axlrod Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Billboard 200 GNR #109http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?page=5What's the current event that people keep buying the album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 The new album... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 LOL fuckin' shit compilation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 LOL fuckin' shit compilation.It contains the greatest commercial hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Never figured out the popularity of this album myself. A greatest hits compilation would have a way better track listing if I were in charge. Apparently it would have a better track listing if Axl and Slash were in charge as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 LOL fuckin' shit compilation.It contains the greatest commercial hits.Ain't It Fun and Sympathy were anything but commercial hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 LOL fuckin' shit compilation.It contains the greatest commercial hits.Ain't It Fun and Sympathy were anything but commercial hits.True. Not sure Ain't it Fun was on the album (although it is my favourite from TSI) but I though SFTD was a good bonus edition as it wasn't released on any other GNR album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 LOL fuckin' shit compilation.It contains the greatest commercial hits.Ain't It Fun and Sympathy were anything but commercial hits.True. Not sure Ain't it Fun was on the album (although it is my favourite from TSI) but I though SFTD was a good bonus edition as it wasn't released on any other GNR album.For the record I love GNR's version of SFTD. It should have bee na commercial success but I think at that time the label were done pushing GNR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 LOL fuckin' shit compilation.It contains the greatest commercial hits.Ain't It Fun and Sympathy were anything but commercial hits.True. Not sure Ain't it Fun was on the album (although it is my favourite from TSI) but I though SFTD was a good bonus edition as it wasn't released on any other GNR album.For the record I love GNR's version of SFTD. It should have bee na commercial success but I think at that time the label were done pushing GNR.I'm with you on that. I like it more than the original, and the original is one of my favorite Stones songs. Definitely deserved better than it received, according to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Yes, before Greatest Hits you had to obtain the out-of-print CD single from eBay or Amazon marketplace (not that it is much of a rarity or anything). Greatest Hits gives 'Sympathy For The Devil' a permanent home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Sympathy for the Devil hit #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 a few months after it was released, and it did pretty well on the rock singles chart as well at the time. It wasn't a flop. It charted higher than some of GN'R's own original singles and even some of Nirvana's singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 What differences do the LP versions of NR and LALD contain. These are they versions that were on GH right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Is this a WTF moment or what?Guns N' Roses has 6 albums and 5 songs which made it to the charts as of week 10/2003. The songs spend a total of 85 weeks on the charts, and the albums a total of 1724 weeks. Sweet Child O' Mine was the first song to hit the charts on week 16/2008, the last song to appear on a chart was Paradise City on week 20/2013. The most successful song was Chinese Democracy which spend a total of 65 weeks (76%) on the charts. The most successful song by peak position is Chinese Democracy which peaked at number 1. The least successful song is Paradise City it spend 1 week on the charts. Appetite For Destruction, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II were the first albums to hit the charts on week 10/2003, the last album to appear on a chart was Greatest Hits on week 24/2013. The most successful album was Greatest Hits which spend a total of 1274 weeks (74%) on the charts. The most successful albums by peak position are Chinese Democracy and Greatest Hits which peaked at number 1. The least successful album is Live Era '87-'93 it spend 1 week on the charts. Click on any title below to get detailed statistics.http://acharts.us/performer/guns_n_roses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmapelian Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 So its not the masterpiece from 2008? Shocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Not surprising. GNR's music will be remembered much the same way the Beatles' music is remembered. People will always listen to it, generation after generation.ChiDem, of course, doesn't apply here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) Billboard 200 GNR #109http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?page=5What's the current event that people keep buying the album?Timeless songs by a great band. Songs that people never get tired of. No greatest hits album is going to please 100% of that band's fans.Here are the other greatest hits albums that are ahead of GnR on the Billboard chart.Bob Seger #38Tom Petty #53Stevie WonderAlan JacksonKelly ClarkstonJourneyBob MarleyGeorge JonesEric ClaptonAC/DC's Back in Black..and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon are also on the charts, ahead of GnR's GHs. Dark Side Of The Moon is #64. Edited June 20, 2013 by Groghan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 LOL fuckin' shit compilation.It contains the greatest commercial hits.Ain't It Fun and Sympathy were anything but commercial hits.I'm pretty sure it's 'Greatest Hits' in the sense that it's a compilation of all their radio singles (bar Oh My God), but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 This awful compilation of supposed 'Greatest Hits' is better than Chinese Democracy. I understand why people keep buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gun N' Roses Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) Billboard 200 GNR #109http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?page=5What's the current event that people keep buying the album?iTunes just lowered the price of their Greatest Hits to $7.99. It's part of iTunes $7.99 classic rock albums, GnR Greatest Hits is second in the sales of these albums, right behind Journey's Greatest Hits. That explains the sudden push in sales Edited June 21, 2013 by Gun N' Roses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Meanwhile, Chinese Democracy 99¢ at your local Dollar Tree store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gun N' Roses Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) Meanwhile, Chinese Democracy 99¢ at your local Dollar Tree store. Whoa, is it really? Hotdog! Edited June 21, 2013 by Gun N' Roses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 the Brooklyn Bowl could have brought it to people's attention. maybe it's 1.99 on amazon.com. I'm surprised it sells more than AFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Meanwhile, Chinese Democracy 99¢ at your local Dollar Tree store. Whoa, is it really? Hotdog!Yeah, it's true. Go visit your local DT store and you'll find it. Nobody buys it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcat Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 the Brooklyn Bowl could have brought it to people's attention.Yes and there was a lot of positive press after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlrod Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 Billboard 200 GNR #109http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?page=5What's the current event that people keep buying the album?Timeless songs by a great band. Songs that people never get tired of. No greatest hits album is going to please 100% of that band's fans.Here are the other greatest hits albums that are ahead of GnR on the Billboard chart.Bob Seger #38Tom Petty #53Stevie WonderAlan JacksonKelly ClarkstonJourneyBob MarleyGeorge JonesEric ClaptonAC/DC's Back in Black..and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon are also on the charts, ahead of GnR's GHs. Dark Side Of The Moon is #64.Actually there are 108 albums ahead of GNR's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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