open 12 to 7 ! on this date 23 years ago ! Use Your Illusion I is the third studio alb** by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two alb**s released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other being Use Your Illusion II. The two are thus sometimes considered a double alb** - in fact both were double alb**s consisting of 2 vinyl records each (Warman's Records Field Guide) . The alb** debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts, selling 685,000 copies in its first week, behind Use Your Illusion II's first week sales of 770,000. Use Your Illusion I has sold 5,502,000 units in the U.S. as of 2010, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Each of the Use Your Illusion alb**s have been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992. .Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio alb** by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was one of two alb**s released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, and as a result the two alb**s are sometimes considered a double alb**. Bolstered by the lead single You Could Be Mine , Use Your Illusion II was the slightly more popular of the two alb**s, selling 770,000 copies its first week and debuting at No. 1 on the U.S. charts, ahead of Use Your Illusion I's first week sales of 685,000.] Both alb**s have since been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA. It was also No. 1 on the UK Alb**s Chart for a single week. The alb** has recently received critical acclaim again in 2011, being featured on Triple M Radio's Life-Changing Alb** series in Australia, with the station playing numerous tracks with commentary.This was the last Guns N' Roses alb** to feature rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin. It also included the last Guns N' Roses song to feature drummer Steven Adler (Civil War).
