Guns N' Roses discography

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The discography of Guns N' Roses, an American hard rock band, consists of six studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, five extended plays (EPs), 24 singles, ten video albums and 27 music videos. Guns N' Roses was formed in Los Angeles, California with an original recording lineup of lead vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler.[1] After self-releasing the EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide in December 1986, the band signed with Geffen Records and released its debut studio album Appetite for Destruction the following July.[2] It topped the US Billboard 200 and went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time, with reported sales over 30 million units worldwide, 18 million of which are in the US.[3][4][5] Three singles – "Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Paradise City" – reached the US Billboard Hot 100 top ten, with "Sweet Child o' Mine" topping the chart.[6]

G N' R Lies followed in November 1988, comprising the four tracks from Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide and four new acoustic recordings.[7] The album peaked at number 2 in the US and was certified six times platinum,[3][5] while its lead single "Patience" reached number 4 on the singles chart.[6] After adding keyboardist Dizzy Reed and replacing Adler with Matt Sorum, Guns N' Roses released Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II in September 1991.[1] Upon their release, the albums occupied the top two positions on the US Billboard Top 200 Album chart.[3] Use Your Illusion II reached number 1, which Axl Rose credited to fans knowing more of the songs from II due to live performances.[8] "November Rain" was the most successful single from the albums domestically, reaching number 3 on the Hot 100.[6]

During the Use Your Illusion Tour, Stradlin was replaced by Gilby Clarke.[1] In 1992 the band released two live videos from the tour, Use Your Illusion World Tour: 1992 in Tokyo I and II, which both reached the top 20 of the Billboard Music Video Sales chart and were certified gold.[9][5] On November 23 the following year saw the release of "The Spaghetti Incident?", an album of punk rock cover versions.[10] The album garnered no US hit singles, but reached number 4 on the US album chart.[3] Two singles – "Ain't It Fun" and "Since I Don't Have You" – reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart.[11] Clarke was replaced by Rose's friend Paul Tobias for a recording of "Sympathy for the Devil" for the Interview with the Vampire soundtrack in 1994,[1] which charted at number 55 in the US and number 9 in the UK.[6][11]

Guns N' Roses changed drastically in the mid-1990s, as Slash left in 1996, and Sorum and McKagan left in 1997.[1] The band went through numerous lineup changes as it worked on its new album in 1997 with Rose, Reed, and Tobias the only remaining members from the previous lineup, and Rose himself the only member from the first album's release in 1987.[1] The group's first live album Live Era '87–'93 was issued in 1999,[12] and reached number 45 on the US Billboard Top 200 Album chart.[3][5] In 2004, Geffen Records released a Greatest Hits album.[13] It was a commercial success that topped the album charts in several countries, including the UK,[11] and sold 5 million copies in the US.[14] The band's sixth studio album Chinese Democracy was released in November 2008, after 10 years in the making and over $13 million in production costs.[15] It reached number 3 on the US Billboard Top 200 Album chart, and sold roughly 2.5 million copies worldwide.[3][16] Appetite for Democracy 3D, the first Guns N' Roses live video album since 1992, was released in 2014 and reached number 1 on the US Billboard Music Video Sales chart.[9] Slash and McKagan rejoined the band in 2016, and in 2018, the band released a remastered box set of their debut album, titled the Appetite for Destruction: Locked N' Loaded edition.[17]

Slash and McKagan's first recordings since rejoining the band, the singles "Absurd" & "Hard Skool", were released in 2021, the band's first new material released since 2008.[18][19][20] On September 21, 2022, the band announced a remastered box set of the Use Your Illusion albums, featuring both albums remastered, two complete live performances, and a version of "November Rain" with re-recorded orchestration. The set was released on November 11, 2022.[21]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[3]
AUS
[22]
AUT
[23]
CAN
[24]
GER
[25]
NED
[26]
NOR
[27]
NZ
[28]
SWE
[29]
UK
[11]
Appetite for Destruction 1 7 3 3 11 3 9 1 7 5
G N' R Lies
  • Released: November 29, 1988
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
2 18 10 16 37 12 6 5 15 22
  • US: 5,000,000[5]
Use Your Illusion I
  • Released: September 17, 1991
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
2 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 3 2
  • US: 7,000,000[5]
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum[5]
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum[39]
  • BPI: Platinum[31]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[32]
  • GLF: Platinum[33]
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum[34]
  • IFPI NOR: 2× Platinum[40]
  • MC: Diamond[35]
  • NVPI: 2× Platinum[36]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[41]
Use Your Illusion II
  • Released: September 17, 1991
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1
  • US: 7,000,000[5]
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum[5]
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum[42]
  • BPI: Platinum[31]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold[32]
  • GLF: Platinum[33]
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum[34]
  • IFPI NOR: 2× Platinum[40]
  • MC: 9× Platinum[35]
  • NVPI: Platinum[36]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[41]
"The Spaghetti Incident?"
  • Released: November 23, 1993
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
4 1 4 3 5 4 2 3 3 2
  • US: 1,000,000[5]
Chinese Democracy
  • Released: November 23, 2008
  • Label: Geffen, Black Frog
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
3 3 3 1 2 4 2 1 1 2
  • US: 1,000,000[5]

