I remember driving an hour and a half to the nearest Best Buy to pick up my copy. I was with my gf at the time and as soon as we popped in the cd she said “it doesn’t sound like Axl.”
I thought the leaked versions were much better than the released ones. My favorite songs were Catcher and Street of Dreams(though I’ll always call it The Blues) and I put it back in the case and have listened to it sporadically over the years. It’s just an Axl solo album to me.