If Use Your Illusion was one album (your tracklist)

[One.In.A.Million]

I couldn't do this, too many good songs.

I never got people wanting it to be 1 album, it has too many great songs on, to be compacted down. Every song on both records is purely a hit, and no songs deserve to be left off, just for the sake of making it 1 disc, instead of 2.

"I brought me an Illusion and I put it on the wall,
I let it fill my head with dreams and I had to have them all."

Amazing. 

[westcoast_junkie]

Fuck that. Everything with Axl's voice is a killer!!!

[Kierkegaard_Says]

Fuck that. Everything with Axl's voice is a killer!!!

Agreed!

[BumbleBuzz]

Don't get me wrong, as a fan I loved 2 albums cause i would have more material to listen to, but if they wanted to make a MONSTER album, they should have made some cuts and made it just one album. Think about it. There would be no fillers just all great songs

I don't see any fillers...but in terms of one album

1. Civil War
2. Don't Cry (Original)
3. You Could Be Mine
4. Perfect Crime
5. Double Talkin Jive'
6. November Rain
7. Dead Horse
8. Right Next Door to Hell
9. Estranged
10. Coma

There are, of course, loads of other great tracks - Bad Obsession would be my next pick, followed closely by 'You Ain't the First'

Other songs, like Locomotive, Breakdown and So Fine are also perfect

If there is anything I would have ignored on these albums, it was perhaps Shotgun Blues (not the best track but a good B Side), Get In The Ring (because of the rant, otherwise a great song) and My World - the latter of which is pointless

Of the two my favourite is the first volume, replacing Live and Let Die (due to it's over playing in the years since) with Civil War

[rebelhipi]

my solution would be all uyi 1 and release the next one 1 month after with a other name

[7over2]

I love both albums equally save for a couple tracks, but my list for a 15 track disc would be:

Right Next Door To Hell
Pretty Tied Up
Perfect Crime
Dust N Bones
Civil War
Garden of Eden
Don't Cry
Bad Obsession
Dead Horse
Get In The Ring
November Rain
Double Talkin' Jive
Locomotive
Estranged
Coma

[rebelhipi]

so i did put a lot of thoughs on this and this is what came from it
i picked 8 songs from uyi1 and 7 from uyi2 (hated to leave breakdown out)

1 dust n?bones
2 civil war
3 pretty tied up
4 the garden
5 live and let die
6 bad obsession
7 november rain
8 14 years
9 locomotive
10 knockin on heavens door
11 dont cry (original)
12 you could me mine
13 coma
14 double talkin? jive
15 estranged
(15 because 1 has 16 and 2 has 14 )

[D]

IF it were just 14 song album and I am trying to keep my heart out of it and only placing what I feel are the 14 best songs to make the most COMMERCIAL album:

1.Civil War as the opener   
2.Dust N Bones
3.Live And Let Die
4.You Could Be Mine
5.Don't Cry
6. Pretty Tied Up
7. Locomotive
8.Estranged
9. Knockin on Heaven's Door
10. November Rain
11. Yesterdays
12. Breakdown
13.Dead Horse
14. Coma the ultimate Closer


those 14 IMO the best of the album. Leaving Don't Damn Me off very difficult but something had to go.

[Dead N' Bloated]

Perfect Crime
Shotgun Blues
You Could Be Mine
Don't Cry
November Rain
Estranged
Civil War
The Garden of Eden
Yesterdays
Locomotive
Breakdown
Coma

[AxlsMainMan]

1. Back Off Bitch
2. November Rain
3. Dead Horse
4. Civil War
5. Breakdown
6. Pretty Tied Up
7. Locomotive
8. Estranged
9. You Could Be Mine
10. Coma

[WAR41]

This topic has been dead since last July!  I think its time for a revisit.  10 song LP:

1) You Could Be Mine
2) Civil War
3) 14 Years
4) Locomotive
5) November Rain
6) Don't Cry (original)
7) Estranged
Dead Horse
9) Yesterdays
10) Coma

[LunsJail]

1. You Could Be Mine
2. 14 Years
3. Don't Cry (Alt Lyrics)
4. Don't Damn Me
5. Civil War
6. November Rain
7. Double Talkin Jive
8. Breakdown
9. Locomotive
10. Estranged
11. Dead Horse
12. Coma

These are just my personal favorites with no regard paid to what were singles, commercial appeal, etc. Probably a little heavy on ballads. I picked 12 because 14 probably wouldn't fit onto a CD with the song lengths (yes I realize no one buys CD's anymore).

