Tracklist: Civil war 14 years Yesterdays Knockin' on heavens door Get in the ring Shotgun blues Breakdown Pretty tied up Locomotive So fine Estranged You could be mine Don't cry (alt.lyrics) My world

Band members: W. Axl Rose - Vocals Slash - Guitars Izzy Stradlin - Guitars Duff McKagan - Bass guitar Dizzy Reed - Piano, Organ Matt Sorum - Drums

Rating:
The second volume of the "Illusions" isn't much different from the first one, as they were written and recorded during the same time, I think they were supposed to be one double album, but record companies don't usually say 'yes' to such things, just take Helloween and their "Keeper of the seven keys" for one example. This release contains cool songs like You could be mine, a rocking tune that also can be found on the soundtrack from the motion picture "Terminator 2 - Judgement day". It's also my absolute favorite GNR song. Some other good songs: Civil war, Estranged and Get in the ring. They did a cover of Bob Dylan's Knockin' on heavens door, and another version of their own song Don't cry with different lyrics. Pretty cool. In So fine we get to hear the (hidden?) vocal talents (yeah, right) of bassist Duff McKagan. At the time I really liked GNR, I thought Duff was good at singing, and I liked his solo album that I still got! I can't understand why I liked him, because he really SUCKS. The solo album too. I mean, Axl is Pavarotti when compared to Duff. Duff reminds more of guitarist Izzy Stradlin, who unfortunately sang on a few tracks on both "Illusions". This cd is like its predecessor, a decent recording of hard rocking music.







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