Use Your Illusion is the name of two releases by American rock band Guns N' Roses: a 1998 compilation album, drawing from the Use Your Illusion I and II studio albums featuring songs without explicit lyrics, and a 2022 box set anniversary edition of both albums. The first compilation was only released in the United States, and was primarily sold at Walmart and Kmart, two retail outlets that refused to stock the unedited Use Your Illusion I and II due to explicit lyrics. The second compilation featured remastered versions of both albums alongside several live shows in honor of the album's 30th anniversary.

Overview

"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" appears in an edited version without Josh Richman's speech, removed for unknown reasons. Therefore, the track length is reduced to 5:20, instead of 5:36 from the version included on Use Your Illusion II. Richman's speech was instead included in the Greatest Hits compilation album. The cover art of the album simply combines the color schemes from the covers of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, which were originally designed by Mark Kostabi. Like the original two, the image is a detail of the Raphael painting "The School of Athens".

Track listing

Use Your Illusion I

Use Your Illusion II

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

Additional personnel

Remastered box set

Per the Guns N' Roses website, the Use Your Illusion (Super Deluxe) has 7 CD's and 1 Blu-ray with the following: CD 1 Use Your Illusion I - Original Album Remastered CD 2 Use Your Illusion II - Original Album Remastered CD 3 Live In New York, Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991 CD 4 Live In New York (Cont’d), Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991 CD 5 Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992 CD 6 Live In Las Vegas (Cont’d), Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992 CD 7 Live In Las Vegas (Cont’d), Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992 Blu-Ray Video Live In New York, Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991 Concert: 1.44:1 Pillarbox / 1080p / 24fps Audio: Dolby Atmos 48kHz 24-bit / Dolby TrueHD 5.1 96kHz 24-bit / PCM Stereo 48kHz 24-bit Regions: All Run Time: 2hr 6min

• Previously unreleased

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