Wow. I have to honestly say this album ROCKS and that is a really nice thing in a world inundated with Rap and R&B. Not that I have anything against those 2 musical styles...it's just that the world (America especially) is filled with trendy people who are like rats following the Pied Piper. Whatever is 'in' at the time is what they like. If a certain artist or sound is 'hot'-they like it. I have never subscribed to this mentality. And thank God Slash hasn't either. The same cannot be said for his former GNR partner Axl Rose. We gave him the benefit of the doubt and waited for his new 'GNR' lineup to prove their worth. And we waited. And waited...finally after OVER a decade, we got 'Chinese Democracy'-WTF??? Samples, loops, and SUPER over production with ballad after ballad and nary a rocker in sight. Yes-the opening track rocked a bit, but has more in common with punk than the sleazy R&R we were used to with GNR. The only track that stood out for me was 'Better'. Axl--you have failed us. If it took you THAT long to write and release the album it should have been TRACK AFTER TRACK of masterpieces! Now here comes Slash. While he has been with us all along and released some pretty damn decent stuff-THIS is the definitive album by the man. It is by far the most cohesive album in his solo arsenal. It rocks, it rolls, it has all of the elements that made GNR what it WAS. What Slash needed was a steady singer-not a bunch of 'guests'...and he chose well. I'm sure it had much to do with Myles Kennedy showing his stuff on Slash's last release. In short,'Apocalyptic Love' can be considered the GNR album we have waited almost 15 years for. I won't go into a track by track description because we'd be here all day. All I will say is this is hard rocking music at it's finest with a fantastic vocal performance from Mr. Kennedy. Axl has nothing on this guy! So if your like me and you long for the GNR of yore and you also were majorly let down by that lame 'Guns & Posers' album-don't walk-RUN to the nearest music store and grab this cd! Or just click that mouse right here and now on Amazon-you won't be dissapointed! Thank you Slash!!!