"Patience" was the only single released from Lies; it peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The cover is a parody of tabloid newspapers, as are the liner notes. The album's cover art underwent several minor modifications when the title was released on CD. First, in the bottom left corner reading "LIES LIES LIES" originally read "Wife-beating has been around for 10,000 years." Secondly, instead of "Elephant gives birth to midget", the original headline reads, "Ladies, welcome to the dark ages." Many copies of the original LP release also contained an uncensored picture of a nude model on the inner LP sleeve.
The UK/Euro WX 218 924 198 - 1 release had 2 stickers on the cover; Special Limited Edition containing Sheet of Japanese Peel off Stickers, and Contains language that some people may find offensive 924 198 - 1. The Peel off Stickers are on a 21mm x 30mm sheet.
The cover art also bears a resemblance to John Lennon's Sometime in New York City, an album that contains Lennon's controversial "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" - a song Axl has cited when defending his use of the word "nigger" in "One in a Million." Coincidentally, half of Sometime in New York City also contains "live" material recorded two years earlier
Track listing
All songs credited to Guns N' Roses except where noted.| Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Reckless Life" | Guns N' Roses, Chris Weber | 3:20 | |||||||
| 2. | "Nice Boys" (Rose Tattoo cover) | Angry Anderson, Mick Cocks, Geordie Leach, Dallas "Digger" Royall, Peter Wells | 3:03 | |||||||
| 3. | "Move to the City" | Guns N' Roses, Del James, Chris Weber | 3:42 | |||||||
| 4. | "Mama Kin" (Aerosmith cover) | Steven Tyler | 3:57 | |||||||
| G N' R Lies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 5. | "Patience" | 5:56 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Used to Love Her" | 3:13 | ||||||||
| 7. | "You're Crazy" (Acoustic Version) | 4:10 | ||||||||
| 8. | "One in a Million" | 6:10 | ||||||||
| Total length: | 33:41 | |||||||||
Personnel
- W. Axl Rose - lead vocals, whistling
- Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, rhythm acoustic guitar on tracks 5-8, backing vocals
- Slash - lead guitar, lead acoustic guitar on tracks 5-8
- Duff McKagan - bass, rhythm acoustic guitar on "Patience" and "One in a Million," backing vocals
- Steven Adler - drums, backing vocals on "Patience"
