Greatest Hits (2004)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602498613696 Release Date: 3/23/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60628767 Item#: MTPP5C Buy.com Sales Rank: 27033 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Welcome To The Jungle ~ Guns N' Roses 2. Sweet Child O' Mine ~ Guns N' Roses 3. Patience ~ Guns N' Roses 4. Paradise City ~ Guns N' Roses 5. Knockin' On Heaven's Door ~ Guns N' Roses 6. Civil War ~ Guns N' Roses 7. You Could Be Mine ~ Guns N' Roses 8. Don't Cry - (original version) ~ Guns N' Roses 9. November Rain ~ Guns N' Roses 10. Live And Let Die ~ Guns N' Roses 11. Yesterdays ~ Guns N' Roses 12. Ain't It Fun ~ Guns N' Roses 13. Since I Don't Have You ~ Guns N' Roses 14. Sympathy For The Devil ~ Guns N' Roses (P) 2004 Geffen Records (C) 2004 Geffen Records This Greatest Hits album is an effective distillation of the band's career through 1991, the last time they released new material. The 14-track disc contains their best-known hits, "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child o' Mine" and also a good bit of it is given over to covers and harder-to-find material.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Guns N' Roses: W. Axl Rose (vocals, piano, synthesizer, percussion, programming); Slash (acoustic & electric guitars, 6-string bass); Izzy Stradlin (guitar, percussion, background vocals); Dizzy Reed (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Duff McKagan (bass, background vocals); Matt Sorum (drums, background vocals); Steven Adler (drums). Additional personnel includes: Shannon Hoon, Michael Monroe (vocals); Gilby Clarke, Mike Staggs, Paul Huge (guitar); Matthew McKagan, Rachel West, Robert Clark, Jon Trautwein (horns); Stuart Bailey, Reba Shaw, The Waters (background vocals). Hard-rock juggernauts Guns 'N' Roses arrived as rock & roll saviors in a dark time of generic hair metal and bloated pop. With only five studio albums to draw from (one being the all-covers SPAGHETTI INCIDENT), nearly a third of the material on GREATEST HITS is unsurprisingly devoted to other people's songs. Inclusions range from a dramatic version of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' On Heavens Door" and an outsized take on Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die" to punk classic "Ain't It Fun" and doo-wop nugget "Since I Don't Have You." The band's original songs, however, are the heart of G'N'R's appeal. Start with the quintessential heavy-rock anthem "Welcome to the Jungle." Amid the thunderous time-keeping and tasty riffing are slinky grooves, sexy swagger, and quite an aura of danger. The acoustic "Patience" found these tattooed bad boys showing off a softer side, while archetypal power-ballad "Sweet Child O' Mine" is a perfect hybrid of sentiment and soaring guitar solos. Think of GREATEST HITS as a sampler for the sumptuous buffet that is G'N'R's recorded oeuvre.   Compilation Appearances Interview With The Vampire Hair Bands with Karaoke Edge   Associated Artists and Works Artists, Various A Rock Tribute To Guns N' Roses ~ Artists, Various Various Artists A Rock Tribute To Guns N' Roses ~ Various Artists The String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses [#1] ~ Various Artists Various Artists The String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses [#2] ~ Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists The String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses [#1] ~ Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 03/23/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 0001714 Label : Geffen Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498613696    Product Image