Considering it is the most talked about new album on the planet, Guns n` Roses `Chinese Democracy` is having a real tough time grabbing interest. In the USA later week, it may even debut at number 4.
Hitsdailydouble.com finalised this week’s Building Albums Sales Chart today and the Gunners are a long from the top if they want to rock and roll.Hits has ‘Chinese Democracy’ behind Beyonce ‘I Am ... Sasha Fierce’ at 3, Taylor Swift ‘Fearless’ at 2 and Kanye West ‘808s & Heartbreak’ at 1.
Kanye is well in front. ‘808s & Heartaches’ has expected sales of 443,559 compared to the Gunners ‘Chinese Democracy’ on 254,341 sales.
Positions 2, 3 and 4 will be close. There are less than 3,000 units between 2 and 4, so when the industry standard SoundScan chart is released later this week, places may juggle.
What won’t change though is ‘Chinese Democracy’ missing the top spot in its own country.
Elsewhere around the planet, first week chart positions for the album mirror the US reaction to the first Guns n’ Roses release in 15 years.
Maybe that is the problem. ‘Chinese Democracy’ is not a Gunners album by the fans standards. ‘Chinese Democracy’ is the first solo album from Axl Rose, released under the GnR brand.
Fans aren’t stupid and maybe Axl was just that little bit too smart for his own good.
In calling ‘Chinese Democracy’ album, he has drawn comparisons with this release to the benchmark GnR moments of ‘Appetite For Destruction’ and ‘Use Your Illusion’.
There is more venom in the first 30 seconds of ‘Right Next Door To Hell’ than in the entire ‘Chinese Democracy’ album.
‘Chinese Democracy’ is missing a ‘Coma’, a ‘Back Off Bitch’, a ‘Paradise City’ or a ‘It’s So Easy’ to be taken seriously.
What the hell is ‘Better’? Axl’s audition Nickelback?
‘Chinese Democracy’ failed because Axl tried to put one over on the audience. In the 21st Century, the audience has way too much access to information to be fooled.
