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Usage Attribution-Noncommercial 3. As of October of , the album had yet to be released. Though many of the songs had been leaked and the album, Chinese Democracy, was once again rumored to be released on November 21, , only time and Axl would tell if the album would actually released. Chinese Democracy: a Tribute to an Unheard Album was conceived in early October of after years of waiting for the album, but only weeks of preparation. In reality, this tribute has very little to do with Axl's album.
It is a tribute to the concept of the Guns N' Roses' album Chinese Democracy -- the wait, the rumors, and the song titles. It is not a tribute to the actual album or to any actual Guns N' Roses songs.
True, those good moments are the songs that have kicked around the Internet for the entirety of the new millennium: the slinky, spiteful "Better," slowly building into its fury; the quite gorgeous if heavy-handed "Street of Dreams"; "There Was a Time," which overcomes its acronym and lack of chorus on its sheer drama; "Catcher in the Rye," the lightest, brightest moment here; the slow, grinding "I.
These aren't innovations; they're extensions of "Breakdown" and "Estranged," epics that require some work to decode because Axl forces the listener to meet him on his own terms.
This all-consuming artistic narcissism has become Rose's defining trait, not letting him move forward, but only to relentlessly explore the same territory over and over again. And this solipsism turns Chinese Democracy into something strangely, surprisingly simple: it won't change music, it won't change any lives, it's just 14 more songs about loneliness and persecution.
Or as Axl put it in an apology for canceled concerts in , "In the end, it's just an album. Listen to over 70 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan. Listen to this album and more than 70 million songs with your unlimited streaming plans. Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
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