Reviews (page 10 of 14)
Classic, epic opening to the first song. Pretty good overall.
Nostalgic & fun album.
Never have been a huge fan, but still slaps
This rock was a little too hard for me
My predictions: Julia: 3 Rachel: 2 Steven: 2 Patrick: 4 Paul: 4
I have mixed feelings about this record. Once upon a time this was everything I hated about mainstream music. I'll give it credit that it has an edge, and they get some cred from having Duff in the band. I think at times Axl is the weak link to their recorded output, with the screeching and whatever else he does. But I get that he's necessary for the mystique of the band. A good mix of real Glam, Aerosmith, and The Stones. When they get it right it’s enjoyable, but that’s few and far between. Ugh Welcome to the Jungle, pass. It’s So Easy is so good. And should have been the opener. My standout track for the album. Night train is just ok. Out ta Get Me/ Brownstone/ Paradise is a killer for me. OTGM is very forgettable. Brownstone is the worst of Aerosmith ripoffs, and Axl’s mumble vox are not good. It's too peppy to be about heroin. Paradise City is a song I could go without listening to again. Side two does more for me than the first. Nice groove riff in My Michelle, Think About You gets it right. Sweet Child is another overplayed single, but the solo is pretty good. You're Crazy can stay. Another filler track with Anything Goes, Rocket Queen closes strong, I love how it slows down at the end to wrap it up. 2.5, rounding up because It's So Easy is a great song and side 2 pulled me back in. Not enough to keep it in the collection though.
6/10 Favourite: Sweet Child O' Mine Least Favourite: Out Ta Get Me
Welcome to the jungle- Already knew this song, super iconic. Not my favourite as its very repetitive. 3.5/5 its so easy - different vocal performance than what I associate with acdc. Really shows their versatility early in the album. nightrain - Paradise city: Fucking fire. absolute banger and really fun to listen to. 4/5 My Michelle - Felt the first big vibe change here and yeah it was a decent song, pretty catchy, not super special tbh 2/5 Thinkin bout you - Haven't heard a super rock-ey ballad before. Fun switch up. 3/5 Scom - super hypocritical but I love this song even though its so overplayed. The electric solo intro with the slow incorporation of the lower guitars really just feels refreshing. 4.5/5 you're crazy - cool song Anything goes - fun, sexy song, feels the most like im at a dive in the 90s. Rocket queen - cool vocal filter, the breakdown at the bridge was so good, definitely my favourite part. Good song to end the album on, the outro does feel like I'm walking into the sunset waving goodbye at all the friends I made along the way as credits roll. Definitely not close to being my favourite album but I'm just not the target audience! Will say that I have major respect for the fact that this was a debut album, and it holds a pretty consistent standard. I really respect their whole "we wont rewrite a song for anyone" attitude because that is where true art comes from! You couldn't get an album this genuine from some fuckass steamrolling production company.
Absolutely massive album in terms of success. But I’ve long since outgrown it
3.5, got bored
I listened to it a lot when I was 10~12. Now i find it a bit juvenile (the lyrics). I had a nostalgic listen. I still like the sound of "Paradise City".
3.5⭐️/5 01.06.2026
Music to kiss your dad on the lips to.
Couple of 4 star songs does not make a 4 star album.
Knew sweet child of mine
3.1
bagus, tapi jujur gak ekspek sama lagu yang rocket queen
Hier ga ik dan wel een stuk beter op dan die gezapige Metallica plaat, maar ook dit is buiten de giga-hits om toch wel een beetje mwah
Please make him stop singing
Personal favourites: sweet child o mine (of course), night train, paradise city Though its not my go-to genre I generally enjoyed it
i listen this album a long time ago
Definitely a good classic, and I love some of the songs on there. Overall not too much for me, but still great.
His voice still grates but have to admit the quality of this album. Paradise City waaaaay too overplayed but there were better tracks on here I’ve not heard before.
Liked sweet child of mine Little too rock for me
3.5/5, good classic rock sound and I like their hairstyles
Welcome to the jungle and Sweet child of mine still hold up really well tbh. Track 2 is also really good and sounds like it might have influenced stone temple pilots and I also think I heard some QOTSA in there but I might be crazy. The rest of the album kinda fell flat for me and sounded like the same thing. Paradise City doesn’t hold up for me. Kinda goofy.
The three best tunes they ever put on record, but not much else has aged particularly well.
