Track Listing

1. Reckless Life
2. Nice Boys
3. Move To The City
4. Mama Kin
5. Patience
6. Used To Love Her
7. You're Crazy
8. One In A Million

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3445 in Music
• Released on: 1999-03-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Running time: 33 minutes

Customer Reviews

Another side of GNR
Lightweight and accessible, GNR Lies is more a double EP than a studio album proper. Indeed, the first half of the disc - the electric half - was originally released as a live EP pre-Appetite For Destruction, and on its four tracks you can almost feel the band on the verge of something spectacular. The standout tracks here are the funky Move To The City and the raucous cover of Aerosmith's Mama Kin, which arguably surpasses the original.

But it is on the acoustic second half where the real interest lies. In start contrast to the rocking first half, these next four tracks show a side of GNR not witnessed before or since. This is most notable on the intimate ballad Patience, a rare display of sensitivity from the band. I Used To Love Her and You're Crazy are pleasing lightweight numbers, before finally we get One In A Million - perhaps the most objectionable lyrics ever written, set to a cheerful melody and lightly-strummed guitar chords. Quite superb!

Lies was only ever meant as a stop-gap while the much more important Use Your Illusion project was in the making. As it turned out, GNR were about to lose the plot, and Lies stands as a relic from a time when they knew how to keep things simple.

great but not world class which i always expect from g'n'r
released in 1988,the reason for the release of this is debatable,was it released because the world needed to hear it,or as a means of taking cold cash of us all after the success of appetite for destruction,regardless this is an album of two halves literally,the first four songs are a recording of a live show,although its possible that the audience cheers were added according to myth and the remaining four songs are acoustic numbers,three of which are new songs as youre crazy is an acoustic version of their own song which appeared on the legendary debut.
The live tracks are taken from their ep live like a suicide so they werent entirely unheard of songs but they are still excellent all the same,reckless life is a fist stomping,sleaze ridden classic,nice boys is camp with regards to lyrical style but is still a great song,move to the city is enjoyable and mama kin is again excellent,so side a passes the test.
The acoustic songs start with the legendary and fan favourite patience,the song builds into an awesome track with great sing a long moments,used to love her is a very tongue in cheek song about killing the girl you love because she wont shut up,but again a great fast,uptempo number,your'e crazy is good but not better than the original heavy version so weighs the quality down slightly and the album ends with the controversial,riot inducing,one in a million which is basically an axl rant about immigrants and aids and such like,its a song that left slash feeling uncomfortable as he is half black himself but they were always the most dangerous band in the world so i doubt if that was a big concern to Axl.
This is still a vital collection of songs,but thats what it is,a collection of songs as opposed to an album if you understand what im saying,guns n roses will never be guns n roses again to me regardless of Axl carrying the bands name on,this is a fine example of the bands capabilities but if for some reason the band are new to you then waste no more time and get 1987s appetite for destruction.

F*@!#N' AWESOME!!
This is a modern classic! As time goes by, you just realise that hardly any other band have sounded as heavyweight as these guys. They're probably the only other rock band that can match the Stones with their image and musicianship. They sound like they've been around for years, though they'd barely got their first album out! They were literally shooting stars! First half is pure rock n roll, and the second beautiful and intelligent stuff. Awesome lyrics that no-one would have the balls to write today....