Use Your Illusion I[Deluxe 2 CD]

This is by far a progressive step forward in the GNR album world & the music world. As a kid i grew up listening to my moms cassette tapes of Appetite & Lies so as i grew up i always had an appreciation for GNR & the 80s punk & metal scene(Motley Crue,Metallica,Kiss,etc.) So as i got older my taste got heavier and i developed a liking for Pantera,Eyehategod,Skinless,SFU,etc. Back to the album,the band changed the lineup a bit as they added Dizzy Reid on the keys & Matt Sorum on the drumkit. This album is a 2 part piece broken into 2 volumes,vol.1 or Illusion 1 is more on the line of in your face punk,blended with the new direction of 9 minute epic songs that are pretty much like opera(in the sense of tragedy & the rise of their searing guitar solos and piano interludes. The band is tight,they pull off some fast paced hard rocking tracks such as Right Next Door to Hell,Perfect Crime,Bad Obsession,Back off Bitch,Double Talkin' Jive,Garden of Eden,Don't Damn Me,Bad Apples & Dead Horse. Those are your more fast-paced tracks with the punkish attitude and the Appetite tracks,then you have the epic songs that are more constructed like Dust & Bone,Live and Let Die(Paul McCartney cover)Don't Cry,You Ain't the First,November Rain,The Garden,and the epic closer Coma. I divided the songs based on the slower songs and the faster songs because they are 2 completley different sides of the spectrum. The band really pulls it off here with this gem,but to really appreciate the album as a whole you just have to have both volumes & play them back to back to get the full feel of the concept behind it. There is everything here from bluesy driven guitar solos from Slash & Izzy holding down the rhythm,Duffs bass is nice and audible on this album and he holds it down nice with Matt. Axl's voice is screaming and then his calm lows are perfectly in tune with the keys. Some of my favorite tracks on here are Dust & Bones,Don't Cry,You Ain't the First,Bad Obsession,Back off B***h,Double Talkin Jive,November Rain,The Garden,Bad Apples & Coma. Trust me this album is killer,all in all the band is wicked solid and from start to finish it is a musical genius of an album. I have heard so many great bands and so many great albums that range from every side of the spectrum,and this is an amazing album.

I picked this up as a gift and it immediately brought back that classic rock energy that never gets old. The sound is powerful and full, and every track feels like it has its own personality while still fitting together perfectly. It is the kind of album you can put on and just let it play from start to finish without skipping anything. The intensity and emotion in the music really stand out and make it feel timeless.

Quality albums, speedy delivery. Arrived in perfect condition.

I can't even begin to say how much I love these albums (i just picked UYI 1 to write my review for both). Everyone always says that Appetite is Guns best album...no way in hell. The Illusion albums are so much richer. Now don't get me wrong, I love appetite but it is more of a party album with cool guitar work and catchy tunes. The illusion twins are just so much deeper lyrically and have many more styles woven in and out of a hard rock framework. I can identify with so many of axls lyrics, and the music just makes them stand out so much more. Slash is basically the best hard rock guitar player ever, and he has more awesome solos and leads on these albums than most guitar players have in a career. And the best part about these albums is that the lesser known songs are usually the best, such as: Locomotive, Bad Apples, Dont Damn Me, The Garden, Pretty Tied Up, Coma, Civil War, Get in the Ring, Breakdown, Estranged (kind of popular but still fairly unknown) 14 Years, Bad Obscession, Dust n Bones, Dead Horse, and more. Then of course there are the hits, Dont Cry, November Rain, Knockin on Heavens Door, Live and Let Die, You Could Be Mine etc. The only songs i dont really like that much are My World (wtf?) and shotgun blues, but everything else is just so gdamn good. Do yourself a favor and go buy these albums if u consider yourself a hard rock fan. The illusion albums are art, plain and simple.

and happy with it, of course a rarities disc would have been very welcome but you know... Axl....

I am generally not a fan of discs being given cardboard pouches or being inserted into books - would rather have had jewel cases or something better than cardboard that gets inserted into a giant book. The packaging was just underwhelming. Neat book, but I'm here for the tunes, and would have liked to display the CDs. The Blu-Ray also just having a cardboard pouch was very, very, underwhelming for the price of this set (even when discounted).

Perfect new sealled original cassette. Feels like buying one in the early 90s.

If you dig around for the old clips before AXL went off the deep end and re-wrote reality on TV and in court, you will see that they wrote all of these, in some version, by the time they signed for Appetite. Axl's genius lyrics were actually a duplication and repeat of Nice Boys, which they never wrote, only parroted. That's why it was on the LIES album. I also haven't seen a correctly published version of the those lyrics. Axl was very good at filling G'N'R with inside jokes. The line "Kills the pain with a BIC and a Spoon" should help you out...

Bon prix, excellent

As a bit of a collector of Guns n' Roses, the main thing that was putting me off purchasing this box set were the reviews that said it was badly packaged and arrived damaged. I can say that this wasn't my experience, it couldn't have been protected better. As other reviews have said, this is for a true Guns nut as there is nothing really new but I bought all the singles on every format so this was a must have! Can't work out why Lies hasn't had the same treatment though?

"Use Your Illusion I" es el tercer álbum de estudio de la legendaria banda de rock Guns N' Roses, lanzado en 1991. El álbum presenta una amplia gama de estilos y muestra el talento musical y la creatividad de la banda. A lo largo de sus 16 canciones, "Use Your Illusion I" ofrece una experiencia auditiva dinámica y emocionante. El álbum se abre con la poderosa y épica "Right Next Door to Hell", que establece el tono enérgico y lleno de actitud del disco. A medida que la escucha continúa, se destacan canciones icónicas como "Don't Cry" y "November Rain", que se convirtieron en grandes éxitos y han dejado una huella duradera en la historia del rock. Guns N' Roses muestra su habilidad para combinar estilos musicales en este álbum, desde el rock duro y enérgico de canciones como "Perfect Crime" y "Garden of Eden", hasta baladas emotivas como "Estranged" y "Don't Cry". La banda demuestra su destreza musical y su capacidad para crear canciones que son tanto pegadizas como conmovedoras. La voz distintiva y potente de Axl Rose es un punto destacado en "Use Your Illusion I". Su entrega apasionada y llena de emoción añade profundidad y intensidad a cada canción. La guitarra de Slash es igualmente impresionante, con riffs y solos que se quedan grabados en la mente del oyente. El álbum también aborda temas significativos y personales, como el amor, la pérdida y la lucha interna. Las letras reflexivas y a veces poéticas brindan una conexión emocional con el oyente y agregan una capa adicional de profundidad a las canciones. Si bien "Use Your Illusion I" es un álbum sorprendente en muchos aspectos, su longitud puede ser abrumadora para algunos oyentes. Con una duración de más de 75 minutos, el álbum puede parecer extenso y podría haberse beneficiado de una selección más cuidadosa de canciones para mantener la cohesión y el ímpetu en todo momento. En general, "Use Your Illusion I" es un álbum esencial para cualquier amante del rock. Con su diversidad musical, letras emotivas y actuaciones enérgicas, Guns N' Roses muestra su talento y su capacidad para crear música atemporal. Este álbum es un testimonio del legado perdurable de la banda y su impacto en la historia del rock.

Unfortunately the side with November rain was printed slightly off centre and the record was also warped. Really didn't sound right at all. Very disappointing... I'll try again and hopefully i get lucky second time

The best cds from them.They never disappointed.