Satisfying, energetic riffs. Feels like the origin of corny lyrics though Fave tracks: Nighttrain, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Rocket Queen
I had high hopes for this album that weren't met. The hits from this record are timeless, and can really display G&R peak lyrical and musical abilities (Sweet Child of Mine is the clearest standout) but so many other tracks are mindless, poorly written or just bloat the runtime. If this was a 35 min album comprised mostly of key tracks this score would have been higher. 3/5
Can be fun every once in a while but a little too Man With a Lot of Confidence for my vibe usually. Overall is fun, great guitar, obviously.
Pretty good, most were a little too rock for me.
This was an interesting one to get for 100. It's crazy to me that "Welcome to the Jungle" "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are not only on the same album, but that it's their debut album. "It's So Easy" and "My Michelle" are also alright, but holy fuck these songs are overplayed. This isn't really my style of music, but I'm not gonna pretend like these songs aren't at least decent, but goddamn it's been almost 40 years I think we can stop playing these songs on the radio.
Pumps me up in the gym. Not a huge fan of Axls voice.
How many guitar solos does one album need? Honestly, give me the hits from this bad boy (and there’s a lot of them!) and nothing in between. What an album to knit to.
Klart det är en rökare, lyckas nästan(!) bli 12 igen när jag älskade det här. Har albumet åldrats dåligt? Vet inte. Har jag åldrats dåligt? Vet inte. Hitsen gör iaf att det landar på en stabil 3a.
Zwei dinge: Fergie > Axl Welcome to the jungle-trailern för GTA: San Andreas 😮💨
3a pga vissa bangers
Finns väl inga andra som låter så här? Riktigt bra GTA-musik
Unexpectedly I liked this better before I listened to it for the list. It's really just Sweet Child O' Mine and maybe Mr. Brownstone that hold up to what I remember and the rest is...pretty bad outside the singles. Went in expecting this to get a high rating but I don't think it will. this is unfortunately not trying too hard Guns n Roses, it is sewer people Guns n Roses already in collection
3 classsic Rock songs on this. Slash is an incredible guitarist and axel’s vocal range is pretty incredible. I like more song then I thought I would, but the songs sounded similar.
Reminds me of high school
just not my typa music
Mrh
banger
Crazy this is a debut album, the three big songs on here are instant classics. Not sure the rest of the album holds up
Det är ett rockalbum, inte så mycket mer än så dock. Kan vara ett av de mest överspelade albumen någonsin dock vilket det absolut tappar poäng på.
the one guy i knew who really liked gnr turned out to be a scumbag, so that really clouded my initial thoughts on the album, but to give it a fair listen: three or four very good songs and the rest are definite scumbag music
Not a fan of the sound. Guitar is great, drums are solid, singer is just bad. Wouldn't listen to the whole album again, but there's a couple tracks that are solid
it was ight
7/10, good album.
Okay
It appears I’ve grown up and away from this album.
This is a hard one. A good portion of the songs on this album are nearly ubiquitous in pop culture to the point of being cliche and uninteresting. However, at the time this album came out, it was a punch in the mouth to the glam metal scene.
Yup, it's Guns N' Roses. Yup. Favorite track(s): Actually kind of a tough one. "Welcome to the Jungle" is a fun track, but I'd probably have to go with "Sweet Child O' Mine." These are some crazy huge hits to be on an album together. Unfortunately, even though I like these tracks, I'm not really in love with them or with this album as a whole.
Pretty good album with a lot of notable songs.
Hmm. Reminds me of an old friend I had in the 80s.
3/5
Pretty solid first album, obviously best songs from it have stood the test of time. My Michelle was an underrated classic and one of my top ones apart from the other obvious 3 greats that come from this album.
i loved the instruments and the background vocals and ad libs. this was very like i expected it to be which is definitely not my favorite but not the worst. my favorite was mr brownstone.
The first few opening tracks irritated me with their straight macho vibe, but the second half has many bops with a very interesting sound.
Not my cup of tea, but you can't ignore the sick guitar riffs
I'm curious to see what the sentiment is like for this album in the present day. Is it still timeless or overrated now? This has always been a revered album even whilst I was growing up and getting exposed to all sorts of music. Crazy that this was GnR's debut too. Every human being has heard the three big singles here. They're in your face, they rock hard, and are pretty emotional. I'd argue most of the rest carries as much emotion as the aforementioned singles, but in a more cheesy and goofy sense unfortunately. Like I cringed at some of the lyrics in these other tracks. The high parts of the album rip, don't get me wrong, but the rest was a bit forgettable.
