In the year 2004, it astonishes me that such a high profile release would suffer from what seems to be carelessness in the recording studio. No matter whether you listen to the CD in the car or at home, it seems like you're listening to it through one of those cheap 1 speaker boom boxes purchased from a drug store in 1983. There is absolutely no range, and because of this the whole CD sounds very flat. However, the music itself is a breath of fresh air to those of us who have been force fed garbage that MTV considers rock music since 1993. It is a must buy for any fan of Guns N' Roses or just good rock music.