On This Day: Guns N' Roses releases 'Use Your Illusion I and II'

Double albums can be a tricky endeavor, but Guns N’ Roses did it on Sept. 17, 1991 with the release of Use Your Illusion I and II. At the time, Axl Rose talked to Rolling Stone about what the band hoped to accomplish.

People want something, and they want it as soon as they can get it," Rose says. "Needy people. And I'm the same way, but I want it to be right — I don't want it to be half-assed. Since we put out Appetite for Destruction, I've watched a lot of bands put out two to four albums, and who cares? They went out, they did a big tour, they were big rock stars for that period of time. That's what everybody's used to now -- the record companies push that. But I want no part of that. We weren't just throwing something together to be rock stars. We wanted to put something together that meant everything to us."

30 total tracks, several GN’R classics, a few covers and a bushel of album sales later, Use Your Illusion I and II certainly worked. Let’s look at the track listings for each.

Use Your Illusion I

1-"Right Next Door To Hell"
2-"Dust N’ Bones"
3-"Live and Let Die"
4-"Don’t Cry” (Original)
5-"Perfect Crime"
6-"You Ain’t The First"
7-"Bad Obsession"
8-"Back Off Bitch"
9-"Double Talkin’ Jive"
10-"November Rain"
11-"The Garden"
12-"Garden of Eden"
13-"Don’t Damn Me”
14-"Bad Apples"
15-"Dead Horse"
16-"Coma”

Use Your Illusion II

1-"Civil War"
2-"14 Years"
3-"Yesterdays"
4-"Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door"
5-"Get In The Ring"
6-"Shotgun Blues"
7-"Breakdown"
8-"Pretty Tied Up"
9-"Locomotive"
10-"So Fine"
11-"Estranged"
12-"You Could Be Mine"
13-"Don’t Cry" (Alternate Lyrics)
14-"My World"

Here’s where I drop videos for some of my favorite tracks from Use Your Illusion I and II. Drop a comment telling me your favorite tracks from the albums.