Isn’t it somewhat presumptuous to release a Greatest Hits album when, in reality, you have only released two albums? There’s Appetite For Destruction of course, and then Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II which to me constitutes one album (they were released more or less at the same time), and then the awful The Spaghetti Incident which is trash.
Anyhow, here it is, and while it does have some great songs on it, it also has some less justified tracks. You can’t argue with “Welcome to the Jungle”, and “Sweet Child o’ Mine”, and “Civil War” and “You Could Be Mine”. But what is the deal with the plethora of cover tunes? On a greatest hits package? C’mon guys, (some of) the versions may be good, but they aren’t your songs! Way to pad out an album that really shouldn’t have been released in the first place!
Quite honestly, before I ever reached for this I would go for Appetite For Destruction because most of their great songs are contained there anyway.
Rating: Lots of great songs, but just so unnecessary. 3/5.
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