on the guns website axl spoke of having izzy and slash play on this album and go on tour. i would also like to bring up the fact that slash,izzy,duff, and matt walked out on the entire GnR project. this is no doubt the strongest guitar driven album lead by AXL. im not talking trash about slash and izzy but they are not as good as these players or open minded. tommy stinson is just as solid as a bass player. while several other lead guitarist get in line to shred your speakers. bucketheads solos will leave you melting. 'there was a time' is one of my favs on the album also. 'madagascar' blows me away with its huge sound and killer solos. 'sorry' is awesome and has great lyrical content. 'street of dreams' starts off like a balled then it blows up into a epic Queen type feel. i could see 'I.R.S.' and 'better' as singles. its hard to pick out a few songs cause the body of work is so good. i would have to say that this album comes in a close 2nd behind 'appetite.' if youre a studio guy like me its actually their best album as far as production value and overall use of pro-tools. back when people played hard rock and could actually play mind blowing solos. This is the 1st true top40 rock album ive liked since the 90s. this is a real rock album that kills anything in the top40. better yet, buy the new scott weiland album and support a junkie w/no talent.lmao. go back to your velvet albums if you think they are so amazing.

if youre still trash talking axl and this album, please jump ship and stop claiming to be a fan. of course axl has a new sound but overall keeps that true guns sound. slash is not missed here w/axls guitar assault lead by buckethead and company. also has some interesting industrial/hard rock sound. most of the epic songs have a very strong queen and pink floyd sound to it. i think this is one of the best GnR albums EVER made but then again im not stuck in 87.lol. you can also throw velvet in that group too. if you dont like the album stop your bitching and go back to slashs and duffs crappy solo albums. I wish all the haters of axl and this new album would stop claiming to be 'real' guns fans.

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