1. TWAT: Perfection. The nuGNR masterpiece.
2. Madagascar: Axl's voice on this is what made me a GNR/Axl fan, so impressed by his versatility. Was surprised people hated his vocals on the album version.
3. Sorry: This along with Maddy were the first two ChiDem songs I really got into. Love the lyrics as well ("it's harder to live with the truth about you than to live with the lies about me").
4. Prostitute: Epic drumming from Brain and those Bucket solos in the outro are great, love the lyrics, too (when I can make them out).
5. TIL: I know hardcore GNR fans hate it but I'm certain this could've been a crossover hit if it had been released as a single à la November Rain.
6. Chinese Democracy: I love the extended intro and Bucket solo on the album version, but the punchy bass and numetal sound of the 2000 mix is cool, too.
7. Better
8. IRS: Love this, happy I got to hear it twice in London 2010, some great guitar work and Axl's screams are epic.
9. Eye On You: some guitars in the outro could bump this up a spot or two, love the groove.
10. ABSURD: Would never expect that THIS would be the song that Slash improved the most, but he 100% did in my eyes.
11. Perhaps (2000 Village mix)
12. Shackler's: I love that "no one is a-stopping you" refrain
13. Catcher: Evader made a mix for me where the intro is less busy, makes it a lot easier to listen to, and I love Bumble's solo.
14. Oh My God: The disco beat is funky, Navarro solo is out there, a fun rocker, pissed off though that the copy I paid for off iTunes has been removed. Wasn't a fan of the changes to the later leak.
15. Atlas (New Brain drums): Man, that intro is epic.
16. Hard Skool (with Freese drums + Slash guitar - school bell)
17. Scraped: I dig this, wish I got to hear it live, Axl really goes for it, really captures his bipolar nature.
18. ITW: Used to listen to this a lot more, I dig the funky '70s "Black Bond" vibe.
19. State of Grace: Axl at his most NIN'y, obviously dig the screaming, wish he would enunciate a bit more, hopefully this was a scratch take
20. Riad: 2000 Village mix is fun with the bass and no extended intro, the one song where I unreservedly prefer the 2000 mix to the album version.
21. The General: Indivdual elements are cool, it just doesn't come together as a whole. I'm sure if I'd have heard 15 second leaks à la Hard Skool I'd have been dying to hear it only to be disappointed with the full song.
22. SOD: I actually prefer the album version as it has the added outro vocals, but no version of this song really does anything for me.
23. Monsters: the chorus does not work for me at all, I do like the infamous screaming bridge, though. Really want to hear the Finck/Bucket version of this.