Greatest Hits by Released March 23, 2004 Recorded 1987–1994, Length 79: 18 Guns N' Roses Bill Levenson compilation chronology (1998) 1998 Greatest Hits (2004) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating 3.9/10 D+ mixed Greatest Hits is a by the American band, released on March 23, 2004. Released by in part because of the delay in the making of, the album was subject to lawsuits by band member 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 and number three on the 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 and that saw the album sold for 25 cents for one day. The album has proven a popular seller, selling over 5.93 million copies in the United States, as of 2017. The album was the third longest charting album in the era.

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. Jul 02, 2013 This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

In June 2017, it became one of only seven albums to spend at least 400 weeks on the chart. Contents • • • • • • Track listing [ ] No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length 1. ', (1987) 4:32 2. ' Slash, Rose, Appetite for Destruction 5:55 3. ' Stradlin (1988) 5:56 4.

' Stradlin, Slash,, Rose Appetite for Destruction 6:47 5. ' ( cover) Bob Dylan (1991) 5:36 6. ' Rose, Slash, McKagan Use Your Illusion II 7:42 7. ' Stradlin, Rose Use Your Illusion II 5:44 8.

' (Original version) Stradlin, Rose (1991) 4:51 9. ' Rose Use Your Illusion I 8:57 10.

' ( ), Use Your Illusion I 3:02 11. ' Rose,,, Billy McCloud Use Your Illusion II 3:18 12. ' ( cover) Cheetah Chrome, (1993) 5:10 13. ' ( cover) Joseph Rock, James Beaumont 'The Spaghetti Incident?' ' ( cover), (1994) 7:36 Total length: 79:18 Notes [ ] • 'Ain't It Fun' was censored for the compilation: 'Ain't it fun when you tell her she's just a ' became 'Ain't it fun when you tell her she's just a–', with guitar notes at 3:36 instead of the final word in the line.

This version had never been officially released before, but had been broadcast by most radio stations when it was released as a single in 1993. Nonetheless, other on the compilation remains unedited [the word ' remains on 'You Could Be Mine' ( with your bitchslap rappin' and your cocaine tongue/you get nothin' done), and ' remains on 'Since I Don't Have You' ( yeah, we're fucked, right before the guitar solo)]. • Notably, the songwriting credits for the tracks from the albums have been changed to credit the entire band, while the original track listings credited individual band members. For instance, 'November Rain' was originally credited as an solo composition. On this compilation, the song is credited to the entire band (Rose, Slash, McKagan, Stradlin). Reception and lawsuit [ ] Although the album received mainly positive reviews and sold well, fans criticized the track listing, citing lack of some popular songs and too many covers, as reason for complaint. Immediately tried to block the release by suing, saying it would ruin his focus on and if he were to get the album finished and released sooner, the Greatest Hits album would be selling more, leaving the album unnoticed.

Former bandmates and helped Rose file the lawsuit against Geffen, although they did not speak to each other in person. This failed and the album was released under Geffen Records' rights. Personnel [ ] Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

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Contents • • • • • • • • • • History and recording [ ] In his 2007, Slash mentioned he was planning a solo album, and listed some of the vocalists with whom he would like to work. He stated that the album would be called Slash & Friends (although & Friends was later dropped from the title). Slash's wife Perla mentioned in a 2008 interview that the album would include 'everyone from Ozzy Osbourne to Fergie.' On January 16, Slash made an appearance at the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show where it was announced that his debut solo album will be released in the U.S. The CD will be made available in Europe via. On January 19, 2010, Slash teamed up with 's, along with, and others, and donated a previously unreleased track to aid the victims of the earthquake tragedy in. The song released was titled 'Mother Maria' and featured.

According to the track listing, 'Mother Maria' will be featured as an iTunes bonus track for the record. On February 1, 2010, Ultimate-Guitar.com revealed the official track listing and cover artwork of the solo album. The cover art was produced from a painting by, a prominent Pop Surrealist artist and friend of Slash.

On February 8, 2010, Slash announced that the album would be made available in the United States via. A world tour was prepared for spring, to promote the album with as singer. In the United Kingdom, the album was set to be released on May 10, 2010, although a limited-to-1000-copies edition of covering the whole of Slash's career complete with the album, amongst other memorabilia, would become available on April 7, 2010. The single ' (feat. Of ) was premiered on February 27 on spinner.com. It was released as a digital single in the US on March 16, 2010 and in the UK on March 28, 2010. On March 4, 2010, it was announced that another song featuring, entitled 'Back from Cali,' was added to the album's track listing at the last minute, making Kennedy the only person to be featured on more than one song on the album's standard track listing.

Slash also announced that is the only other person who played guitar on the record, performing rhythm guitar on the song 'Ghost,' featuring. On March 19, 2010, Slash exclusively released in a newsletter the instrumental song 'Watch This', which features and. Ultimate-guitar.com published on March 20 the session notes with the gear used for the recording of the album.