Decent listen.
slash is great! axl rose is great at times. really tight debut album. if im feeling particularly grumpy i could see this album slipping to a 2-2.5 due to axl being annoying. 3.5
Some decent tracks but the lead singer guy is really annoying.
Another album where I had heard the hits but not the full album. The hits are hits for a reason. I enjoyed those but didn’t really see too many standouts outside of them. Incredible though, that a single album produced literally all the songs I know by a very popular band.
As great as a handful of these songs are, this band is spectacularly overrated. Even their best songs--Welcome to Jungle, Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City--have parts of them that suck, mixed right in there with brilliant parts. And several songs on this record are straight-up filler. So some stars for the Sweet Child riff, the intense intro and cool longing ache of the bridge in Welcome, the pastoral weirdness of Paradise. And damn does this band like a coda.
I was working a temp job in 1987 just as this album was breaking, and my slightly older teenage coworker told me a story about partying with Guns n Roses which I wish I had written down. Anyway, this has not held up very well, imo. A lot of the songs sound, well, juvenile. It’s getting three stars because it also has three enduring classics.
I never understood the hype surrounding Guns N' Roses. The music is rather ordinary. I also can't understand the repeated praise for Slash's supposed virtuosity on the guitar. Maybe it's because I don't play the guitar myself. Anyway, I find this album ordinary too. It played in the background and at least didn't bother me. 3/5
I don't know what it is but I have really been wanting to check out Guns N' Roses for a little bit now, I am not even a huge fan of them or anything but something inside me has been craving this cheesy Hard Rock sound. This album screams asshole in every which way I can imagine it, whether it is that asshole neighbor who revs up their motorcycle at 5am on a weekend or this being a 12 track anthem for a deadbeat father who loves Natural Light. In all seriousness I think that aspect comes from Axl Rose being the frontman of this band, he has one cool vocal trick he can do and he pulls that out whenever he can to assert some kind of dominance over all the scruffy and not nearly as vocally ranged lead singers of the time to seem like he is the best one out there. Maybe on a hypothetically technical level yes he is, but Axl Rose is not using his skills in any sort of interesting ways here outside of suiting that late 80s Hard Rock mold to a T. I think one of the main reasons this album is looked so fondly upon is because of all the hard work Slash does to make this one killer project for the ages with those consistently top notch and meaty guitar parts that make me water each and every time I hear them. There is literally no reason why Guns N' Roses should be given any sort of serious attention other than the fact that Slash is in their band. This project is a perfect example of just how good and bad Hard Rock can be all together in a 53 minute album by one of the worst mainstream bands out there.
I have the alternative cover vinyl of this, although it is a bootleg. That said, I'm not a huge GnR fan... in the dispute between them and Nirvana back in the 90s, I fell firmly on the Nirvana side and perhaps that tainted my view of them. I came to enjoy GnR later but largely the singles and for me, that's where they excel. The rest of the album ranges between ok and good. It's one I play very occasionally and very much need to be in the mood for, otherwise, they're a playlist band for me.
I can’t listen to this without reflecting on what became of GNR in the years and decades after. We’re still kind of paying attention to these guys 40 years later off the strength of this one album alone, and really just off its three major singles. The rest of their discography is mediocre at best (UYI) and unlistenable at worst (everything else). While it obviously hits for a huge number of people, it just doesn’t do anything for me. Maybe spending my childhood watching the videos on constant MTV rotation desensitized me to their swagger and ferocity, or whatever.
Enjoyed- iconic album but I just can’t deal with the voice… so I don’t think any of it will be making my playlist… Sunday 23/11
Singles are bangers, rest is boring
Probably overexposed to this from that era and the constant reuse of tracks on sports broadcasts and so on It holds up better than most American metal from this period. But that’s not saying much. Between 3 and 4. The overexposure drops it
в основном - минус вайб.
Reviewing an album 38 years after its release when you also listened to it on release is always a little dicey. It's a little more challenging for me to be objective when nostalgia is in play. In this case, I think much the same as I did in 1988: Lots of really catchy hooks (the opening riff of Welcome to the Jungle remains a classic), but too much of the rest of the song (and most of the remaining tracks) just sort of taper off.
Some hits, but two solo's a song? I'm glad Kurt killed it off.
