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Generally favorable reviews- based on 427 Ratings
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Positive: 348 out of 427
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Mixed: 27 out of 427
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Negative: 52 out of 427
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W.AxlR.Mar 17, 2009A flawless album. Will be in my top 5 for ever.
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RogerC.Jan 9, 2009Out of the shit I have leading up to this album I was expecting to be disappointed. I am completely amazed. Everyone that says negative things about this album, obviously is not hearing the music and focusing on other thing that have no relevancy. Axl did an extremely well job! All you other get a clue!
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BTMay 7, 2009sounds terrible after first few listens. Gets better after 5-10. Then becomes a absolute epic album afterwards. Close to all the tracks you'd never skip.
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PaulJDec 2, 2008
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PaytonB.Dec 3, 2008I have been waiting for an album like this since 1993. There's simply been nothing. I've pacified myself with bands like Nickelback, but nothing, and I mean nothing, was a substitute for the greatest rock band not named "Beatles".
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PeterT.Nov 23, 2008Very good album composed and crafted by an artist as opposed to studio hacks. A lot of artistic integrity on display though it's probably not for everyone or even every GNR fan.
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PeteRNov 24, 2008
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SirkK.Nov 25, 2008Not one bad song on this album,definetly worth the wait and much better then the Illusions albums.
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JacintoHNov 27, 2008This is a fantastic album and Axl does a great job of singing to us. Anyone who claims otherwise fits into the pool of Axl haters. Most of the new music CD's sound like the bands previous albums. This is different. Like UYI was to AFD. GNR evolves, and makes great music. The fans love Axl, and as someone once put, music just sounds better when it comes out of Axl's mouth!"
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TristanLNov 30, 2008Actually a pretty amazing album. You can tell who does the solos and strangely this makes for a more wholesome album. Fabulous.
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shawnb.Nov 30, 2008This album, though highly anticipated and long awaited, can stand on the meritt of the music. Amazing is all I can say. Initially, I really tried to listen with an open mind and not be swayed by the release of this album finally coming. I was grabbed by the very first track and wasn't released until it was over.
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RobD.Dec 10, 2008OK listen up, this CD does not have any hit
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ThomasB.Dec 10, 2008Very good album, better than I expected. The songs have good variety. Good vocals and exceptional guitar work help make this a great album that has a negative reputation simply because of what it is.
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PaudieMFeb 10, 2009A stunning masterpiece of musical arrangements. Axl is on top form vocally and the guitars are amazing. Prostitute is possibly the most perfect song on the album.
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AlexPNov 24, 2008The problem with those less than steller critic reviews is that, if this were a debut album, they would give it a 100, but instead they must compare unfavorably to time that have past ( a long time ago ). Its only not perfect because ironically Axl's perfectionism. A great rock record.
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GuibeP.Nov 24, 2008The Album is plain Rokc And Roll, with Axl hittin all the high usual notes, with ease. The songs are big rock walls, ready to punch your ears!
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CoryPNov 25, 2008
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SergioJNov 26, 2008
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JimBNov 27, 2008The CD is so emotional that it is amazing. The Vocals are amazing and the guitar work is out of this world. Most people hate the album because the media portrayed Axl as this bad guy that kicked his old bandmembers out when infact the quit because they coundn't have their way. Let the music speak for itself.
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GregPDec 10, 2008
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IannisL.Dec 26, 2008Everyone who says that this album is average, makes a mistake. Ok, It sounds a bit different and from the old classics of guns, it hasn't the greatest rifs but its worth listening and buying it! One of the bests albums of 2008. Attention:it contains tracks which will be classic such as ''this i love''.
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BOBNOXIOUSSDec 30, 2008
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dansFeb 17, 2009
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seancFeb 23, 2009
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JohnsonHJul 18, 2009This CD is so good i have listened to it so many times.
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ShawnMSep 11, 2009A perfect record, absolutely flawless.
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NeilPSep 21, 2009I feel 13 again, as if I've just heard rock and roll for the first time.
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BigTimeNov 23, 2008Great record from start to finish. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
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EvanT.Nov 23, 2008Not old guns. But this is still good music.
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JKNov 23, 2008Killer production value, great songs, uncompromised integrity, and most importantly, worth the wait!!!
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Awards & Rankings
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The first Guns n' Roses album of new, original songs since the first Bush administration is a great, audacious, unhinged and uncompromising hard-rock record.
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An outrageously overblown pop-metal extravaganza, Chinese Democracy feels like a perfect epitaph for all the absurdity and nonsense of the George W. Bush era--one final blowout before Principal Obama takes our idiocy away.
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Soundwise, Chinese Democracy is all over the place.