I've now listened to this album, and it is a mix of very different tracks. Some of the tracks have the old G'nR sound.
IRS is probably the closest for me, followed by
Better which I already knew. And while
Chinese Democracy is heavier in places than G'nR ever were I do like that track.
But some of the others don't sound like G'nR at all.
Rhiad And the Bedouins sounds more like something from Soundgarden and too many of the others a ballards or having mixes of other styles and genres.
If the World for example has a latin funk sound!
The Blues sounds like an attempt to recreate the energy of November Rain, but fails badly and is a very flat song.
The best guitar solos are in
Catcher In the Rye, and I believe it was Brian May on this track.
And
Oh My God could easily be mistaken for a Megadeth song.
The album is definitely OK and I will be listening to it again. However it doesn't live up to the past G'nR releases and contains too much of a mixture of styles.
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Corrected!