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Title: It's rock...who pays attention to the lyrics?
Review: Ain't life grand is a wonderful guitar album, with plenty of Slash's riffs to go with a singer who can finally sing. I know that I listened to Guns because of the guitar work, and do so here also. As someone who likes hard rock with a blues tinge, this suits my taste fine, although there are certainly places where the melody is sacrificed for technique. Overall, a very good effort. Songs like serial killer and landslide are addictive, and speed parade is a great song to drive to. The songs that devote time to melodic development are very good. Those that don't....well, they're just good old fashioned guitar rock, just not as catchy.
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