Guns N' Roses discography

Guns N' Roses discography
Guns N' Roses in 2017. From left to right, Keyboardist Dizzy Reed, guitarist Richard Fortus, bassist Duff McKagan, vocalist Axl Rose, guitarist Slash, keyboardist Melissa Reese, and drummer Frank Ferrer
Studio albums 6
Live albums 1
Compilation albums 2
Video albums 7
Music videos 24
EPs 3
Singles 18

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 by members of Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. The band has released six studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, two extended plays, seven video albums, 18 singles, 24 music videos, and one video single. Guns N' Roses signed a deal with Geffen Records in 1986, after the independently released EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide a year before. Their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction, was released in 1987, reached the top of the Billboard 200 and sold 18 million units in the United States and approximately 33 million units worldwide.[1]

The next album, G N' R Lies, included the four Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide tracks on one side and four acoustic songs on the other. In 1990, Guns N' Roses returned to the studio and recorded a double album. Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II were released simultaneously in 1991 and debuted on the two highest spots on the Billboard 200 with Use Your Illusion II leading the chart. In 1993, the band released "The Spaghetti Incident?", an album of punk rock covers. Following that, internal conflicts within the band led to most of the band members being fired or leaving, with Axl Rose and Dizzy Reed remaining the sole members from Use Your Illusion era. The sixth studio album, Chinese Democracy was released in 2008 after several delays and multiple band lineups.

Guns N' Roses is one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide,[2] including shipments of 45 million in the United States.[3] Additionally, their Not In This Lifetime... Tour is the fourth highest-grossing concert tour of all-time.[4]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)		 Worldwide sales
US
[5]		 AUS
[6]		 AUT
[7]		 CAN
[8]		 GER
[9]		 IRE
[10]		 NL
[11]		 SWE
[12]		 SWI
[13]		 UK
[14]
Appetite for Destruction
  • Released: July 21, 1987
  • Label: Geffen (#24148)
  • Formats: LP, CC, CD
 1 7 3 3 2 7 3 12 5 5 30,800,000[20]
G N' R Lies
  • Released: November 29, 1988
  • Label: Geffen (#24198)
  • Formats: LP, CC, CD
 2 18 10 16 37 — 12 7 15 22
Use Your Illusion I
  • Released: September 17, 1991
  • Label: Geffen (#24415)
  • Formats: 2xLP, CC, CD
 2 2 2 1 5 28 2 3 3 2
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum[15]
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum[21]
  • BPI: Platinum[17]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[18]
  • MC: Diamond[19]
 16,200,000[22]
Use Your Illusion II
  • Released: September 17, 1991
  • Label: Geffen (#24420)
  • Formats: 2xLP, CC, CD
 1 1 1 1 3 23 2 4 2 1
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum[15]
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum[21]
  • BPI: Platinum[17]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold[18]
  • MC: 9× Platinum[19]
 14,800,000[22]
"The Spaghetti Incident?"
  • Released: November 23, 1993
  • Label: Geffen (#24617)
  • Formats: LP, CC, CD
 4 1 4 3 5 — 4 2 3 2
Chinese Democracy
  • Released: November 23, 2008
  • Label: Geffen (#0602517906075)
  • Formats: 2xLP, CD, DL
 3 3 3 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 2,600,000[24]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]		 AUS
[6]		 AUT
[7]		 CAN
[8]		 GER
[9]		 IRE
[10]		 NL
[11]		 SWE
[12]		 UK
[14]
Live Era '87–'93
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Geffen (#490514)
  • Formats: 4xLP, 2xCC, 2xCD
 45 57 29 25 53 49 16 49 45
Appetite for Democracy 3D — — — — — — — — —

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]		 AUS
[6][25]		 AUT
[7]		 CAN
[26]		 GER
[9]		 IRE
[10]		 NL
[11]		 SWE
[12]		 SWI
[13]		 UK
[14]
Use Your Illusion
  • Released: August 25, 1998
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: CC, CD
 — — — — — — — — — —
Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 23, 2004
  • Label: Geffen (9862108)
  • Format: CC, CD, DL
 3 5 1 2 4 1 3 2 2 1
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released

Extended plays

Title Extended play details Notes
Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide
  • Released: December 16, 1986
  • Label: UZI Suicide (USR-001)
  • Format: 12", CC
  • 10,000 copies only
Guns N' Roses (Live from the Jungle)
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Geffen (25XD-977)
  • Formats: 12", CC, CD
  • Japan only release
  • Includes B-side tracks from "It's So Easy/Mr. Brownstone" and "Welcome to the Jungle" 12" singles
The "Civil War" EP
  • Released: May 24, 1993
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD
  • UK only release
  • Numbered edition
  • Included are songs from both Use Your Illusion I and II and an exclusive interview with Slash.

