CHINESE DEMOCRACY!!!!!!!
Posted in Guns N Roses, New album on November 21st, 2008
After 15 years, more than $13 million dollars and an insane amount of broken promises, the new Guns ‘N Roses album ‘Chinese Democracy’ is FINALLY coming out in 2 days! Don’t forget,if you’re in the US you get a free can of Dr Pepper, as the soft-drinks giant promised earlier this year, if the album were to get released.
It’s no secret that I’m a big GnR fan. So after all this time, does the album live up to it’s hype? For me, the answer is a resounding yes. This is one of the most cohesive and creative rock albums I’ve heard in a long time. The musicianship and of course, Axl’s vocals are amazing and the songwriting is superb. The title track and ‘Better’ are my two favorites at the moment, but I need more time to fully digest the album. There’s a lot of hidden depths that you won’t necessarily hear upon first listen.
Axl is one of the few vocalists that really changed the way I look at songwriting, but especially vocal dynamics. The guy has an incredible range that he’s never been afraid to explore, since GnR’s 1987 debut ‘Appetite For Destruction’.
Make sure you head on over to myspace.com/gunsnroses to listen to the whole album streaming right now! And make sure you all head out and pick it up on Sunday (or Monday in the UK). It’s definately worth the money.
