Tracks
Side A
- 11990Dutch Top 40: peak position 22 in week 24 of 1993, 6 weeks in the chartCivil War7:42A♯ minor
- 2199114 Years4:21G♯ minor
- 31991Dutch Top 40: peak position 6 in week 50 of 1992, 9 weeks in the chartYesterdays3:16A♯ minor
- 41990Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 27 of 1992, 18 weeks in the chartKnockin' On Heaven's Door5:36F♯ minor
Side B
- 11991Get In The Ring5:41C♯ minor
- 21991Shotgun Blues3:23D♯ minor
- 31991Breakdown7:04G♯ minor
Side C
- 11991Pretty Tied Up (The Perils Of Rock N' Roll Decadence)4:48
- 21991Locomotive (Complicity)8:42G♯ minor
- 31991So Fine4:06C♯ minor
Side D
- 11991Estranged9:24B major
- 21991Dutch Top 40: peak position 5 in week 32 of 1991, 13 weeks in the chartYou Could Be Mine5:44G♯ minor
- 31991Don't Cry4:44G♯ minor
- 41991My World1:26F♯ major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Use Your Illusion II
Use Your Illusion II sounds darker and more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 123 bpm.
Quietest track: Knockin' On Heaven's Door · most energetic: Shotgun Blues
Across 14 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The eight members of Guns N' Roses around the time of Use Your Illusion II, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Axl Rose
Slash
Izzy Stradlin
Gilby Clarke
Steven Adler
Dizzy Reed198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Use Your Illusion II by Guns N' Roses released?
Use Your Illusion II came out in 1991.
How many tracks are on Use Your Illusion II?
Use Your Illusion II has 14 tracks, 76 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Use Your Illusion II made the Dutch Top 40?
Four tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Civil War, Yesterdays, Knockin' On Heaven's Door and You Could Be Mine. The highest was Knockin' On Heaven's Door, at number 1 in week 27 of 1992.
Which category is Use Your Illusion II in?
Use Your Illusion II is filed under studio albums. Under Albums, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Guns N' Roses.
Which other albums by Guns N' Roses are in the collection?
The collection holds three more albums by Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction (1987), Use Your Illusion I (1991) and Greatest Hits (2004).
Who was in Guns N' Roses when Use Your Illusion II came out?
In 1990 and 1991, Guns N' Roses consisted of Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Gilby Clarke, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler, Matt Sorum and Dizzy Reed. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Use Your Illusion II mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Use Your Illusion II?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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