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On Nov. 11, UME/Geffen will release Guns N' Roses' USE YOUR ILLUSION I & II box set for the band's 1991 multi-platinum releases Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. The SUPER DELUXE editions have 97 tracks; 63 are previously unreleased.

Among the formats are a Super Deluxe Seven-CD + Blu-ray, a Super Deluxe Twelve-LP + Blu-ray, Two-CD Deluxe Editions of Use Your Illusion I & II separately, standard 1CD and 2LP versions of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II separately. 

In all configurations, the original studio albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II have been fully remastered for the first-time ever, from high-resolution 96kHz 24-bit transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog masters. All versions will be available to stream and as digital downloads, with all configurations available to pre-order and pre-save, HERE.

The band's third and fourth studio albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II were originally released simultaneously on September 17, 1991. Upon release, Use Your Illusion I reached No. 2 and Use Your Illusion II took the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart concurrently, selling over 500k in the first two hours of release, with an estimated sales of over 685k and 770k respectively within the first week of release.

Use Your Illusion I features the band's cover of Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die," the Top Ten hit "Don't Cry," and what NPR described as "one of the ultimate hard-rock power ballads," the band's '90s anthem and MTV staple "November Rain," which hit No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100, spending a total of 30 weeks on the chart, and holds the title of the first video from the '90s to hit the 1 billion views mark on YouTube – now nearing 2 billion views. "November Rain" will now include a real 50-piece orchestra for the first-time ever newly recorded, conducted & arranged in 2021 by Grammy® Award winning & Emmy Award nominated composer Christopher Lennertz.

Use Your Illusion II features the band's Top 50 single "You Could Be Mine," "Civil War," which reached No. 4 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, Bob Dylan's "Knocking On Heaven's Door," plus an alternate version of "Don't Cry" featuring different lyrics.

Track listings (selected formats):

SUPER DELUXE 7CD + BLU-RAY:
CD 1
USE YOUR ILLUSION I
(Original Album Remastered)
1. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL
2. DUST N' BONES
3. LIVE AND LET DIE
4. DON'T CRY (ORIGINAL)
5. PERFECT CRIME
6. YOU AIN'T THE FIRST
7. BAD OBSESSION
8. BACK OFF BITCH
9. DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE
10. NOVEMBER RAIN*
11. THE GARDEN
12. GARDEN OF EDEN
13. DON'T DAMN ME
14. BAD APPLES
15. DEAD HORSE
16. COMA

CD 2
USE YOUR ILLUSION II
(Original Album Remastered)
1. CIVIL WAR
2. 14 YEARS
3. YESTERDAYS
4. KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
5. GET IN THE RING
6. SHOTGUN BLUES
7. BREAKDOWN
8. PRETTY TIED UP
9. LOCOMOTIVE
10. SO FINE
11. ESTRANGED
12. YOU COULD BE MINE
13. DON'T CRY (ALT. LYRICS)
14. MY WORLD

CD 3
LIVE IN NEW YORK
(Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991)
1. PRETTY TIED UP*
2. BAD OBSESSION*
3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL*
4. MR. BROWNSTONE*
5. DUST N' BONES
6. LIVE AND LET DIE*
7. PARADISE CITY*
8. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR*
9. DRUM SOLO*
10. SLASH SOLO*
11. YOU COULD BE MINE*

CD 4
LIVE IN NEW YORK* (cont'd)
1. I WAS ONLY JOKING / PATIENCE*
2. ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR*
3. DON'T CRY (ORIGINAL)* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
4. YOU AIN'T THE FIRST* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
5. MY MICHELLE*
6. ESTRANGED*
7. DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE*
8. SWEET CHILD O' MINE*
9. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*

CD 5
LIVE IN LAS VEGAS
(Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992)
1. NIGHTRAIN
2. MR. BROWNSTONE*
3. LIVE AND LET DIE*
4. ATTITUDE*
5. IT'S SO EASY*
6. BAD OBSESSION*
7. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*
8. DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE*
9. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR / VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN)*

CD 6
LIVE IN LAS VEGAS (cont'd)
1. DON'T CRY (ORIGINAL)*
2. WILD HORSES*
3. PATIENCE*
4. YOU COULD BE MINE*
5. SO FINE*
6. NOVEMBER RAIN*
7. INTROS / DRUM SOLO*
8. SLASH SOLO*
9. SPEAK SOFTLY, LOVE (LOVE THEME FROM THE GODFATHER)*
10. ROCKET QUEEN

