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USE YOUR ILLUSSION I - GUNS N' ROSES (1991)

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With enough music for two albums, Guns N' Roses released Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II the same day. Use Your Illusion albums debuted at number 2 and 1 respectively on the Billboard charts, setting a record as they became the first and only band to date to achieve this feat.

"We had thirty-six songs, which was more than enought to fill a double album. I wanted to choose the twelve best of the thirty-six and hone them down to perfection." (Slash)

Line-up

  • Axl Rose: lead vocals, piano, keyboards, sound effects, acoustic guitar on "Dead Horse"

  • Slash: lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals, dobro on "You Ain't The First", six-string bass on "Right Next Door To Hell" and "Live And Let Die"

  • Izzy Stradlin: rhythm & lead guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Dust N' Bones", "You Ain't The First" and "Double Talkin' Jive", percussion on "Bad Obsession"

  • Duff McKagan: bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "You Ain't The First" and "Double Talkin' Jive"

  • Matt Sorum: drums, backing vocals, percussion

  • Dizzy Reed: keyboards, piano, backing vocals, tambourine on "Live And Let Die"

  • Additionnal musicians: Alice Cooper (vocals) / West Arkeen (guitar) / Michael Monroe (harmonica & saxophone) / Shannon Hoon (vocals) / Reba Shaw, Stuart Bailey (backing vocals) / Jon Thautwein, Matthew McKagan, Rachel West, Robert Clark (horn) / Tim Doyle (tambourine)

Tracklist

 

  • Right Next Door To Hell (Stradlin / Caltia / Rose)

  • Dust N' Bones (Stradlin / McKagan / Slash)

  • Live And Let Die (Paul & Linda McCartney)

  • Don't Cry (Stradlin / Rose)

  • Perfect Crime (Stradlin / Slash / Rose)

  • You Ain't The First (Stradlin)

  • Bad Obsession (Stradlin / Arkeen)

  • Back Off Bitch (Huge / Rose)

  • Double Talkin' Jive (Stradlin)

  • November Rain (Rose)

  • The Garden (Arkeen / James / Rose)

  • Garden Of Eden (Slash / Rose)

  • Don't Damn Me (Slash / Lank / Rose)

  • Bad Apples (Slash / McKagan / Stradlin / Rose)

  • Dead Horse (Rose)

  • Coma (Slash / Rose)

Recording guitars & amps

  • Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 replica

  • Gibson Flying V 1959 (lead) (Live And Let Die)

  • Travis Bean 1000 (slide) (Bad Obsession / The Garden)

  • Fender Bass 6-strings 1965 (rhythm) (Right Next Door To Hell)

  • Marshall JCM 800 2203 S.I.R. stock #34 modded by Frank Levi (for distorted sounds)

  • Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus (for clean sounds)

  • Mesa Boogie Mark III (for feedback sounds)

Album information

 

By: Guns N' Roses

Released: September 17, 1991

Length: 76:05

Label: Geffen

Producer: Mike Clink & Guns N' Roses

Recorded: A&M Studios / Record Plant / Studio 56 / Image Recording / Conway Studios

Singles: Don't Cry / Live And Let Die / November Rain / Garden Of Eden / Dead Horse

Associated tour: Get In The Ring Tour

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