This album was surprisingly good. I was expecting them to try to cross over and sound like evey other band out there today, but I was wrong. This album is very similar to their old stuff with some new flash. The biggest difference from the 80's stuff which this was modeled after is the Parental Advisory that comes with the album. They don't over use cuss words, but as a fan of cuss words myself, I'm glad to hear them in a band that should have been saying them in their songs a long time ago. The guitars are a little bit heavier than that of the 80's (less treble, more bass), but they sound pretty good. That kick drum that tommy uses on this record will blow a sub-woofer all to hell. And Vince Neil's vocals were good but they leave me wondering how much effects were put in their when they made the CD..... From songs 1-7 it is great. At the end it starts to fade a little bit, but those songs are still pretty good. My three favorite songs are Down At The Whiskey, Saint's of Los Angelos, and Mother ****er Of The Year. Overall, great album for the time period it was released in and it is a definate must have for any fan of the CRUE!

Thanks for the review Slash, I'll keep my eyes open for this album the next time I'm shopping for new music. It's good to hear they are returning to their early sound, I'm hoping Death Magnetic lives up to the hype as well.

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Though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death,

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Death Magnetic? I'm curious...

Metallica's new album, it was leaked in France a couple of days ago, the whole album but only at 128KBs which sucked. A couple of people I know downloaded it anyway and they said it sounded like early Metallica and really liked it.

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Though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death,

I will fear no evil, cause I'm the biggest son of a b***ch in the Valley

Oh, that's what I'm talking about! I can't wait to hear that. I guess that the bands that won't die are finally starting to release new material that has the old feel instead of doing the same songs or going in another direction that is completely retarded. I will have to keep my eyes open!

its a little bit late to be bringing this up but did you hear about Metallica knowing people were downloading their new stuff and they got pissed off about it? i heard it on a tv show about metallica, it was intense

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