Cleopatra's
L.A. Guns compilation Greatest Hits and Black Beauties is really not a hits collection at all, but rather re-recordings of some of the band's best-known songs. There are a few newly written songs and remixes tossed in to entice collectors and completest, but the bottom line is that the consumer is not supposed to realize that these are not the original recordings, as the packaging makes no reference to that fact; what's more, some of the re-recordings find vocalist
Phil Lewis straining to hit higher notes, sometimes even altering the melodies to compensate for his diminished vocal range. Unless you're a completest, avoid this one; the Hollywood A Go Go best-of is the only real
L.A. Guns greatest-hits set out there. ~ Steve Huey