Chinese Democracy: Yay or Nay?

I'm currently listening to the stream from the myspace page, so thanks for that.
Axl Rose!!!
I feel 20 years younger, as I have a new Guns N Fucking Roses album turned up loud.
Key difference, It isn't a cassette and instead a digital stream through a Mac G4 laptop.
Technology!!!
Still pretty damn awesome.

 

i'll agree that there was some filler, but i wouldn't say "a lot."

 

Got your back on this one, Waylon. Both are great albums, but "Highway to Hell" is just a stronger collection of tunes IMO.

I'd also put Back In Black above Appetite.

 

I like the title track on Democracy, the rest of it is low-grade NIN, too techno, too electronic, too forced for me.

If you're a Slash fan--as I am--you'll just love this piece of lunacy from the Boston Herald: http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1133834

As for Appetite, nothing close has been produced since it was released 21 years ago. The Illusions are good, Appetite is Capital-G Great.

 

It's a worth effort. Haven't listened to the real thing yet, but I have what seems like 10 different leaks of the album on my hard drive from the last 5 years.

 

haven't listened to a tune off BiB in 20 years, and i won't in another 20, either. as a kid, i overdosed on that cd/album, whatever you want to call it, because i loved it so much. i now hate it.

but, back in the day, i easily would have put BiB above HtH.

 

It's not Appetite for Destruction, but what is?

IRS is my favorite song on the album. I think it's really good.

 

Agreed. Appetite is the best album of my lifetime by a longshot. It's an amazing album that holds up remarkably well.

 

i'm as big of a GnR fan as there is ... both back in the day and now. may i ask this: how old were you when appetite was released? is it something you listened to fresh off the shelf, or did you retro appetite?

 

I was a junior/sophomore in high school when Appetite was released.

I think I was 21 or so when Nevermind was released and killed metal.

 

I can understand that, tp. That album was virtually the soundtrack to my senior year in high school (that and Billy Squier's 'Don't Say No' ). But, after setting it aside for a while, I sort of re-discovered it, and really appreciate a lot of the lesser known tunes on the album: 'Have a Drink on Me', 'Shoot To Thrill', 'Let Me Put My Love Into You Babe'. And the way Hells Bells builds: slow, steady, like thunder rumbling in the distance--that is musical genius.

 

A couple decent tracks. Too much NIN. Not bad. Not great. Is it less than I expected? Yes. Will I buy it? Probably.