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==Critical reception== [[Robert Hilburn]] from ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "This sweeping [[ballad]] β reminiscent of [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]]βs most majestic work β underscores the ambition and range of the best and most volatile American [[Hard rock|hard-rock]] group in a decade."<ref>{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Hilburn|title=Dance Energy Saves Dreary '92: Year-End Review|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 31, 1992|page=|access-date=January 22, 2023|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-31-ca-4254-story.html|author-link=Robert Hilburn}}</ref> Dave Jennings from ''[[Melody Maker]]'' said, "There's probably no other band who can match the Gunners' ability to sound frighteningly real and then laughably crass in rapid succession. [...] On "November Rain", they fit both extremes into one nine-minute epic ballad."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Jennings|title=Singles|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=February 29, 1992|page=29|access-date=February 18, 2023|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52573176747/}}</ref> Another editor, Simon Reynolds, declared it as "a lush, swoony, mock-orchestral epic mid-way between [[Trevor Horn]], [[Jim Steinman]] and '[[Purple Rain (song)|Purple Rain]]'."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Simon|last=Reynolds|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52449329140/|title=Albums|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=September 21, 1991|page=32|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref> Parry Gettelman from ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' viewed it as "a schlocky, over-produced ballad".<ref>Gettelman, Parry (September 27, 1991). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-guns-n-roses/137131438/ "Guns N' Roses"]. ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''.</ref> Richard Harrington from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' felt that in the wake of their breakthrough power ballad "[[Sweet Child o' Mine]]", Guns N'Roses "have wisely chosen to play to their female constituency" with "November Rain". He explained that the song "finds [[Axl Rose|Axl]] in an Elton John mood with a piano, synthesized strings and the realization that while 'It's hard to hold a candle/ in the cold November rain,' we should 'never mind the darkness/ we can still find a way/ cause nothin' lasts forever/ even cold November rain.' On the other hand, at almost nine minutes, this song comes close."<ref>Harrington, Richard (September 15, 1991). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1991/09/15/guns-nroses-back-in-fighting-form/a67a6e1a-70b4-4597-880c-96f6d5d097e2/ "Guns N'Roses, Back in Fighting Form"]. ''[[The Washington Post]]''. p. G01.</ref>
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