On March 23, 2010, the songs 'Crucify the Dead' (feat. ) and 'Ghost' (feat. Ian Astbury and Izzy Stradlin) were premiered on. On the same day, the songs 'Starlight' (feat. Myles Kennedy) and 'I Hold On' (feat. ) were premiered on.

'I Hold On' was also featured on the season one episode of Hawaii Five-0, entitled 'Malama Ka Aina,' which aired on October 4, 2010; it was featured as Steve and Danny drive to the pizza shop. On March 26, 2010, the song ' (feat. Myles Kennedy) premiered on along with 'Beautiful Dangerous' (feat. On the same day, the song 'Nothing to Say' (feat. ) premiered on his page.

The next day, 'Promise' (feat. ) premiered on Amazon.com. On March 29, 2010, 'Gotten' (feat. ) and 'Doctor Alibi' (feat. ) premiered on. On April 6, 2010, the exclusive version was released, which includes both the album and a Slash T-shirt. Best Buy also sells an exclusive digital version of the album that includes 2 bonus tracks on Napster.com: 'Baby Can't Drive' (featuring Alice Cooper/Nicole Scherzinger/Steven Adler/Flea) and a cover of Guns N' Roses' 'Paradise City' (featuring Fergie/).

On April 23, 2010, Slash revealed that he would have wanted to sing 'Saint Is a Sinner Too' but that he was too nervous to call the singer. In an interview with the Soundi magazine, Slash also stated that he would have wanted the record to also feature his friend, former- lead singer,, but there was not a song that Slash thought fit him.

As of April 18, 2010 the album has gone gold in Australia. The second single, after 'By the Sword,' was 'Back from Cali'. 2010 World Tour [ ].

Slash during a concert in in July 29, 2011 On February 4, 2010, Slash announced via a blog that ' is going to be fronting the band for the upcoming tour. Something I'm really stoked about. Myles sang a killer track on the record & I think he is by far one of the best Rock & Roll singers out there today.

I'm really honored & proud to be working with him.' Concert dates and ticket information had not yet been released but the guitarist confirmed, via that he was in talks with 's promoter Andy Copping regarding an appearance with Kennedy and the rest of the touring band at the festival.

Slash confirmed that he will play his own solo material and songs from (', ',' and ' among others ),, and, as well as material ('). The touring line-up for the upcoming tour, besides and himself is Bobby Schneck () on rhythm guitar, Dave Henning () on bass and () on drums.

He then announced via that (,, ) would be performing bass duties on the tour instead of Dave Henning. Slash performed 'By the Sword' on on April 6, and on on April 9. While performing the song on Jay Leno's show, Slash was wearing an 'I'm With Coco' pin, to show support for former Tonight Show host. There are very few close-ups of Slash during the song, but caught one second where the pin was displayed on camera. Slash also played 'By the Sword' on on April 9, 2010 and performed 'Back from Cali' on the show on April 12.

Slash and Adam Levine performed 'Gotten' on on May 11. Release and reception [ ] Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating (56/100) Review scores Source Rating (mixed) (positive) (mixed) (73/100) (8/10) (7/10) (7/10) (Positive) Upon release, Slash entered the charts at number 3 (also at number one on the,, and the ) with 61,000 copies sold during the first week. The album also debuted at number one in,, and while it also broke into the top 20 in,,,,, and. The album's first single, ' (feat. ) peaked at number 41 on the and number 78 on the. ) charted at number 11 and number 58 on the and Canadian Hot 100. The cover of ' (feat.

Fergie & ) also charted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 75. The album has received generally mixed-to-positive reviews, scoring a 56 out of 100 ('mixed or average reviews') on.

MTV News Writer Kyle Anderson called the album 'a tremendous collection of hard rock songs that center around the axe man's signature chunky, swirling riffs. On balance, it's an excellent album, and it feels good to have that classic Slash sound back.' Writer Shelby Powell took note of Slash's precision on guitar, rating the album 3.5/5 thumbs, but took off points for 'a little too much reverence paid to the 90s and some of the feature selections may have old head purists poking their bottom lips out and putting their lighters down,' but concludes that 'the assortment of genres blends well.' As of the summer of 2010, the tour has been promoted as 'Slash featuring Myles Kennedy'.

Track listing [ ] Standard Edition No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1.

'Ghost', 3:34 2. 'Crucify the Dead' Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Kevin Churko 4:04 3. ' Slash, Fergie 4:41 4. ' Slash, Myles Kennedy 3:35 5.

'Promise' Slash, Chris Cornell 4:41 6. ' Slash, Andrew Stockdale 4:50 7. 'Gotten' Slash, Adam Levine 5:05 8. 'Doctor Alibi' Slash, Lemmy Kilmister 3:07 9.

'Watch This*' (feat. And ) Slash 3:46 10.

'I Hold On' Slash, Kid Rock 4:10 11. 'Nothing to Say**' Slash, M. Shadows 5:27 12. 'Starlight' Slash, Myles Kennedy Myles Kennedy 5:25 13. 'Saint Is a Sinner Too' Slash, Rocco Deluca 3:28 14. 'We're All Gonna Die' Slash, Iggy Pop 4:30 Japanese Edition No.

