Use Your Illusion I (1991)

Released:
September 16 & 17, 1991

Produced by Mike Clink and Guns N' Roses

Engineered by Mike Clink

Mixed by Bill Price in (ou)R Sound

Additional engineering: Jim Mitchell

Assistant Engineers: Ed Goodreau, John Aguto, Mike Douglass, Allen Abrahamson, Buzz Burrowes, Chris Puram, Leon Ganado, Jason Roberts, Talley Sherwood, Craig Portelis, L Stu Young

Recorded at: A&M Studios, Record Plant, Studio 56, Image Recording, Conway Studios, Metalworks Recording Studios

Mixed at Skip Saylor Recording

Cover painting: Mark Kostabi
 

• "Use Your Illusion I & II" were released simultaneously. They marked the first time a major contemporary rock artist had released two separate albums on the same day.
• Many of the songs were written before the band recorded "Appetite For Destruction".
• The band thought of calling the album GN'R Sucks or BUY Product.
• UK chart peak #2.
• US chart peak #2.
• Includes three Top 40 singles "November Rain" (#3), "Don't Cry" (#10) and "Live And Let Die" (#33).
• The album was originally going to be mixed by Bob Clearmountain.

Right Next Door To Hell

Dust N' Bones

Live And Let Die [s] [v]

Don't Cry (Original) [s] [v]

Perfect Crime

You Ain't The First

Bad Obsession

Back Off Bitch

November Rain [s] [v]

The Garden [v]

Garden Of Eden [v]

Don't Damn Me

Bad Apples

Dead Horse [v]

Coma