FormulaMarauder
11-29-2008, 01:41 AM
I haven't bought an album in probably three years. Being as that I'm a huge G N' F'n R's fan, I thought the CD needed to be added to the G n' R library. How big a fan you ask, let's see....
Lies, Appetite, Illusions I and II on CD's, gold CD's and vinyl. About 200+ hrs of live footage from across the globe, and 26 live, demo, and bootleg disks. Seen them four times, two of which is with his current lineup.
Here's the review. Play the CD once and you will want to hurl it over the first highway overpass you come across. Litterally four of the tracks fall into "Adult Contemporary" category more than they do rock. I've gone throught the CD about 10 or so times, and it really does get quite better every time. You can definitely tell there was some serious production value on the album. As far as the G n' R theme goes, it's not-deal with it. It appears as though three different bands of completely diverse musical categories came together and mixed fourteen tracks in ine disk. Velvet Revolver was 60% of G n' R. This "New" G n' R is 40% due to the fact that Dizzy Reed is the only guy that stuck through Axl's antics-and he wasn't even a founding member, he came aboard during the midst of recording for Use Your Illusion I and II.
As far as the new crew goes.....
Robin Fink is a good guitarist that has played with the linkliness of Cirque Du Soleil and NIN. He must have some kind of rapore with Axl, because he really is nothing too special.
Ron Thal is a guitarist for the new G n' R, also a producer and songwriter.
Richard Fortus is a straightup innovative guitarist-period.
Paul Tobias, another guitarist, but doesn't tour, only assists in recording of guitar over-dubbing. He actually wrote "Back off *****" off of Use Your Illusion I and even co-wrote "It's So Easy" from Appetite.
Frank Ferrer is nothing special on the drums, I would prefer Matt Sorums beats over this guy.
Tommy Stinson is on bass guitar. This guy has more talent in his fingernail than the rest of the band combined. Stinson is a legend in the music world recording, mixing,performing, editing, tracking, etc. I find it strange he would associate himself with this album which is destined to fail, (but sell a couple million copies).
Chris Pittman is a backup vocalist and percussionist next to Dizzy Reed whom I have always thought of as sloppy.
Buckethead. Do I really need to get into it? For those of you counting, YES, that's FIVE guitarists, not including Stinson on Bass. Axl DEFINITELY toned him down, you would never of known he was in the CD by just listening to it. There is NO typical Buckethead solos going on. Every now and then you'll catch a faint quadruple double time fingertap that is balls accurate Buckethead.
Axl. Someone must have written a review saying that his voice is no longer what it used to be, and that must have put a fire under the poor bastards ass. He goes from the lowest of Alto to the highest of Soprano, and he extends every note until he could no longer breathe. Its painfully obvious that this album is all about him and his singing capabilities. He even puts it in his album notes...."All Axl's vocals produced by Axl" (sic)
One engineer, and twenty-five (25) assistant engineers. This albm must have cost millions to make.
That being said, there are four songs that I think are fantastic, the rest are "eh."
Here's my order.
Track 2. Shackler's Revenge. Fastest, hardest track on the disk, great chorus, love it.
Track 10. Sorry. Slow tempo great vocals, great chorus, great lyrics, awesome guitars.
Track 14. Madagascar. A jewell, i'm sure it's gonna make the tube. I find it ironic how he pays respect to Martin Luther King on the song (Speech incorporated in the song) yet on Lies, One in a Million professes his hatred towards blacks, immigrants and gays.
Track 3. Better. On the radio now, trust me it gets better the more you hear it.
Track 1. Chinese Democracy. Good guitar and musical work, but I prefer Madagascar.
There you go folks. The album is good. Not worth 16 years of production, but I'm sure it will do well. Hopefully don't have to wait another 16 years for the follow up.
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Lies, Appetite, Illusions I and II on CD's, gold CD's and vinyl. About 200+ hrs of live footage from across the globe, and 26 live, demo, and bootleg disks. Seen them four times, two of which is with his current lineup.
Here's the review. Play the CD once and you will want to hurl it over the first highway overpass you come across. Litterally four of the tracks fall into "Adult Contemporary" category more than they do rock. I've gone throught the CD about 10 or so times, and it really does get quite better every time. You can definitely tell there was some serious production value on the album. As far as the G n' R theme goes, it's not-deal with it. It appears as though three different bands of completely diverse musical categories came together and mixed fourteen tracks in ine disk. Velvet Revolver was 60% of G n' R. This "New" G n' R is 40% due to the fact that Dizzy Reed is the only guy that stuck through Axl's antics-and he wasn't even a founding member, he came aboard during the midst of recording for Use Your Illusion I and II.
As far as the new crew goes.....
Robin Fink is a good guitarist that has played with the linkliness of Cirque Du Soleil and NIN. He must have some kind of rapore with Axl, because he really is nothing too special.
Ron Thal is a guitarist for the new G n' R, also a producer and songwriter.
Richard Fortus is a straightup innovative guitarist-period.
Paul Tobias, another guitarist, but doesn't tour, only assists in recording of guitar over-dubbing. He actually wrote "Back off *****" off of Use Your Illusion I and even co-wrote "It's So Easy" from Appetite.
Frank Ferrer is nothing special on the drums, I would prefer Matt Sorums beats over this guy.
Tommy Stinson is on bass guitar. This guy has more talent in his fingernail than the rest of the band combined. Stinson is a legend in the music world recording, mixing,performing, editing, tracking, etc. I find it strange he would associate himself with this album which is destined to fail, (but sell a couple million copies).
Chris Pittman is a backup vocalist and percussionist next to Dizzy Reed whom I have always thought of as sloppy.
Buckethead. Do I really need to get into it? For those of you counting, YES, that's FIVE guitarists, not including Stinson on Bass. Axl DEFINITELY toned him down, you would never of known he was in the CD by just listening to it. There is NO typical Buckethead solos going on. Every now and then you'll catch a faint quadruple double time fingertap that is balls accurate Buckethead.
Axl. Someone must have written a review saying that his voice is no longer what it used to be, and that must have put a fire under the poor bastards ass. He goes from the lowest of Alto to the highest of Soprano, and he extends every note until he could no longer breathe. Its painfully obvious that this album is all about him and his singing capabilities. He even puts it in his album notes...."All Axl's vocals produced by Axl" (sic)
One engineer, and twenty-five (25) assistant engineers. This albm must have cost millions to make.
That being said, there are four songs that I think are fantastic, the rest are "eh."
Here's my order.
Track 2. Shackler's Revenge. Fastest, hardest track on the disk, great chorus, love it.
Track 10. Sorry. Slow tempo great vocals, great chorus, great lyrics, awesome guitars.
Track 14. Madagascar. A jewell, i'm sure it's gonna make the tube. I find it ironic how he pays respect to Martin Luther King on the song (Speech incorporated in the song) yet on Lies, One in a Million professes his hatred towards blacks, immigrants and gays.
Track 3. Better. On the radio now, trust me it gets better the more you hear it.
Track 1. Chinese Democracy. Good guitar and musical work, but I prefer Madagascar.
There you go folks. The album is good. Not worth 16 years of production, but I'm sure it will do well. Hopefully don't have to wait another 16 years for the follow up.
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