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Better.

The rest of the album blows ass.
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Better is the best meaning most well rounded... but if Axl wasn't all Mickey Rose I think Catcher in the Rye might do it. Or maybe Shackler's Revenge.. or Prostitute.
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It used to be Madagascar in the earlier demos, but on the album, it sounds more like Tina Turner than Axl Rose.

I'll go with the title track, barely.
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Prostitute
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Sorry
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I.R.S.

If The World is a close second
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This I Love
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Better ... I didnt listen to the rest... The Buckethead solo is killer.
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Shackler's Revenge
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Prostitute, TWAT, Madagascar. In that order.
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Indy_Rob wrote: ↑Fri Jul 25, 2025 6:48 pm None.

The whole album blows ass.
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Better is the only song that comes close the "quality" of the songwriting found on the UYI albums. The rest of ChinDem is primarily meandering filler.
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Oh My God … it’s not on there but should be.

This I Love is my favorite I guess.
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DangerZone wrote: ↑Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:02 pmSorry
It’s ok, I can’t pick one either.
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TWAT
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Better was decent, The rest has been pretty much forgotten about it for a good reason. If that album was released today it would be dropped out of anyone’s consciousness in four days. There’s nothing truly memorable about it. Other than the nameplate
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Better but Shackler's Revenge is good as well
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Madagascar with Chinese Democracy close behind. These are the only 2 songs I care for on the album. Sorry is ok but the count chocula vocal choice really takes me out.
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Madagascar with Chinese Democracy close behind. These are the only 2 songs I care for on the album. Sorry is ok but the count chocula vocal choice really takes me out.
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Prostitute is really good.
So is TWAT
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Another vote for Better my dude.
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"I.R.S." is the only one that I really like a lot (I think I had a rougher demo version downloaded a couple of years before the album came out.) Axl sounds good on it and Buckethead's playing is great. The title track is good. "Better" is so-so, at best. Couldn't recall any of the other songs on the album until I checked on Spotify, and just a couple of those rang any bells.
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Love the whole album, but my go tos are the title track and Shackler's.

It's a genuinely great effort, but it never had a chance due to how long it took and people wanting AFD part 2.
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