Use Your Illusion I (studio album) by Guns N' Roses

Their debut was fantastic and was always going to be a hard act to follow. A lot more tracks with a bluesy feel on this. It's alright overall, but I think GnR are one of the most overrated bands ever and this album was given a bit to much credit at the time of release.

Album Rating: 84.69
(1,355/16)

Yes it’s far too long, with too much filler but it contains some of the bands greatest tracks (Coma, November Rain, Don’t Cry (although I prefer the alternate version on UYI II)).

1.Right Next Door To Hell. 76
2.Dust N' Bones. 80
3.Live And Let Die. 90
4.Don’t Cry [Original Version]. 94
5.Perfect Crime. 74
6.You Ain't The First. 71
7.Bad Obsession. 70
8.Back Off Bitch. 84
9.Double Talkin' Jive. 83
10.November Rain. 100
11.The Garden. 85
12.Garden Of Eden. 80
13.Don't Damn Me. 87
14.Bad Apples. 68
15.Dead Horse. 83
16.Coma. 100

From Graeme2 11/28/2021 09:22

Big old bloated mess these 2 albums. Ego's out of control along with the drugs and losing a very important and key member who had the groove and replacing him with someone far inferior and losing that feel he brought. Rigid. Add piano and costume changes and any old clichéd shit you ever wrote. I guess there is just about enough material for 1 decent album that would resemble something like previous posts. Even that wouldn't be a be a brilliant record.

From VictorVale 05/22/2021 14:04

O sumo de uma banda de rock!

From Boltzmann 08/30/2018 17:09

It’s an improvement compared with their previous stuff. The songwriting is a bit better; the songs are catchier. And there are some slower parts where slash’ talents shine through; the guy really carries this band and he is mediocre at best. Also, Slash’ guitar solos are much better than first. However, the guitar riffs are unimaginative as ever.
“November Rain” is cute, but you have to be really trying if that shit really brings tears to your eyes. Axl trying to make that silly voice he puts up sound emotional or deep is the most hilarious thing I have experienced today.

People always talk about the filler, but from what I can tell there are 10 good songs and 6 bad ones. The bad ones are really bad. But maybe we cannot agree which are the bad six. Here's my go as the single non-filler album (Ive cheated a little with 15 songs)

Dust N Bones
Live N Let Die
Bad Obsession
Double Talking Jive
November Rain
Coma
Civil War
14 Years
Yesterdays
You could be Mine
Breakdown
Don't Cry (Alt Lyrics)
Pretty Tied Up
Locomotive
Estranged

Like so many others have already pointed out, this album has some of the best songs GNR have ever done; however, there's way too much filler as well. For a band that was as talented as they were, that's just not good enough.

From Daydreamer 06/02/2017 22:40

Albums as uneven as this one are the hardest to rate. I gave it a 80/100 rating and I'm being kind. There are maybe 5 really great songs and the rest is mostly filler. This is considered the lesser of the UYI albums for a good reason.

Both Illusion records get an 8/10 from me even though there is plenty of filler on both.Personally I believe they should of made a single record and kept the rest for b-sides and future records. My ideal Use Your Illusion album would be:

1) Civil War
2) You Could Be Mine
3) Dust N Bones
4) Live and Let Die
5) Double Talkin Jive
6) Bad Obsession
7) Dont Cry
8) Pretty Tied Up
9) 14 years
10) November Rain
11) Yesterdays
12) Dead Horse
13) Coma
14) Estranged

This would be one of the greatest records ever made. I also think this record would of sold over 30 million records just like Appetite has.

Long as hell but I had fun listening to the rockin tracks, some are fillers yeah but I find the standouts tend to stick in my mind the most