Use Your Illusion I Songs Ranked
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. Both albums were released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts, selling 685,000 copies in its first week, behind Use Your Illusion II‘s first-week sales of 770,000. Use Your Illusion I has sold 5,502,000 units in the United States as of 2010, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Each of the Use Your Illusion albums have been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992. This is their first album to feature former The Cult drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Steven Adler following Adler’s departure in 1990 (although he was featured again on “Civil War”, which appeared on its counterpart album), as well as keyboardist Dizzy Reed. This is their first album to be recorded as a six-piece band. Here are all of Use Your Illusion I songs ranked.
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10. Don’t Damn Me
“This one seems to be one of their least popular tracks but I think it’s great. The lyrics are confessional and seem to come from the heart. I read somewhere they never played it live – Axl may have felt a little too vulnerable to sing it. At the end of the song he says, “that sucked” which may have been his way of discrediting it, but I think it’s a great rocker with some killer guitar riffs as well.”
9. Dust N’ Bones
“Dust N’ Bones” is a weird, slow sleazy groaner, whiskey-soaked, really perfect, although maybe Axl does lay the experimental vocal stuff on a bit thick (some of it sounds like Tuvan throat singing – what is this, the Mekons?!?).”
8. Garden of Eden
“The Garden Of Eden” – a fast-paced rocker with Axl blasting through his vocals and some spirited guitar playing. Throws in some spacey sound-effects (several of the songs on the album add interesting little sonic touches including vocals distorted to sound especially low-pitched). The lyrics are cool and I especially like how he trashes religion. The main problem is that the song itself isn’t that great.”
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7. Double Talkin’ Jive
“Double Talkin’ Jive” is a groovy tune that nearly sounds like it could have been on Appetite For Destruction. Great solo, love this song, especially the Spanish guitar at the end.”
6. Right Next Door to Hell
“”Illusion” kicks off with “Right Next Door To Hell,” which rocks like, uh, you know what! It finds a dark-sounding bass intro flowing into almost punk-tinged territory where catchy vocal refrains and terrific, wailing, air-guitar-able soloing run the show.”
5. The Garden
“The Garden Of Eden” – a fast-paced rocker with Axl blasting through his vocals and some spirited guitar playing. Throws in some spacey sound-effects (several of the songs on the album add interesting little sonic touches including vocals distorted to sound especially low-pitched). The lyrics are cool and I especially like how he trashes religion. The main problem is that the song itself isn’t that great.”
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4. Live and Let Die
“Guns pulls off this great if somewhat disjointed Paul McCartney classic, giving it more heft and muscle. A great cover! They take it over from Paul and turn it into their own masterpiece!”
3. Coma
“Clocking in at over 10 minutes, this epic, heavy-rocking masterpiece is the highlight of the album. Apparently it’s not available for download (legally at least) so that makes purchacing this hard copy essential. Starts out with what sounds like a heartbeat “
2. Don’t Cry (Original)
“A sweet melody and a great mix of balladry and rock with some killer guitar solos from Slash. Nicely textured, intelligently (yet not overly) heavy, and filled with infectious hooks, moments that practically scream for “air guitar,” impeccable musicianship, and interesting songwriting, this sprawling set of sixteen mini-epics is the real deal, folks. It is as contagious as it is original.”
1. November Rain
“November Rain” are cool piano-abetted ballads with some calmly crooned vocals to go along with its acoustic-strummed guitars, and jazzy/bluesy melodic guitar lead/solo work. The epic ballad, beautifully orchestrated, nearly nine minutes long.”
