Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II (Super Deluxe) (2022)

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Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II (Super Deluxe, 2022 Remaster) [1991] (2022) 48-24
Country: USA
Genre: Hard Rock
Format: FLAC (*tracks)
Quality: Lossless [48kHz/24 bit]
Time: 07:19:57
Full Size: 5.46 GB

The twin polarities upon which Use Your Illusion has always derived its unique energy from are its absolute bigness and its unparallelled sense of vindictive martyrdom. This deluxe set-which doubles the length of the combined two original albums by including two full live sets-is definitely big, but without the inclusion of additional studio tracks (no demos, b-sides or outtakes) doesn't expand on the original in any meaningful way. Which means that Illusion is still trapped in its own unique 1991 amber. From its odd sequencing-which alternates between melodramatic grandiosity, midtempo sleaze, and energetic rockers built solely on bitterness and spite-to the stultifying airlessness of the recording (all of the band members cut their parts separately), Illusion still feels like an overdetermined mess that somehow manages to consistently deliver the goods though sadly, goods steeped in an aimless rage that these days reads less like anti-authoritarianism and more like toxic narcissism. This is an album that gets out a "fuck you" in its first two minutes, and devolves from there into a master class on petty beefing: Whether it's "Right Next Door To Hell," "Get In the Ring," "My World" (ugh), "Back Off Bitch" (ugggghh), or any of the other tracks where poor Axl Rose blames all of his problems on everyone else in the world, the constant airing of tiny grievances is far more deadening than the set's length. All of this made Use Your Illusion a deeply cynical yet completely sincere work.

Although it's incredibly indulgent and self-centered, it's almost certainly an accurate representation of the band's perception of the world at the time. Its deep currents of misogyny were both casual and aggressive, but also completely unapologetic, which is both alarming and pathetic. Sounds like a terrible album, right? It most definitely is not. Weirdly conceived and recorded? For sure. Problematic? Yup. Highly individual and completely non-reproducible by any other band on Earth? Absolutely. Even now, some 30 years later, it still manages to yield treasures. Tracks that were overlooked in the overwhelming onslaught of the original release are well worth revisiting; the druggy blues-rock of "Bad Obsession, "Locomotive" with its sideways reworking of "Welcome to the Jungle," "The Garden" (which sounds like a leftover from the first Masters of Reality album with an Alice Cooper rap shoved in the bridge), or the Duff McKagan-penned Johnny Thunders tribute "So Fine" all hold up remarkably well.

The live shows are revelatory: The Use Your Illusion tour was as extravagant and overblown as the album(s) it was promoting, running for nine legs over 30 months with nearly 200 dates played. It was truly one of the last of its kind from an on-the-charts rock 'n' roll band, represented here by a warmup theater gig at the Ritz in New York in May, 1991, and an arena show on the UNLV campus as the tour was running at full speed eight months later. Remarkably, both sets exhibit a warm and generous band giving their absolute all to the fans in attendance, turning the somewhat clinical performances of Illusion's album versions into explosive renditions on stage. © Jason Ferguson/Qobuz





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Disc I: Use Your Illusion I

01. Right Next Door To Hell (2022 Remaster) (3:02)
02. Dust N' Bones (2022 Remaster) (4:59)
03. Live And Let Die (2022 Remaster) (3:03)
04. Don't Cry (Original) (2022 Remaster) (4:44)
05. Perfect Crime (2022 Remaster) (2:23)
06. You Ain't The First (2022 Remaster) (2:36)
07. Bad Obsession (2022 Remaster) (5:28)
08. Back Off Bitch (2022 Remaster) (5:02)
09. Double Talkin' Jive (2022 Remaster) (3:24)
10. November Rain (2022 Version) (8:56)
11. The Garden (2022 Remaster) (5:21)
12. Garden Of Eden (2022 Remaster) (2:43)
13. Don't Damn Me (2022 Remaster) (5:19)
14. Bad Apples (2022 Remaster) (4:28)
15. Dead Horse (2022 Remaster) (4:17)
16. Coma (2022 Remaster) (10:13)

Disc II: Use Your Illusion II
01. Civil War (2022 Remaster) (7:40)
02. 14 Years (2022 Remaster) (4:23)
03. Yesterdays (2022 Remaster) (3:17)
04. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2022 Remaster) (5:35)
05. Get In The Ring (2022 Remaster) (5:40)
06. Shotgun Blues (2022 Remaster) (3:22)
07. Breakdown (2022 Remaster) (7:03)
08. Pretty Tied Up (The Perils Of Rock N' Roll Decadence) (2022 Remaster) (4:47)
09. Locomotive (Complicity) (2022 Remaster) (8:41)
10. So Fine (2022 Remaster) (4:07)
11. Estranged (2022 Remaster) (9:22)
12. You Could Be Mine (2022 Remaster) (5:43)
13. Don't Cry (Alternate Lyrics / 2022 Remaster) (4:48)
14. My World (2022 Remaster) (1:27)

Disc III: Live in New York, Ritz Theatre - May 16, 1991
01. Pretty Tied Up (6:40)
02. Bad Obsession (5:46)
03. Right Next Door To Hell (3:32)
04. Mr. Brownstone (4:59)
05. Dust N' Bones (5:49)
06. Live And Let Die (5:19)
07. Paradise City (7:42)
08. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Civil War (8:50)
09. Drum Solo (4:52)
10. Slash Solo (3:38)
11. You Could Be Mine (6:03)
12. I Was Only Joking / Patience (9:10)
13. Only Women Bleed / Knockin' On Heaven's Door (10:51)
14. Don't Cry (Original) (4:52)
15. You Ain't The First (3:42)
16. My Michelle (6:06)
17. Estranged (10:01)
18. Double Talkin' Jive (4:14)
19. Sweet Child O' Mine (7:49)
20. Welcome To The Jungle (5:34)

Disc IV: Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992
01. Nightrain (5:26)
02. Mr. Brownstone (5:41)
03. Live And Let Die (3:50)
04. Attitude (2:01)
05. It's So Easy (3:34)
06. Bad Obsession (7:16)
07. Welcome To The Jungle (5:24)
08. Double Talkin' Jive (8:40)
09. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Civil War / Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (8:21)
10. Don't Cry (5:06)
11. Wild Horses (3:22)
12. Patience (6:39)
13. You Could Be Mine (6:38)
14. So Fine (4:24)
15. November Rain (12:31)
16. Band Intros / Drum Solo (6:34)
17. Slash Solo (2:39)
18. Speak Softly, Love (2:08)
19. Rocket Queen (8:55)
20. Sail Away Sweet Sister (1:48)
21. Sweet Child O' Mine (7:22)
22. Move To The City (7:28)
23. Hotel California / Only Women Bleed / Knockin' On Heaven's Door (11:38)
24. Yesterdays (3:14)
25. My Michelle (5:15)
26. Estranged (9:32)
27. Mother / Paradise City (7:41)