Use Your Illusion 1 & 2

[Dream Team]

Any fans of these albums? What would be your killer one-disc version?

[TAC]

Love these albums. Saw them multiple times on this tour.

I actually have a 1 disc version of this already burned with nice running order. Comes in at a little over 71 minutes:

Don't Damn Me
Locomotive
Yesterdays
Double Talkin' Jive
The Garden
So Fine
14 Years
Breakdown
You Could Be Mine
Estranged
Dead Horse
Coma

[Dr. DTVT]

I remember how big this was when it came out.  I'd karaoke the hell out of their early albums.  I'd have to think about a one disc version.  I'm sure I could do it, and some of the picks would be sophomoric due to nostalgia.

[hefdaddy42]

I definitely thought this was about one album's worth of good tunes spread across two albums.  The definition of excess.

But why not?  You only live once.

[millahh]

I'm sure I could do it, and some of the picks would be sophomoric due to nostalgia.

Get in the Ring?

[jjrock88]

Both are great, but both could easily be trimmed down.

"My World" has no business being on part 2.

[Outcrier]

Both good albums, but they could easily make a great album picking the best songs of each Illusions.

[Dream Team]

Love these albums. Saw them multiple times on this tour.

I actually have a 1 disc version of this already burned with nice running order. Comes in at a little over 71 minutes:

Don't Damn Me
Locomotive
Yesterdays
Double Talkin' Jive
The Garden
So Fine
14 Years
Breakdown
You Could Be Mine
Estranged
Dead Horse
Coma

Get out of my head Tim!!

[TheCountOfNYC]

Use Your Illusion I is my favorite Guns N Roses album. November Rain and Coma are two of the greatest hard rock songs ever written. Use Your Illusion II is great too but I feel it has a bit more filler.

[TAC]

Get out of my head Tim!!

 

[Dream Team]

I guess my controversial opinion is that I enjoy these more than AFD. Much more variety.

[Prog Snob]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

[mikeyd23]

I own a retail version that's a one disk combination of songs from I and II...

This is it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_Your_Illusion

Not a perfect tracklist, but its definitely a good start, it has some glaring omissions though like no You Could Be Mine...

Anyway this was actually the first version of any of these songs that I owned, buying both full discs a couple years later.

[BlobVanDam]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

[mikeyd23]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

Yeah, AFD would crush even the best UYI compilation. AFD is probably the best debut album by any rock band, ever. Period.

[Outcrier]

Yeah, AFD would crush even the best UYI compilation.

[Stadler]

Love these albums. Saw them multiple times on this tour.

I actually have a 1 disc version of this already burned with nice running order. Comes in at a little over 71 minutes:

Don't Damn Me
Locomotive
Yesterdays
Double Talkin' Jive
The Garden
So Fine
14 Years
Breakdown
You Could Be Mine
Estranged
Dead Horse
Coma

Get out of my head Tim!!

I would take out Double Talkin' Jive and You Could Be Mine, and Civil War and November Rain would be in (though I get why one wouldn't put NR on there, but I like that song) but other than that, that's a solid list.   Nice job!

[Stadler]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

Yeah, AFD would crush even the best UYI compilation. AFD is probably the best debut album by any rock band, ever. Period.

...not named after a city ("Boston"). 

[mikeyd23]

...not named after a city ("Boston").

Haha, yeah I was trying to think of other great debuts when I posted that. LedZeppI came to mind, Boston did too... An argument can definitely be made for AFD though. Truly great album.

[hefdaddy42]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

This exactly.

[TheCountOfNYC]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

Yeah, AFD would crush even the best UYI compilation. AFD is probably the best debut album by any rock band, ever. Period.

Van Halen I gives it some competition.

[KevShmev]

  AFD is probably the best debut album by any rock band, ever. Period.

Eh, I could name dozens that are better. 

In hard rock alone, the debuts of LZ, Boston and VH smack the shit out of Appetite.

[Mosh]

UYI I is awful, II is really good IMO. You could take the few good tracks from I and replace them with the less than stellar tracks on II and make a perfect album. Estranged is probably the best song the band ever wrote.

