USE YOUR ILLUSION I is the third studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two albums released in conjunction with the USE YOUR ILLUSION TOUR, the other named USE YOUR ILLUSION II, thus they are sometimes seen together as a double album. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts, selling 685,000 copies in its first week, behind USE YOUR ILLUSION II's first week sales of 770,000. USE YOUR ILLUSION I has sold 5,502,000 units in the U.S. as of 2010 according to Nielsen SoundScan. Each of the USE YOUR ILLUSION albums have been certified 7x platinum by the RIAA.
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."
Guns N' Roses: Izzy Stradlin (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, percussion); Axl Rose (vocals, piano, keyboards, keyboard programming, sound effects); Slash (acoustic, classical, electric & slide guitars, slide dobro, 6-string bass, background vocals); Duff McKagan (acoustic guitar, bass, background vocals); Dizzy Reed (piano, organ, Clavinet, background vocals); Matt Sorum (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Shannon Hoon, Alice Cooper (vocals); Mike Monroe (harmonica, saxophone); Matthew McKagan (horns, keyboard programming); Rachel West (horns); Tim Doyle (tambourine); Johann (keyboard programming, sound effects); Mike Clink, Bruce Foster (sound effects); Stuart Bailey, Reba Shaw (background vocals).
Recorded at A & M Studios, Record Plant, Studio 56 and Image Recording, Hollywood, California; Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California; Metalworks Recording Studios, Toronto, Ontario.
Produced by Mike Clink & Guns N' Roses.
Track Listing:
1. Right Next Door to Hell - 3:02 2. Dust N' Bones - 4:59 3. Live and Let Die - 3:03 4. Don't Cry [Original Version] - 4:44 5. Perfect Crime - 2:23 6. You Ain't the First - 2:37 7. Bad Obsession - 5:28 8. Back off Bitch - 5:04 9. Double Talkin' Jive - 3:22 10. November Rain - 8:59 11. The Garden - 5:21 12. Garden of Eden - 2:41 13. Don't Damn Me - 5:19 14. Bad Apples - 4:28 15. Dead Horse - 4:18 16. Coma - 10:16
Use Your Illusion I (1991)
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Album Description:
USE YOUR ILLUSION I is the third studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two albums released in conjunction with the USE YOUR ILLUSION TOUR, the other named USE YOUR ILLUSION II, thus they are sometimes seen together as a double album. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts, selling 685,000 copies in its first week, behind USE YOUR ILLUSION II's first week sales of 770,000. USE YOUR ILLUSION I has sold 5,502,000 units in the U.S. as of 2010 according to Nielsen SoundScan. Each of the USE YOUR ILLUSION albums have been certified 7x platinum by the RIAA.
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."
Guns N' Roses: Izzy Stradlin (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, percussion); Axl Rose (vocals, piano, keyboards, keyboard programming, sound effects); Slash (acoustic, classical, electric & slide guitars, slide dobro, 6-string bass, background vocals); Duff McKagan (acoustic guitar, bass, background vocals); Dizzy Reed (piano, organ, Clavinet, background vocals); Matt Sorum (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Shannon Hoon, Alice Cooper (vocals); Mike Monroe (harmonica, saxophone); Matthew McKagan (horns, keyboard programming); Rachel West (horns); Tim Doyle (tambourine); Johann (keyboard programming, sound effects); Mike Clink, Bruce Foster (sound effects); Stuart Bailey, Reba Shaw (background vocals).
Recorded at A & M Studios, Record Plant, Studio 56 and Image Recording, Hollywood, California; Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California; Metalworks Recording Studios, Toronto, Ontario.
Produced by Mike Clink & Guns N' Roses.
Track Listing:
1. Right Next Door to Hell - 3:02
2. Dust N' Bones - 4:59
3. Live and Let Die - 3:03
4. Don't Cry [Original Version] - 4:44
5. Perfect Crime - 2:23
6. You Ain't the First - 2:37
7. Bad Obsession - 5:28
8. Back off Bitch - 5:04
9. Double Talkin' Jive - 3:22
10. November Rain - 8:59
11. The Garden - 5:21
12. Garden of Eden - 2:41
13. Don't Damn Me - 5:19
14. Bad Apples - 4:28
15. Dead Horse - 4:18
16. Coma - 10:16