Let’s be clear – this is not a Guns ‘n’ Roses album, it is an Axl Rose solo album. With that out off the way we can now get on with deciding if it is any good or not. The answer is a resounding ….YES!
Whatever else he may be Axl remains a superb songwriter and a top notch rock singer. The endless stream of band ‘members’ in the last 14 years may make Chinese Democracy a trifle disjointed in places, and like it’s creator it is undoubtedly a few sandwiches short of a picnic in others, but this is a monster of an album that is worthy to carry the G’n’R name.
It’s long gestation period occasionally shows in the form of some, now out-dated, nu-metal touches but the quality shines through whatever eclectic mix Axl chooses to throw at us. Of course it would have been better with Slash on board but then what wouldn’t? A triumph – and as good as anything the rock world has come up with in the last 14 years.
Rating: Essential
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