GN'R Lies
"Tom Zutaut convinced us to package the acoustic recordings we'd just done with the Live Like A Suicide album and release it immediately. We called it GN'R Lies." (Slash)

Although it was sold as such, this second record isn't an album as a whole but a collage of the four tracks from Live Like A Suicide and four new acoustic songs. GN'R Lies debuted at number 5 on the Billboard charts.

Album information

By: Guns N' Roses

Released: November 29, 1988

Length: 33:31

Label: Geffen

Producer: Mike Clink & Guns N' Roses

Recorded: Rumbo Studios / Take One Studios / Image Recording

Single: Patience

Line-up

Axl Rose: lead vocals, percussion
Slash: lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Izzy Stradlin: rhythm & lead guitars, backing vocals, percussion
Duff McKagan: bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "One In A Million"
Steven Adler: drums, backing vocals
Additionnal musicians: West Arkeen, Howard Teman, Rik Richards, Ray Grden (percussion)

Tracklist

Reckless Life (Rose / Slash / Stradlin / Weber)
Nice Boys (Rose Tatoo)
Move To The City (Stradlin / Weber)
Mama Kin (Aerosmith)
Patience (Stradlin / McKagan / Rose)
Used To Love Her (Stradlin)
You're Crazy (Slash / Rose)
One In A Million (Rose)

Music videos

Patience

Recording guitars

B.C. Rich Warlock (Reckless Life / Nice Boys / Move To The City / Mama Kin)
Guild AJF30 (Patience / Used To Love Her / You're Crazy / One In A Million)

Miscellaneous

The first four tracks consist of the previously released EP Live Like A Suicide and The last four songs were recorded with acoustic guitars.
GN'R Lies cover is a parody of tabloid newspapers, as are the liner notes. It underwent several minor modifications when the title was released on CD.
"Mama Kin" is an Aerosmith song, which originally appeared on the band's 1973 debut album and "Nice Boys" is a Rose Tattoo cover from their 1978 album Rose Tattoo.
"Used To Love Her" was written as a joke after Izzy Stradlin disliked a song he heard on the radio.
"You're Crazy" is an acoustic version of the song originally released on Appetite For Destruction.