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Guns N' Roses – Greatest Hits / Geffen Records Audio CD 2004 / 0602498621080
UPC 602498621080
Product Details:
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on March 23, 2004. Released by Geffen Records in part because of the delay in the making of Chinese Democracy, the album was subject to lawsuits by band member Axl Rose and former band members, in an attempt to block its release due to its track listing.
Despite the album having almost no promotion, it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and number three on the Billboard 200 chart upon its release. Greatest Hits re-entered the Billboard 200 at number three in March 2012, selling about 85,000 copies as part of a promotion by both Amazon and Google Play that saw the album sold for 25 cents for one day. The album has proven a popular seller, selling over six million copies in the United States by 2018. Greatest Hits is one of the longest charting albums in the Billboard 200 era, being one of only seven albums to notch at least 400 weeks on the chart by June 2017. As of July 2018, it has spent 441 weeks on the chart.
Tracklist:
1 | Welcome To The Jungle
Written-By – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson, Steven Adler |
4:31 |
2 | Sweet Child O' Mine
Written-By – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson, Steven Adler |
5:55 |
3 | Patience
Written-By – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson, Steven Adler |
5:55 |
4 | Paradise City
Written-By – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson, Steven Adler |
6:46 |
5 | Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Backing Vocals – The Waters, Written-By – Bob Dylan |
5:36 |
6 | Civil War
Written-By – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson |
7:41 |
7 | You Could Be Mine
Written-By – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson |
5:44 |
8 | Don't Cry (Original)
Written-By – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson |
4:44 |
9 | November Rain
Backing Vocals – Reba Shaw, Stuart Bailey, Written-By – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson |
8:57 |
10 | Live And Let Die
Written-By – Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney |
3:02 |
11 |
Yesterdays
Written-By – Axl Rose, Billy McCloud, Del James, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson, West Arkeen |
3:15 |
12 | Ain't It Fun
Guitar – Mike StaggsVocals – Michael Monroe, Written-By – Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughner |
5:07 |
13 | Since I Don't Have You
Written-By – Jimmy Beaumont, Joseph Rock, The Skyliners |
4:19 |
14 | Sympathy For The Devil
Written-By – Keith Richards, Mick Jagger |
7:35 |
More Details:
- 6-String Bass – Saul Hudson (tracks: 5 to 11)
- Acoustic Guitar – Saul Hudson (tracks: 1 to 11)
- Backing Vocals – Dizzy Reed (tracks: 6, 9), Duff McKagan (tracks: 1 to 11), Matt Sorum (tracks: 5, 7 to 11), Reba Shaw (tracks: 9), Shannon Hoon (tracks: 8 to 10), Stuart Bailey (tracks: 9)
- Bass – Duff McKagan
- Drums – Matt Sorum (tracks: 5, 7 to 14), Steven Adler (tracks: 1 to 4, 6)
- Horns – Jon Thautwein (tracks: 10), Matthew McKagan (tracks: 10), Rachel West (tracks: 10), Robert Clark (4) (tracks: 10)
- Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Saul Hudson
- Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer, Keyboards – Axl Rose
- Mixed By – Bill Price (tracks: 5 to 14), Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero (tracks: 1, 2, 4)
- Organ – Dizzy Reed (tracks: 11)
- Percussion – Axl Rose (tracks: 1 to 4), Jeffrey Isbell (tracks: 1 to 4)
- Piano – Dizzy Reed (tracks: 6, 10, 13)
- Piano, Programmed By – Axl Rose (tracks: 5 to 11)
- Producer – Mike Clink (tracks: 1 to 12, 14)
- Rhythm Guitar – Gilby Clarke (tracks: 12, 13), Paul Huge
- Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jeffrey Isbell (tracks: 1 to 11)
About the Band:
Guns N' Roses, often abbreviated as GNR, is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. The current lineup consists of Rose, Slash, McKagan, keyboardist Dizzy Reed, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardist Melissa Reese.
Guns N' Roses' debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), reached number one on the Billboard 200 a year after its release, on the strength of the Top 10 singles "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child o' Mine", the band's only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The album has sold approximately 30 million copies worldwide, including 18 million units in the United States, making it the country's bestselling debut album and eleventh-bestselling album. Their next studio album, G N' R Lies (1988), reached number two on the Billboard 200, sold ten million copies worldwide (including five million in the U.S.), and included the Top 5 hit "Patience". Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, recorded simultaneously and released in 1991, debuted at number two and number one on the Billboard 200 respectively and have sold a combined 35 million copies worldwide, including 14 million units in the United States. The Illusion albums included the lead single "You Could Be Mine" (also featured in the film soundtrack for Terminator 2), covers of "Live and Let Die" and "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door", and a trilogy of ballads ("Don't Cry", "November Rain", and "Estranged"), which featured notably high-budget music videos. The Illusion records were also supported by the extensive Use Your Illusion Tour, a world tour that lasted from 1991–1993. "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993), an album of covers, was the band's last studio album to feature Slash and McKagan before their initial departure.
Work on a follow-up album stalled due to creative differences between band members; by 1998 only Rose and Reed remained from the Illusion-era lineup. After a decade of work and several lineup changes, Guns N' Roses's long-awaited sixth studio album, Chinese Democracy (2008), was released. At an estimated $14 million in production costs, it is the most expensive rock album in history. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, but undersold industry expectations despite mostly positive critical reception. Slash and McKagan rejoined the band in 2016 for the Not in This Lifetime... Tour, which became the third-highest-grossing concert tour on record, grossing over $584 million by its conclusion in 2019.
In their early years, the band's hedonism and rebelliousness drew comparisons to the early Rolling Stones and earned them the nickname "the most dangerous band in the world". The band's classic lineup, along with later members Reed and drummer Matt Sorum, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, its first year of eligibility. Guns N' Roses have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 45 million in the United States, making them the 41st-bestselling artist in history.