- hard rock, rock
- 71 min
- 14 tracks
- Universal Music Ltda.
Chinese Democracy is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on November 23, 2008, through Geffen Records and Black Frog. It was their first album of original material since Use Your Illusion I and II (1991), and the first to feature none of the classic members aside from vocalist Axl Rose.
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Character
Grave, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 64/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 5.8/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Blender3.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)B+
- Pitchfork5.8/10
- Q2/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin7/10
- ARTISTdirectvery positive
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10
- Classic Rock2.5/5 ★
- Decibelpositive
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Tracks
- 1Chinese Democracy4:43
- 2Shackler's Revenge3:37
- 3Better4:59
- 4Street of Dreams4:47
- 5If the World4:54
- 6There Was a Time6:41
- 7Catcher in the Rye5:53
- 8Scraped3:31
- 9Riad n' the Bedouins4:10
- 10Sorry6:15
- 11I.R.S.4:29
- 12Madagascar5:38
- 13This I Love5:34
- 14Prostitute6:16
14 tracks, 71 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Guns N’ Roses
- Label
- Universal Music Ltda.
- Released
- 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- BR
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