GUNS N' ROSES — Use Your Illusion I (review)

GUNS N' ROSES — Use Your Illusion I album cover Album · 1991 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Stephen
The first part of the third installment of the most dangerous band in the world is probably not that dangerous because the strongest and most famous part of this album is ironically the ballads. However, GUNS N ROSES did a great variety of style here, from the aggressive and punkish ‘Right Next Door To Hell’, to smokey rock and roll of ‘You Ain’t The First’, from the epic ballad of ‘November Rain’ to the sizzling southern slab of ‘Bad Obsession’.

The anguish and sappy ‘Don't Cry’ is a memorable piece especially the part when Slash slides his guitar with an inspiring solo. The lengthy epic ‘November Rain’, is probably the greatest cut of the album, demonstrating a crystal grandiose piano in an atmospheric downtempo moment before soaring high into a powerful rockin' ballad. And also Slash’ beautiful bluesy solos is the heat of the moment here.

There are several spotlights here worth mentioning such as the swaying-cover of ‘Live And Let Die’, acoustical piece of ‘Dead Horse’, or the sleazy side of ‘Don’t Damn Me’, but it's unfortunate, they also spread at least 4 fillers around. Luckily, it’s a 16-tracks album, put aside the 4 tracks you don’t want to hear, and you’ll still get a solid 12 tracks which is more than enough to build an album.

I still prefer the blue one over this, but GUNS N ROSES still spawned many personal favorites out of this album, and many of them still stood the test of time. 85%
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