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Album Review: – Guns N’ Roses: Chinese Democracy (Polydor)
CityLife Rating:
AFTER 17 years, they finally return, but to say this is a ’band’ album would be an exaggeration - this is singer Axl Rose’s project.
The influences seem to range from their previous back catalogue, Marilyn Manson at his peak and... musicals.
Spot the common theme? With the exception of the latter, these are all dated.
Street Of Dreams is outlandishly cringe-worthy, the epitome of an excessive ageing musician producing self-indulgent songs, while, bizarrely, Riad N’ Bedouins sounds very similar to Scream by Michael and Janet Jackson.
It’s not all bad though, There Was A Time could be the fans’ anthem next year, and likewise I.R.S. is strong.
On the outside fans will be singing along with the new material, inside they’ll feel this marks the end of the road for their Guns N’ Roses obsession.
By Polly Weeks
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Released: 24/11/2008
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