Axel rose har en fed stemme, men det blir meget repetitivt hurtigt. Troede dog jeg ville hade det mere, fun riffs
An excellent, enjoyable album.
Not my cup of tea though there are some iconic songs on here
#1 Classic for a reason. Bright guitar riffs.
The obvious tracks are all time classics. The rest is kind of forgettable. Axl’s voice grates after a while. I don’t think the production does the material a lot of favors, makes the non hits sound a bit muddy somehow. Mid
I’m just so tired of this guy’s voice and sweet child o mine. Apart from that, music wise this stuff rocks though, composition is fire and rightfully so quite some songs are absolute hits.
Heard it before! Also during my classic rock phase in hs. Didn’t really age well for me though but still a solid album.
Pretty good album, but a lot of butt-rock too.
Certains classiques. Pas mon pref
Three or four incredible songs and then what sounds like the same song repeated 8 times.
3 great songs and meh
I’ve personally had a tumultuous relationship with G N’ R. I feel like pop culture has made me revere them for this particular album that shifted the paradigm of popular music at a time when most of our rock bands were dressing like women and singing ballads. But Guns, at their core, are a hair metal band. And appetite for destruction is a continuation of that genre but with less makeup. Some great songs but I’ve personally checked out on this band long ago.
Some classics, mostly meh, not much of an impression left. Liked “My Michelle” - good energy behind. Rest of album comes into it’s own from here… patient listener is rewarded with this one. Sweet child of mine always a winner! This was my intro to “rock music”.
Three absolute classics is impressive for a debut album
This one hit the stratosphere, with a couple of bombs that cement the crew into legendary rock god status. What a shit show, but it worked for a while, and most of these studs are still alive and picking. And then there’s Tracii Guns, who formed the band that carries his name, only to leave it before recording a note. Luck for the band. Not so lucky for Guns. Never really carried much for hair metal and leather pant, but I can see the appeal.
Tbh feel like I’ve kind of lost my taste for this one
The pre-Buckethead era of Guns'n'Roses leaves a lot to be desired, but makes for a banging soundtrack to Axl Rose's Legal Issues wiki section. Might have to play it twice to get to the end tho.
I think this album is a little overrated. There are 3 great songs and the rest is pretty forgettable.
I don’t like this genre, but I think this is a good example of it. The band is super tight, and the hits hold up. But the deeper cuts don’t.
A few good singles, but the rest sounds the same. Good riffs, meh lyrics. I did have Radiohead twice this week, so at least it wasn't more of that. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it. Saved some tracks.
Je pensais adoré, mais en réalité j'ai été un peu déçu, je crois que je suis pas vraiment fan du style
connais pas
Solid album, based ——————————— Liked: — Welcome To The Jungle — It's So Easy — Out Ta Get Me — Think About You
- Heavy metal/hard rock album - Fun, upbeat, head-banging album - Nothing particularly stood out to me
The album that showed arena rock still lives. Contains three iconic monster hits. The album owes a lot to the styles of AC/DC and Kiss but with a much funkier swagger or swing than those two bands. Excellent production, mix, and stereo stage. Perfect to rock out to. Slash channels Page a few times. A good bit of filler on this record though, and not a lot of lyrical depth. Mostly typical bad boy stuff. Favorite song: Mr. Brownstone.
Cumming in the jungle baby yeah
Slash deserved to be in a better band. If I could delete a song from history it would be Sweet Child O’ Mine, otherwise this is a decent album if you’re in the mood for hard rock
J’ai beaucoup écouté deux de leurs albums pendant mon adolescence (Use Your Illusion), mais pas le reste de leur discographie. Celui-ci est plutôt du côté bof des choses. Ordinaire, tout au plus.
Unnecessarily vulgar.
I'm surprised You're Crazy isn't more widely known. Best song on the album - those guitars!!! Have to say a couple of their songs are pretty bad - but overall a really fun listen.
6.8 (Welcome to the Jungle was the only one I liked)
this is obviously iconic and loaded with bangers, but it was just ok to me. sorry!!!
Para mi esta medio mid, o sea, si tiene canciones muy iconicas y super de culto eso lo entiendo peeero yo no soy un gran fan del clasic rock and roll. Lo tuve que escuchar dos veces para intentar ver si alguna cancion se quedaba conmigo y no paso. Entiendo que para mucha gente esta album sea lo mejor de la musica contemporanea pero para mi no fue mucho. Tiene buenos riffs de guitarra y las vocales si estan chidas, pero fuera de las canciones iconicas no me quedo con nada del album.