CD 7
LIVE IN LAS VEGAS (cont'd)
1. SAIL AWAY SWEET SISTER*
2. SWEET CHILD O' MINE*
3. MOVE TO THE CITY*
4. HOTEL CALIFORNIA / ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR*
5. YESTERDAYS
6. MY MICHELLE*
7. ESTRANGED*
8. MOTHER* / PARADISE CITY

DISC 8 - BLU-RAY VIDEO
LIVE IN NEW YORK
(Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991)
1. PRETTY TIED UP*
2. BAD OBSESSION*
3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL*
4. MR. BROWNSTONE*
5. DUST N' BONES*
6. LIVE AND LET DIE*
7. PARADISE CITY*
8. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR*
9. DRUM SOLO*
10. SLASH SOLO*
11. YOU COULD BE MINE*
12. I WAS ONLY JOKING / PATIENCE*
13. ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR*
14. DON'T CRY (ORIGINAL)* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
15. YOU AIN'T THE FIRST* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
16. MY MICHELLE*
17. ESTRANGED*
18. DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE*
19. SWEET CHILD O' MINE*
20. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*

* Previously unreleased

USE YOUR ILLUSION I – DELUXE EDITION – 2CD / DIGITAL:
CD 1
USE YOUR ILLUSION I
(Original Album Remastered)
1. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL
2. DUST N' BONES
3. LIVE AND LET DIE
4. DON'T CRY (ORIGINAL)
5. PERFECT CRIME
6. YOU AIN'T THE FIRST
7. BAD OBSESSION
8. BACK OFF BITCH
9. DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE
10. NOVEMBER RAIN*
11. THE GARDEN
12. GARDEN OF EDEN
13. DON'T DAMN ME
14. BAD APPLES
15. DEAD HORSE
16. COMA

CD 2
USE YOUR ILLUSION 1991 / 1992 TOUR
1. PERFECT CRIME (Live in London – 8/31/91)*
2. BAD OBSESSION (Live in Las Vegas – 1/25/92)*
3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
4. ALWAYS ON THE RUN (with Lenny Kravitz) (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
5. DUST N' BONES (Live in London – 8/31/91)*
6. LIVE AND LET DIE (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
7. ATTITUDE (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
8. DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE (Live in London – 8/31/91)*
9. DON'T CRY (ORIGINAL) (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
10. YOU AIN'T THE FIRST (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
11. IT'S ALRIGHT / NOVEMBER RAIN (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
12. BAD APPLES (Live in Rio de Janeiro – 1/23/91)*
13. WILD HORSES (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*

* Previously unreleased

USE YOUR ILLUSION II – DELUXE EDITION – 2CD / DIGITAL:
CD 1
USE YOUR ILLUSION II
(Original Album Remastered)
1. CIVIL WAR
2. 14 YEARS
3. YESTERDAYS
4. KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
5. GET IN THE RING
6. SHOTGUN BLUES
7. BREAKDOWN
8. PRETTY TIED UP
9. LOCOMOTIVE
10. SO FINE
11. ESTRANGED
12. YOU COULD BE MINE
13. DON'T CRY (ALT. LYRICS)
14. MY WORLD

CD 2
USE YOUR ILLUSION 1991 / 1992 TOUR
1. PRETTY TIED UP (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
2. 14 YEARS (Live in London – 8/31/91)*
3. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR / VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) (Live in Las Vegas – 1/25/92)*
4. YOU COULD BE MINE (Live in New York – 5/16/91)*
5. DRUM SOLO (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
6. SLASH SOLO (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
7. SPEAK SOFTLY, LOVE (LOVE THEME FROM THE GODFATHER) (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
8. SAIL AWAY SWEET SISTER (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
9. SO FINE (Live in Las Vegas – 1/25/92)*
10. ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR (Live in Rio de Janeiro – 1/20/91)*
11. MAMA KIN (featuring Steven Tyler & Joe Perry) (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
12. TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN' (featuring Steven Tyler & Joe Perry) (Live in Paris – 6/6/92)*
13. ESTRANGED (Live in Las Vegas – 1/25/92)*

* Previously unreleased

Preorder the Guns N' Roses USE YOUR ILLUSION I & II box set, HERE