Description
Four years after becoming an uninvited guest at the party that is the music industry with its seminal debut, APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION, Guns N' Roses released USE YOUR ILLUSION I & II. Thanks to a reckless approach toward life and music, G N' R was constantly at the center of controversy and the result was that much of it was chronicled on this two-volume project. By this time, original drummer Steven Adler had been dismissed due to alleged drug dependency problems and was replaced by the Cult's Matt Sorum. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed was also added as a member. ILLUSION I found Axl Rose ranting on songs about being sued by a neighbor ("Right Next Door to Hell"), dysfunctional relationships ("Back Off Bitch"), and a drug overdose ("Coma"). Amid all the spewed bile, G N' R scored three Top 40 hits with a Wings cover ("Live and Let Die"), a piano-driven, Elton John-flavored epic ("November Rain"), and a hard-edged ballad ("Don't Cry"). Celebrity cameos include a then unknown Shannon Hoon, Hanoi Rocks' Mike Monroe, and Alice Cooper, who makes a particularly sinister contribution to "The Garden."
Product Details
- Artist
- Guns N' Roses
- Run Time (minutes)
- 76
- Label / Studio
- GEF
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #2155
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 1991
- Number of Discs
- 1
- WOW HD Sales Rank
- #2624
- Original year of release
- 1991
- SPARS Code
- AAD
- Cast & Crew
- Guns N' Roses (Music Performer)
- Guns N' Roses (Producer)
- Mike Clink (Producer)
- Mike Clink (Sound Engineer)
Press Reviews
...Finally, the baddest boys in rock are back on record--and nearly as confused, abused, defensive and defiant as ever.... New York Times (9/15/91)
4 Stars - Excellent - "...Guns N' Roses fire on all comers and take no prisoners... Rolling Stone
Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's. Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.56)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Right Next Door to Hell
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Dust N' Bones
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Live and Let Die
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Don't Cry (Orig.)
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Perfect Crime
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You Ain't the First
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Bad Obsession
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Back Off Bitch
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Double Talkin' Jive
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November Rain
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Garden, The
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Garden of Eden
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Don't Damn Me
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Bad Apples
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Dead Horse
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Coma
