For other uses, see Use Your Illusion (disambiguation).
1991 studio album by Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion I
Studio album by
Guns N' Roses
Released
September 17, 1991 (1991-09-17)
Recorded
January 13, 1990 – August 3, 1991
Studio
A&M (Hollywood)
Record Plant (Los Angeles)
Studio 56 (Los Angeles)
Image Recording (Hollywood)
Conway (Los Angeles)
Metalworks (Mississauga, Ontario)
Genre
Hard rock
heavy metal
blues rock
Length
76:09
Label
Geffen
Producer
Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses chronology
G N' R Lies (1988)
Use Your Illusion I Use Your Illusion II (1991)
Use Your Illusion World Tour I Use Your Illusion World Tour II (1992)
Singles from Use Your Illusion I
"Don't Cry" Released: September 1991
"Live and Let Die" Released: December 1991
"November Rain" Released: February 1992
Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion II. It was the band's first album to feature drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Steven Adler following Adler's departure in 1990 (although he was featured again on "Civil War", which appears on Use Your Illusion II), as well as keyboardist Dizzy Reed. Both albums were released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 685,000 copies in its first week, behind Use Your Illusion II's first-week sales of 770,000.[1]Use Your Illusion I has sold 5,502,000 units in the United States as of 2010, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2] Each of the Use Your Illusion albums have been certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992.[3]
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^RIAA's top albums Archived January 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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