With Chinese Democracy Axl Rose labored to create an ideal version of his inner world, working endlessly on a set of songs about his heartbreak, persecution, and paranoia. Using the pompous ten-minute epics "Estranged" and "November Rain" as his foundation, Axl strips away all remnants of the old, snake-dancing GNR, shedding the black humor and blues, replacing any good times with vindictive spleen in the vein of "You Could Be Mine." All this melodrama and malevolence feels familiar and, surprisingly, so does much of Chinese Democracy. One listen and it's abundantly clear that Axl spent the decade-plus in the studio not reinventing but refining, obsessing over a handful of tracks, chasing the sound in his head. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Chinese Democracy (Limited Collectors Box)
2008
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Chinese Democracy (Limited Collectors Box) Track Listing
Credits of Chinese Democracy (Limited Collectors Box)
- Shinnosuke Miyazawa
- Assistant Engineer
- Frank Ferrer
- Drums
- John O'Mahony
- Digital Editing, Mixing
- Bryan Mantia
- Composer
- Greg Morgenstein
- Digital Editing
- Robin Finck
- Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Guitar, Producer, Drum Arrangements, Soloist, Digital Editing
- Joe Peluso
- Assistant Engineer
- Alessandro V. Perrota
- Assistant Engineer
- Paul Tobias
- Composer
- Dizzy Reed
- Piano, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), ?, Orchestral Arrangements, Synthesizer Orchestration
- Axl Rose
- Guitar, Arranger, Composer, Piano, Keyboards, Producer, Digital Editing, Mixing, Drum Arrangements, Choir Arrangement, Vocal Producer, Synthesizer Orchestration, Orchestral Arrangements, Horn Arrangements, ?, Vocals
- Pete Scaturro
- Arranger, Composer, Producer, Digital Editing, Keyboards
- Tommy Stinson
- Bass, Vocals (Background), Composer
- Sebastian Bach
- Vocals (Background)
- Billy Bowers
- Digital Editing
- Rail Jon Rogut
- Digital Editing
- Paul Tobias
- Guitar, Arranger, Piano
- Stewart Janet White
- Keyboard Technician
- Suzie Katayama
- French Horn, Choir Arrangement, Horn Arrangements
- Sean Beavan
- Arranger, Producer, Vocal Recording, Guitar Producer, Digital Editing
- Richard Fortus
- Guitar
- Caram Costanzo
- Arranger, Composer, Producer, Digital Editing, Mixing, Vocal Engineer, Drum Arrangements, Vocal Editing, Guitar Engineer, Introduction, Vocal Programming, Editing, Engineer
- Justin Z. Walden
- Digital Editing
- Eric Caudieux
- Arranger, Introduction, Drum Loop, Drum Programming, Producer, Digital Editing
- David Dominguez
- Assistant Engineer
- Oleg Schramm
- Piano Technician
- Mike Scielzi
- Mixing Assistant
- Chris Whitemyer
- Guitar Technician
- George Chin
- Photography
- Jeff Robinette
- Assistant Engineer
- Marco Beltrami
- Orchestra, Orchestral Arrangements
- Ok Hee Kim
- Assistant Engineer
- Billy Howerdel
- ?, Guitar Engineer, Digital Editing, Guitar Technician
- Brian Doyle
- Guitar Technician
- Jeremy Blair
- Engineer
- Bob Koszela
- Assistant Engineer
- Sean Paden
- Guitar Technician
- Ryan Corey
- Art Direction, Design
- Dan Monti
- Engineer
- Jose Borges
- Assistant Engineer
- James Musshorn
- Assistant Engineer
- Andy Gwynn
- Assistant Engineer
- Curtis Laur
- Guitar Technician
- Christian Baker
- Assistant Engineer
- Jan Petrov
- Assistant Engineer
- Vanessa Parr
- Assistant Engineer
- Donald Clark
- Assistant Engineer
- Chris Pitman
- Bass, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Guitar (12 String), Producer, Mellotron, ?, Digital Editing, Drum Programming, Orchestral Arrangements, Drum Loop, Synthesizer Orchestration, String Machine, Drum Arrangements, Guitar Effects
- Mark Gray
- Assistant Engineer
- Roy Thomas Baker
- Producer, Pre-Production
- Shawn Berman
- Assistant Engineer
- Buckethead
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Composer, Soloist
- Paul Buckmaster
- Orchestra, Orchestral Arrangements
- Paul DeCarli
- Digital Editing
- Josh Freese
- Composer, Drum Arrangements
- Gary Gersh
- Drum Technician
- Will Jennings
- Piano Technician
- Bob Ludwig
- Mastering




















