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Lies
Studio album by Guns N' Roses
Released November 29, 1988 (U.S.)
December 17, 1988 (UK)
Recorded Rumbo Studios, Take One Studio, Image Studio
Genre Hard rock
Length 33:31
Label Geffen
Producer Guns N' Roses, Mike Clink
Professional reviews
Guns N' Roses chronology
Appetite for Destruction
(1987)		 G N' R Lies
(1988)		 Use Your Illusion I
(1991)
Singles from G N' R Lies
  1. "Patience"
    Released: 1989 (1989)

Lies, aka G N' R Lies, is the second album by the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). According to the RIAA, it has sold over five million copies in the United States.[1]

Contents

Background and recording

The first four tracks consist of the previously released EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide. The last four songs were recorded with acoustic guitars. They were written and recorded in only a few studio sessionsCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.

In later interviews, Axl Rose stated that while he loved how the band sounded on the last four songs, he hated the sound of his voice. Rose recalled that his voice was husky and scratchy from the band's lengthy touring at the time, and if he could he would've re-recorded his vocal tracks in a separate session.[2]

"You're Crazy" had been released previously on the band's debut album, Appetite for Destruction and was now recorded as written originally.[3] "Mama Kin" is an Aerosmith song, which originally appeared on the band's 1973 debut album. "Nice Boys" is a Rose Tattoo cover from their 1980 album Rose Tattoo. "Used to Love Her" and "Patience" were written by Izzy Stradlin'. Slash stated that "People think it's about one of our old girlfriends, but it's actually about Axl's dog."[4]

Packaging

The cover is a parody of tabloid newspapers as are the liner notes. The LP cover art underwent several minor modifications when the title was released on CD.[2] First, in the bottom left corner reading "LIES LIES LIES" originally read "Wife-beating has been around for 10,000 years." Secondly, instead of "Elephant gives birth to midget", the original headline reads, "Ladies, welcome to the dark ages." Many copies of the original LP release also contained an uncensored picture of a nude model on the inner LP sleeve.[5]

The cover art also bears a resemblance to John Lennon's Sometime in New York City, an album that contains Lennon's controversial "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" - a song Axl has cited when defending his use of the word "nigger" in "One in a Million." [6] Coincidentally, half of Sometime in New York City also contains "live" material recorded two years earlier.

Track listing

Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide
Track Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Reckless Life"   Guns N' Roses 3:20
2. "Nice Boys" (originally by Rose Tattoo) Rose Tattoo 3:03
3. "Move to the City"   Guns N' Roses 3:42
4. "Mama Kin" (originally by Aerosmith) Steven Tyler 3:57

All songs written and composed by Guns N' Roses.

G N' R Lies
Track Title Length
5. "Patience"   5:56
6. "Used to Love Her"   3:13
7. "You're Crazy" (acoustic) 4:10
8. "One in a Million"   6:10

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "United States Accreditations". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Guns%20N%20Roses&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=50. Retrieved 2009-02-15. 
  2. ^ a b Album info at Last.fm
  3. ^ Song info at GNRSource.com
  4. ^ info at GNRSource.com
  5. ^ Guns N' Roses, G N' R Lies. Geffen Records, GHS 24198; 1988.
  6. ^ See Axl's interview in Rolling Stone with Del James
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