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Greatest Hits
Guns N' Roses
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2004-03-23
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
If time is the true test, then Guns N' Roses' Greatest Hits confirms that they really were one of the greatest rock & roll bands in the world. While, in retrospect, fellow graduates of the class of 1987 are about as cool as poodle perms and spandex, the L.A. bad boys still rock like gods. Listening to the sun-drenched chords of "Paradise City" and the ensuing stadium-sized swagger is enough to make wearing leather trousers and bandanas seem like a good idea. Of course, it helped that for them sex, drugs, and rock & roll was a way of life, not a fashion statement. As Axl Rose wails "I wanna watch you bleed" on "Welcome to the Jungle" like a chain-smoking lunatic possessed, it's hard not to believe he meant it. Yet equally, it was his surprisingly poetic nature that made genuinely touching love songs of "Patience" and "Sweet Child of Mine." Though none of their subsequent albums matched the drug-crazed genius of Appetite for Destruction, they did, as the Greatest Hits reminds, have their moments. From the bloated Use Your Illusion I&II came ultimate rock ballads "Don't Cry" and "November Rain," along with the primal rage that was "You Could Be Mine." And while the covers of the The Spaghetti Incident? were largely forgettable, the fact that their final single was a seedy sneer through the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" seems spectacularly fitting. --Dan Gennoe

2) Album Description
It may surprise some to realize that Guns N' Roses released only four full-length original albums, and two of those debuted simultaneously. But they were enough to forever change rock `n' roll. Even more shocking is that one of the great bands in rock history, with its last studio album issued 10 years ago, has never had a "best of" compilation. Now it has. Welcome to the jungle with Greatest Hits (Geffen), released March 23, 2004. With 14 selections housed in a digipak, Greatest Hits features all eight of the band's Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 tracks (five of them RIAA-certified "gold," i.e., sales of more than 500,000 units). Along with spanning the group's five album releases, Greatest Hits also marks the debut on a Guns N' Roses album of the band's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" for the 1995 film Interview With The Vampire.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Guns N Roses ROCK!!!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is actually the second time I bought this CD. The first one was loaned to a friend and she conveniently "lost" it she loved it so much. I have always liked Guns N Roses and my kids LOVE it. Plus, we are sentimental fans of "Welcome to the Jungle" since we lived in Cincinnati for a long time and it was the theme song for the Cincinnati Bengals as the games were starting. (I wish it would translate to them in their playing. Lol!) However, we LOVE this compilation of their greatest hist SO MUCH, that it was worth it to me to purchase it again. Thanks!!!

2) could've been almost perfect...   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
should've excluded that horrible 'ain't it fun' and 'since i don't have you' and substituted 'estranged' instead, then the list would basically be perfect. 'breakdown' or 'rocket queen' could be on here also, but 'sympathy for the devil' is a good cover so i don't mind.the only other problem is the volume on 'patience' is too low, especially sandwiched between 'sweet child' and 'paradise city' which are both very loud. hard to listen straight through the beginning without having to adjust the volume in order to be able to hear patience.

3) Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This band was much better than I realized during their brief moment in the spotlight. Shame they melted down due too much fame, cocaine, booze and broads. The feeble attempt by Axl Rose to rgain the fame today is a faint echo of the original bands greatness. Sometimes ya just can't go home again...enjoy this retrospective for what it is: a brief shining moment in rock history.

4) gun and roses rock   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
if you like guns and roses this cd is for you its got all the hits you know and love

5) Buy the originals you'll thank me in the long run.   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
If you want the real deal from GNR just go out and get Appetite For Destruction.During the 80s there was GNR and Metallica two of the biggest bands in metal and if you know the legacy of Metallica you would sure understand that thats quit a feet to be alongside the most publicized metal band ever. if you like AFD then get the EP entitled lies which is a raw extension to AFD and then when your in the mood for something more toned down get both use your illusions cds. Sorry guys this album is mediocre at best and you can't cheat yourselves by getting a half hearted compilation go out and get AFD and Use Your Illusions 1 and 2.