Use Your Illusion I EXPLICIT LYRICS Guns N' Roses

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  • Release Date: 09/17/1991
  • Sales Rank: 12,002
  • Label: GEFFEN RECORDS
  • UPC: 720642441527

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Use Your Illusion I

1LISTENRight Next Door To Hell 3:02
2LISTENDust N' Bones 4:59
3LISTENLive and Let Die 3:03
4LISTENDon't Cry Original Version 4:44
5LISTENPerfect Crime 2:23
6LISTENYou Ain't The First 2:37
7LISTENBad Obsession 5:28
8LISTENBack Off Bitch 5:04
9LISTENDouble Talkin' Jive 3:22
10LISTENNovember Rain 8:59
11LISTENThe Garden 5:21
12LISTENGarden of Eden 2:41
13LISTENDon't Damn Me 5:19
14LISTENBad Apples 4:28
15LISTENDead Horse 4:18
16LISTENComa 10:16

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Editorial Reviews

The "difficult second album" is one of the perennial rock & roll clichés, but few second albums ever were as difficult as Use Your Illusion. Not really conceived as a double album but impossible to separate as individual works, Use Your Illusion is a shining example of a suddenly successful band getting it all wrong and letting its ambitions run wild. Taking nearly three years to complete, the recording of the album was clearly difficult, and tensions between Slash, Izzy Stradlin, and Axl Rose are evident from the start. The two guitarists, particularly Stradlin, are trying to keep the group closer to its hard rock roots, but Rose has pretensions of being Queen and Elton John, which is particularly odd for a notoriously homophobic Midwestern boy. Conceivably, the two aspirations could have been divided between the two records, but instead they are just thrown into the blender -- it's just a coincidence that Use Your Illusion I is a harder-rocking record than II. Stradlin has a stronger presence on I, contributing three of the best songs -- "Dust n' Bones," "You Ain't the First," and "Double Talkin' Jive" -- which help keep the album in Stonesy Aerosmith territory. On the whole, the album is stronger than II, even though there's a fair amount of filler, including a dippy psychedelic collaboration with Alice Cooper and a song that takes its title from the Osmonds' biggest hit. But it also has two ambitious set pieces, "November Rain" and "Coma," which find Rose fulfilling his ambitions, as well as the ferocious, metallic "Perfect Crime" and the original version of the power ballad "Don't Cry." Still, it can be a chore to find the highlights on the record amid the overblown production and endless amounts of filler. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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this album is one of GnRs bestby Anonymous

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November 05, 2008: guns n roses first made their debut album recording it in 1986 and 1987 and released on 1988 this band has came a long way and its been one heck of a ride this band is one of the best bands to come out of the 80s this cd first in a double album this cd has awesome tracks awesome riffs drums vocals you name it its the best of the best if you like guns n roses you might also like korn slipknot mushroomhead slayer and metallica check this band and i cant wait till november 23rd 2008 because guns n roses is finally releasing their next studio album you can only buy their ext studio album at best buy only

I Also Recommend: All Hope Is Gone, Savior Sorrow, Untitled, Christ Illusion, Death Magnetic.

Not to be compared to Appetiteby Anonymous

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September 14, 2005: Appetite for Destruction was and still is an absolutely amazing Rock N' Roll album. People were expecting these albums to be the next chapter of Appetite or something, and they have a very different sound, but are still true Rock masterpieces. Use Your Illusion I just shows that Guns N' Roses were the last true Rock N' Roll band and they could create incredible songs even while in conflict with each other. Despite some filler songs, there is enough incredible material on both Illusion albums to prove that Rock can be completely expressive, yet dangerous at the same time.


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