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Use Your Illusion II |  | Artist: Guns N' Roses
Label: Polydor Group
Category: Music
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 4478
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 24420
UPC: 720642442029
EAN: 0720642442029
ASIN: B000000OSG
Release Date: December 23, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Civil War - Guns N' Roses, Mike Clink, Bill Price, Jim Mitchell | | • | 14 Years | | • | Yesterdays - Guns N' Roses, Mike Clink, Bill Price, Jim Mitchell | | • | Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses, Mike Clink, Bill Price, Jim Mitchell | | • | Get In The Ring | | • | Shotgun Blues | | • | Breakdown | | • | Pretty Tied Up | | • | Locomotive | | • | So Fine | | • | Estranged - Guns N' Roses, Mike Clink, Bill Price | | • | You Could Be Mine - Guns N' Roses, Mike Clink, Bill Price, Jim Mitchell | | • | Don't Cry | | • | My World |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Had iUse Your Illusion II/i been combined with iUse Your Illusion I/i, keeping only the best material while dropping the filler, it would have been one of the best rock albums ever recorded. Instead, great songs like "Civil War", "14 Years", "Estranged", and "So Fine" compete with the inexcusable "Get in the Ring" and the well-intentioned but off-target cover of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". There's no point to the second version of "Don't Cry", either. On the other hand, when Guns N' Roses were good, they were very, very good, and some of the material on this album is unsurpassable. i--Genevieve Williams/i
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 The Rose For The Gun December 30, 2006
Mike Cormack (Aberdeen UK)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a very different beast from "Appetite", or even UYI Vol 1. Whilst Guns always could rip it up and tear it out with the best of them (and they do so brilliantly on Vol 1's "Perfect Crime", "Right Next Door To Hell", "Bad Obsession" and so on), on this album there's a concerted effort to display musical and emotional growth. Axl was always a broader musican than Slash - a fact evident from the fact that on this moderately-paced album, Slash only has 3 or 4 writing credits. This is very much Axl's baby, although the quibbling over credits (unlike "Appetite", which is band-credited) already suggests the loss of band solidarity. This album is less of a stomping hard-rock album and more of a classic rock album, where the act is established and they can now stretch their wings. Slash has already said that the UYI albums are their equivalent of the White Album.
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br /The songwriting is I think consistently stunning. There's more, and more varied, emotion too. God only knows why "Estranged" isn't more recognised - it's one of the pinnacles of their acheivement, a cold, disconsolate beginning, shifting (via one of Slash's finest ever lines) to a sneering, callow hauteur, then a sad, yearning instrumental, to a open and warming ending, closing on an almost desperate note. "So Fine", sung wonderfully by Duff, has shivers and sighs of pure emotion, a rock ballad of unusual exquisiteness. "Locomotion", like "Estranged", considers the end of relationships and the realisation of emotional emptiness, Axl's nasal, almost-sneering delivery suggestive of the immaturity he's singing about. "Breakdown", another song that's oddly underappreciated, again suggests a man on the edge of his tether, yearning for the innocence and certainties of younger, simpler days (note the country-style intro - similar to Axl's piece of straw in the "Welcome To The Jungle video - he was an Indiana boy after all!) - which "Yesterdays" does explicitly but with far less style. "Pretty Tied Up", a classic piece of Izzy, is typically Stones-y and also features some outstanding sitar. And so on - the album is filled with classic moments ("Civil War", "You Could Be Mine").
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br /Some have suggested that you could make one killer album from the two volume of Use Your Illusion. I think that would miss the point. Firstly, the two albums gave them the space to stretch their wings musically, which "Appetite" being far more condensed and focused didn't. Who would have expected sitar, spanish guitar, bizarre electronica, and so on? Secondly, the two albums very much have their own character. Volume One is far more aggressive and vitriolic, Volume Two is much more reflective and sensitive. GN'R always had both sides to them - hence their name, typically Yin/Yang.
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br /This album is almost a return to a more 60s/70s rock album and succeeds on every possible level. Treat yourself.
