Chinese Democracy has leaked

The elephant in the room has finally left.

Except, not by choice, it seems that it was pushed out against its will.

Yep, the day that Guns N' Roses fans and music fans in general have waited more than a decade for has finally come to pass.

The whole album isn't out, but NINE completely mastered songs from "Chinese Democracy" were leaked to the Internet late Wednesday night.

The songs are:

- The Blues
- Better
- IRS
- There Was A Time
- Madagascar
- Chinese Democracy
- Rhiad and the Bedouins
- If The World (Would End Today)
- This I Love

The first six have all been heard in some form over the years, mostly as unfinished demos.

The songs are particularly amazing and I won't post a link here due to the cease and desist orders being fired out by GNR management, but anyone who wants a link can contact me. "If The World" is my personal favorite. It's a really unique jazz influenced song that uses a flamenco guitar, which is often heard in spanish music.

This is a monumental day in music. The gigantic, $13 million album is out and available for everyone to hear. Of course, the whole album hasn't leaked, but enough of it certainly has that for Axl Rose to continue to delay its release any longer would be ridiculous. In fact, every second he keeps the record hidden from here on out is just wasting money that he could be recoupping for all the money he spent working on it over the years.

The reception seems to be positive thus far. It's not too late to make "Chinese Democracy" the hit record it was destined to be, but that window of opportunity is closing quickly.