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Chinese Democracy is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on November 23, 2008 by Black Frog and Geffen Records. It was their first album since 1993's "The Spaghetti Incident?", and their first album of original studio material since Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, released simultaneously in 1991. The album underwent a protracted recording process, delayed by personnel and legal problems and vocalist Axl Rose's perfectionism.
In the mid-1990s, amid creative and personal differences, guitarists Slash and Gilby Clarke, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Matt Sorum all either quit or were fired. Only Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed remained. In 1997, they began work on the album with guitarists Robin Finck and Paul Tobias, bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Josh Freese, and keyboardist Chris Pitman. The lineup shifted several times, incorporating guitarists Buckethead, Richard Fortus and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and drummers Bryan "Brain" Mantia and Frank Ferrer. Guitarists Brian May and Dave Navarro, vocalist Sebastian Bach, and producers including Mike Clink, Youth, Sean Beavan, Eric Caudieux, Roy Thomas Baker and Caram Costanzo worked on the album across 15 studios. The band recorded dozens of songs, and suggested they could release them across multiple albums.
Though Geffen planned to release Chinese Democracy in 1999, it was delayed and completely rerecorded in 2000. With costs reportedly exceeding $13 million, it became the most expensive rock album ever produced, and Geffen pulled their funding in 2005. After missing a release date for March 2007, it was finally released in November 2008, dogged by leaks and legal disputes.
Preceded by the title track as a lead single, Chinese Democracy debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and was certified platinum. However, it did not meet sales expectations in the United States. It received generally favorable reviews, achieved international chart success, and has sold over one million copies in Europe.
Tracklist
| 1 | Chinese Democracy | 4:43 |
| 2 | Shackler's Revenge | 3:36 |
| 3 | Better | 4:58 |
| 4 | Street Of Dreams | 4:46 |
| 5 | If The World | 4:54 |
| 6 | There Was A Time | 6:41 |
| 7 | Catcher In The Rye | 5:52 |
| 8 | Scraped | 3:30 |
| 9 | Riad N' The Bedouins | 4:10 |
| 10 | Sorry | 6:14 |
| 11 | I.R.S. | 4:28 |
| 12 | Madagascar | 5:37 |
| 13 | This I Love | 5:34 |
| 14 | Prostitute | 6:15 |