It's...um...amazing. The influences are all pretty clear and pretty wide-ranging. Everything from classical to Yellow Brick Road-era Elton John to '80s thrash-metal to Marilyn Manson/Trent Reznor industrial. Nobody's making music like this.
But it doesn't quite hit you on the first play through. Takes a few to really "get" it. I didn't care for it at first, but it's steadily grown on me since I came home with it, and it's slowly creeping up to meet my expectations.
And, after ten years of waiting, that's pretty damned impressive. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Except "Madagascar". "Madagascar" just sucks. Awful song. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.