Artist: GUNS N' ROSES
Album: USE YOUR ILLUSION II (CD)

Release date: 1991/ 2001
Media type: CD

Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, and as a result the two albums are sometimes considered a double album. Bolstered by lead single "You Could Be Mine", Use Your Illusion II was the slightly more popular of the two albums, selling 770,000 copies its first week and debuting at No. 1 on the U.S. charts, ahead of Use Your Illusion I's first week sales of 685,000. Both albums have since been certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA. It was also No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart for a single week. The album has received some acclaim in 2011, being featured on Triple M Radio's Life-Changing Album series in Australia, with the station playing numerous tracks with commentary.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Civil War"   Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan 7:42
2. "14 Years"   Izzy Stradlin, Rose 4:21
3. "Yesterdays"   Rose, West Arkeen, Del James, Billy McCloud 3:16
4. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover) Bob Dylan 5:36
5. "Get in the Ring"   Rose, Slash, McKagan 5:41
6. "Shotgun Blues"   Rose 3:23
7. "Breakdown"   Rose 7:05
8. "Pretty Tied Up"   Stradlin 4:48
9. "Locomotive"   Slash, Rose 8:42
10. "So Fine"   McKagan 4:06
11. "Estranged"   Rose 9:24
12. "You Could Be Mine"   Stradlin, Rose 5:43
13. "Don't Cry" (Alternate lyrics) Stradlin, Rose 4:44
14. "My World"   Rose 1:24

Total length: 75:58

LINE-UP:

W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, whistling on "Civil War", backing vocals on "14 Years", rhythm guitar on "Shotgun Blues", synthesizer and drum machine on "My World"
Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead guitar on "Estranged", lead vocals on "14 Years", acoustic guitar on "Breakdown", sitar on "Pretty Tied Up"
Slash – lead guitar, rhythm & acoustic guitar on "Civil War", banjo on "Breakdown"
Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "So Fine", percussion on "Locomotive"
Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, backing vocals, organ on "14 Years" and "Yesterdays"
Matt Sorum – drums, backing vocals on "So Fine"

Additional personnel:

Steven Adler – drums on track 1
Johann Langlie – drums, keyboard and sound effects on track 14
The Waters – backing vocals on track 4
Howard Teman – piano on track 10
Shannon Hoon – backing vocals on track 13