After a few listens it really grabs your ear and demands you to hear it.....
What's not so great: Never Complain, be happy we can go to the store and buy music
I would recommend this to a friend!
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on November 23, 2008
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I don't know about this album, after the first 3 tracks i was pumped to hear the rest. I kept waiting for it to kick @$$ again but it never did. Just ok album for me not worth the wait
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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there is greatness in this album
on November 24, 2008
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from west columbia, texas
This is a great album, AXL sounds good and the lyrics are awesome, however some of the electronics could have been left out, I'm gonna let people form there own opinion but there a few song on here for me that if taken out would not be missed and would make the album much better, it would also improve the flow of the album greatly, but as a long time GnR fan I do think this album is good and some of you will love it and others will hate it for not being a clone of appetite.
What's great about it: some new epic and great song, lyrics
What's not so great: a few songs that don't belong
I would recommend this to a friend!
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An enigmatic masterpiece
on November 25, 2008
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from Springfield, MA
As a sometimes (abet less successful) songwriter and musician, and over the last few years reviewer of several hundred albums – I am left this evening somehow awestruck by what I feel is a timepiece of sorts.
Like most avid rock junkies, I have been eagerly anticipating Guns & Roses Chinese Democracy to hit the shelves so we may proclaim it either an Opus of failure or statement of independence. I have also been watching over the years as release dates came and passed without fruition, and listened closely to demos that made half truths of concepts not quite understood by the masses.
I am shocked.
This is not the G&R of “Appetite” fame, nor the chaotic “Illusion” act that appeared in and out of the melodic clouds with a double album that ended the era of excess the 80’s was musically. In fact it could be successfully argued that this is not Guns & Roses at all – but instead the Collective consciousness of the last forty years of what we call “heavy” music packaged with a tidy bow and presented with the impact of a neutron bomb in Joe Perry’s attic. In my humble opinion, William “Axl” Rose has created with his score of unsuspecting characters not only the perfect reflection of true Rock and Roll as an art form, but what should be the ending of an era. And what an end it is.
We have watched the evolution of pop turning to jazz and R&B influences over the last ten years and not without its merits, and apparently Rose has somehow understood this way ahead of the learning curve.
Chinese Democracy is as Rose has been quoted for over a decade “…just a record.” - And that is in its self a statement that needed to be made. For after all is said and done - and all the hype, hoopla and A&R exec’s go to bed for the night, all that is left for the next generation is music preserved on media.
Proving himself and his cast of players the ultimate chameleons by snaking every important influence post Beatles/Stones nostalgia right up to our current non –melodic “modern rock” era, Rose has blended them into a time capsule that will remain the footprint of the music that defined what will eventually determined to be rock’s Jurassic period. I know that you may question the authority that my statement has implied – but I dare an educated listener to say less upon true active listening.
It’s all there – and totally unabashed in its glory and overly precise layering and focus. The simplicity of McCartney’s pianos to the brazen bravado of Iggy Pop, the trippy bombast of Stabbing Westward to the straight to the heart lyrical content of Eric Clapton - even the pioneering of REM & U2’s edgy delays and the iconoclastic cries of Tool’s desperation are documented in one piece of material. In short, C.D. is simply a marvel to behold.
Sure the package is not “perfect”. The sound is at times so intense that it takes several listens to actually take it all into perspective - and this is not the simplistic rock of G&R’s earlier efforts. In fact I would dare say that this is a record that is best off without Slash and the “Beast of Burden” Stones-on-Steroids Gunner’s of nearly two decades ago. Such a statement could only be made with taking every influence into perspective, and not just punching to the gut.
Perhaps the most important mark of this record is not made solely by the composer, but by the multiple guitarists layered to create the wall of sound once created by Boston and in a lesser sense, trans-genre studio pioneers Steely Dan. Robin Frip and Bucket-Head’s musical genius leave no stone unturned here, and have literally created what will be looked at for decades as how guitar players have truly shaped the art form into what is now.
For once – I am unable to rate a single track on its own merits or deficits – and each track has both. Chinese Democracy has done exactly what Rose has underhandedly intended on – defining it’s self as the definitive statement of its era. Rose has smartly reached far beyond the view of the Sunset Strip Scene (Appetite for Destruction) and the lack-luster (perhaps embryonic?) Use Your Illusion this time. And that is the beauty of this album.
If Rock has truly died – this is its obituary. And wasn’t life grand.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Guns N Roses
on November 26, 2008
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from Hollywood, Ca
After waiting for over a decade and a half for the album, how can one not simply be ecstatic at it's release. As far as the quality of the album is concerned, I think it is quite amazing. Sure it does not fall into line with Appetite or the Use Your Illusions. Axl has always been forward thinking, real fans know that and can see how he has grown and changed. How different were the two Illusion albums from Appetite? Where would we be if music did not progress? You can argue all you want that it does not sound like GnR, but the facts still remain. You cannot deny the complexity and beauty of the composition. And, if GnR should be remembered for anything it should be for the bands ability to creat just that, beautiful complex music.
What's great about it: It's Guns N Roses
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Best Album in 15 Years! Awesome.
on November 28, 2008
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Chinese Democracy is an awesome album. Worth a purchase and multiple listens
Axl is in great form throughout the record and the music is unbeleivable. Its been a while since the last GNR release, and let me tell you its worth the wait. While many people will complain that this is not GNR but an "axl rose' band, well its definelty Axl and Axl is GNR. Personally the talent that play on CD (Buckethead, Robin Finck, Ron Thal, Brain and others) have so much skill that Slash, Duff and the gang are not missed that much.
But bascially if your expecting AFD, you will be slightly disapointed. But if your expecting more UYI I&II (especailly Novermber rain and Dont cry type songs) and somthing different from all the rap, hip-hop, and pop that dominates todays music, then CD is it.
There are many song-bysong reviews on the web to check out, so I will not go into detail, but stand out tracks are Better, Street of Dreams, Sorry, and IRS are standouts amoung masterpieces.
Chinese Democracy is a instant classic and well get many spins at my home. I look forward to a tour and the speculated 2nd and 3rd follow up albums.
What's great about it: Music sounds fresh and new
What's not so great: Nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Best album ever
on November 30, 2008
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from Czech
Absolutely brilliant. Definitely worth to wait. I am long time fan and this is the best album. Axl is GnR no matter what all the people say.
Great job.
*Bows*
I would recommend this to a friend!
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