Excellent review Dave, you put a lot of research and thought into it and it shows.

On first listen I disliked it a little for it's overproduction, but was impressed with many of the arrangements. A couple of listens later most of it has really gelled for me as something special, it has that pompous rock ridiculousness that will prevent a lot of people taking it seriously, granted, but it hasn't sounded this good in years.

Begone haters, even if it is not to your tastes this is far from appalling. This album is best listened to it through headphones, theres so many little nuances at work

Top notch as always, Dave.

Album Rating: 3.5

I can't stop listening to the album, I keep finding new things that are great about it



Also they have lead bass and rhythm bass according to the booklet, lol

CD is, in the end, a very "*****" album in my opinion.
The production, although very far away from the rough "rock n roll" debuts, is quality, there a LOT of sounds.

IF THE WORLD is a prime example of the amazing production, these 15 years were able to deliver.

No matter what the haters will say, if you look back 6 years back, it's hard to find many records with such gathering of amzing songs.

And Axl had the decency to drift away from Appetite, he did not try to play it simple.

And one word: buckethead. The guy saves it all.

if you have bought Cd, you can add your photo to this weird flickr group

DO YOU HAVE CHINESE DEMOCRACY ?


http://www.gunsnroses.us/doyouhavechinesedemocracy/


peace,This Message Edited On 11.26.08

insightful

CD is, in the end, a very album in my opinion

Album Rating: 4.0

Awesome review, I will be picking this up today and just have one question; is there any way to find out who is playing which guitar parts?

dr. pepper actually sounds pretty good right now...

Also they have lead bass and rhythm bass according to the booklet, lol

[quote=Britney Diva]what's a vocality

what does a stereotypical rock structure reek of

how do you execute a smell

basically the worst comment ever[/quote]
this made me chuckle...nice review as always

Congrats on finally knocking my review off as the featured page.No first time review should be a feature for more than five minutes...

Album Rating: 4.0

God knows this isn't good. It reeks of stereotypical rock structure and it doesn't even execute it well. The guitar work is laughable and the new vocality is literally laughable. No one else thinks this? I'd rather listen to that new f'ucking nickelback.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I agree with essentially everything in this review, aside from one thing... "This I Love", is much better than "Riad and The Bedouins".

Long ago, they were somethin we could truely look up to as an inspiration of a finer breed of Metal, but now........they need to retire...I mean seriously reconsider any further stage or studio time

CD is, in the end, a very album in my opinion.

Album Rating: 2.5

This album has gotten pretty much good reviews across the board, and i'm shocked. It just sounds so dated.

Album Rating: 2.0

I just want to say:



TIP FOR ASPIRING SONGWRITERS: THE WORD MASTURBATE IS OFF-LIMITS FOR A SERIOUS SONG.



oh and the album is meh at bestThis Message Edited On 11.24.08

TIP FOR ASPIRING SONGWRITERS: THE WORD MASTURBATE IS OFF-LIMITS FOR A SERIOUS SONG.

I've listened to a few tracks on this album; I'm not likin' it.

So far I think this is a great album, will probably score a 3.5 from me.