When a washed up AC/DC sells 748,000 and Metallica does around 600,000 (very very similar acts to Gnr in terms of stature), 300k from Gnr is NOT good. It tells you the brand can't overcome the damage that has been done by the breakup of the original band....even I will admit that. The record has gotten, overall, very good critical reviews. Of course, the general public doesn't give a shit about most reviews. On the flip side, if this thing tanks, maybe Axl will dump all the remaining material in to a box set special edition for the hard cores and call it a day with the remnants of the "new" Gnr. We'll know what's gonna happen by the end of the year.

As for the single, CD is number 6 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks after 4 weeks.:ummm:

not looking good boys and girls, I would have thought 500,000 to 600,000. :nervous::ummm:

KANYE CAUSES HEARTBREAK FOR CHALLENGERS

West’s New Album Will Approach 500k, as Guns (300k), Ludacris (225k) and The Killers (200k) All Trail

November 26, 2008

Kanye’s the king of Thanksgiving week.
West's Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam album, 808s and Heartbreak, in which he tackles the Auto-Tuner and his own inner demons, will be #1 on next Tuesday’s chart with a total that looks to be between 450-500k.

That’ll be more than enough to beat back Axl Rose and his first Guns N’ Roses album in some 15 years, Chinese Democracy, which will move around 300k, more or less, out of Best Buy outlets. And that’s including the 25k or so not counted opening week at iTunes for the Sunday release.

Ludacris’ Island Def Jam album, Theater of the Mind, looks good for 225k, followed by the other one of IDJ’s big holiday power trio, The

Killers’ Day and Age, clocking in with 200k more or less.

Finally, what would the turkey shoot be without Barry Manilow? The "Copacabana" guy scores 85k for his new Arista/RMG album, The Greatest Songs of the Eighties, thanks to huge QVC sales.

Coldplay’s Prospekt’s March EP on Capitol will chalk up between 75-80k, while Capitol Nashville’s Trace Adkins appears headed for the 40-45k area for his new album, X.

After some Monday confusion over release dates (all three major circulars advertised the IDJ albums coming on Tuesday), the numbers seem back to normal.

Meanwhile, the market was up 6% vs. last week, down 32% vs. same week last year and now down 14% year to date. Feels like a tryptophan hangover even before the turkey is served.

I am not talking about whatever the hell you just posted. I don't give a fuck what happens at other boards. All I am saying is that the record being released has finally opened people up to express their true feelings. This is and has always been a board for the "disenfranchised " Gnr fan....a board to sound off your grievances. Easily 3 out of every 4 posts is negative. You can post however you want, just be honest and don't try to act like you really care when you don't. Don't act like you want to see good reviews when deep down, you really don't. Anybody who focuses on something as trivial as thanking George Chin twice in the liner notes is just itching to complain. Whatever, I'm done with this. (I'm sure some here would like to see that!).

bullshit.......you are lying straight through your teeth. You guys win. Every other post is a flame war. You win.  I give up....and for the record, what exactly has Axl said?