Description
2015 re-issue of the first pressing with the domestic abuse cover artwork and the nude model on the lyric insert
Once Appetite for Destruction finally became a hit in 1988, Guns N Roses bought some time by delivering the half-old/half-new album Lies as a follow-up. Constructed as a double EP, with the independent pressed debut Live Like A Suicide coming first and four new acoustic-based songs following on the second side. Patience is Guns N’ Roses at their prettiest and their sappiest, the most direct song they recorded to date. Its emotional directness makes the misogyny of Used to Love Her (But I Had to Kill Her) and the pitiful slanders of One in a Million sound genuine. Although the cover shrugs them off as a joke, Axl Rose’s venom is frightening — there’s little doubt that he truly does believe that faggots come to America from another country and that niggers should stay out of his way. Since he wasn’t playing a character on the remainder of the album, there’s little doubt this is from the heart as well. And what makes it harder to dismiss is the musical skill of the band, which makes the country-fried boogie of Used to Love Her, the bluesy revamp of You’re Crazy, and the tough, paranoid fever dream of One in a Million indelible. Mama Kin is an Aerosmith song, which originally appeared on the band’s 1973 debut album. 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 featuring some guy whining about a broad who was treating him bad. Slash stated that People think it’s about one of our old girlfriends, but it’s actually about Axl’s dog. The cover is a parody of tabloid newspapers, as are the liner notes. Two statements about domestic abuse were on the original first press of the album cover and it had to be removed and replaced. The original first press had the statements, Wife-beating has been around for 10,000 years and Ladies, welcome to the dark ages. The first pressing also had a nude model on the innersleeve while the changed second press had the girl censored and the text on the cover were changed to Lies Lies Lies and Elephant gives birth to midget. This re-press however doesnt come with a printed innersleeve but with an insert
Track listing:
1. Reckless Life
2. Nice Boys
3. Move To The City
4. Mama Kin-Aerosmith cover
5. Patience
6. Used To Love Her
7. Youre Crazy
8. One In A Million