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[3]
AUT
[23]
CAN
[47]
FIN
[48]
NED
[26]
NOR
[27]
NZ
[28]
SWE
[29]
SWI
[49]
UK
[11]
Live Era '87–'93
  • Released: November 30, 1999
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
45 29 25 29 16 17 32 49 31 45

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[3]
AUS
[22]
AUT
[23]
CAN
[50]
FIN
[48]
NOR
[27]
NZ
[28]
SWE
[29]
SWI
[49]
UK
[11]
Use Your Illusion
  • Released: August 25, 1998
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 23, 2004
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
3 5 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1
"—" denotes a release that did not register on that chart or was not issued in that region.

Extended plays

Studio EPs

List of studio extended plays
Title EP details
Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide
  • Released: December 16, 1986
  • Label: Uzi Suicide
  • Format: 12" vinyl, CC

Compilation EPs

List of compilation extended plays
Title EP details
Guns N' Roses
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  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: 12" vinyl, CC, CD
The "Civil War" EP
  • Released: May 24, 1993
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: CD
Hard Skool
  • Released: February 25, 2022
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: CC, CD, 7" vinyl
London 1991
  • Released: March 29, 2023
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format: CD

Box sets

List of box sets
Title Box set details
Appetite for Destruction Super Deluxe Edition
  • Released: June 29, 2018
  • Label: UMG
Use Your Illusion Super Deluxe Edition
  • Released: November 11, 2022
  • Label: UMG

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[6]
AUS
[22][56]
CAN
[57]
IRL
[58]
NED
[26]
NOR
[27]
NZ
[28]
SWE
[29]
SWI
[49]
UK
[11]
"It's So Easy" / "Mr. Brownstone" 1987 84 Appetite for Destruction
"Welcome to the Jungle" 7 41 14 84 6 24
"Sweet Child o' Mine" 1988 1 11 7 4 20 5 27 15 6
  • RIAA: Platinum[5]
  • ARIA: 8× Platinum[59]
  • BPI: 5× Platinum[31]
"Paradise City" 5 48 10 1 2 4 2 3 7 6
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[31]
"Patience" 1989 4 16 2 3 4 16 10 G N' R Lies
"Nightrain" 93 61 2 21 17 Appetite for Destruction
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" 1990 56 Days of Thunder (soundtrack)
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"You Could Be Mine" 1991 29 3 30 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 Use Your Illusion II
"Don't Cry" 10 5 11 1 7 2 2 9 3 8 Use Your Illusion I
"Live and Let Die" 33 10 56 5 13 3 1 15 19 5
"November Rain" 1992 3 5 5 3 3 7 7 38 8 4
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" 12 1 1 6 2 10 5 2 Use Your Illusion II
"Yesterdays" 72 14 52 5 7 5 7 16 19 8
"Civil War" 1993 45 15 16 10 27 11
"Ain't It Fun" 14 22 3 36 5 15 9 "The Spaghetti Incident?"
"Estranged" 40 28 26 41 Use Your Illusion II
"Since I Don't Have You" 1994 69 47 20 16 48 40 10 "The Spaghetti Incident?"
"Sympathy for the Devil" 55 12 48 5 9 5 13 7 15 9 Interview with the Vampire
"Chinese Democracy" 2008 34 54 10 15 1 27 3 11 27 Chinese Democracy
"Shadow of Your Love" 2018 Appetite for Destruction: Locked N' Loaded Edition
"Absurd" 2021 Hard Skool EP
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"Perhaps" 2023 Template:Efn 14[66] "Perhaps" / "The General"
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Promotional singles

Other charted songs

  • "I.R.S." (leaked demo) – #49, Radio & Records Active Rock National Airplay (US) for week ending February 24, 2006.[70][71]

Videos

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[9]
AUS
[72]
BEL
Fla.

