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All rights reserved.Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion Vol.2 (CD 1991)
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| Track Listing 1. Civil War 2. 14 Years 3. Yesterdays 4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 5. Get In The Ring 6. Shotgun Blues 7. Breakdown 8. Pretty Tied Up 9. Locomotive 10. So Fine 11. Estranged 12. You Could Be Mine 13. Don't Cry (alt. lyrics) 14. My World
Album Notes Guns N' Roses: Izzy Stradlin (vocals, acoustic, electric & coral guitars); Axl Rose (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, sound effects); Slash (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo); Duff McKagan (bass, percussion, background vocals); Dizzy Reed (piano, organ); Matt Sorum (drums, percussion, background vocals).Additional personnel: Howard Teman (piano); Johann Langlie (keyboards, drums, sound effects); Steven Adler (drums); Shannon Hoon, The Waters (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.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 detonated a creative blast by releasing 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 II lacks the hits of the first volume and also doesn't overflow with as much bile, aside from a couple of exceptions. Axl Rose howls at the editors of Spin, Kerrang, and Hit Parader magazines on the rollicking "Get in the Ring," and addresses the inherent pitfalls of fame on Izzy Stradlin's scathing "Pretty Tied Up (The Perils of Rock N' Roll Decadence)". Elsewhere, G'N'R tackles an old Dylan nugget ("Knockin' nn Heaven's Door'), includes tracks cut for charity and soundtracks ("Civil War," "You Could Be Mine"), and an underrated masterpiece about heartbreak that manages to emote both indignation and sorrow without sounding pathetic ("Estranged"). Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone (05/13/1999) Rolling Stone Melody Maker (12/01/1991) Rolling Stone (05/13/1999) | |||||||||||||||
Top Reviews  Another mind-blowing experience from the Gunners! 7 of 7 people found this review helpful. When GNR unleashed the Use Your Illusions on the world, the world was surprised. Appetite was such a raw and emotional album that expressed it through slick guitar riffs and a screechy Axl, and these two albums, especially Illusion II focus on the musicianship of the band. A matured GNR focuses on better written lyrics than Slash's amazing guitar ability. No taking anything away from him but merely comparing to previous albums. Songs like So Fine, Don't Cry, Yesterdays and Estranged seem softer, but You Could Be Mine, and Civil War keep fans satisfied as far as heavy songs go. As usual Axl rose "hits the nail on the head" with his singing skills and Slash, Duff, and Izzy have all contributed to the songs themselves and wrote some of there own. Pretty Tied Up - wrote by Izzy, So Fine wrote by Duff. Songs like Civil War actually describes the civil war (amazingly) and the Knockin' On Heavens Door cover was brillant it could not match to the original by Bob Dylan. When it actually comes to music, I'm the soloing kind of guy! And as a guitarist I must admit that everything I have learnt about soloing has come from Slash's mighty shreds and balads! Many of his skills from this album has definatly rubbed off on me (even if I do say so myself!). So basically, this is an amazing CD for ANY guitarist of ANY quality! GNR can never put out a greatest hits. They have basically already done that four times. Each time a new album comes out GNR proves why they are the best rock band. If you don't have it BUY IT. I promise that you will be hooked on GNR for good. If you lose it, BUY IT AGAIN. Must have for anyone who enjoys music on mulitiple levels, lyrically, musically, etc... JUST GET IT!! Review ID: 10000000001308018 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews Use your illusion IIReview created: 29/08/08 by: 1 of 1 people found this review helpful. A masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review ID: 10000000008486899 Was this review helpful? Report this review Best Band Ever!Review created: 09/08/08 by: 1 of 1 people found this review helpful. This album reminds me of my teens, especially my college years and seeing G 'N' R live at Wembley in 1992. I had the album on cassette but never updated to CD until now. I mainly bought it because my current boyfriend is also into Guns N Roses so I've been listening to them a lot more again lately. Review ID: 10000000008291524 Was this review helpful? Report this review  robbedReview created: 04/04/08 by: he took my money and i never received the cd, i emailed but he never responded, not satisfied and feel robbed and cheated. Review ID: 10000000006482497 Was this review helpful? Report this review Essential CD for any music fanReview created: 01/04/08(updated 16/06/08) by: There are not many albums that can compare with the ultimate musical experience that is 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band'. Alongside 'Led Zeppelin II', Use Your Illusion vol. 2 is perhaps one of them. Music aside - back in 1991 it was extremely unusual for any band to release a double album set like this and it surely must have took months of ingenious hard work to accomplish it. The release of the Use Your Illusion set was widely anticipated until it universally hit the streets in August 1991. Guns N' Roses changed album releases forever with this excellent addition to the 20th Century canon of Rock Music. Use Your Illusion II is a timeless piece of work. It contains no less than 5 top 20 hits. Every song bar 'Yesterdays' is an 'extended' version, which means for the consumer, excellent aural pleasure! The 'standard' non-release album tracks are completley mind blowing and have you pressing the rewind button! Pick of the bunch has to be 'Pretty Tied Up' with its arabic sounding intro, it kicks into a barnstorming Rock tune. This for me is possibly one of the best songs ever written by Guns N' Roses. In-fact what is interesting about this conception in general is the mix of classic Rock and Rock ballad. It became the 1990's G N' R trademark. You have to say that 'Don't Cry', (which was a massive UK sucess and uniquely features on both albums, vol. 1 and 2) 'So fine' and 'Enstranged' are epitomies of this. Brilliant, simply brilliant. To top it off is the never surpassed 'You Could Be Mine', a tune that will eternally rock any crowd well into the 22nd century. I ask you, lyrically and musically, has this kind in its genre ever been bettered? 10/10 Review ID: 10000000006426162 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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