Label: Geffen Records – 00602445117314, UMe – 00602445117314, Uzi Suicide Records – 00602445117314
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, 180g
Country: Europe
Released: 11 Nov 2022
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Classic Rock
A1 Civil War 7:36
A2 14 Years 4:17
A3 Yesterdays 3:13
A4 Knockin' On Heaven's Door 5:36
B1 Get In The Ring 5:29
B2 Shotgun Blues 3:23
B3 Breakdown 6:58
C1 Pretty Tied Up 4:46
C2 Locomotive 8:42
C3 So Fine 4:09
D1 Estranged 9:20
D2 You Could Be Mine 5:48
D3 Don't Cry (Alt. Lyrics) 4:42
D4 My World 1:22
Guns N’ Roses’ highly anticipated third and fourth studio albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II were originally released simultaneously on September 17, 1991. With the massive success of GN’R Lies and Appetite For Destruction, the band had the daunting task of a follow up album. Not only did the band deliver, Guns N’ Roses surprised the world by releasing not one but two new, full length studio albums. Upon release, Use Your Illusion I reached No. 2 and Use Your Illusion II took the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart concurrently, selling over 500k in the first two hours of release, with an estimated sales of over 685k and 770k respectively within the first week of release.
Use Your Illusion I features the band’s bombastic cover of Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die,” the Top Ten hit “Don’t Cry,” and what NPR described as “one of the ultimate hard-rock power ballads,” the band’s ‘90s anthem and MTV staple “November Rain,” which hit No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, spending a total of 30 weeks on the chart, and holds the title of the first video from the ‘90s to hit the 1 billion views mark on YouTube – now nearing 2 billion views. “November Rain” will now include a real 50-piece orchestra for the first-time ever newly recorded, conducted & arranged in 2021 by Grammy® Award winning & Emmy Award nominated composer Christopher Lennertz.
Use Your Illusion II features the band’s Top 50 single “You Could Be Mine,” “Civil War,” which reached No. 4 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, Bob Dylan’s “Knocking On Heaven’s Door,” plus an alternate version of “Don’t Cry” featuring different lyrics.
A1 Civil War 7:42
A2 14 Years 4:21
A3 Yesterdays 3:16
A4 Knockin' On Heaven's Door 5:36
B1 Get In The Ring 5:41
B2 Shotgun Blues 3:23
B3 Breakdown 7:04
C1 Pretty Tied Up 4:47
C2 Locomotive 8:42
C3 So Fine 4:06
D1 Estranged 9:23
D2 You Could Be Mine 5:43
D3 Don't Cry (Alt. Lyrics) 4:44
D4 My World 1:23