[BlobVanDam]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

Yeah, AFD would crush even the best UYI compilation. AFD is probably the best debut album by any rock band, ever. Period.

Van Halen I gives it some competition.

Surprised it took that long for someone to mention this one. I couldn't decide between the two, but AFD and VH1 would be the two best debut hard rock albums ever. Hell, two of the best hard rock albums ever, debut or not.

[jammindude]

  AFD is probably the best debut album by any rock band, ever. Period.

Eh, I could name dozens that are better. 

In hard rock alone, the debuts of LZ, Boston and VH smack the shit out of Appetite.

I would say AFD is in that league. 

[Mosh]

I'd take the first Van Halen over Appetite without a second though. Maybe the first Boston too, definitely not the first LZ.

[ZKX-2099]

I wouldn't miss the 2 covers and I find the 2nd Don't Cry pointless, but I love the rest.

[Prog Snob]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

That's just your opinion. AFD is good but half of it is filler.  November Rain and Estranged are better than anything off AFD.

[BlobVanDam]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

That's just your opinion. AFD is good but half of it is filler.  November Rain and Estranged are better than anything off AFD.

And that's just your opinion. November Rain is excellent, but that's only one song, and it's not a rocker, so it's not really comparable to anything from AFD anyway. Double albums like UYI are basically the definition of filler.

What a shocker someone called Prog Snob goes for the two longest songs, over the straight up rockers.

[TAC]

It's such a shame because there is some incredible music on the UYIs. Things like Estranged, Locomotive, Breakdown...
As great as AFD is, UYI showed that they had it in them to be much more than that.

Oh, and Matt Sorum  is a beast on these albums!

[Prog Snob]

If you put the best songs from both discs onto one CD, it would blow Appetite out of the water.

Not even close.

Although there are certainly a few classic songs between the two UYI albums.

That's just your opinion. AFD is good but half of it is filler.  November Rain and Estranged are better than anything off AFD.

And that's just your opinion. November Rain is excellent, but that's only one song, and it's not a rocker, so it's not really comparable to anything from AFD anyway. Double albums like UYI are basically the definition of filler.

What a shocker someone called Prog Snob goes for the two longest songs, over the straight up rockers.

What does it not being a rocker have to do with anything? A song is good regardless of what kind of song it is.

Coma is longer than the two of them, is it not? Notice I didn't pick the longest song, so your theory goes right out the window. 

[BlobVanDam]

Oh yes, there's one song longer. My theory is entirely out of the window (more like an inch away from where it was). 

My point about not being a rocker just means it's an apples and oranges comparison imo.

[KevShmev]

  AFD is probably the best debut album by any rock band, ever. Period.

Eh, I could name dozens that are better. 

In hard rock alone, the debuts of LZ, Boston and VH smack the shit out of Appetite.

I would say AFD is in that league.

I would not.

Consider the test of time theory in regards to radio play (which I am aware is not everything, but it's just interesting to note):

Where I work now, we listen to the radio all day, and usually a station that plays rock from the late 60s through current day.

AFD has three songs that still get played on the radio regularly, the three hits.  Mr. Brownstone gets the occasional play.

Boston's first album has eight songs that are ALL still played on the radio on a regular basis.

The first VH album still has five songs that get played to death (six if you count Eruption, which is often played along with You Really Got Me).

Now, the first LZ album probably only has three songs that still get played a lot, but I don't think anyone in their right mind is going to argue against the greatness that is Led Zeppelin I, right?

[Prog Snob]

Oh yes, there's one song longer. My theory is entirely out of the window (more like an inch away from where it was). 

My point about not being a rocker just means it's an apples and oranges comparison.

You did say two longest songs. I'm just pointed out your fallacy.     An inch or mile, it's still wrong.

[BlobVanDam]

I don't think anyone in their right mind could argue that AFD isn't in the league of the other mentioned albums.

Oh yes, there's one song longer. My theory is entirely out of the window (more like an inch away from where it was). 

My point about not being a rocker just means it's an apples and oranges comparison.

You did say two longest songs. I'm just pointed out your fallacy.     An inch or mile, it's still wrong.

Geez dude, do you really care that much about the semantics of a half joke that remains just as valid regardless anyway? I'm done with it.