Audio CD review:
Guns N'roses - Use Your Illusion

Guns N'roses - Use Your Illusion

Band: Guns N'roses Title: Use Your Illusion Rating: Release Date: 25 August, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Live And Let Die 2: Don't Cry (Original) 3: You Ain't The First 4: November Rain 5: The Garden 6: Dead Horse 7: Civil War 8: 14 Years 9: Yesterdays 10: Knockin' On Heaven's Door 11: Estranged 12: Don't Cry (All Lyrics)

Customer Reviews Yes and No... After discovering this compilation (in a sense, after discovering what would have been), I am now very thankful that they decided to release two full albums after all. In the not-too-distant past, I believed that the two "Use Your Illusion" albums could/should have been done as one album containing the best tracks from both albums. The obvious problem here---both for me and I suspect everyone else---is the track selection. "You Ain't the First" and "Don't Cry (Alt. Lyrics)," for example, each probably are some fan's favorite, but they are not the hits that someone apparently thinks they are. In fact, one of the biggest hits from the set, "You Could Be Mine," is not even on this compilation. Also, as others have noted, these are the profanity-free, almost pop tracks and they do not accurately represent the group---Guns N' Roses had some mellower songs, such as these, but for the most part they are angry, hard-rocking, and not shy about using casual profanity. I can't avoid the temptation to share my idea of a consolidated "Use Your Illusion:" CIVIL WAR GET IN THE RING PERFECT CRIME GARDEN OF EDEN DON'T DAMN ME YOU COULD BE MINE DUST N' BONES BAD OBSESSION DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE THE GARDEN NOVEMBER RAIN 14 YEARS DEAD HORSE (or YESTERDAYS) COMA If you disagree with this lineup, or any of the other reviewers' different lineups, you can see why releasing a consolidated "Use Your Illusion" in this era is problematic. People who have never heard the complete "Use Your Illusion" set would probably be doing themselves a favor if instead of purchasing this, they saved-up a little more money and purchased both "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II," and then (if they still desire) made their own compilation. The only reason that I can think of for purchasing this is to keep it as a collectors' item. What a ________waste of money There stupid. Don't listen to the stupid critics who _________ about how the Use your Illusion albums have too much filler. Each album has good enough songs to stand on their own, they don't need to be combined. IF you are poor, I would understand the value of this, but honeslty, it's worth it to get the two albums seperate instead of this piece of ______. GUns N' Roses is a great band, and it would be worth it to get all their albums (execpt the Spaghetti Incident?). Get every album by them SEPERATE, they are all worth it (live is optional). Guns N Roses rule! PS Hey Axl, give it up. Stop trying to make an album, your gone. IF you weren't a greedy stupid _____, then you would still have a band. IT's all your fault, but then again, he's too stupid to ever ___________ figure it out. here's how it shoulda gone you could be mine 2. 1. dust N' bones 3. perfect crime(matter of taste ) 4. November rain 5. civil war 6. don't cry 7. locomotive 8. get in the ring(c'mon!!! it's a partay song) 9. shotgun blues(very fun) 10. yesterdays 11. the garden 12. dead horse 13. coma 14. estranged okay, so this definatley wouldn't fit on one c. d, but oh well, they'll never make it, so who cares?. . You can see a complete list of all Guns N'roses discography, or go back to the Guns N'roses tabs