G N R Lies Music Cd

Guns N Roses - G N R Lies

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G N' R Lies      Artist : Guns N' Roses      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $7.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-10-25      Studio : Geffen Records      Label : Geffen Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (124 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for G N R Lies      Smooth pop ain't Rock!      Rating:      "Good boys don't make rock'n'roll. Bad boys do." Guys, this album can't even be called rock. It's just very bad quality smooth pop, that was SO unfortunate to put out "One in a Million" (which only makes it worse). There a lot of GREAT rock albums out there. So, do yourself a favor and pass this record.     Customer Reviews for G N R Lies Cd      A Statement Album      Rating:      If Appetite For Destruction told the story of who Guns N' Roses were, GN'R Lies was the band telling the world who they were NOT. That is to say, they were not just another one-dimensional hard rock band. GN'R Lies shows the band's flexibility as musicians and pays homage to their influences. Though this album is an EP and was put out as a, say, pre-dinner snack while the band worked on their next full length(s), one should not be quick to judge the album as simply a "collection of odds and ends and tracks that didn't make their previous album." One of the greatest parts about GN'R Lies is how well thought out it was. The band were out to show that they could sell with a half acoustic album featuring only 2 songs that could have fit in next to the songs of Appetite For Destruction. A bold move indeed. It is important to note that this is a concept album. First off, the cover shows a tabloid-esque review of the band. It was during the period after their debut album "took off" until this point (and beyond), that Guns N' Roses was caught up in the whirlwind of media attacks and scrutiny: much of which the band claimed were "lies" - hence the name of the album. But not so fast, the album name isn't merely to tell the world that the band feel misrepresented; there is more to the name. The album itself is lies. That is the concept - it's Guns N' Roses pulling a fast one on everyone. The "Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide" songs are not live. It's a lie, but a clever one, since upon further investigation, the name actually suggests they are NOT live... that they are "as live as a suicide." Next, the choices of songs like Reckless Life and Nice Boys start off the album and make you think it's going to be Appetite For Destruction II. Then they roll in the horn section in the jam-esque Move To The City, followed shortly by 4 all acoustic tracks: complete with whistling and lyrics like "shed a tear cause I'm missing you." No, not the Guns N' Roses we all expected. Mix in a song that required a disclaimer from Axl that it was a joke (Used To Love Her) and a track that was essentially a bull's eye on the band's back for the media (One In A Million), and you've got a nice group of lies about Axl and band-mates being murderers, racists and homophobic -- all of which would be denied by the band... repeatedly. And through all of this superficial deception, when we scratch a bit deeper, we find that lyrically, this is the band at it's most honest and introspective with lines like, "It's been such a long time since I've known right from wrong." To draw another comparison to their first album, Appetite For Destruction was a youthful cry out of the band's identity, no apologies, while GN'R Lies showed the band coming to fully understand their "reckless lives" and coming to terms with all that it entailed. The story of Guns N' Roses cannot be told, nor fully appreciated without this album to bridge the no-holds-barred rock of Appetite For Destruction with the sprawling even poignant artistry of the Use Your Illusion albums. One could only wish for a few more tracks to turn the album from a "middle finger to the critics and dissenters" to a big "?!*@ you" to anyone who would question the greatness of the band.