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Use Your Illusion I
Studio album by
Guns N' Roses
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1991 (1991-09-17)
RecordedJanuary 13, 1990 – August 3, 1991
Studio
Genre
Length76:09
LabelGeffen
Producer
Guns N' Roses chronology
G N' R Lies
(1988) 		Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion II
(1991) 		Use Your Illusion World Tour I
Use Your Illusion World Tour II
(1992)
Singles from Use Your Illusion I
  1. "Don't Cry"
    Released: September 1991
  2. "Live and Let Die"
    Released: December 1991
  3. "November Rain"
    Released: February 1992

Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion II. It was the band's first album to feature drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Steven Adler following Adler's departure in 1990 (although he was featured again on "Civil War", which appears on Use Your Illusion II), as well as keyboardist Dizzy Reed. Both albums were released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 685,000 copies in its first week, behind Use Your Illusion II's first-week sales of 770,000.[1] Use Your Illusion I has sold 5,502,000 units in the United States as of 2010, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2] Each of the Use Your Illusion albums have been certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992.[3]

Background

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The Use Your Illusion albums represent a turning point in the sound of Guns N' Roses. Although the band did not abandon the aggressive hard-rock sound it had become known for with 1987's Appetite for Destruction, Use Your Illusion I demonstrated a more diverse sound, incorporating elements of blues, classical music, heavy metal, punk rock, and classic rock and roll. This is exemplified by the use of piano on several tracks by singer Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed, as well as on Use Your Illusion II. Use Your Illusion I contains two of the three songs, "November Rain" and "Don't Cry", whose videos are considered a trilogy.[4] The third song, "Estranged", is on Use Your Illusion II.

Another factor in the different sound compared to the band's earlier work is the addition of former The Cult drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Steven Adler. Adler was fired from the group due to heroin addiction.[5][6] Guitarist Izzy Stradlin said: "Adler's sense of swing was the push and pull that give the songs their feel. When that was gone, it was just... unbelievable, weird. Nothing worked. I would have preferred to continue with Steve, but we'd had two years off and we couldn't wait any longer."[7]

A number of songs on the album were written in the band's early days and can be found on a popular bootleg album of early demo tapes known as The Rumbo Tapes. "Back Off Bitch", "Bad Obsession", "Don't Cry" (referred to by Rose during the ensuing tour as 'the first song we ever wrote together'), "November Rain" and "The Garden" are considered part of this group. There is also a cover of Paul McCartney and Wings' "Live and Let Die".

Besides the stylistic differences, another new aspect in Use Your Illusion I was longer songs. "November Rain", an epic ballad, is nearly nine minutes long, and "Coma" is more than 10 minutes. Another change was the presence of tracks sung by other members of the band (even though certain songs from Appetite for Destruction and G N' R Lies featured other members on duet vocals): lead vocals on "Dust N' Bones", "You Ain't the First" and "Double Talkin' Jive" are performed by rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin. In addition, "14 Years" and "So Fine" from Use Your Illusion II were sung by Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan, respectively.

The band had some difficulty achieving the final sound, especially during the mixing stages of both albums. According to a 1991 Rolling Stone cover story, after mixing 21 tracks with engineer/producer Bob Clearmountain, the band decided to scrap the mixes and start from scratch with engineer Bill Price of Sex Pistols fame.[8] "If Axl liked the mix, Slash didn't", Price recalled, "and if Slash liked it, Axl didn't... They still hadn't finished the record when their massive 18-month world tour started, so the last half-dozen songs were recorded in random studios across America on days off between gigs."[9]

Slash has stated that a great deal of the material for the album was written on acoustic guitars in a couple of nights at his house (the Walnut House), after several months of non-productivity.[10]

Songs

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"Right Next Door to Hell" is a product of discord between Axl and his West Hollywood high-rise neighbor, Gabriella Kantor. Kantor had Rose arrested and sued Rose, claiming he hit her with a wine bottle. He denied the charges and labeled her a "fanatical fan". The condo was eventually given away in MTV's "Evict Axl" contest. Timo Caltia (real name Timo Kaltio), who participated in the writing of this song, is a Finnish guitarist, songwriter and guitar tech who once worked with Hanoi Rocks. He'd played a chorus riff of the song at his home while Stradlin was visiting.

"Live and Let Die" was released as the second single from the Use Your Illusion I album and the third out of all the Use Your Illusion singles. A music video was made in November 1991 featuring the band playing live on stage and showing old pictures. The video was also made shortly before Stradlin's departure and it was the last video where he appears. It charted at number 20 on the Mainstream rock chart. The song was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance during the 1993 Grammy Awards.

"Don't Cry" is a power ballad and two versions were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with the original lyrics is featured on Use Your Illusion I, while the version with alternate lyrics is the 13th track on Use Your Illusion II. Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter and melody are also slightly different. There is also a third version, officially released only on the single for the song, which was recorded during the Appetite for Destruction sessions in 1986. Rose has stated that the song was written about a girl named Monique Lewis (the face tattooed on his right bicep). She was romantically involved with both Rose and Stradlin at different times.

