Guns and Roses GNR Lies LP

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You are bidding on a cleaned re sleeved excellent condition LP by Guns and Roses, there 2nnd album

G N' R Lies (also known as Lies) is the second studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on November 29, 1988 by Geffen Records. While officially an extended play, it was treated as a studio album when released. According to the RIAA, the album has sold over five million copies in the United States. It was their last album to feature drummer Steven Adler. "Patience" was the only single released from Lies, and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The album has sold over 9.9 million copies worldwide as of March 2018.

• Hard rock
 
• heavy metal[1]
 
• acoustic rock[2]

• Guns N' Roses
 
• Mike Clink

1. "Patience"
   Released: April 1989

Contents

Background and recordingEdit

Live ?!*@ Like a SuicideEdit

The first four tracks consist of the previously released EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide. 

GN'R LiesEdit

The last four songs were recorded with acoustic guitars. They were written and recorded in only a few studio sessions (with the exception of "You're Crazy," which appeared in an alternate version on Appetite for Destruction), which producer Mike Clink called "one of those magical rock and roll history moments."

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 have re-recorded his vocal tracks in a separate session.

A significantly faster version of "You're Crazy" with electric guitars had previously been released on the band's debut album, Appetite for Destruction, and was now recorded as originally intended "Used to Love Her" was written as a joke after Izzy Stradlin disliked a song he heard on the radio featuring "some guy whining about a broad who was treating him bad". Slashstated that "People think it's about one of our old girlfriends, but it's actually about Axl's dog.

ArtworkEdit

The cover is a humorous parody of tabloid newspapers, as are the liner notes. The album's cover art underwent several minor modifications when the title was released on CD. 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. 

The UK/Euro WX 218 924 198 - 1 release had 2 stickers on the cover; Special Limited Edition containing Sheet of Japanese Peel off Stickers, and Contains language that some people may find offensive 924 198 - 1. The Peel off Stickers are on a 21mm x 30mm sheet.

The cover art bears a resemblance to John Lennon's Some Time in New York City, an album that contains Lennon's controversial "Woman Is the Nigger of the World", a song Axl Rose cited when he defended his use of the word "nigger" in "One in a Million".

ControversyEdit

In addition to the album cover, two songs from the album caused significant controversy.

The song "One in a Million" raised accusations of racism and homophobia. Rose denied that he was a racist and defended his use of the word "nigger", claiming that "it's a word to describe somebody that is basically a pain in your life, a problem. The word nigger doesn't necessarily mean black." He cited the rap group N.W.A. and the John Lennon song "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" as other examples of musicians using the word.[ Several years later, Rose conceded that he had used the word as an insult towards black people who had tried to rob him, and because the word is a taboo. In response to the allegations of homophobia, Rose stated that he considered himself "pro-heterosexual" and blamed this attitude on "bad experiences" with gay men.