Personally I don't hope this album tanks or sucks.  From what I've heard thus far with the leaks we had during the summer.  The album sounds good.  Nothing more but nothing less.  I'll wait to hear the album when it comes out before giving my final judgment on it.  Makes me laugh though when I see good reviews and everybody glorifies the writer that wrote the good review and if there is a bad review then they torch him.  I don't get that.  Music is subjective.  Some will like CD and some won't.  Some can accept Slash is gone and some can't.  I don't care if there is a good or bad review.  I'll judge the album by myself and so should anyone who likes GNR or should I say Axl.  I think it's great that the RS review was so pro-GNR and CD.  But if I read a bad review I won't discredit it because that person will be entitled to their opinion.  It's called freedom of expression.