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Chinese Democracy: Intense as the very first time I heard it! Great song!
9/10

Shackler's Revenge: Solid effort, but I'm not sold on it yet.
6/10

Better: Another awesome song! Finished product does it much justice over all the demos and leaks.
9/10

Street of Dreams: Towering ballad! Already one of my favorite GnR songs ever.
10/10

If the World: Like it, but it didn't blow me away. With all the talk of it being like a Bond theme, I guess I expected a more clean sound to it.
6/10

There was a Time: I've enjoyed this one since day one. Another where the final product is more satisfying than any demo.
9/10

Catcher in the Rye: My favorite track on the album! It is so much better because I really didn't like it when I first heard it. There's a lot going on there.
15/10

Scraped: The first song I thought of as filler. I've only heard it once as it hasn't had a chance to grow on me yet.
4/10

Sorry: Pink Floyd did come to mind,but then for some reason this one reminds of what should be on the soundtrack to a modern day Spaghetti Western. Enjoyed the vocals comepletely.
7/10

Riad and the Bedouins: Probably my least favorite track so far. I can't put away the initial "Immigrant Song" comparison with the intro vocals.
3/10

IRS: I seem to like this a lot more than many of the EVO posters. Maybe I just like it when Axl lashes out with some paranoia?
8/10

Madagascar: Love it! Love the vocals, the guitar, the dialogue sampling, the sheer epic nature of it!
10/10

This I Love: In my opinion, the worst of the ballads on the album. Too theatrical for my tastes...works good as a Meat Loaf song.
4/10

Prostitue:Way to wrap up the album! Good closing track. Not as epic as Madagascar or TwaT is(either of those would have been excellent to close this CD too.
8/10

All in all this album is all I expected. It is much better than most of the UYI stuff and to compare it to Appetite would not do justice to the years, experiences and maturity that Axl shows on these tracks. Those who are looking for the sex and drugs in their GnR; he's been there and done that. Now, middle aged, Axl has opened himself in these songs and shown the depth that is characteristic of his age. Chinese Democracy is a all I hoped it would be. Thank you Axl, for not compromising.

Excellent review! Thank you Rolling Stone for appreciating the music and not the BS hype that everyone seems to want to make of this album. Hands down, this is gonna be some great rock n' roll!