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Guns N’ Roses leader Axl Rose spoke with Rolling Stone about the long-awaited Chinese Democracy album: “It’s a very complex record. I’m trying to do something different. Some of the arrangements are kind of like Queen. We’re working on thirty-two songs, and twenty-six are nearly done.” Of the completed songs, Rose said thirteen would make it onto the album, which still has no official release date.
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The years between Guns N' Roses albums have grown into a running joke in the music industry, Interscope's frustration with the millions dumped into the recording has become secondary to Rose's reclusive insistence to perfect his material. By leaving the industry on such a strong note, Rose's image has been frozen in time as the frustrating, angry, yet sensitive genius behind the microphone, an image he might not be ready to live up to as the years go by. Despite what happens to most groups that have stayed out of the limelight for ten years, the legend of Guns N' Roses continues to grow with each year. Whatever may happen with the new lineup, the five original members continue to enjoy celebrity status despite having their post-GN'R material show less than enthusiastic sales. By writing one of the most critical hard rock albums of all time, they have secured their status as the most vital force to hit the mainstream rock scene in the 80's. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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To whomever said this will go gold...Guns N Roses are still insanely huge; how many units did that Greatest Hits album push? And that was a compilation of what, three albums and a couple of b-sides? If the album is bad, it will still push a few million, probably a good chunk of that will be in the first week. If it's good, it'll probably sell a helluva lot more. But to say it will just go gold is insane. Weezer's Green Album went platinum and they weren't a fraction as popular as GNR even during the Blue Album days; not to mention they had only been gone for 3 or 4 years.
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Idolator has a leaked track off Guns n’ Roses’ twelve-years-in-the-making “Chinese Democracy” album, which is apparently how long it takes to make yourself sound like Godsmack covering 90s Pixies. Watch out, karaoke bars!Another posthumous Nick Drake release?
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