Use Your Illusion I

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    Last album = G N' R Lies
    (1988) | This album = Use Your Illusion I
    (1991) | Next album = Use Your Illusion II
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    Use Your Illusion I is an album by 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.

    The Use Your Illusion albums represent a turning point in the sound of Guns N' Roses. Although they did not abandon the hard rock tendencies so vivid in their first album, Appetite for Destruction, Use Your Illusion I demonstrated, for the first time, more or less, elements of blues, classical music, and country. For example, lead singer W. Axl Rose plays the piano on several tracks of both albums. In addition, with the Use Your Illusion Tour, both the music and stage presence of the band became more theatrical, in the tradition of progressive rock. This fact is evidenced by the numerous music videos produced in conjunction with these albums. Use Your Illusion I contains two of the three songs, "November Rain" and "Don't Cry", whose videos are generally held by fans to be a trilogy (the third song, "Estranged", is on Use Your Illusion II). It was songs like "November Rain" which brought Guns N' Roses popularity among music fans who usually did not listen to hard rock or heavy metal.

    A number of songs on the album were written in the band's early days, but were not included on Appetite for Destruction. "Back Off Bitch", "Bad Obsession", "Bad Apples", "Don't Cry", "November Rain", and "The Garden" are considered part of this group. There is also a cover of Live and Let Die.

    Besides stylistic differences, another new aspect seen in Use Your Illusion I was longer songs. "November Rain", an epic ballad, is over 8 minutes long, and "Coma" is more than 10 minutes long. Another change was the presence of tracks sung by other members of the band: lead vocals on "You Ain't The First" are performed by rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin' (bassist Duff McKagan sings "So Fine" in Use Your Illusion II).

    There are significant differences to be noted between Use Your Illusion I and II. The cover art of these two albums, identical except for color, is very representative of these differences: Use Your Illusion I is red, and has, for the most part an angrier, heavier sound; Use You Illusion II is blue, and has a softer, even more bluesy sound.

    The cover was done by Mike Kostabi that took a deta from Raphael's fresco the School of Athens and edited it. [1]

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    Track listing

    1. "Right Next Door To Hell" - 3:00
    2. "Dust N' Bones" - 4:56
    3. "Live And Let Die" - 2:59
    4. "Don't Cry (Original)" - 4:40
    5. "Perfect Crime" - 2:23
    6. "You Ain't The First" - 2:35
    7. "Bad Obsession" - 5:28
    8. "Back Off Bitch" - 5:03
    9. "Double Talkin' Jive" - 3:23
    10. "November Rain" - 8:56
    11. "The Garden" (features Alice Cooper) - 5:22
    12. "Garden Of Eden " - 2:41
    13. "Don't Damn Me" - 5:18
    14. "Bad Apples" - 4:28
    15. "Dead Horse" - 4:17
    16. "Coma" - 10:16
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    Personnel

    • Axl Rose: vocals, piano, keyboards, sound effects, acoustic guitar on "Dead Horse"
    • Slash: guitar, acoustic guitar, dobro on "You Ain't The First", 6-string bass on "Right Next Door To Hell", backing vocals
    • Izzy Stradlin: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead vocals on "Dust N' Bones", "You Ain't The First" and "Double Talkin' Jive", backing vocals, percussion on "Bad Obsession"
    • Duff McKagan: bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
    • Matt Sorum: drums, percussion, backing vocals
    • Dizzy Reed: piano, organ, backing vocals

    Also featuring:

    • Shannon Hoon: vocals on "Don't Cry", backing vocals
    • Johann Langlie: synthesizers, sound effects
    • Alice Cooper: vocals on "The Garden"
    • Michael Monroe: sax and harmonica on "Bad Obsession"
    • Matt McKagan, Jon Trautwein, Rachel West, Robert Clark: brass on "Live And Let Die"
    • Tim Doyle: percussion on "You Ain't The First"
    • Stu Bailey, Reba Shaw: backing vocals on "November Rain"
    • West Arkeen: acoustic guitar on "The Garden"
    • Bruce Foster: sound effects on "Coma"

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