Title Writer(s) Length 15. ) Slash, Koshi Inaba 4:00 Japanese Deluxe Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15. 'Sahara' (feat.

Koshi Inaba) Slash, Koshi Inaba 4:00 16. ' (Bonus DVD) Making of the Album' Australian Deluxe Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15. & Fergie), Slash, McKagan,, 5:14 16. 'Back from Cali (Acoustic)' (feat. Myles Kennedy) Slash, Kennedy 3:42 17.

' (Acoustic)' (feat. Myles Kennedy) Rose, Slash, Stradlin 6:02 18. ' (Bonus DVD) Making of the Album' 19. ' (Bonus DVD) By the Sword (Music Video)' 20. ' (Bonus DVD) Behind the Scenes from the Video for 'By the Sword' (Part 1 & 2)' 21. ' (Bonus DVD) Back from Cali feat.

Myles Kennedy (Live)' 22. ' (Bonus DVD) By the Sword feat. Andrew Stockdale (Live)' 23.

' (Bonus DVD) Nice Boys feat. ' (Bonus DVD) Starlight feat. Myles Kennedy (Live)' 25. ' (Bonus DVD) By the Sword (Side-by-Side Simulated 3D Version)' Australian iTunes Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15. 'Paradise City' (feat. Cypress Hill & Fergie) Rose, Slash, McKagan, Stradlin, Adler 5:14 16.

'Chains and Shackles**' (feat. ) (pre-order only) Slash, Nick Oliveri 4:28 Deluxe Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15. 'Sahara (English version)' (feat.

Koshi Inaba) Slash, Koshi Inaba 3:58 16. Torrent Psx Iso Collection. 'Paradise City' (feat. Cypress Hill & Fergie) Rose, Slash, McKagan, Stradlin, Adler 5:14 17.

'Mother Maria' (feat. ) Slash, Hart 5:27 18. 'Baby Can't Drive' (feat.,, Steven Adler, & ) Slash, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger 3:20 19. 'Sahara' (feat. Koshi Inaba) Slash, Koshi Inaba 4:00 20. 'Beautiful Dangerous (Radio Mix)' (feat. Fergie) Slash, Fergie 4:11 21.

'Demo #4' Slash 3:52 22. 'Demo #16' Slash 3:23 23.

'Back from Cali (acoustic)' (feat. Myles Kennedy) Slash, Kennedy 3:42 24. ' (acoustic)' (feat. Myles Kennedy) 4:29 25. 'Sweet Child o' Mine (acoustic)' (feat. Myles Kennedy) Rose, Slash, McKagan, Stradlin, Adler 6:02 26. 'Watch This* (Live)' Slash 3:44 27.

' (Live)' (feat. Myles Kennedy) Rose, Slash, McKagan, Stradlin, Adler 5:00 28. ' (Bonus DVD) Making of the Album' 29. ' (Bonus DVD) Back From Cali feat.

Myles Kennedy (Live)' 30. ' (Bonus DVD) By The Sword (Music Video)' 31.

' (Bonus DVD) Behind The Scenes of 'By The Sword' 32. ' (Bonus DVD) Starlight feat. Myles Kennedy (Live)' 33. ' (Bonus DVD) Mean Bone feat. Myles Kennedy (Live)' 34.

' (Bonus DVD) Track-By-Track Interview with Slash' Monster Energy Drink Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15.

'Chains and Shackles**' (feat. Nick Oliveri) Slash, Nick Oliveri 4:28 Best Buy/Napster & Latin America Editions No. Title Writer(s) Length 15. 'Paradise City' (feat. Cypress Hill & Fergie) Rose, Slash, McKagan, Stradlin, Adler 5:14 16. 'Baby Can't Drive' (feat.

Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Steven Adler, & Flea) Slash, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger 3:20 iTunes Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15. 'Mother Maria' (feat. Beth Hart) Slash, Hart 5:27 16. 'Sahara (English version)' (feat.

Koshi Inaba) (pre-order only) Slash, Koshi Inaba 3:58 Canadian Deluxe Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15. 'Sahara (English version)' (feat. Koshi Inaba) Slash, Koshi Inaba 3:58 16. 'Baby Can't Drive' (feat.

Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Steven Adler, & Flea) Slash, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger 3:20 17. 'Paradise City' (feat. Cypress Hill & Fergie) Rose, Slash, McKagan, Stradlin, Adler 5:14 Classic Rock Slashpack Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15. 'Baby Can't Drive' (feat. Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Steven Adler, & Flea) Slash, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger 3:20 Vinyl Edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 15.

'Sahara' (feat. Koshi Inaba) Slash, Koshi Inaba 4:00 16. 'Baby Can't Drive' (feat.

Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Steven Adler, & Flea) Slash, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger 3:20 Notes: * Different countries list the track title as 'Watch This Dave'. ** 'Nothing to Say' and 'Chains and Shackles' are two versions of the same song with different lyrics and production. Personnel [ ]. Archived from on October 11, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.

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