5 – The album is excellent, it could also be considered perfect or near perfect. There may be a few glitches or setbacks, but they are not detrimental.

4 – The album is very good. There aren’t too many glitches or setbacks but the ones that are present keep the album from being excellent.

3 – The album is mediocre. While the album is alright, there isn’t anything that makes it stand out above other albums. Some of it is good, and some of it needs work.

2 – The album is bad. Many things have gone wrong, and unless it happens to be within your personal favorite genre, chances are it’s not even worth your time. The band has a lot to work on.

1 – The album is terrible. The album isn’t worth your time, no exceptions.

Note: Be aware that in November 2004 the grading scale was revised to how it is shown above in order to maintain more consistences between our reviewers. Many of the reviews in our Archive may include ½ marks and ¼ marks and please be aware that the ratings at that time were also more open to our reviewers’ interpretations of the rating scale, as opposed to this now absolute grading scale which our reviewers are responsible to follow in their rating procedures.


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Guns N’ Roses – Under Review: Use Your Illusion I and II (DVD) - added - October 14th, 2007
Reviewer: Sixxswine

This is another DVD in the Under Review series, the topic this time being the double-barrel shotgun known as Use Your Illusion I and II. I’ll start by saying that the quality and production has improved dramatically with this particular DVD. The content has always been very good, but now it appears that Chrome Dreams has some money to play around with to add to the enhancement of the program. Included in this DVD is actual GNR footage, interviews, performance clips, and music video clips. Participating in the storytelling of this era of the band through their disintegration are journalist Lonn Friend (RIP Magazine), musician Lizzie Grey (London, Spiders and Snakes), musician/DJ Jeff Duncan (Odin, Armored Saint), and many more. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know the story, at least casually, but if you haven’t or if you’d like a reminder, then Under Review: Use Your Illusion I and II is a must-have. In fact, this particular DVD should be in the collection of any hard rock or hair metal fans right next to your bootleg copy of their Behind the Music episode. It’s that good.

 

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