Singles

Main singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)		 Album
US
[29]		 US
Main
[30]		 AUS
[6]		 AUT
[7]		 GER
[31]		 IRE
[10]		 NL
[32]		 NZ
[33]		 SWE
[12]		 SWI
[13]		 UK
[14]
1987 "It's So Easy/Mr. Brownstone" — — — — — — — — — — 84 Appetite for Destruction
"Welcome to the Jungle" 7 37 41 — — 14 — 6 — — 24
1988 "Sweet Child o' Mine" 1 7 11 11 — 4 20 5 27 15 6
"Paradise City" 5 14 48 — — 1 4 2 3 7 6
1989 "Patience" 4 7 16 — 38 2 4 4 — 16 10 G N' R Lies
"Nightrain" 93 26 61 — — 2 — 21 — — 17 Appetite for Destruction
1991 "You Could Be Mine" 29 3 3 8 5 2 4 2 2 1 3 Use Your Illusion II
"Don't Cry" 10 3 5 5 22 1 6 2 9 3 8 Use Your Illusion I
"Live and Let Die" 33 20 10 27 33 5 12 1 15 19 4
"November Rain" 3 15 5 27 9 3 4 7 38 8 4
1992 "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" — 18 12 3 5 1 1 2 10 5 2 Use Your Illusion II
"Yesterdays" 72 13 14 18 23 5 6 7 16 19 8
1993 "Civil War" — 4 45 — — 15 22 27 — — 11
"Ain't It Fun" — 8 — — 34 14 20 36 5 15 9 "The Spaghetti Incident?"
1994 "Estranged" — 16 40 — — — — 28 26 41 — Use Your Illusion II
"Since I Don't Have You" 69 — 47 — — 16 — 48 40 — 10 "The Spaghetti Incident?"
"Sympathy for the Devil" 55 10 12 17 20 5 10 13 7 15 9 Interview with the Vampire Soundtrack
2008 "Chinese Democracy" 34 5 54 26 38 3 15 27 3 11 27 Chinese Democracy
2018 "Shadow of Your Love" — 5 — — — — — — — — — Appetite for Destruction: Locked N' Loaded Edition

Promo singles

Video albums

Title Video details
Use Your Illusion World Tour - 1992 in Tokyo I
  • Released: December 8, 1992, October 27, 2003 (DVD)
  • Label: Geffen (GEFV 39521)
  • Format: LD, VHS, DVD
Use Your Illusion World Tour - 1992 in Tokyo II
  • Released: December 8, 1992, October 27, 2003 (DVD)
  • Label: Geffen (GEFV 39522)
  • Format: LD, VHS, DVD
Don't Cry – Makin' F@*!ing Videos Part I
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Geffen (GEFV 39523)
  • Format: LD, VHS
November Rain – Makin' F@*!ing Videos Part II
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Geffen (GEFV 39524)
  • Format: LD, VHS
The Making of Estranged – Part IV of the Trilogy!!!
  • Released: April 1994
  • Label: Geffen (GEFV 39545)
  • Format: LD, VHS
Welcome to the Videos
  • Released: October 27, 1998, October 27, 2003 (DVD)
  • Label: Geffen (GEFV 39557)
  • Format: VHS, VCD, DVD
Appetite for Democracy 3D

Video single

Title Video details
Garden of Eden: Strictly Limited Edition
  • Released: May 24, 1993
  • Label: Geffen (GEFVS 40)
  • Format: VHS

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)[35][36]
1987 "Welcome to the Jungle" Nigel Dick
1988 "Sweet Child o' Mine"
"Sweet Child o' Mine" (alternate)
"Paradise City"
1989 "Patience"
"It's So Easy" (released in 2018)
1991 "Mr. Brownstone" (unreleased) Mark Racco
"My Michelle" (unreleased)
"You Could Be Mine" (unreleased)
"You Could Be Mine" (Terminator 2: Judgment Day version) Mark Racco
Jeffrey Abelson
Andy Morahan
Stan Winston
"Don't Cry" (original version) Andy Morahan
"Don't Cry" (with alt. lyrics)
"Live and Let Die" Josh Richman
1992 "November Rain" Andy Morahan
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (live)
"Yesterdays"
"Garden of Eden"
1993 "The Garden" Del James
"Dead Horse" Louis Marciano
"Civil War" (live)
"Estranged" Andy Morahan
1994 "Since I Don't Have You" Sante D'Orazio
"I Don't Care About You" (officially unreleased, published by the director in 2016) August Jakobsson[37]
2009 "Bad Apples" Andy Morahan
"Better" (unreleased, leaked in 2012) Dale "Rage" Resteghini

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Sherwin, Adam (November 11, 2012). "Duff McKagan: The man who went from Guns N' Roses to accountancy". London: The Independent. Archived from the original on December 23, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "RIAA: Gold and Platinum artists". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Allen, Bob (January 4, 2018). "Guns N' Roses' Not in This Lifetime Tour Now Fourth-Biggest Tour Ever: $475 Million Earned (and Counting)". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
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  6. 1 2 3 4 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks: "Australian Charts > Guns N' Roses". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
    • Peaks between 51–100, from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 122.
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  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
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  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
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  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 122.
  22. 1 2 Tsort. "Which albums had the highest number of worldwide sales?". tsort.info.
  23. ↑ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2008 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  24. ↑ "The Billboard Q&A: Axl Rose".
  25. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Guns N' Roses Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  27. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  28. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
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