Greatest Hits adalah sebuah album kompilasi oleh band Hard Rock asal Amerika Guns N' Roses, dirilis pada tanggal 23 Maret 2004.
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| Dirilis | 23 Maret 2004 | ||
| Direkam | 1987–1994 | ||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | ||
| Durasi | 79:18 | ||
| Label | Geffen | ||
| Produser | Guns N' Roses Mike Clink Bill Levenson | ||
| Kronologi Guns N' Roses | |||
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Greatest Hits adalah album lagu-lagu kompilasi selama mereka berkarier musik. Album ini dirilis 2004 setelah absen selama 10 tahun, Album ini mencakup 13 hits yang diambil dari album "Appetite For Destruction", "Use Your Illusion" dan "Spaghetti Incident". Dalam album ini jg disertakan lagu milik Rolling Stones "Simpathy For The Devil" yg jg merupakan soundtrack untuk film tahun 1995 "Interview with the Vampire". Greatest Hits adalah album yang sangat cocok untuk orang-orang yang tidak mengenal G N'R, karena didalamnya berisi lagu-lagu terbaiknya.
Lama sekali suara Axl Rose tidak bergema di panggung-panggung musik rock dunia. Bahkan cabikan gitar Slash yang luar biasa apik mulai sulit ditemui. Sejak para personil asli Guns N Roses satu per satu keluar pada 1996, Axl Rose sendirian menjaga band hard rock yang cukup berpengaruh itu sampai sekarang.
Menarik sekali, meski Guns N Roses masih berkibar sampai sekarang, Geffen Records selaku label musik tetap mengeluarkan karya-karya terbaik mereka saat masih bersatu. Album Greatest Hits Guns N Roses kali ini mengusung 14 lagu yang cukup legendaris. Anda penggemar grup yang dibentuk di Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat, 1985, itu pasti tidak akan melupakan mahakarya mereka. Ada Welcome To The Jungle, Patience, Sweet Child O'Mine, Yesterdays, Don't Cry, Since I Don't Have You, Civil War, November Rain, dan lainnya. Sayangnya lagu Estranged yang lumayan panjang dan cukup enak di telinga tidak dimasukkan ke daftar 14 greatest hits Guns N Roses.
Setelah para personil asli Guns N Roses keluar, perusahaan label hanya meneruskan sisa kontrak dengan meluncurkan lagu-lagu terbaik, hingga pada 2008 lahirlah Chinese Democracy yang selalu diundur tanggal rilisnya, album baru Guns N Roses dengan personil baru.
Daftar lagu sunting
| No. | Judul | Pencipta | Original album | Durasi |
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| 1. | "Welcome to the Jungle" | Slash, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Axl Rose | Appetite for Destruction | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Sweet Child O' Mine" | Slash, Rose, Stradlin, McKagan, Adler | Appetite for Destruction | 5:55 |
| 3. | "Patience" | Stradlin, Slash, McKagan, Rose, Adler | G N' R Lies | 5:56 |
| 4. | "Paradise City" | Stradlin, Slash, McKagan, Adler, Rose | Appetite for Destruction | 6:47 |
| 5. | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover) | Bob Dylan | Use Your Illusion II | 5:36 |
| 6. | "Civil War" | Rose, Slash, McKagan | Use Your Illusion II | 7:42 |
| 7. | "You Could Be Mine" | Stradlin, Rose | Use Your Illusion II | 5:44 |
| 8. | "Don't Cry" (Original version) | Stradlin, Rose | Use Your Illusion I | 4:51 |
| 9. | "November Rain" | Rose | Use Your Illusion I | 8:57 |
| 10. | "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney & Wings cover) | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney | Use Your Illusion I | 3:02 |
| 11. | "Yesterdays" | Rose, West Arkeen, Del James, Billy McCloud | Use Your Illusion II | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Ain't It Fun" (The Dead Boys cover) | Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughner | The Spaghetti Incident? | 5:10 |
| 13. | "Since I Don't Have You" (The Skyliners cover) | Joseph Rock, James Beaumont | The Spaghetti Incident? | 4:18 |
| 14. | "Sympathy for the Devil" (The Rolling Stones cover) | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | Interview with the Vampire | 7:36 |
| Durasi total: | 79:18 |
Personel sunting
- Axl Rose – lead vocals, percussion on "Welcome to the Jungle", whistling on "Patience" and "Civil War", synthesizer and whistle on "Paradise City", piano on "November Rain"
- Slash – lead guitar, acoustic guitar on "Civil War" and "Sweet Child O' Mine", lead acoustic guitar on "Patience"
- Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar (on tracks 1-2, 4-11), rhythm acoustic guitar on "Patience", backing vocals on tracks 1–11
- Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar on "Patience"
- Steven Adler – drums (on tracks 1-2, 4, and 6), backing vocals on "Patience"
- Matt Sorum – drums & backing vocals on tracks 5, 7–14
- Dizzy Reed – keyboards & piano on tracks 5–14
- Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar & backing vocals on tracks 12-13
- Paul Tobias – rhythm guitar on "Sympathy for the Devil"