Product Description

Asian version of second album from former Guns N' Roses guitarist. Includes two exclusive bonus tracks, 'Rusted Heroes' and 'Something About Your Love'.

Track Listing

1. Been There Lately
2. Just Like Anything
3. Shine
4. Mean Bone
5. Back to the Moment
6. Life's Sweet Drug
7. Serial Killer
8. Truth
9. Landslide
10. Ain't Life Grand
11. Speed Parade
12. Alien
13. Something About Your Love [*]
14. Rusted Heroes [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62714 in Music
• Released on: 2002-07-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Import
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Album for Those That Like Guitar Driven Rock
It's rare that I can listen to an album the first time and instantly like it. "Ain't Life Grand" is one of those CDs. I found myself hitting the replay button on the first three songs alone!

The previous reviewers are correct, there is definitly an Aerosmith/Zeppelin groove on the album, but with Slash's unmistakable guitar work, it's got a style all its own. "Been There Lately," "Just Like Anything," and "Shine" are steller songs that stick with you long after you're done listening.

This has got to be one of the best releases of 2000-2001 in the Hard Rock genre. Why radio stations that play Classic Rock aren't picking up on this, I don't know. But why let them decide what you listen to anyway? They're missing out on a good thing -- don't let this happen to you.

If you're tired of manufactured teen pop or tired replayed Classic Rock tracks, give this album a try. It has just about every element you could want. If you're a Guns 'n' Roses fan, this is an example of the great material they could have been putting out had they not fallen apart.

It's good -- really good.

Not for everyone, but still very good
The first track I heard off of "Ain't Life Grand" was "Mean Bone." The story is sort of interesting. After getting into Guns N' Roses, I decided to download a few tracks of Slash's Snakepit as a sample. When I connected my new iPod, it automatically downloaded all the tracks on my library to the device. I hadn't yet listened to "Mean Bone" so that night I had my iPod on shuffle and suddenly this weird song started playing. It was a woman's voice with some funky beat in the background. I was like, "What is THIS?!" I was about to switch it off when all of a sudden I heard the guitar intro roaring into play and the lead singer's voice literally growling.

Yes, it was quite a surprise, and I immediately fell in love with the fierce attitude of the song. I found out it was "Mean Bone," and ever since I've been listening to it repetitively.

I haven't heard every track on this CD, but I have heard most of them, and although it's certainly acquired taste as someone else pointed out (best to listen to Gn'R first and move on from there), for fans of rock - REAL rock - this will be a breath of fresh air. In a decade of Limp Bizcuits it's no wonder this album flopped and the band broke up soon after its release.

This CD simply ROCKS !!
Slash and the band delivers.
This CD Rocks and get's better the more you listen to it.