Man, it is so hard to review this. So much baggage. What you have is not the shambles we may have expected, nor is it a masterpiece, it is simply a bloody fine hard rock CD. Firstly, no one has a voice like Axl and it is great to hear it roar again (even if he is a dick). You even get his trademark scream as the first taste. Fitting I suppose. You get the ball tearers in the title track, ‘Scraped’, and a touch of industrial in ‘Shakler’s Revenge’. For me, ‘Better’ is the gem. Classic G+R and up there with his best work. To top it off, the funk groove of ‘If The World’ is a master touch. Impressed, I am pleased to say.
by Kevin Bull
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