- hard rock, rock, arena rock, album rock
- 76 min
- 16 tracks
- BMG
Use Your Illusion I is the third 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 II.
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Character
Spare, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME4/10
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- USA Today4/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Right Next Door to Hell3:03
- 2Dust N’ Bones4:58
- 3Live and Let Die3:04
- 4Don’t Cry4:45
- 5Perfect Crime2:24
- 6You Ain’t the First2:36
- 7Bad Obsession5:28
- 8Back Off Bitch5:03
- 9Double Talkin’ Jive3:24
- 10November Rain8:57
- 11The Garden5:22
- 12Garden of Eden2:42
- 13Don’t Damn Me5:19
- 14Bad Apples4:28
- 15Dead Horse4:18
- 16Coma10:14
16 tracks, 76 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Guns N’ Roses
- Label
- BMG
- Released
- 1991
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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