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  • The Good & Bad CopThe Good & Bad Cop Posts: 28
    Irs production sounds like a demo, the chorus chord progression is really bad, more silly than the Chinese Democracy riff, the global idea is maxi poor and they try to hide it with silly complication like the lounge intro, there's a lot of wrong thing with Irs

    At least Better have some nice hooks
  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    I feel exactly like I did 9 years ao when The Phantom Menace was released. I like the album, but I think a lot of it is because I really want to like the album and it truly does not hold a candle to what my image of GNR really is.

    Sure, there are some good moments. I.R.S. is like the pod race. Better is like Darth Maul.

    And Shackler's Revenge is definitely Jar Jar.
    It is time to admit that we used to rock like hurricanes. It is time to run for the hills and go round and round. It is time for us to shout at the devil. We've got the right to choose it, there ain't no way we'll lose it, and we're not gonna take it anymore.
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  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    Just downloaded it and gave it a couple of listens. Please, Axl, will you just go away now?
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 94,080
    After listening to this album a few times to & from work, I like it. Just wished though Axel didn't use the Guns & Roses name. If it was called something else, Axl Solo or something .. great. But if you're an old school GNR fan, and you expecting this album to sound like Use Your Illusion jam's .. you're in for a suprise!
  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    unifiedscene wrote:
    No, there isn't. But there's also nothing as bad as the 35 other shitty songs on that bloated double album. That's why it's a better ALBUM.

    I'd still sooner take either UYI 1 and 2 over this anyday.....


    But then again, I thought those 2 albums were awesome back in the day.....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    holtz wrote:
    Really? I think IRS is the weakest song on the album. I've noticed this album is kinda like the Illusions, ask 5 people what their favorite songs are and you will get 5 different responses.

    I like IRS a lot, yeah. The riffs are great and it has a great soft/loud dynamic, especially toward the end... you think when it slows down the song's going to end soon, but then it roars back to life. It's pretty badass when turned up loud.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Finally heard it. Not real impressed overall. Axl's voice ruins at least 1/3 of every song for me. The riffs are generic, nothing like the Izzy/Slash combo back in the day. In fact, when I first heard the song, Chinese Democracy and the opening riff kicked in, I thought, "Who only learned half the riff to Rock You Like a Hurricane?"

    The album does sound great (mix, production, etc.) but it damn well better after that much time and money. On the whole, it isn't bad, but I still think the best 14 tracks from the Illusion records buries this album.

    I'll give it a meh with a splash of whatever...
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