i havent heard one person say cd sold as much as i was hoping it would.

cd failed for about 8 or 9 reasons. why some of you want to turn a blind eye to those reasons or think it comes down to one reason is beyond me.

if they do things differently for cd2 it'll do as well as cd1 if not better.

irregardless, it would make sense financially for the label to release an album that they've already spent thousands (maybe millions) of dollars on and can recoup those costs and turn a minimum of a small profit from.

while bands like acdc decided to let big ass wal mart carry them to success,
cd was sold as an exclusive to a company bordering on bankrupcy.
best buy was hoping the big ass gnr brand name would carry them.

we all know it sold less then expected.

as far as promo....i know i know - cd was "the most anticipated album of all time"

it was also the longest anticipated album of all time.......

when it takes almost a decade to release an album since its acknowledgement and then it is released with last minute/half assed promo and production, exclusively to slow ass store........you get the point

gnr was also a freakshow from '01 to '08, with a disastrous comeback tour

bottom line is it still managed to sell 2-4 million world wide (what are the exact numbers now?) with all of those things stacked against its success

99.9 percent of label supported artistst dont even go gold

if cd 2 sells half of what cd sold then the label is still interested.

an underachieving gnr still makes everyone money.

and i wouldnt be stunned if it surpassed cd.

gnr is slowly rebuilding its credibility with each successful tour since the release and has a strong following.

they can release music whenever they have music to release.

my guess as well

bastard

hmmmm

seems like there would have been more shit written if it were hacked and the hacker would have been more careful not to make a grammatical error.

any exact quotes of the post yet?