And you're Top 20 selling Albums of 2008 are......

[Soror_YZBL]

Of those, I only have Amy Winehouse and Pink.

[AxlVanHagar]

heh all the posts tallying up how many of those they owned inspired me to do the same, I own 5 of them.

[Alright_Computer]

I only have one of these (Coldplay) and I regret buying it. Sad, there were much better albums released this year too.

[chumsicles]

I wish more people had bought the new Residents and Sparks albums. Those are better than pretty much everything on that list

[Quinarvy]

Quick question:

Wasn't Chinese Democracy considered a bust?

[azzaman333]

Where are the good albums?

[Lolicat]

I wish more people had bought the new Residents and Sparks albums. Those are better than pretty much everything on that list

I was totally disappointed by the artwork for The Bunny Boy. I haven't heardthe actual CD yet though.

[AxlVanHagar]

Quick question:

Wasn't Chinese Democracy considered a bust?

Yup. And it really is when you consider all the facts. Sure it seems fairly impressive to say hey it's the 14th best selling album of the year holding it's own against Coldplay's, AC/DC's and Metallica's of the world but once you look at the actual numbers.....meh. CD sold around 260,000 copies in its first week. In its second week it dropped down to 59,000 copies. not too great for "the most anticiapated album of all time". As of Feb 21 it has only managed to sell around 540,000 copies. Compare that to the Illusion albums. Use Your Illusion 1 sold around 685,000 copies in its first week while Use Your Illusion 2 sold around 770,000.

For a more modern comparison AC/DC's Black Ice is about to go double platinum with around 1,992,000 copies as of Feb 21. It sold around 1,762,000 units in its first week. Metallica's Death Magentic has sold around 1,644,514 and it sold around 490,000 copies in just three days of availability. Not sure of its full first week numbers.

So yes Chinese Democracy is indeed a flop of epic proportions. There is no saving it now. It's done. only the fan boys and Axl nutswingers will try to convince you otherwise.

[benson111]

So yes Chinese Democracy is indeed a flop of epic proportions. There is no saving it now. It's done. only the fan boys and Axl nutswingers will try to convince you otherwise.

I loved this and had to quote it for maximum effect.

[back_blows]

Yup. And it really is when you consider all the facts. Sure it seems fairly impressive to say hey it's the 14th best selling album of the year holding it's own against Coldplay's, AC/DC's and Metallica's of the world but once you look at the actual numbers.....meh. CD sold around 260,000 copies in its first week. In its second week it dropped down to 59,000 copies. not too great for "the most anticiapated album of all time". As of Feb 21 it has only managed to sell around 540,000 copies. Compare that to the Illusion albums. Use Your Illusion 1 sold around 685,000 copies in its first week while Use Your Illusion 2 sold around 770,000.

For a more modern comparison AC/DC's Black Ice is about to go double platinum with around 1,992,000 copies as of Feb 21. It sold around 1,762,000 units in its first week. Metallica's Death Magentic has sold around 1,644,514 and it sold around 490,000 copies in just three days of availability. Not sure of its full first week numbers.

So yes Chinese Democracy is indeed a flop of epic proportions. There is no saving it now. It's done. only the fan boys and Axl nutswingers will try to convince you otherwise.

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