It came as absolutely no surprise to me that this album was such a disappointment. Let’s face it – we were all waiting for it for so long, at least ten years. In fact, since the release of both of the Use You Illusion albums, we’ve been waiting for the follow up. Almost two decades later, and years of promises, and the day finally arrived. And after such a build-up, what could you possibly expect.
It doesn’t help that it also isn’t Guns N’ Roses – it’s Axl Rose and some other musicians. No disrespect to them, but Slash’s guitaring was as much G N’ R as the vocals ever were, and it does seem to be missing a bit in that respect.More than anything else, the songs are lame. Having been written and recorded over such a long period of time, the album is disconnected and for the most part tremendously boring. There is little hard or heavy, or even rock, about most of the songs on this album. Axl still wails where he finds it necessary, but has little in common with what the original band released back in its day.
For the record company’s sake, at least it has been released. The world can now stop worrying about whether it was ever going to happen, and move onto other matters.
Rating: Only what is to be expected, but not what was hoped for. 1.5 / 5
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