Use Your Ilusion World Tour 1992 - In Tokyo - Vol. 1 2 December 27, 2003
J. T. Hooker (Albion)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
NOTE: This is a review of both Disk 1 2 (sold seperately).pFirstly, for those of you who don't know, Guns N'Roses were (are? not seen them in their new guise I'm afraid, so I'm talking pre-1994) the biggest and most dangerous band in the world. They were also the best by far. In the early 90s the music scene was dominated by Grunge, with such bands as Nirvana Pearl Jam stealing the limelight from stadium rockers.pGuns N' Roses were, with the possible exception of the Rolling Stones or the Chili Peppers (Slane Castle, brilliant!)the greatest live band of all time. These DVDs show a full concert from Japan in 1992, at the height of their massive World Tour, and when the Gunners were at their peak. Ironically, the DVDs are set out in very much the same way as the UYI albums were. Disk 1 tends to concentrate more on the fast paced rockers (Mr. Brownstone, Bad Obsession, Live Let Die etc.) whilst Disk 2 contains the more 'epic' stuff (Rocket Queen, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Estranged etc.) which I think is brilliant as depending on your mood you can either sit back and relax to their classic, solo infused stuff or the shorter rockers. There's also a brilliant (if somewhat too long) guitar/drum solo on Disk 2 for those of you who're into that kind of thing.pAnother great highlight is Civil War, towards the end of the first disk complete with several costume changes from Axl and a great solo (when aren't they?) from Slash. The DVDs are brilliant overall, there's so much to enjoy from the head bangin' stuff everyone knows (Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City etc.) right up to the brilliant (and underrated) So Fine Estranged on Disk 2.pAll in all an essential (and I don't use this word lightly) purchase for any Gunner with a DVD player. Absolutely brilliant throughout, and for the Stones fans out there (and who isn't?) there's even a great little rendition of their classic Wild Horses on Disk 1, performed as a duet by Gilby Slash.pMy only regret about the concert as a whole, is the fact Izzy isn't in it, but that's obviously no technical flaw, I just don't feel Gilby ever knew the shoes he was trying to fill.pDon't hesitate, just buy it, you will not be dissapointed.
Making the stadiums their own part two October 8, 2005
Mr. D. A. Cure (Droitwich)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
There were rumours flying around at the time that there would be a Use Your Illusion III, which would have a green cover and include the best of the two volumes. A great deal of opinion has sided with this since, claiming that an amalgamation of the best tracks from the 2 albums would have produced possibly the greatest album ever. I disagree. Which tracks would they have dropped? Some of the best work they produced would perhaps have been lost, and given the fact that the band has since faded away into Axl - induced obscurity, it was essential for them to release as much as they could in their heyday.brThe second of these two volumes is best known for Civil War, along with the singles Yesterdays, the cover Knocking on Heaven's Door, and You Could Be Mine (from the T2 soundtrack). However, although slightly shorter than the first volume, there are some underrated gems in the Izzy inspired 14 Years, Breakdown, and live favourite Pretty Tied Up. In Estranged (the loose sequel to Sweet Child O Mine, and an excuse for another over-the-top video), Slash's brilliance on the fret board even manages a word of thanks on the sleeve notes from Mr Rose. Weighty praise indeed, and it shows how often the man had to use his infinite talent to hold the band together, even if Axl did force him out of the band a few years later.brA completely different sound to their legendary debut album, but in the same way as the Stones moved from Aftermath to Their Satanic Majesties Request, this should be regarded in its own light, and really does offer something for everyone. A must have.
An absolute must! March 10, 2001
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
After the fantastic Appetite for Destruction, it's hard to imagine how this fantastic band could ever equal that achievement. Although not as hard-core as Appetite..., this is still an amazing collection of songs nonetheless. Songs like Civil War and Pretty Tied Up will make you think, but then other songs such as Locomotive and You Could Be Mine are great for air guitar accompaniments!! Having said that there are one or two disappointments, namely the punky Shotgun Blues, and the very strange My World. However, these are easily forgotten about once you listen to the rest of the album, including a fantastic cover of Knockin' on Heaven's Door, and my personal favourite Guns N' Roses offering, the excellent Estranged, for anyone who knows what it's like to have their heart broken. Overall, there is a good range of music on this album, showing that the band have a tender side to their notoriously tough exterior, and this is one collection of songs which no music lover should be without. Buy it!!!!!
Outstanding August 8, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album does not get the praise it deserves. "Appetite For Destruction" is always the album many fans compare their others to. Ok this is no Appetite but it is mighty close. Both of the Use Your Illusion albums are outstanding. Cant pick between them. The album kicks off with the outstanding "Civil War" which is an eight minute epic. Then to the catchy Izzy Stradlin number of "14 Years" and then to the slower "Yesterdays". Following that is a superb cover of Bob Dillons "Knockin On Heavens Door" and then bypass the terrible "Get In The Ring" and the metal "Shotgun Blues" onto the song "Breakdown" which is quite decent. But the best song is the superb masterpiece of "Estranged" which comes in at just over nine minutes. Then to one of the best rock tracks ever in "You Could Be Mine" and then to the alternate lyrics version of "Dont Cry" which is as good as the Original on Illusion 1 but with the verses changed.pThis is an amazing album.
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