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All reviews by user Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  Another excellent album.Posted: 9/25/2005A review of Use Your Illusion II [Explicit Version] [Explicit] by Anonymous Use Your Illusion II, part of the two part series of Use Your Illusion albums releases, is a more power ballad album than Use Your Illusion I, which was more hard rock.
The album kicks off with Civil War, a powrful song about events in the past in which Axl talks about needing to find peace. Then 14 Years which is another powerful song about a divorce. Yesterdays follows about Axl getting older, which I must say is a pretty awesome song. Then comes the re-make of Bob Dylan's Knockin' On Heaven's Door which brought a lot of the attention to the table of GN'R. Then the next two songs Get In The Ring and Shotgun Blues was a backlash against the press being against Axl, other bands, and other members of Guns N' Roses. Then back into power ballads again with Breakdown, Pretty Tied-Up (an awesome, awesome song, if you get the chance, listen to it). The next song, in which I consider one of the best Guns N' Roses songs is Locomotive. The overall work on Locomotive is estonishing compared to some other well known GN'R songs. Then into the love-power ballad again with So Fine and then the draw-dropping Estranged which should be ranked A LOT higher than it is. After that follows the up-beat You Could Be Mine and then the alt. version of Don't Cry. The ending is odd side of Axl Rose in which we hear a sort of Tommy Lee quick rhaspy play style.
Overall the album is one of the greatest to own if you like Guns N' Roses and rock. From the start to the finish is packed with huge powerful long songs that show emtion and power that Axl brings to the table. OWN this album if you don't already. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful One Of The Best GN'R AlbumsPosted: 9/25/2005A review of Use Your Illusion I [Explicit Version] [Explicit] by Anonymous Following GN'R Lies, the Use Your Illusion series, which was released on two different albums on the same release date, the first album entitled Use Your Illusion I is a strong and powerful album. It is hard to describe the style of the CD, since it has both power ballads, fast hard rock, slow country influinced style work, and some other turns into it.
Album started off like a hard rock album typically would with Right Next Door To Hell, then Dust N' Bones, a great re-make of Live and Let Die, and then after that it branches off and hits back and forth. After Live And Let Die comes the original version of Don't Cry, a power ballad in which, shows pure talent and skill on both vocally with Axl and guitaristicly with Slash. Then jumping back into a hard rock with Perfect Crime. However, goes to a more country-influince with You Ain't The First and then back into the hard rock until November Rain, another very powerful ballad in which many consider the music video, the greatest music video ever made. Then we go into The Garden, an odd song that although depicts Madison Square Garden, it is easy to get pulled into the lyrics and feel as though it is a power ballad in which Axl decribes a garden he goes through, atleast that is the feeling of the song. Then more hard rock and finally ends with a huge ballad that is very underrated known as "Coma", which is a whopping 10 minutes and 16 seconds long. However the guitar work and vocals are excellent and if you got 10 minutes and 16 seconds to listen to a badass song, listen to Coma.
The overall build of the album is a lot different from Use Your Illusion II which contained mostly power ballads and powerful drawn out songs. Between the two, Use your Illusion I has more variation and some better cuts on it, however Use your Illusion II has more feeling and power overall in to it. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful Excellent AlbumPosted: 7/28/2005A review of Purple Rain by Nicc163 Despite the MSN rating of the songs on this album, every song is a classic from Purple Rain easily. Instead of buying a Prince "Best of" album, I'd get Purple Rain before anything.
Every song keeps you listening to it, and you can't get away from the songs like "Darling Nikki", "Let's Go Crazy", "When Doves Cry", and "Purple Rain".
If it only had Little Red Corvette and Diamonds and Pearls, this album would be the best album of all time, considering the other songs Prince has perfected.
But, the album is worth everything you pay for it, hands down. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-3 of 3 Per Page |
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