This album was a constant on my small-town high school era soundtrack: house parties, tailgates, football games, and, regrettably, the occasional tire-fire in the woods (not proud of that carbon footprint). It fit perfectly as a Rock & Roll anthem for that place and time. And, if I’m honest, it still holds up. Also, G&R will always remind me of my 16 year old bedroom poster ‘Buns & Roses’. My god, who was I?
This was the first rock record I remember hearing with a curse word in it, ("I'm fucken innocent" from "Out Ta Get Me" [maybe it was "It's So Easy"?]). Anyhow, I discovered this one on a second-gen cassette dub from my neighbor during the fabled "Butt Rock Summer" of 1987. It was a summer that I was riding my skateboard around the Conejo Valley in Southern California while listening to Def Leppard, Warrant, The Lost Boys OST, and these stupid fucks. The following year I graduated to Metallica and Maiden, leaving hair metal in the dust. I always thought Axl Rose sounded like someone's grandmother on vocals, (both him and Geddy Lee from Rush, actually, although Lee sounds more like your great aunt). Revisiting this, I gotta say, when it rips it totally rips. And when it doesn't, it is as boring as hell. There is also enough cowbell on this thing to cure Christopher Walken's fever five times over. Opening with "Welcome to the Jungle" and all that reverbed guitar riffage is a strong fucking statement that holds up all these years later. That said, what follows is pretty uneven. The most solid tracks here are the singles: the aforementioned "Welcome to the Jungle"; "Paradise City," which goes into total showstopper zone at the end, "Sweet Child O' Mine", which is about as saccharine sweet a song a bunch of drug-addles sex abuser rockers could ever craft, and that's about it. "Mr. Brownstone" and "Night Train" get close but in the end are just pretty fuckin silly. I never liked "It's so Easy." "Rocker Queen," however, is one of the more solid and underrated tracks, and a decent way to close this thing out. After all the sex, drugs, and degeneracy celebrated on every song leading up to it, they put a coda on this symphony of misogynistic debauchery by just letting you know they're actually real sweethearts who just really care. How nice. As for the album art, it's inarguably and simply iconic. Not as provocative and creative, say, as the original eponymous Robert Williams pop surrealist painting that originally graced the cover, but a decent runner-up. In hindsight, actually, this compromise (read: censored) design solution referencing tattoo flash actually better communicates the vibe of this record in ways the Williams art circumvents. It feels more dangerous and rock 'n' roll. Probably the skulls. Also much easier for legions of dirthead fans to get tattooed forever after. PS I will forever be confused why Slash and Duff were always photographed wearing cool punk band t-shirts but also played shit like this. So weird. 2.5 stars deserving, rounded up to 3 for legacy I guess.
3.5
Appetite For Destruction is the crowning achievement of a genre of music that I hate. Hair metal, glam metal, whatever you call it, Guns N' Roses kicked the genre into overdrive, bringing a heaping tablespoon of grit to the glitz and hairspray of bands like Ratt and Poison. And then glam metal pretty much immediately fell apart under the weight of shifting trends. Now that isn't to say that G N' R didn't use some hairspray themselves. Basically, while I do have good things to say about this album, it's still hair metal at the end of the day, and while I can appreciate Appetite For Destruction on some level, it will really never be "my" album. Let's start with the fact that this was an absolute hit machine. Welcome To The Jungle, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, and of course, Sweet Child O' Mine are mainstays in the canon of rock and metal. However, no matter how catchy, well performed, or potent these songs may be, I could live the rest of my life happily without hearing any of them again. Sweet Child O' Mine has it worst, I was almost embarrassed when I heard that fucking riff while driving today, it was a jumpscare. Paradise City is a close second place, especially because I don't think it's ever a song I ever really liked all that much to begin with. Mr. Brownstone isn't quite as overplayed as the rest, it just also happens to be a single I don't like all that much, but I still think it's firmly in the "overplayed" category. That leaves Welcome To The Jungle, which it turns out I have a little room in my heart for, even now: it's a good song, and I'll leave it at that. Escaping from the singles, this has good and bad. I actually really liked It's So Easy, it swaggers, it pummels and it's catchy too. Nightrain and Think About You also have enough momentum to keep the fun up. I'd also like to include My Michelle as a highlight, just because I think it's a pretty good song and I appreciate G N' R having the guts to drag their cool uncle party metal album somewhere a little darker for a song. As far as what's left, I could really take or leave it. There isn't a whole ton here I see myself returning to here, but there is some value to Appetite For Destruction. I understand this album on at least some level, even if I don't like it all that much. I'm gonna let G N' R pull a 3 here, but just barely.
