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Firstly, I wanted to put 4.5 stars, but the review thing doesn't do halves so I rounded up. Secondly, this is truly the most underrated of Monkees albums. It's not quite as good as the stuff from their 60s heyday, or their most recent output from the last ten years, but it is one heck of an amazing rock album by any standards. It's also we get to see Micky Dolenz truly blossom as a songwriter, as he wrote the bulk of this album. This LP also contains some of the overall greatest songs the Monkees ever made, such as "You And I" (not the Instant Replay song), "Admiral Mike", "Never Enough", "Oh What A Night", and the real stand-out track "Regional Girl". The production quality is top notch as well, which is thanks to Mike Nesmith. Wonderful stuff overall; it doesn't quite reach the heights of stuff like "The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees" as far as Monkees album go, but it's still much beter than what their contemporaries were doing in the 90s (just look at the Kinks "Phobia" or the Zombies "New World"). Also, I'd like to mention the fact that "Justus" was the first Monkees album since 1968's "Head" to feature all four members of the band thanks to the return of Mike, and it would also be the last while they were all alive as the next one, "Good Times" was made four years after Davy Jones' death in 2012, which makes this album all that much better.

Overall, a great hard rock album. Sure, it doesn't really sound like Guns N Roses, and sure, Axl was the only remaining original member at this point, but if you look past the fact that this is 'technically' GNR and just appreciate the album for it's music, it's amazing. Production is nice, Axl's voice is good as ever, the guitarists are amazing in their own right (all five of them), nice mix between louder and softer songs, and good arrangements. One of the best hard rock albums to come out in 2008. As a Guns N Roses album, not that good, but as a rock album, top tier. The main problem of the album can be fixed with one simple tweak: Call this lineup of the band 'Chinese Democracy' instead of Guns N Roses, kind of like how Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice did by calling themselves 'Heaven And Hell' instead of Sabbath. There, problem solved, now enjoy the album.

A beautiful punk album by one of the progenitors of the genre. In an era where punk is slowly turning into pop-rock (not that that's a bad thing, it's just not punk), Joey graces us with his iconic snarling, hiccuping voice that can never be copied. One of the best, most honest rock albums of the 2000s, the songs on this collection will go down as some of Joey's best work. A fitting epitaph to the life and career of the legendary voice of a generation.