Use Your Illusion

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Use Your Illusion I + II’ , Guns N’ Roses’ third and fourth albums respectively, were originally released simultaneously on September 17, 1991. Building upon the already massive success of 1987’s ‘Appetite For Destruction’ and 1988’s ‘G N’ R Lies’, the albums sold half a million copies combined just two hours after going on sale. ‘Use Your Illusion II’ later entered the Billboard 200 chart at Number One, with ‘Use Your Illusion I’ just behind at Number Two. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Guns N' Roses: Use Your Illusion I". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. p.123. ISBN 0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved March 30, 2012.

Guns N’ Roses’ highly anticipated third and fourth studio albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II were originally released simultaneously on September 17, 1991. With the massive success of GN’R Lies and Appetite For Destruction, the band had the daunting task of a follow up album. Not only did the band deliver, Guns N’ Roses surprised the world by releasing not one but two new, full length studio albums. Upon release, Use Your Illusion I reached No. 2 and Use Your Illusion II took the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart concurrently, selling over 500k in the first two hours of release, with an estimated sales of over 685k and 770k respectively within the first week of release. Garner, George (November 18, 2022). " "Axl wanted to record a real orchestra on November Rain": Inside the new Guns N' Roses boxset". Music Week . Retrieved February 18, 2023. Matrix / Runout (CD3): [Universal logo] 4511629 [Universal logo] AM69117-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH

The albums, in hindsight, present the paradox of a band of outsiders who have become the biggest band on the planet but still want to be rebels (see also: Neil Young’s fable of Johnny Rotten, and Kurt Cobain’s fable of Kurt Cobain). It’s a portrait of an identity crisis and it eventually tore them apart. But at the time, they rose to the challenge and reaped the rewards, even if by all accounts the Use Your Illusion albums are still Too Much Music.

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. The pop-culture scope of these albums went far beyond their runtimes. Epic power ballads “November Rain” and “Don’t Cry” were bolstered by mini-movie videos in heavy MTV rotation as G N’ R hit the road with Metallica in the summer of 1992. By January of 1994, they were still releasing singles, as evidenced by the famous Axl-swimming-with-dolphins scene in the video for “Estranged”. And while the hits are undeniable, it’s the deep cuts that make the Use Your Illusion albums worth their not insubstantial weight. Live In New York is nice as the band plays songs from Illusion I & II for the first time live and several months before I & II are released. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

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Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade – The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard . Retrieved October 15, 2010. British album certifications – Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion 1". British Phonographic Industry. Neely, Kim. "Cover Story: Guns N' Roses Outta Control". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007 . Retrieved November 11, 2010. GUNS N' ROSES' highly anticipated third and fourth studio albums, "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II", were originally released simultaneously on September 17, 1991. With the massive success of "Lies" and "Appetite For Destruction", the band had the daunting task of a follow up album. Not only did the band deliver, GUNS N' ROSES surprised the world by releasing not one but two new, full-length studio albums. Upon release, "Use Your Illusion I" reached No. 2 and "Use Your Illusion II" took the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart concurrently, selling over 500,000 copies in the first two hours of release, with an estimated sales of over 685,000 and 770,000, respectively, within the first week of release. Double-design lithos that reveal 1 of 2 unique images when inserted into the supplied red & blue reveal sleeves

If they include complete properly mixed UYI concerts that are not edited or fixed in the studio count me in.

Matrix / Runout (CD5): [Universal logo] 4511632 [Universal logo] AM69120-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH Guns N' Roses marked the anniversary of their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, in 2018 with a 30th-anniversary box set, featuring various demos, studio outtakes and several previously unreleased songs.

Official IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Week: 48/2022". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022 . Retrieved December 7, 2022. Live In New York (1991) HD Concert Film, 2+ Hour Unreleased Concert On Blu-Ray Video Originally Shot On 35MM Film & Mixed In Surround And Stereo.

Otherwise a brilliant release. Re-released & remastered Illusion I & II sound fantastic but where this boxset shines is with the two concert albums. I'm blown away by the recording quality, mixing, mastering & transfer to vinyl. Crisp, clear & punchy. Turn it up so your neighbors can hear it. Both concerts have a great selection of songs from Illusion I & II, Lies & Appetite. Still waiting for 'Coma' live though. Thirty-some years on, what’s striking is just how timeless many of the songs have proven to be. Sure, lost love, misanthropic worldviews and war are eternal. But even a song like “Get in the Ring”, which references a very specific set of real-life incidents and spats, harnesses the evergreen theme of artist versus critic. And while “You Could Be Mine” will always be tethered to Terminator 2 in the minds of a certain generation, the song exists in its own orbit of romantic frustration. Even the covers have, at times, supplanted the originals in the pop-culture imagination. LIVE IN NEW YORK concert film was newly transferred from 35mm film prints to 4K UHD. Edited in 4K UHD and brought to Blu-Ray as 1080p 24fps HD along with audio in Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround, and PCM 48kHz 24-bit stereo Disc one features the original studio album Use Your Illusion I, fully remastered for the first-time ever from high-resolution 96kHz 24-bit transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog master tapes onto 44.1kHz 16-bit CD, and now includes the debut of the newly recorded " November Rain (2022 Version)" featuring a real 50-piece orchestra for the first-time conducted and arranged by Grammy® Award winner and Emmy Award nominated composer Christopher Lennertz. Italian album certifications – Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusions 1" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved December 16, 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Use Your Illusions 1" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".