[73]
BEL
Wal.

[74]
ESP
[75]
FIN
[76]
GER
[25]
JPN
[77]
NED
[26]
UK
[78]
Use Your Illusion I: World
Tour – 1992 in Tokyo
11 1 28 3
Use Your Illusion II: World
Tour – 1992 in Tokyo
  • Released: December 8, 1992
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: VHS, DVD, LD
15 2 6
Use Your Illusion I & II:
World Tour – 1992 in Tokyo
  • Released: December 8, 1992
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: VHS, LD
3
Garden of Eden: Strictly Limited Edition Video Single
  • Released: May 24. 1993
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: VHS
Don't Cry: Makin' F@*!ing
Videos Part I
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: VHS, LD
November Rain: Makin'
F@*!ing Videos Part II
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Makin' F@*!ing Videos
Part I & II
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: VHS, LD
The Making of Estranged:
Part IV of the Trilogy!!!
  • Released: April 1994
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Welcome to the Videos
  • Released: October 27, 1998
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: VHS, DVD, VCD
5 37 2 92 11
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[5]
  • ARIA: 7× Platinum[81]
Appetite for Democracy 3D
  • Released: July 1, 2014
  • Label: Geffen, Black Frog
  • Format: DVD, BD
1 191 79 93 44 57 112 4
"—" denotes a release that did not register on that chart or was not issued in that region.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released, director(s) and album name
Title (Appearance) Year Director(s) Album Ref.
"Welcome to the Jungle" 1987 Nigel Dick Appetite for Destruction [82]
"Sweet Child o' Mine"
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"Paradise City"
"Patience" 1989 G N' R Lies
"You Could Be Mine" (T2 version) 1991 Jeffrey Abelson
Andy Morahan
Stan Winston
Use Your Illusion II [83]
"Don't Cry" Andy Morahan Use Your Illusion I [84]
"Live and Let Die" Josh Richman [85]
"Civil War" (live)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1992 Live in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, JP

Use Your Illusion World Tour February 22, 1992.

Use Your Illusion II
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (live)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Live in Wembley Stadium, London, UK

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert April 20, 1992.

[86]
"November Rain" Andy Morahan Use Your Illusion I [84]
"Yesterdays" (2 versions, normal & with pictures)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Use Your Illusion II [87]
"Garden of Eden" (2 version, normal & with pappers)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Use Your Illusion I [88]
"The Garden" 1993 Del James [89]
"Dead Horse" Guns N' Roses
Louis Marciano
[90]
"Estranged" Andy Morahan Use Your Illusion II [84]
"Since I Don't Have You" 1994 Sante D'Orazio "The Spaghetti Incident?" [91]
"It's So Easy" (live)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1999 Jeff Richter Live Era '87–'93 [92]
"Welcome to the Jungle" (live)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [93]
"Sweet Child o' Mine"
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2004 Nigel Dick Greatest Hits
"Bad Apples"(Footage from "Don't Cry" video 1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2009 Andy Morahan Use Your Illusion I [84]
"Shadow Of Your Love"
(1986, 2 versions, Lyric & Tour Edition NITL Tour 2017-2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2018 Guns N' Roses team Appetite for Destruction Super Deluxe Edition
"Move To The City"
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"It's So Easy"
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Nigel Dick Appetite for Destruction [94]
"Hard Skool"
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2021 Guns N' Roses team Hard Skool EP
"You Could Be Mine" (new edit of Live In New York, Ritz Theatre - May 16, 1991) 2022 Use Your Illusion Super Deluxe Edition
"Perhaps" 2023 "Perhaps"
"The General" 2024 Daniel G. Potter "The General" [95]
Unreleased music videos
"It's So Easy" (original 1989 version)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1989 Nigel Dick Appetite for Destruction
"Mr. Brownstone" 1991 Mark Racco [96]
"My Michelle" [97]
"You Could Be Mine" (Director's cut 1991 version) Use Your Illusion II [96]
"Don't Cry (Alt.lyrics)" 1991 Andy Morahan
"I Don't Care About You" 1994 August Jakobsson "The Spaghetti Incident?" [98][99]
"Better" 2009 Dale Resteghini Chinese Democracy [100]

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