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Greatest Hits |  | Artist: Guns N' Roses
Label: Polydor Group
Category: Music
List Price: £10.99
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Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 355
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 79 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
UPC: 602498621080
EAN: 0602498621080
ASIN: B0001KAA8Q
Release Date: June 2, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Welcome To The Jungle | | • | Sweet Child O' Mine | | • | Patience | | • | Paradise City | | • | Knockin' On Heaven's Door | | • | Civil War | | • | You Could Be Mine | | • | Don't Cry (Original) | | • | November Rain | | • | Live And Let Die | | • | Yesterdays | | • | Ain't It Fun | | • | Since I Don't Have You | | • | Sympathy For The Devil |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If time is the true test, then Guns N' Roses' IGreatest Hits/I 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 LA 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". p Though none of their subsequent albums matched the drug-crazed genius of IAppetite for Destruction/I, they did, as the IGreatest Hits/I reminds, have their moments. From the bloated IUse Your Illusion I II/I 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 IThe Spaghetti Incident/I were largely forgettable, the fact that their final single was a seedy sneer through the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" seems spectacularly fitting. --IDan Gennoe/I
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 If Not The Greatest Hits, Certainly The Most Accessable June 24, 2006
Daniel Mercer (Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
Whilst certainly not the biggest Guns N' Roses fan in the world, I often found myself unable to resist their catchy hits and so, upon seeing this CD available at a budget price, I snapped it up and I am sure glad I did.
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br /This CD has not left my player since it arrived and to me it is an album I can listen to all the way through everytime I put it on. Whilst the most hardcore of G N' R fans may say that there are better songs that could have been included on this release, I feel that these are the most accessable songs that will bring in new fans. After all thats probably what Geffen where hoping since they actually wanted to sell copies of this thing.
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br /For me the album does a good job of showing all sides of Guns N' Roses, from the rocking anthems like Welcome To The Jungle and Paradise City, to the power ballads such as Patience, Don't Cry and November Rain, and of course a few cover versions such as Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Live And Let Die. Not to mention my own favourite Civil War.
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br /Whilst there may infact be a few too many cover versions and the record company could have gone with a few other original tracks already suggested in the other reviews, this album is still a great purchase and whilst to some it may be Guns And Roses lite, it is certainly a great way to introduce yourself to the band.
New Listeners April 4, 2005
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Excellent introduction to Guns'N'Roses for anyone interested in the band. Great for people who are not massive fans and just want their most popular songs, great compilation.
Excellent for the casual fan March 15, 2004
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a very good compilation of the biggest GnR singles, however as a long term fan I would have dropped a few covers in favour of some original material. NOW to put a few reviewers straight, this compilation has not been approved by Axl Rose, he is not short of money, and even considered legal action to prevent it being released. It was a record-label only decision to put out this compilation. Axl (as the remaining member of the original Guns and Roses) is still working on the long awaited Chinese Democracy album and takes the new look Guns And Roses on tour this summer so expect to hear most of this compilation, as well as some newer songs.pMost fans have these songs already, but if you havent then you should get this CD now. These are classic tracks that have easily stood the test of time coming from one of the greatest rock bands ever.
Simply the Best March 27, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This album is one if the best albums I've ever bought, shame I didn't look to Amazon for the cheap price thier offering this at. I still cant stop listenig to this album my favourite song on the album has to be either "sweet child of mine" or "november rain"
superb compilation March 5, 2004
18 out of 25 found this review helpful
I usually stay clear of greatest hits- they tend not to do the band justice. not in this case. For anyone who may have forgotten, this greatest hits is a timely reminder of how brilliant and imnportant guns n roses are. A band that had one of the best guitar players around, a band who had a cult following, a band who quite simply were remarkably good at making great songs.pThe tracklsiting barely contains one weak track. Infectious riffs, slow ballads, screeching guitar solos, melodic pino melodies.... it has it all. And yes Sweet Child O' Mine is on there. but really it is just one of many superb songs. The inclusion of November Rain and Don't Cry only adds to the bands legend as you listen to these wonderuflly crafted songs.pEnjoy.
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