"Bad Obsession" is about tackling drug abuse and addiction, which had haunted the band since before they had become famous. Michael Monroe, lead singer of the Finnish hard rock band Hanoi Rocks and a big influence on Guns N' Roses, plays the harmonica and tenor saxophone on the studio version. A live version from the Tokyo Dome was featured on the Use Your Illusion I DVD as song number six and Rose takes a dig at Stradlin by saying "This a song that we wrote about one year before "Mr. Brownstone" with the help of our friend West Arkeen and some guy that just, I don't know, his name just escapes me", referencing Stradlin.

"Back Off Bitch" was written during the early 1980s by Rose and his childhood friend and future Guns N' Roses bandmate Paul Tobias.[11][12] The song was later played during Guns N' Roses concerts before the release of Appetite for Destruction. "Back Off Bitch" was written partially about Rose's girlfriend, Gina Siler, who moved with him to Los Angeles in 1982, and eventually kicked him out in 1983, due to his anger issues. It was also demoed several times by the band during this period.

At the end of "Double Talkin' Jive" Slash performs an extended flamenco-style guitar solo. Live performances of this song were stretched from its original three-minute length to more than eight minutes long. The opening line of the song "Found a head and an arm in a garbage can" refers to body parts that were actually discovered by the police in a dumpster in the vicinity of the studio. It is rumored that the body parts found were of porn actor/director/writer Billy London aka William Arnold Newton.[13]

"November Rain" is an epic ballad written by lead singer Axl Rose and released as a single in June 1992. It features a sweeping orchestral backing and is one of Guns N' Roses' longest songs. It was the longest song in history to enter the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, until it was surpassed by "All Too Well" by Taylor Swift, which reached number one in 2021.[14][15] Guns N' Roses performed this song with Elton John on piano at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

"Garden of Eden" was written while the band was rehearsing for an extended period of time in Chicago. There is a music video of the song, filmed in one static take (shot through a fish eye lens) which features a close-up of Rose singing into a ribbon microphone with the band playing behind him, whilst keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Teddy Andreadis (who played the harmonica for the band during the Use Your Illusion Tour) are seen dancing in the far background. There are two versions of the video, both made in 1992. One version has strips of paper flying through the air, and is mostly found on music video sites like Yahoo! Music. The other version has lyrics onscreen, complete with a "follow-the-bouncing-ball", but with no paper flying around. This is the version that is on the Guns N' Roses music video compilation Welcome to the Videos.

"Dead Horse" starts with an acoustic section, which features a guitar riff written by Rose. The electric guitars soon come in for the heavier section which dominates the song. After the final climactic chorus, the opening section is reprised before ending with an audio effect of the song being fast-forwarded. A music video was also made for this song.

"Coma" was written by Rose and Slash about their drug overdoses. It is Guns N' Roses longest song to date. It features hospital sound effects and a real defibrillator.

Artwork

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Raphael, The School of Athens (detail)

Both albums' covers are the work of Estonian-American artist Mark Kostabi.[16] They consist of detail from Raphael's painting The School of Athens. The highlighted figure, unlike many of those in the painting, has not been identified with any specific philosopher. The only difference in the artwork between the albums is the color scheme used for each album. Use Your Illusion I uses yellow and red. The original painting was titled by Paul Kostabi as Use Your Illusion and also became the title of both albums. Both Use Your Illusion albums' liner notes include the message "Fuck You, St. Louis!" amongst the thank you notes, a reference to the Riverport Riot near there at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in July 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour.[17][18]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[19]
Chicago Tribune[20]
Entertainment WeeklyA[21]
Los Angeles Times[22]
NME4/10[23]
Q[24]
Rolling Stone[25]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[26]
Select5/5[27]
USA Today[28]

Released at midnight on September 17, 1991, the Use Your Illusion albums were among the most anticipated in rock history. Predictions in the industry were of sales reaching the likes of Michael Jackson's Thriller and Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A., this despite the fact that major stores K-Mart and Walmart refused to stock the albums due to the profanity present. Estimates suggested that over 500,000 copies of the two albums were sold in just two hours.[29] Both albums ultimately underperformed expectations domestically but were still commercially successful, with Use Your Illusion I selling 5,502,000 and both being certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA.[30][31] Use Your Illusion I debuted below Use Your Illusion II mainly due to the fact that the second album contained the main lead single of the two albums "You Could Be Mine".[citation needed] It was the first time that two albums by one band or artist had entered the US charts at the number one and two spots and Guns N' Roses became the first to have the top two biggest selling albums on the chart since Jim Croce in 1974.[32][33] The albums also opened as the top two albums on the charts in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.[32]

