Guns N Roses - G N R Lies
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Music Reviews of G N R Lies
Music Review: A Weak Effort!
Rating: 2 Stars
After releasing the widely successful album "Appettite For Destruction", which featured the hit single "Sweet Child O' Mine", I thought Guns N' Roses would attempt to take a step foward musically with their follow-up album. To my amazement, Guns N' Roses actually took a step backward. A huge one! G N' R Lies will disappoint anyone who appreciated Guns N' Roses material off their two most successful albums, "Use Your Illusion I", and of course "Appettite For Destruction". I honestly can say that this album is near terrible. It does not feature any hit singles, videos, or any really good songs, like all the successful Guns N' Roses albums do. I advise people not to purchase this album, and I encourage them to focus more on buying the better Guns N' Roses albums, "Use Your Illusion I", and "Appettite For Destruction".Music Review: Not Well-Known, But Still Pretty Good
Rating: 4 Stars
GN'R Lies is the second album that Guns N' Roses released. For some reason, it does not get all that much attention from the general public, even though it is a decent album (albeit a very short one) and it has one of their greatest songs ("Patience").
The first half of the album actually predates the "Appetite for Destruction" material. These are fun, hard-rocking songs done in classic 1980's "hair band" style. The second half was their fresh material, and is pretty much acoustic rock.
The highlights are the original "You're Crazy," the controversial "One in a Million," and, of course "Patience." Also, the album cover has some interesting pictures and commentary.
I would suggest "Appetite for Destruction," and perhaps "Use Your Illusion I" first, but this is definitely worth a listen, especially for Guns N' Roses and classic rock fans.
Music Review: GNR AT ITS FINEST
Rating: 5 Stars
God, there's so much good about this album. First of all, the previously unattainable "Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide" is on here, which really shows longtime fans how GNR was back in the day. You can really understand what these guys were going through as they talk about life in the city. "One In A Million", while controversial, is one of the best lyrical musical composures Axl has ever written. Axl truly is a genius. But to really get into it, "Patience" is an awesome song as well. The tune and characteristic whistling is just pure GNR. I got this album today, and i listened over it once. It is one of my favorite GNR albums now. Second only to Appetite For Destruction, with the Illusion ALbums coming in next. The Aerosmith cover is notable, but "One In A Million" is the highpoint of this album. If you're new to GNR or a hardcore fan, just buy it. It's definitely worth it.Music Review: Not Bad, Could've Been Better
Rating: 4 Stars
Lies is a pretty good album but not the masterpiece some reviewers claim. It wasn't designed with much thought, just thrown together quickly as a way to buy time between the eventual mega success of Appetite for Destruction and the "difficult second album" Use Your Illusion I and II. That said, most of it is pretty good. Out of the four live songs, the cover of Aerosmith standard "Mama Kin" is great, and the rest are adequate.
The new acoustic songs fare better. "Patience," as we all know, is a masterpiece, and many have bought the album for it alone."Used to Love Her" is fun though not too riveting. "One in a Million" is great, with biting lyrics that can be taken out of context. "You're Crazy" was much better on Appetite.
This is not essential, but you probably should get it anyway since we may never see any new material from the original band.
Music Review: A Big Change of Pace for G N'R
Rating: 4 Stars
I was in high school when AFD came out - it was a revolutionary album. Suddenly even spoiled preppies found hard rock cool. I bought the follow-up, G N'R Lies, when I was in the military back in 1990. Although I was into heavier music at the time, I immediately took a liking to the four acoustic songs and I played them almost exclusively, rarely playing side one. As the one reviewer below mentioned, I too wish this whole album would've been acoustic. To this day, I consider G N'R Lies, side 2, to be one of my favorite album sides ever. The four songs just flow together perfectly, always leaving me wanting more. I would've paid full price for just the acoustic songs on this album. It's now fourteen years later, and although some of it may be sentimental, I can still sit back and enjoy these great acoustic arrangements. -1 star for side one, which never really grew on me.