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OK Album, If Released Under Another Band Name
on December 5, 2008
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from Boston,MA
I don't even know what to say. I was saddened by this album because I was always such a HUGE GNR fan. This is NOT a GNR album, make no mistake about it. This is ... well, I'd say an "Axl" album, but the fluctuations in his voice and the songs just do not mix well. The song Chinese Democracy is the only one that resembles the old GNR in any way, shape or form. Axl's voice sounds strangely out of place on almost all of the other songs.
I can remember standing in line at midnight at Strawberries when Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 went on sale. I put the CDs in my car, and got goosebumps instantly. I still do when I play them. The other day, I put Chinese Democracy in my car and drove around with a puzzled look on my face for the next hour. I've played it and replayed it, and I really do not like it. It has nothing to do with the old band members, it has more to do with the old style -- a style that I believe could've easily been successfully resurrected, but was not at all.
I wish I had borrowed it from a friend for a week so I could just give it right back to them.
What's great about it: Hearing Axl's Voice Again
What's not so great: WTF is it? It's not at all like any other GNR album.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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First CD I've ever wanted to return.
on August 13, 2009
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from Minneapolis, Mn.
Wow. Now hopefully they can start all over again. This is the equivalent of a basketball team letting all their good players go and the GMs try to rebuild the team with draft picks. It's still the same team but it's not the same basketball.
What's great about it: Tommy Stinson / Axel Rose
What's not so great: The music that comes on the CD.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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GUNS N ROSES GET IT
on October 19, 2008
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from FL
YES YES I CANT WAIT CHINESE DEMOCRACY STARTS 11/25/08 I AM BUYING 2 COPIES
What's great about it: AXL ROSE IS BACK
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Don't bother buying this!
on November 20, 2008
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from Macon, GA
Just listened to this album TWICE!!! I really wanted to believe it was going to be great, but it isn't. It sounded like NIN with Boy-band drum beats and Axl just wailing incoherently over top of it. Do yourself a favor and get Death Magnetic instead.
What's great about it: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!!
What's not so great: All the people who will be talking about it until next year.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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No where the GnR Quailty
on November 25, 2008
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Umm... the people who gave it "good" and "outstanding" reviews must either be Best Buy employees told to do so, or people made up by the record company.
Let me just tell you, this is NOT a true GnR album. The only person from the original band is Axl Rose, and his voice no matter how many times you process it through a machine, is just awful this time around.
There is no Dizzy, Slash, of Duff here. The guitar riffs are provided by Buckethead (and why he did this he such a talented performer).
What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: The entire albuim
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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This is like Ringo calling himself the Beatles
on November 28, 2008
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Don't waste your money and time. It's just not GNR. The closest thing: seek out Izzy Stradlin's music collection or look forward to Duff's new Loaded album. At least they still know how to rock. This CD is just miserable.
What's great about it: Not much
What's not so great: idisingenuously calls himself and a bunch of strangers "GNR."
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Didnt like it
on December 1, 2008
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Waited along time for this cd and I am very disapointed with the results.
What's great about it: Nothing except for 1 song, Chinese Democracy
What's not so great: Everything
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Should have scrapped the album
on December 4, 2008
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from Chicago
I have always been a huge GNR fan, and truly believe that if the band were ever to reunite, they would dominate the music industry, and could become as enduring as a band like the Stones.
However, this "new" album was produced by Axl and a plethera of other musicians, and packaged as GNR, when it is clearly not. Because Axl chose to continue under the original band's moniker, he will never escape the comparisions to the original line-up, and for that reason alone, he should have changed the band name.
After listening to this album several times, it is apparent to me that Axl should have scrapped this album shortly after the original band split. It is a cheap substitute to what the GNR name stands for, and it is a major failure. Once the original band split, nothing Axl would do from there on out could truly be considered GNR, and he should have realized that and laid GNR to rest. Because he released this album as GNR it was destined to fall short of GNR's previous work.
Axl finally released this album in my opinion, because he was under enormous pressure to do so. People kept talking about the enigma behind the album, why it was taking so long, and why Axl seemed to have a revolving door on his alternate GNR band. So, after constantly being asked about the album, and why it took so long, and song leaks, Axl finally decided to put this album out there, perhaps to get some people off his case, but the album 13 years in the making failed to deliver. There isn't a hit on the album, and for those that like any of the tracks, consider if you put those songs on Appettite or the Use Your Illusions, you would think it was a filler song.
Axl has to come to grips with the fact that GNR is no more, and rename his musical endeavors more appropriately. The only way Axl should ever release or use the GNR moniker is if he and the original members reunite. Continuing to press on under the GNR name without the original crew is ridiculous and just makes Slash, Duff, and the others look that much better because anything Axl does without them, doesn't compare to what he can do with them. The combination of Axl, Slash, Duff, Etc. is what makes GNR what it is/was anything less than that is just a cover band.
What's great about it: puts Axl back on the music scene
What's not so great: Should not have been released
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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