Artist: GUNS N’ ROSES
Album: USE YOUR ILLUSION I (CD)

Year: 1991/ 2001
Media type: CD

Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other being Use Your Illusion II. The two are thus sometimes considered a double album. In fact, in the original vinyl releases, both Use Your Illusion albums are double albums. Material for all two/four discs (depending on the medium) was recorded at the same time and there was some discussion of releasing a "quadruple album". 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 U.S. as of 2010, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Each of the Use Your Illusion albums have been certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Right Next Door to Hell"   Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Timo Kaltio 3:02
2. "Dust N' Bones"   Stradlin, Duff McKagan, Slash 4:58
3. "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney & Wings cover) Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney 3:04
4. "Don't Cry" (original version) Stradlin, Rose 4:44
5. "Perfect Crime"   Slash, Stradlin, Rose 2:24
6. "You Ain't the First"   Stradlin 2:36
7. "Bad Obsession"   Stradlin, West Arkeen 5:28
8. "Back Off Bitch"   Rose, Paul Huge 5:04
9. "Double Talkin' Jive"   Stradlin 3:24
10. "November Rain"   Rose 8:57
11. "The Garden" (featuring Alice Cooper & Shannon Hoon) Rose, Arkeen, Del James 5:22
12. "Garden of Eden"   Slash, Rose 2:42
13. "Don't Damn Me"   Slash, Dave Lank, Rose 5:19
14. "Bad Apples"   Slash, McKagan, Stradlin, Rose 4:28
15. "Dead Horse"   Rose 4:18
16. "Coma"   Slash, Rose 10:13

Total length: 76:05

LINE-UP:

W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, choir and synthesizer programming on "November Rain", backing vocals on "Dust N' Bones" and "The Garden", acoustic guitar on "Dead Horse", keyboards on "Live and Let Die" and "Garden of Eden", sound effects on "Perfect Crime" and "Garden of Eden"
Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "You Ain't The First", lead guitar on "Back off Bitch", lead vocals on "Dust N' Bones", "You Ain't The First" and "Double Talkin' Jive", percussion on "Bad Obsession"
Slash – lead guitar, rhythm guitar on "Back off Bitch", acoustic and slide guitar on "The Garden", dobro on "You Ain't The First", backing vocals on "Right Next Door to Hell", "Dust N' Bones", "Back off Bitch" and "Garden of Eden", talkbox on "Dust N' Bones", six-string bass on "Right Next Door to Hell"
Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "You Ain't The First" and "Double Talkin' Jive"
Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano on "Live and Let Die" and "Bad Obsession", clavinet on "Bad Apples", backing vocals on "November Rain", "Garden of Eden" and "Bad Apples"
Matt Sorum – drums, percussion on "Dust N' Bones", "Double Talkin' Jive", "The Garden" and "Coma", backing vocals on "November Rain" and "Bad Apples", choir on "November Rain"

Guests:

Shannon Hoon – backing vocals on tracks 3, 10 and 11; back up vocals on track 4 and 6
Johann Langlie – programming on tracks 3, 10 and 12; sound effects on track 16
Michael Monroe – harmonica and saxophone on track 7
 Reba Shaw – backing vocals on track 10
Stuart Bailey – backing vocals on track 10
Jon Thautwein – horn on track 3
Matthew McKagan – horn on track 3
Rachel West – horn on track 3
 Robert Clark – horn on track 3
Tim Doyle – tambourine on track 6
Alice Cooper – lead vocals on track 11
West Arkeen – acoustic guitar on track 11
Bruce Foster – sound effects on track 16