Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Guns N' Roses
Released	March 23, 2004
Recorded	1986-1994
Genre	Hard rock
Length	79:02
Label	Geffen Records
Producer(s)	Bill Levenson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Amazon.com link Pitchfork (3.9/10) Mar 24, 2004 Rolling Stone (Favorable) Stylus (D+) Mar 17, 2004
Guns N' Roses chronology
Live Era: '87-'93 (1999)	Greatest Hits (2004)	Chinese Democracy (2006)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Guns N' Roses. The album was released on March 23, 2004. It hit #1 in the UK and #3 in the US. Despite some criticisms towards the track listing by fans (even Axl Rose and ex-Guns N' Roses members, who filed a joint lawsuit to try and prevent the release of the album), the album has proven a popular seller, selling 3 million copies in the U.S. to date. The disc is still on the Billboard 200 chart, after more than 130 weeks since its release. Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... A compilation album is a musical album featuring songs or tunes with some common characteristics. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Amazon. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Pitchfork logo Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a U.S.-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture. ... This article is about the online music and film magazine. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Chinese Democracy is a long-delayed album from Guns N Roses that remains in production with an expected release in Fall 2006. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...

Universal Records' response to Rose's opposition to the record was that he had been given adequate time to supply them with a record but had failed to do so, and so they had produced their own Guns N' Roses record instead.

Critics of the compilation were somewhat disappointed, as many of the classics from Appetite For Destruction and G N' R Lies were neglected from this release (including songs such as "Mr. Brownstone", "It's So Easy" and "Nightrain" and Lies tracks such as "Used To Love Her" "Reckless Life," the acoustic "You're Crazy") as well as the Use Your Illusion single "Estranged". Fans were also slightly irritated by the inclusion of many cover songs, while other believed the covers clearly showed Guns N' Roses' talent at reworking older classics. Mr. ... Its So Easy is a song by the American hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... Nightrain is a song by the American rock band Guns N Roses. ... Used To Lover Her is a song by American hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... Youre Crazy was originally released on Appetite for Destruction, however the song is an acoustic that was subsequently released again in its original format on G N R Lies, one year after Appetite for Destruction was released. ... Estranged is a song and music video by the American hard rock band Guns N Roses, from their album Use Your Illusion II. Estranged is one of Guns N Roses longest running songs, as well as one of the longest and most expensive music videos ever made. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ...

Track listing

1. "Welcome to the Jungle" (Guns N' Roses) – 4:32
2. "Sweet Child O' Mine" (Guns N' Roses) – 5:58
3. "Patience" {Guns N' Roses) – 5:56
4. "Paradise City" (Guns N' Roses) – 6:52
5. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Dylan) – 5:35
6. "Civil War" (Rose, Slash, McKagan)– 7:41
7. "You Could Be Mine" (Rose, Stradlin) – 5:35
8. "Don't Cry (Original Version)" (Rose, Stradlin)– 4:51
9. "November Rain" – (Rose) 8:57
10. "Live And Let Die" – (McCartney, McCartney) 3:02
11. "Yesterdays" – (Rose, McCloud, James, Arkeen)3:18
12. "Ain't It Fun" – (Laughner, Cheetah Chrome) 5:10
13. "Since I Don't Have You" – (Rock, Beaumont, The Skyliners)4:18
14. "Sympathy for the Devil" – (Jagger, Richards) 7:38

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Edited songs

The song "Ain't it Fun" (a cover that appeared on The Spaghetti Incident?) had a line that went "Ain't it fun when you tell her she's just a cunt." However, in this Greatest Hits album, it seems to be dubbed over, and the line is simply "Ain't it fun when you tell her she's just a" with a single guitar note playing and then going into a short riff. This version had never been officially released before, but was broadcast by most radio stations when it was released as a single. The Spaghetti Incident? is an album by Guns N Roses recorded from the early 90s line up. ...

However, the spoken word line "Yep, we're fucked" that appeared in "Since I Don't Have You" remains unedited.

Miscellaneous

Although not their original song, "Ain't It Fun" contains a line that goes "Ain't it fun when you've broken up every band that you've ever begun". This is ironic due to Axl Rose (a founding member of the band) having been cited numerous times as the reason the classic line-up of Guns N' Roses dissolved.