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It's been a long time since we have a Guns N' Roses full length studio. Instead of giving a brief history like everyone else does, i am just going to provide you with my reviews on the songs. I saw them back in 2006 at the izod center and they played roughly four-five songs from this album.
1. Chinese Democracy-good song to set up the album, heavy at its best
2. Shackler's Revenge -this is a weird one and i must say it feels out of place with the rest, but it does have that classic axl singing over himself style.
3. Better -great song, love it and currently my favorite.
4. Street Of Dreams- i believe this was "the blues" and at the concert it was a intro to nov. rain.
5. If The World -a mellow song for rose, but catchy and lyrics are powerful
6. There Was A Time -the intro drags a lil but the heavy progression of the guitars and his voice makes it a hard hitter.
7. Catcher N' The Rye - great guitar solo through out and one of the first demo songs i have heard aside from better and silkworms.
8. Scraped -the beginning whine is terrible, but once its over the guitar and drum beat is catchy
9. Riad N' The Bedouins- another out of place song, but after a few passes the song is fast and aggressive
10. Sorry -this is a classic gnr song starts off slow and ends big. very powerful.
11. I.R.S. -this reminds me of chinese democracy pure heavy no letting up.
12. Madagascar- great song, but way too much movie and political quoting breaks the flow of a great song.
13. This I Love-the lyrics are different than the ones were leaked, but its one of the non rock songs on the album.
14. Prost. -this was "this i love " on the leaks and its a great song to end with.
Overall the fourteen song track list is impressive considering how much material he has(rumors suggesting two more albums in 2010,12) The 9 song leaks sound much better on the record and feels complete. Also the vinyl is just as good as.