[Bodhi]

This is my ultimate Use Your Illusion album and order for the tracklist.  I tried to incorporate all the dimensions of UYI both with the big ballads like November Rain along with the attitude like Back off Bitch and Get in the Ring.  I pretended it was 1991 and that this had to fit on one cd.


1. You Could Be Mine
2. Perfect Crime
3. 14 Years
4. Yesterdays
5. Locomotive
6. Back off Bitch
7.  Right Next Door to Hell
8. Civil War
9.  Don't Damn Me
10. Get in The Ring
11. Double Talkin Jive
12. Don't Cry
13. November Rain
14. Estranged

[AxlReznor]

Have I posted on this before? I don't remember, and don't wanna look through every post, so here it is (possibly again )

This comes to just under 80 minutes...

1. Civil War
2. You Could Be Mine
3. Pretty Tied Up
4. Don't Cry
5. November Rain
6. Breakdown
7. Locomotive
8. Dust N' Bones
9. 14 Years
10. Estranged
11. Yesterdays
12. Coma

[19AT5]

I'm going to make Use Your Illusion a double album with 16 tracks:

Civil War
Dust N Bones
Live & Let Die
Locomotive
You Ain't The First
Yesterdays
Knocking On Heaven's Door
Double Talking Jive
You Could Be Mine
Don't Cry (original)
Back Off Bitch
The Garden
Don't Damn Me
Estranged
Garden Of Eden
Coma

Always been a massive fan of the Illusion albums. Sure, it's not all killer and there is some filler. But there really is some quality work over the two discs. Undoubtedly should've just been the one double album though. Would possibly be held in a lot higher regard if this was the case.

[CherryGarcia]

Following the Guns/Roses album split which AFD did (the rockers being on one side, the ballady stuff on the other)

1) Right Next Door to Hell
2) Double Talkin' Jive
3) Perfect Crime
4) You Could Be Mine (single B-side 14 Years)
5) Bad Obsession
6) Pretty Tied Up
7) Garden of Eden
Coma
9) Don't Cry (single b-side You Ain't The First)
10) Yesterdays
11) November Rain
12) Don't Damn Me
13) Estranged

Single only releases: Civil War, KOHD, LALD

clocks in at 66 minutes.

[Thorned Rose]

Well we'll do 14 tracks, since there's 30 tracks in total and AFD was 12 and 12 songs is typically the amount of most albums for any band.

These are my picks in no track order. Just the 12 songs that would've made the greatest album in rock history.

I'm also picking these as what I think are the actual best songs, so I'm being extremely objective. And remember they gotta fit in a 80 minute CD.

Don't Cry 5
November Rain 9
Dust N' Bones 5
Back Off Bitch 5
Civil War 8
14 years 4
Pretty Tied Up 5
You Could Be Mine 6
Knockin On Heaven's Door 6
Right Next Door to Hell 3
Locomotive 9
Don't Damn Me 5

Those are my 12 songs, that I think would of made up the greatest album in rock history.

Notice Estranged and Yesterdays are ommited from my list. I simple think Axl's vocals on yesterdays are bad and Estranged is a good song, but definitley bloated I think.

I based it off of music/guitar work/lyrics and the sound of each song, the song's commercial success had little bearing on my list.


EDIT: I just noticed I left off Bad Obsession. fuck. I'll do another later.

[Thorned Rose]

Lots of you are making the albums over 80 minutes lmao

November Rain
Coma
Estranged

That's like 28 minutes people.