Audio Cassette review:
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I

Band: Guns N' Roses Title: Use Your Illusion I Rating: Release Date: 17 September, 1991 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Right Next Door to Hell 2: Dust N' Bones 3: Live and Let Die 4: Don't Cry [Original Version] 5: Perfect Crime 6: You Ain't the First 7: Bad Obsession 8: Back off Bitch 9: Double Talkin' Jive 10: November Rain 11: Garden 12: Garden of Eden 13: Don't Damn Me 14: Bad Apples 15: Dead Horse 16: Coma

Editoral Review It certainly rocks harder, though this seems to be more coincidence than anything else; which songs went on which CD looks to have been a random selection. Part one of Guns N' Roses' ambitious second album is arguably the better of the two. Use Your Illusion I stays closer to the band's bluesy hard-rock roots, with guitarist Izzy Stradlin contributing some of the best songs, including "Dust N' Bones" and "You Ain't the First. " "November Rain" (clocking in at over nine minutes) became an instant classic, and there are a fair number of straight-ahead rockers, such as "Perfect Crime," "Don't Damn Me," and "Garden of Eden. " Taking the best from this album and Use Your Illusion II would have made a killer single CD, but there's enough good stuff here to make it worthwhile. --Genevieve Williams .. You can see a complete list of all Guns N' Roses discography, or go back to the Guns N' Roses tabs