Use Your Illusion adalah Guns N' Roses album kompilasi yang dicampur dari dobel album Use Your Illusion I dan II.Album ini hanya dirilis di Amerika Serikat, yang terdiri sepenuhnya dari lagu tanpa kata-kata kotor (kecuali satu penggunaan omong kosong pada "14 Years"). Namun, tidak semua lagu tanpa senonoh dipilih untuk tampil di kompilasi ini. Album ini terutama dijual di Walmart dan Kmart, dua gerai ritel yang menolak untuk persediaan Penggunaan diedit Use Your Illusion I dan II karena lirik eksplisit.
| Use Your Illusion | |||
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| Album kompilasi karya Guns N' Roses | |||
| Dirilis | 25 Agustus , 1998 | ||
| Direkam | A&M Studios, Record Plant Studios, Studio 56, Image Recording, Conway Studios & Metalworks Recording Studios | ||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | ||
| Durasi | 63:50 | ||
| Label | Geffen | ||
| Produser | Guns N' Roses and Mike Clink | ||
| Kronologi Guns N' Roses | |||
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” Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door ” muncul dalam versi yang sudah diedit tanpa pidato Josh Richman, dihapus karena alasan yang tidak diketahui. Oleh karena itu, panjang jalur dikurangi menjadi 5:20, bukan 5:36 dari versi disertakan pada Use Your Illusion II. Seni sampul album hanya menggabungkan skema warna dari sampul Use Your Illusion I dan Use Your Illusion II, yang pada awalnya dirancang oleh Mark Kostabi . Gambar adalah detail dari Raphael lukisan ” The School of Athens “. Album ini bersertifikat Platinum (1.000.000 penjualan) oleh RIAA .
Daftar lagu sunting
Use Your Illusion I sunting
- "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:04
- "Don't Cry" (original) (Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose) – 4:44
- "You Ain't the First" (Stradlin) – 2:36
- "November Rain" (Rose) – 8:57
- "The Garden" (Rose, West Arkeen, Del James) – 5:22
- featuring Alice Cooper
- "Dead Horse" (Rose) – 4:17
Use Your Illusion II sunting
- "Civil War" (Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan) – 7:42
- "14 Years" (Stradlin) – 4:21
- "Yesterdays" (Rose, Arkeen, James, Billy McCloud) – 3:16
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 5:20
- "Estranged" (Rose) – 9:23
- "Don't Cry" (alternate lyrics) (Stradlin, Rose) – 4:43
Personel sunting
- W. Axl Rose - lead vocals, piano, choir and synthesizer programming on "November Rain", acoustic guitar on "Dead Horse"
- Slash - lead guitar, acoustic and slide guitar on "The Garden", dobro on "You Ain't The First", acoustic guitar on "Civil War"
- Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "You Ain't The First", lead vocals on "You Ain't the First" and "14 Years"
- Duff McKagan - bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "You Ain't The First", percussion
- Matt Sorum - drums, backing vocals, choir on "November Rain"
- Dizzy Reed - keyboards, piano, organ on "Yesterdays", backing vocals
Juga menampilkan sunting
- Shannon Hoon - penyanyi latar dalam lagu 1, 2, 4, 5, 12
- Alice Cooper - lead vocals dalam "The Garden"
- Johann Langlie – programming dalam "November Rain"
- Reba Shaw, Stuart Bailey - backing vocals dalam "November Rain"
- Jon Thautwein, Matthew McKagan, Rachel West, Robert Clark – horn dalam "Live and Let Die"
- West Arkeen – acoustic guitar dalam "The Garden"
- Mike Clink - nutcracker dalam "Dead Horse"
- Steven Adler - drums dalam "Civil War"
- The Waters – penyanyi latar dalam "Knockin' dalam Heaven's Door"