I think WeTheLiving summed it up nicely. I think everyone felt that the release of Chinese Democracy would signify a return to normalcy for Axl and the band, but instead it has just served as a highlight of the absurdity of this whole project. There's not much to get excited about when the album is not new to any of us and there is no foreseeable future for this band. Chinese Democracy will turn out to be the death knell for Guns N Roses. There is no band and I can't imagine Axl will release any more material from this ridiculous project. I also can't imagine him going back to Slash and Duff with his tail between his legs. The sad fact is he would have been better off leaving it unreleased.

Let us know when he deletes it

Well of course a record released by the old band would have done much better. The first GNR record in 15 years recorded by the real band would have received more hype and would have resonated better with the casual fan.  Not to mention a reunited band would mean promo, a tour, and likely a music video. It would be entirely different.

Though I disagree people would be calling it the greatest GNR album ever. I think a lot of people would be very disappointed to hear most of the songs you listed instead of a balls to the wall rock album. It might even be slammed more than it is right now. Axl could get away with releasing that type of music, but I don't think the lineup that recorded AFD could.

I don't know the national numbers, but I checked WMMR in Philly to see if it's getting played. Better hasn't been played at all in the last 24 hours. It also wasn't played when I checked a couple of days ago so I'm starting to think they haven't played it since it has been released to radio. Chinese Democracy in comparison has been played 3 times in the last 24 hours which seems pretty standard since it's been released. They also played Catcher once and TWAT once which I thought was interesting.