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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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croonerDec 23, 2008I have been waiting for this disc quite anxiously. unfortunately i ended up regretting to have bought it in the first place. tiresome, repetitive, lacking any innovative direction whatsoever. i am all for artists changing sounds, and i whould;ve loved to be positive about GnR, but this lackustre effort is almost as disheartening as Metallica's St. Anger was.
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DaveC.Dec 1, 2008
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AronJDec 1, 2008For the fans that have long anticipated this album are going to be disappointed, it falls short of what is expected, they didnt stick to their guns and have created a blur of meaningless and in distinquishible lyrics, along with music that isnt so special.
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SlyE.Dec 23, 2008So bad I actually thought it was a novelty record. Perhaps 15 more years of production might have saved it, perhaps they should have just retired, either way, I'd rather not have it raping my ears any longer.
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keefRNov 25, 2008
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RimshotG.Nov 29, 2008Doesn't kick ass at all as rock'n'roll should. Overdeveloped, soulless and boring.
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WowB.Nov 24, 2008
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TarquinO.Nov 24, 2008Much worse than I was expecting - horrible production, silly guitar solos that feel totally out of context and daft lyrics. Give Slash a call Axl.
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JM.Nov 23, 2008Streamed this steaming piece of overdue dogshit on Myspace. Couldn't make it past 5 or 6 tracks before I started to feel nauseous. Thanks for nothing Axl.
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PatrickNov 27, 2008The whole thing sounds like a grotesque rock-opera parody
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Jul 29, 2012I think this recording shines in utter atmospheric beauty. Apart from the ever present hate from mr rose he's a genius. He has really become a crime by not making music for all these years. This one's so craved for that it's doomed to fail but then i realise it's pearl of passion! Best album of 21 century to date.
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Feb 11, 2013
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nathandNov 27, 2008
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SamJFeb 22, 2009There's only 2 songs on it which didn't make me consider breaking the radio, and they weren't all that good.
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LindsayJApr 11, 2009I hated every song on this album. I was looking forward to its release, and was thoroughly disappointed.
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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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EricaJ.Nov 23, 2008This is the best album I've heard in a long time. It gave me goosebumps. There Was a TIme...Madagascar...Prostitute...all unbelievable songs. The only one that is even "just okay" is Sorry. Still....it's better than a lot out there.
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PaulM.Nov 24, 2008
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PeterN.Nov 27, 2008I've never been a huge GNR fan, but after hearing some of the songs on the radio and myspace I just had to get myself the best birthday present in years. It's massive.
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Mar 27, 2011
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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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May 10, 2011Reaks of ego. Axl's ego that it. Even if it was released back in the 1990's it still would have been the over produced, generic and rediculous record that it is now. Dull, tedious and very boring.
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Sep 10, 2011
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Jun 30, 2012Very over rated, it had its moments. But I think at best it has a couple good songs. The reason my vote it so low, because when you take 15 yrs to make an album, better be one of the best damn albums ever, and this is barely average
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DonJan 26, 2009I find it very mediocre. I like one song, a few are almost okay, and the rest really suck. Over-produced and soulless really says it all, PM. I agree.
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RodrigoL.Nov 23, 2008I agree it's not perfect, but goddamn it, Chinese Democracy gets closer than anything i've ever heard. I just love six tracks on it and there's only one I really don't like that much.
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JoeyD.Nov 25, 2008
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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.