jack99 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Double Albums That Could Be Single Discs...7/27/06, 11:50 am ESTAll this week we’ve been editing down double albums that should have been single discs. Today’s project: Guns N’ Roses’ 1991 release Use Your Illusion, which was sold as two separate discs but was clearly one big album. (Oddly, this was debated at the time. The tipoff: calling the discs Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II.) Illusion was one of the longest albums ever put out by a major rock act: its total running time of about three hours even beat out famously excessive triple-disc efforts such as Sandinista! or All Things Must Pass.But if Illusion had been shorter, could it have been the Great Lost Guns N’ Roses Album? Would the band have stayed together longer? Would the discarded tracks have been released as a passable Chinese Democracy a decade ago? We think so. Here’s our version of Use Your Illusion, the one that should have been:1. Civil War2. Dust N’ Bones3. Bad Obsession4. Don’t Cry (Original)5. Right Next Door to Hell6. Bad Apples7. November Rain8. You Could Be Mine9. Yesterdays10. Pretty Tied Up11. Garden of Eden12. Estranged(total running time: 65:37)Geek note: Unlike our first three entries of this double album-editing project (The Beatles’ White Album, Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, and Bruce Springsteen’s The River), we’re not dividing our Use Your Illusion playlist into sides, because vinyl albums had become pretty much vestigial by the early ’90s. -- Gavin EdwardsSource: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/inde...-illusion-i-ii/Thanks to: Kingwillie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axls_Disillusion Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Thats a stupid looking tracklist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Terrible tracklist... and why was this added to the newswire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f**k_your_enemy Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 It annoys me when people say UYI should be one disc... I LOVE both albums just as they are! Could you imagine if we had LESS GN'R material than we already do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack99 Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 Terrible tracklist... and why was this added to the newswire?Yes, the tracklist sucks... and I have no excuse for adding it to the newswire... *removed* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCG Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I love both UYI I and UYI II; I wouldn't want them changed at all.If you want a short 1 disc UYI album then buy this (crap). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Flower Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 No Coma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Every song except my world is great! How can you choose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.drummin Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Someone please explain who said this should be the tracklist? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peg Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 It annoys me when people say UYI should be one disc... I LOVE both albums just as they are! Could you imagine if we had LESS GN'R material than we already do??i agree, and the tracklist is crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max™ Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 1. Right Next Door To Hell2. Civil War3. Dust N' Bones4. Live And Let Die5. Don't Cry (Any)6. Double Talking Jive7. November Rain8. Coma9. Knockin' On Heavens Door10. Pretty Tied Up11. Estranged12. You Could Be Mine13. Locomotive (80-minute CD)Aound 71 Mins worth. Not in order, really. Bit it seems fine. If you are looking at a perfectly acceptable 80-minute CD, then add Locomotive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCG Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 But they released this one, a one album compilation in the USA which is crap. I haven't seen it but then again I'm not in the USA.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_Your_Illusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axls_Disillusion Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Its like fuck_yo_enemy said, do we really wish he had LESS gnr music to listen to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Seal Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 It annoys me when people say UYI should be one disc... I LOVE both albums just as they are! Could you imagine if we had LESS GN'R material than we already do??I agree! There's only 1 'song' that I don't like on UYIs and I think everyone can guess which it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martoine Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 It annoys me when people say UYI should be one disc... I LOVE both albums just as they are! Could you imagine if we had LESS GN'R material than we already do??I agree! There's only 1 'song' that I don't like on UYIs and I think everyone can guess which it is.Estranged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlien Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 (edited) Can't believe someone could waste time to write sucha stupidity... What's wrong having UYI 1 and 2???I love them both!I couldn't miss one and for sure any of us would choose different songs to.. "save"...And also after all these years!!!!!!!!!!! Edited August 11, 2006 by TheAlien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longpig Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Mine would be :Civil WarBad obsessionYesterdaysNovember RainYou Could Be MineDon't Damn MeDon't Cry (Alt. Lyrics)Perfect crimeEstrangedYou ain't the firstLocomotiveDouble Talkin' JiveBreakdownComaBut prob wouldn't fit on one disc.I'd still have the 2 though, but if I HAD to, that would be it!LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman007 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I love the way it came out and no I dont think it would of made a differnce of keeping the old guns together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f**k_your_enemy Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I'd love to read RS's review of UYI I + II from 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrettyTiedUp763 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 No Coma? Or Double Talkin' Jive? This was pointless. Use Your Illusion albums are perfect the way they are. Thanks for posting though. It was interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnfnrhead Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 No Coma? Or Double Talkin' Jive? This was pointless. Use Your Illusion albums are perfect the way they are.well almost perfect, if crash diet was on in place of my world then it would be perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nman406 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 No Coma. I was thinking the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDRM Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 uhh.... In a word...No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foster Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 The Greatest----Intro - Get in the ringDrum - beat mr brownstoneLyrics - comaSolo - Civil war Outro -its so easy ..Song where axls voice sounds best - Rocket QueenSong -November rain (Ive been liking that alot recently)Piano/Keyboard solo, EstrangedSong performed live - November rainBest concert - Only been to 2 but 29th July Wembly areaCant think of any more, Maybe you can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnfnrhead Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Intro - My MichelleDrum - You Could Be MineLyrics - Oh My GodSolo - BetterOutro - Paradise City LiveSong where axls voice sounds best - madagascar (Just not 2002)Song - BetterPiano/Keyboard solo - EstrangedSong performed live - NightrainBest concert - Only been to one- June 9th Dublin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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