On November 23, 2008, “Geffen” label released “Chinese Democracy”, the sixth Guns N’ Roses studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 2007, and was produced by Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”, Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”, Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and Platinum in US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Axl Rose– lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, guitar, samples, arrangements, digital editing, Logic Pro engineering, mixing, art direction
- Robin Finck– keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, arrangements, editing
- Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal – guitar
- Buckethead – acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
- Paul Tobias – guitar, piano, arrangements
- Richard Fortus – guitar
- Dizzy Reed– keyboards, synthesizers, piano, bac king vocals, arrangements, Logic Pro engineer
- Chris Pitman– keyboards, sub-bass, synthesizers, bass and drum programming, twelve-string guitar, drum machine, string machine, Mellotron, arrangements, digital editing, engineering, Logic Pro engineer
- Tommy Stinson– bass guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
- Bryan “Brain” Mantia– drums, arrangements, initial production, drum machine, drum programming, Logic Pro engineer, engineer
- Frank Ferrer– drums
- Josh Freese– arrangements
- Marco Beltrami, Paul Buckmaster– orchestra, arrangements
- Suzy Katayama – French horn, arrangements
- Patti Hood – harp
- Sebastian Bach– backing vocals
- Caram Costanzo – engineer, digital editing, arrangements, sub drums, mixing
- Jeff “Critter” Newell, Dan Monti, Jeremy Blair – engineer
- Eric Caudieux– digital editing, drum machine, drum programming, arrangements, sub drums, additional production, Pro Tools engineer
- Sean Beavan– recording and digital editing, arrangements, initial production, additional production
- Youth– initial arrangements suggestions, additional demo pre-production
- Pete Scaturro – arrangements, initial production, keyboards, digital editing, engineer
- Billy Howerdel – recording, editing , Logic Pro engineer
- Stuart White – Logic Pro engineer
- John O’Mahony – Pro Tools mixing
- Okhee Kim, Andy Gwynn, Brian Monteath, Dave Dominguez, Jose Borges, Joe Peluso, Christian Baker, James Musshorn, Jan Petrov, JeffRobinette, Bob Koszela, Paul Payne, Mark Gray, Xavier Albira, Dror Mohar, Eric Tabala, Shawn Berman, Donald Clark, Shinnosuke Miyazawa, Vanessa Parr, John Beene, Al Perrotta – engineer assistant
- Andy Wallace– mixing
- Mike Scielzi, Paul Suarez – mixing assistant
- Bob Ludwig– mastering
- Greg Morgenstein, Paul DeCarli, Billy Bowers, Justin Walden, Rail Jon Rogut, Isaac Abolin – additional Pro Tools
- Ryan Corey – art direction, design
- Somyot Hananuntasuk – illustrations
- Sasha Volkova – illustration
- Shi Lifeng – artwork
- Lie Yuan, He An, Jiang Congi, Kevin Zuckerman, Lian Xue Ming, Anton S. Kandinksy, Marat Bekeev, Xiao Ping, Lou Jie, Sandra Yagi, Socar Myles, Rankin, Johnie Hurtig, Gloria Gaddis – Illustrations alternate booklets
- Terry Hardin – cover photography
- George Chin – photography
- Roy Thomas Baker– additional production, preproduction
Track listing:
All lyrics Axl Rose, except where noted.
- Chinese Democracy – Axl Rose, Joshua Freese, Paul Tobias, Thomas Stinson, Darren Reed, Robert Finck, Caram Costanzo, Eric Caudieux
- Shackler’s Revenge – Axl Rose, Robert Finck, Brian Carroll, Bryan Manta, Caram Costanzo, Peter Scaturro
- Better – Axl Rose, Robert Finck
- Street of Dreams – Axl Rose, Robert Finck, Darren Reed,Thomas Stinson, Paul Tobias
- If the World – Axl Rose, Chris Pitman
- There Was a Tiime – Axl Rose, Paul Tobias, Darren Reed, Thomas Stinson
- Catcher in the Rye – Axl Rose, Thomas Stinson, Darren Reed, Robert Finck, Paul Tobias
- Scraped – Axl Rose, Carroli Costanzo
- Riad N’ the Bedouins – Axl Rose, Robert Finck, Thomas Stinson, Paul Tobias
- Sorry – Axl Rose, Carroli Costanzo
- R.S. – Axl Rose, Paul Tobias, Darren Reed
- Madagascar – contains samples of speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr, Axl Rose, Chris Pitman
- This I Love – Axl Rose
- Prostitute – Axl Rose, Robert Finck, Paul Tobias
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