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2. Shackler's - great video game song, definitely different "B-"
3. Better - Top notch song "A+"
4. Street of Dreams - One of the best songs on the album "A+"
5. If the world - great new sound "B"
6. There was a time - another top notch song "A"
7. Catcher In The Rye - ok song, 1st impression is album filler "C"
8. Scraped - More album filler, waste of plastic "D-"
9. Riad - the one song on the album I actually will not listen to again, very disappointing song...or maybe I just can't open Axl's head to find the hidden meanings. "D"
10. Sorry - Would be great without the profanity "B"
11. IRS - I have not made heads or tail of yet, not a classic though "C"
12. Madagascar - this song is actually better in one of the leaked versions. In the leaked version there is a pause between "I" and "won't" that makes a difference to me. It should be "I.....won't be told " instead of "I won't be told". This is the one spot on the album that shows too much tinkering and editing. "C+-" ....would have been "A+" with less editing and no profanity
13. This I love - slow love song , beautiful song, maybe one of my new favorites "A"
14. Prost_itute*... - Not a bad song. As good as anything on the radio today, but not very special at the same time. I would have put a better song at the end of the album to close it out. "B" *best buy will not allow me to spell out the song name because they consider it profanity, go figure.
My Summary: I love a few of the songs and would love clean radio versions of a couple others as well. This album has filler just like almost every other CD ever made. The filler is the worst part of the album. After this long, every song should be able to stand alone. Having said this, remember that it is still a very solid album just not quite the perfection we all think is possible from this artist.
What's great about it: Great vioce and music variety through the album
What's not so great: The profanity just brings the album quality down.