Guns 'n' Roses
Greatest Hits

Each of us associates the name Guns'n'Roses with entirely personal and relative adjectives and feelings.
Fate has it that I, since I started listening to good music, have hated the many factors that make up this rock band. Besides never having been passionate about their music, except for a few rare instances, I've always associated my audio-visual sensations with something not very sincere and very unpleasant. Axl Rose above all. A being in my opinion excessively egocentric, towards the musicians he collaborated with and especially towards the fans.

But to write a decent review, one must be objective. And if we want to be objective, it's useless to talk about “hate.” Let's talk about music. The discussion in this field is quite clear: those who own all their records will avoid wasting money on this product. Instead, the group's relentless fans will probably buy this album. They will surely want to fill that void on the shelf that has been waiting in vain for seven years to welcome the now-famous “Chinese Democracy,” right? It is precisely these events, linked to Mr. Rose's insincerity, that have given life to this useless album.

But the uselessness of this record is not due to the fact that it's a Greatest Hits. The problem is that even the band members didn't want it released (complete with a petition), nor did they agree on the choice of tracks by Universal. A senseless commercial operation, in short, that can only thank Axl Rose's great acumen for having driven a record label to desperation (an arduous task!), which spent 13 million dollars on a phantom album that will probably never be released, except in a pirate or unofficial way. We have presumably reached the true twilight of the band, which for many years now has done nothing but stir critics about a possible comeback.

The album's content is also dry. Band lovers won't find the best tracks before them, but a deliberately commercial selection that fully reflects their sound career, aimed at appealing especially to teenagers and/or girls in love with some band members.
The album's evaluation is based on the quality of a couple of songs, such as “Don’t Cry,” “November Rain,” and “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” which truly deserve to be remembered. Additionally included is the cover of the Rolling Stones' “Sympathy for the Devil,” realized by the band in the soundtrack of the film “Interview With The Vampire.”

Save those 20 euros.