Reception to Use Your Illusion I was mainly positive, and it is regarded as the heavier-sounding album of the two due in part to the influence of Izzy Stradlin.[19] Critics praised the highlights of the album such as "November Rain" and "Coma", the closing track, but criticized the amount of filler on the album. David Fricke of Rolling Stone called Use Your Illusion I "so physically assaultive, verbally incendiary and at times downright screwy that it's hard to believe there's a sister disc out there just like it". While he expressed reservations about its inflammatory lyrics, Fricke found the album strong on "riffs, hooks and body-slam sonics" and commended Guns N' Roses' "anything-worth-doing-is-worth-overdoing spirit".[25] In Select, Andrew Perry wrote that Use Your Illusion I "includes their most astonishing departures", noting the album's deviation from the band's "familiar full-throttle metal".[27] USA Today's Edna Gundersen said that it "barely betters" Use Your Illusion II;[28] the Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot preferred II, but still considered I "consistently involving".[20] Robert Christgau gave the album a "one-star honorable mention" and named "Don't Damn Me" its best track.[34] However, NME reviewer Mary Anne Hobbs felt that the Use Your Illusion albums contained only five strong songs, with "Double Talkin' Jive" being the sole highlight from I.[23]

Retrospectively, AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine opined that Use Your Illusion I suffers from filler and "overblown" production but deemed it a stronger work than Use Your Illusion II, highlighting "November Rain" and "Coma" as "ambitious set pieces ... which find Rose fulfilling his ambitions".[19] In the 2004 Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ann Powers deemed I "the more propulsive" of the two albums, with the "grandiosity" exemplified by "November Rain" being counterbalanced by Stradlin's contributions as well as other songs in the vein of "vintage G n' R" such as "Back Off Bitch".[26] Rolling Stone ranked both Use Your Illusion records jointly at number 41 on its 2010 list of the best albums of the 1990s.[35]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Right Next Door to Hell"Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Timo Kaltio3:02
2."Dust N' Bones"Slash, Stradlin, Duff McKagan4:58
3."Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney and Wings cover)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney3:04
4."Don't Cry" (Original)Rose, Stradlin4:44
5."Perfect Crime"Rose, Slash, Stradlin2:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."You Ain't the First"Stradlin2:36
7."Bad Obsession"Stradlin, West Arkeen5:28
8."Back Off Bitch"Rose, Paul Tobias5:03
9."Double Talkin' Jive"Stradlin3:23
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."November Rain"Rose8:57
11."The Garden (ft. Alice Cooper)"Rose, Arkeen, Del James5:22
12."Garden of Eden"Rose, Slash2:41
13."Don't Damn Me"Rose, Slash, Dave Lank5:18
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Bad Apples"Rose, Slash, Stradlin, McKagan4:28
15."Dead Horse"Rose4:17
16."Coma"Rose, Slash10:13
Total length:76:09
2022 deluxe edition bonus CD
No.TitleLength
1."Perfect Crime (live in London)"2:48
2."Bad Obsession (live in Las Vegas)"6:36
3."Right Next Door to Hell (live in New York)"3:01
4."Always on the Run feat. Lenny Kravitz (live Paris)"4:47
5."Dust N' Bones (live in London)"5:10
6."Live and Let Die (live in New York)"3:23
7."Attitude (live in Paris)"1:52
8."Double Talkin' Jive (live in London)"5:32
9."Don't Cry (live New York)"4:24
10."You Ain't the First (live in New York)"3:23
11."It's Alright / November Rain (live in Paris)"14:48
12."Bad Apples (live in Rio de Janeiro)"4:20
13."Wild Horses (live in Paris)"3:17
Total length:61:41
2022 bonus CD tracks for Japan
No.TitleLength
14."Live and Let Die (live in Tokyo)"3:30
15."Don't Cry (live in Tokyo)"4:39
Total length:68:50

Personnel

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Guns N' Roses

  • W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, choir, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, sound effects on "Garden Of Eden"
  • Slash – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, Dobro, classical guitar, talkbox, six-string bass, backing vocals
  • Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, choir, acoustic guitar, lead guitar, lead vocals on "Dust N' Bones", "You Ain't the First" and "Double Talkin' Jive", percussion on "Bad Obsession"
  • Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "You Ain't The First", choir
  • Matt Sorum – drums, percussion, backing vocals, choir
  • Dizzy Reed – keyboard, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Production and design

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[78] 5× Platinum 300,000^
Australia (ARIA)[79] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[80] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Belgium (BEA)[81] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[82]
Deluxe Edition 		Diamond 160,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[82]
CD 		Platinum 250,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[83] Gold 30,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[84] Diamond 1,000,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[85] 2× Platinum 40,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[86] Platinum 67,662[86]
France (SNEP)[87] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[88] 2× Platinum 1,000,000^
Italy (FIMI)[89]
sales since 2009 		Platinum 50,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[90] 2× Platinum 400,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[91]
video 		Gold 10,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[93] Platinum+Gold 350,000[92]
Netherlands (NVPI)[94] 2× Platinum 200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[95] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[96] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[97]
2022 reedition 		Gold 10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[98] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[99] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[100] 2× Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[102] Platinum 398,834[101]
United States (RIAA)[103] 7× Platinum 7,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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