Waiting over for Guns N’ Roses opus
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LOS ANGELES - The marketing of ’Chinese Democracy’ reflects the changing face of the music industry. The album was streamed on social networking site MySpace ahead of its formal release and one track was released via a video game. In the US, the album is sold at one retail chain
After 17 years, millions of dollars, and numerous false dawns, the waiting finally ended for fans of Guns N' Roses when the rock group's long-awaited "Chinese Democracy" was released Sunday.
The U.S. band's first album of original material since 1991's "Use Your Illusion I" and "II", the arrival of "Chinese Democracy" comes after a tortuous gestation that had become something of a running joke in the music industry.
Guns N' Roses front-man Axl Rose, 46, is the only member of the band's original line-up to perform on the new album, which will feature 14 tracks and is being hyped as a milestone in rock n' roll. Founded in Los Angeles in 1985, Guns N' Roses went on to become one of the biggest bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s. But since the release of their last studio album in 1993 Ğ the controversial collection of covers "The Spaghetti Incident?" Ğ the music industry has changed beyond recognition.
The marketing of "Chinese Democracy" reflects the changing face of the music industry. The album was streamed on social networking site MySpace ahead of its formal release and one track was released via a video game. The album itself is being sold exclusively through the Best Buy electronic goods store.
Most expensive one
In terms of time and money, "Chinese Democracy" is already exceptional. A total of 14 studios have been used to help produce its 14 tracks. The New York Times in 2005 described the album as the "most expensive album never made," estimating its cost at $13 million.
Much of the excruciating development can be traced back to the notoriously difficult temperament of front-man Rose, who has had enough band members to form a soccer team Ğ substitutes included.
"Axl Rose has shown total disregard for fans, the system, he's chosen to play by a strange set of rules that are only known to him," said Daily Variety Associate Editor Phil Gallo. According to Gallo, the band remains relevant because "there's an absence of hard rock bands with star power, with very charismatic persons in front."
Early reviews of "Chinese Democracy" have been mixed. Rolling Stone described the album simply as a "great, audacious, unhinged and uncompromising hard-rock record. In other words, it sounds a lot like the Guns N' Roses you know." But the New York Times offered a more withering assessment. While acknowledging the "bursts of remarkable musicianship," the paper described the album as the "Titanic of rock albums: the ship, not the movie."
But they are overwhelmed by countless layers of studio diddling and a tone of curdled self-pity. The album concludes with five bombastic power ballads in a row."
The U.S. band's first album of original material since 1991's "Use Your Illusion I" and "II", the arrival of "Chinese Democracy" comes after a tortuous gestation that had become something of a running joke in the music industry.
Guns N' Roses front-man Axl Rose, 46, is the only member of the band's original line-up to perform on the new album, which will feature 14 tracks and is being hyped as a milestone in rock n' roll. Founded in Los Angeles in 1985, Guns N' Roses went on to become one of the biggest bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s. But since the release of their last studio album in 1993 Ğ the controversial collection of covers "The Spaghetti Incident?" Ğ the music industry has changed beyond recognition.
The marketing of "Chinese Democracy" reflects the changing face of the music industry. The album was streamed on social networking site MySpace ahead of its formal release and one track was released via a video game. The album itself is being sold exclusively through the Best Buy electronic goods store.
Most expensive one
In terms of time and money, "Chinese Democracy" is already exceptional. A total of 14 studios have been used to help produce its 14 tracks. The New York Times in 2005 described the album as the "most expensive album never made," estimating its cost at $13 million.
Much of the excruciating development can be traced back to the notoriously difficult temperament of front-man Rose, who has had enough band members to form a soccer team Ğ substitutes included.
"Axl Rose has shown total disregard for fans, the system, he's chosen to play by a strange set of rules that are only known to him," said Daily Variety Associate Editor Phil Gallo. According to Gallo, the band remains relevant because "there's an absence of hard rock bands with star power, with very charismatic persons in front."
Early reviews of "Chinese Democracy" have been mixed. Rolling Stone described the album simply as a "great, audacious, unhinged and uncompromising hard-rock record. In other words, it sounds a lot like the Guns N' Roses you know." But the New York Times offered a more withering assessment. While acknowledging the "bursts of remarkable musicianship," the paper described the album as the "Titanic of rock albums: the ship, not the movie."
But they are overwhelmed by countless layers of studio diddling and a tone of curdled self-pity. The album concludes with five bombastic power ballads in a row."