Being a HUGE Gunners and Slash fan i was hanging for this album and to hear some great guitar.
I have to say I am a little disapointed to be truely honest.
In my opinion it doesnt have the GNR style i was expecting. And there is very little guitar work to be excited about.
It is actually the most disapointing album guitar wise I have heard from Slash. What I love about him is his ability to really enhance a song and 'talk' with his guitar, you know show great emotion. And i loved his sound.
However in this album for the first time im going to have to say I think Slash hasnt delivered as he normally does.
The guitar playing seems to have a real 'backseat' importance on this album and some of the solos sound like there wasnt a real lot of thought/emotion in them.
I read Slash say it was real different for him, they recorded things in different order to how he used to, he normally sticks to his Les Paul but varied and used differet equipment during the album.
Well im afraid by doing things differently he lost what makes him so great. The solos just seemed to fall short and there werent many ass kickin riffs that i really thought were great like in the gunners or snakepit days.
A good example is Fall to pieces. The solo in that had the chance to explode into a classic. But it just didnt really go anywhere. You can hear when the chords change and he flicks the pickup to the treble one and he should have gone for it like in 'back and fourth again'. A similar part happens in that solo and he makes it fantastic.
Same with you got no right. Has potential to be a Slash classic but too short and doesnt take the song anywhere great.
A good album dont get me wrong, but not enough Slash style playing. It almost appears he didnt get much input or has changed his style and lost his edge.
Just my opinion from a HUGE Slash fan. I really loved GNR and thought the Snakepit albums were great fillied with great guitar work. Its five o'clock somewhere is a Slash fans dream!