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I first heard this album when I was on my mission.

I know. A missionary listening to G-N-R is blasphemy, but I really couldn't help it. It was played everywhere we went. There was a Saturday TV show in Chile called "Sabado Tequila". Basically it was like "Friday Night Videos" that I had grown up with. The show would play the most popular music videos every week. The big echoed voice of the host could be heard every Saturday afternoon from almost every house that we visited.

It was on "Sabado Tequila" that I first saw the "November Rain" video.

Now, I had liked Guns N' Roses before that, but after hearing that song, G-N-R made me an even bigger fan.

Electric guitars + an orchestra = Classic

(Of course, having Stephanie Seymour in the music video was also a selling point.)

Now, there are two volumes of "Use Your Illusion" but this one is my favorite. Not only does it include the previously mentioned "November Rain", it has a cover of Paul McCartney's "Live & Let Die" (you know I'm a sucker for covers), a cameo appearance by Alice Cooper on "The Garden", the original version of "Don't Cry" and a break-up song called "You Ain't the First" which includes these classic lyrics:

You was just a temporary lover
Honey you ain't the first
Lots of others came before you woman
Said but you been the worst

And then there's the very Black Sabbath-esque "Coma". Easily one of the best songs in this band's library.



Track Listing

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" (featuring Alice Cooper)
12. "Garden Of Eden"
13. "Don't Damn Me"
14. "Bad Apples"
15. "Dead Horse"
16. "Coma"


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