- hard rock, rock, metal, arena rock
- 76 min
- 14 tracks
- Geffen
Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released by Geffen Records on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion I.
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Spare, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune4/4 ★
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- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- NME4/10
- Pitchfork8.8/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Civil War7:42
- 214 Years4:21
- 3Yesterdays3:16
- 4Knockin' on Heaven's Door5:36
- 5Get in the Ring5:41
- 6Shotgun Blues3:23
- 7Breakdown7:04
- 8Pretty Tied Up (The Perils of Rock N' Roll Decadence)4:48
- 9Locomotive8:42
- 10So Fine4:06
- 11Estranged9:24
- 12You Could Be Mine5:44
- 13Don't Cry (alternate lyrics)4:44
- 14My World1:24
14 tracks, 76 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Guns N’ Roses
- Label
- Geffen
- Released
- 1991
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- US
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