Use Your Illusion II

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Use Your Illusion II
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Studio album by
Guns N' Roses
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1991
RecordedJanuary 13, 1990 – August 3, 1991
Studio
Genre
Length75:55
Label Geffen
Producer
Guns N' Roses chronology
G N' R Lies
(1988)		 Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion II
(1991)		 Use Your Illusion World Tour I
Use Your Illusion World Tour II
(1992)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Civil War"
7:42
2."14 Years"
4:21
3."Yesterdays"
3:14
4."Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover)Dylan5:36
5."Get in the Ring"
  • Rose
  • Slash
  • McKagan
5:42
6."Shotgun Blues"Rose3:26
7."Breakdown"Rose7:04
8."Pretty Tied Up" ("The Perils of Rock n' Roll Decadence")Stradlin4:48
9."Locomotive (Complicity)"
  • Rose
  • Slash
8:42
10."So Fine"McKagan4:08
11."Estranged"Rose9:23
12."You Could Be Mine"
  • Rose
  • Stradlin
5:43
13."Don't Cry" (Alternate Lyrics)
  • Rose
  • Stradlin
4:45
14."My World"Rose1:24
Total length:75:55
2022 deluxe edition bonus CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pretty Tied Up" (Live in New York)Stradlin5:14
2."14 Years" (Live in London)
  • Rose
  • Stradlin
4:40
3."Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Civil War / Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover; live in Las Vegas) Jimi Hendrix ("Voodoo Child (Slight Return")
  • Rose
  • Slash
  • McKagan
("Civil War")		8:15
4."You Could Be Mine" (Live in New York)
  • Rose
  • Stradlin
5:33
5."Drum Solo" (Live in Paris) Matt Sorum 7:21
6."Guitar Solo" (Live in Paris)Slash4:10
7."Speak Softly, Love (Love Theme From The Godfather)" (Nino Rota cover; live in Paris)Rota2:28
8."Sail Away Sweet Sister" (Queen cover; live in Paris) Brian May 1:09
9."So Fine" (Live in Las Vegas)McKagan4:12
10."Only Women Bleed / Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Alice Cooper and Bob Dylan cover; live in Rio De Janeiro)
("Only Women Bleed")
Dylan ("Knockin' on Heaven's Door")		8:50
11."Mama Kin" (Aerosmith cover, featuring Steven Tyler and Joe Perry; live in Paris)Tyler3:57
12."Train Kept A-Rollin'" (feat. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry; live in Paris)
4:09
13."Estranged" (Live in Las Vegas)Rose9:10
Total length:67:08
2022 bonus CD tracks for Japan
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Pretty Tied Up" (Live in Tokyo)Stradlin5:14
15."You Could Be Mine" (Live in Tokyo)
  • Rose
  • Stradlin
6:10
Total length:78:32

Personnel

Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Use Your Illusion II
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [73] 6× Platinum360,000^
Australia (ARIA) [74] 5× Platinum350,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [75] 2× Platinum100,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [76] Platinum250,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [77]
Deluxe Edition 		Diamond160,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [78] 9× Platinum900,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [79] 2× Platinum40,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [80] Platinum76,688 [80]
France (SNEP) [81] Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [82] 5× Gold1,250,000^
Italy (FIMI) [83]
sales since 2009 		Platinum50,000‡
Japan (RIAJ) [84] 2× Platinum400,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [85]
video 		Gold10,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [86] Platinum250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [87] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [88] Platinum15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [89] 2× Platinum100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [90] Platinum100,000^
Sweden (GLF) [91] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [92] 3× Platinum150,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [93] Platinum402,781 [94]
United States (RIAA) [95] 7× Platinum7,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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