Mediocre at best, a couple good songs
3 out of 5. Nothing to really say here. It's not the worst, we know what it is and so do they.
A hit machine yes, but a best album of all time? It's not like they did anything new...
Such impressive singing and playing in a style that’s not made for me.
I used to like this album a lot but it feels very tired now
Another favorite! I remember them bursting on the scene. It’s been 30 years since I listened to this album. Slash is one of the top guitarist ever. Axel Rose had an absolutely unique vocal style. Excellent example of a hard charging rock genre.
This is the sound of 80's America. Probably should be more than a 3 as the classic tracks still sound amazing, felt the rest of the album has dated a bit.
The Guns N Roses album. It has their biggest hits and is the most recognizable of all their albums. Still not my cup of tea. 6/10
Didnt think i was going to enjoy this album, due to the overplayed, manufactured nature of the singles, the deep cuts were surprisingly more enjoyable.
7/10
surprisingly average sounding? though this album is full of iconic hits! Tracks to Track: Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine
I've owned this album for over 30 years and can guarantee I've never listened to the whole thing. To me, this was always a 3 song album. The first listen through confirmed why I felt that way so long ago, and while it feels harsh, I rated it 3 stars. Listening through again, I can bump it up to a 3.5ish, but in the end it keeps falling to a 3 because so much of the album doesn't do much for me. And this project is 'Albums' to hear before you die, not just 'listen to the hits off of an album'. And while I laud GNR's ability to drop some literally timeless tracks on their debut album, as a whole, it's hits and misses for me.
It's fine. Axl is so lame. Acting cool and tough is the lamest shit ever. When I was a kid I thought Guns N' Roses was the best band name ever, I cannot see the world the same way that kid did anymore. Had a sick ass Gn'R logo baseball cap back in college that I wore mostly for the design having ceased enjoying any of their music by that time. The singles are all I'd ever want to listen to going forward but I've already heard them hundreds of times and that's enough.
Suffice it to say it rocks but I never want to listen to it again.
Don't like, but gotta respect!
Christ, I haven’t listen to these in a minute, me and max grew up with albums like this one in the car for most car journeys so coming back to it feels pretty nostalgic, but also tricky cause Gun N’ Roses are one of the rock bands that I’ve never really gone back to, I was never that interested generally in there catalogue. I found some enjoyment in the Use Your Illusion albums but other than that I didn’t go near them, so listening to this album borderline felt like listening to a new album for the first time (minus obviously the big hitters), and damn what a pleasant surprise. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this tbh. I thought this was gonna be 50 minutes of what would nowadays be considered overplayed and of its time pure cock rock, and there is a bit of that, but I really enjoyed the lesser heard tracks on this album, forgot how hard Mr Brownstone goes that songs opening fucks so hard. The cowbell being ever present from back to front on this album as a drummer is never unwanted, and Axl Rose really had some set of pipes in his heyday (almost as good as he sounds now). But in all honesty the parts that dragged me out with this album were actually the hits, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and fucking Sweet Child O Mine. That’s probably because of how popular they are, but I couldn’t help but skip them after the halfway mark, I just can’t stomach them they feel almost superficial with them being some of the most important songs in the change from 80s to 90s hard rock. So yeah overall enjoyed this album except for the popular ones (I’m not like other boys) 3/5 FTW Third Banger in a row lets fucking go ! Before I start this review i'm aware Axel Rose is a diva and a prick. Talk about a legendary debut album, its big, loud and that gorgeous mixture of gritty and flair that makes 80s Rock so fucking delicious. This album is pretty consistent and for that reason I will only really be touching on the tracks that I have the most say about. Opening tracks don't really get any better than Welcome to the Jungle and come on you can see why, that echoing grizzly guitar riff, slowly building up with a rough cry from Rose, the backing guitar, bass and drums all helping to build up to that crescendo of "Welcome to the Jungle, We got Fun and Games !". Say what you want about Axel Rose, I have several negatives, but his vocals on this track fit so well with Slash's screaming guitar. This track for a debut album shows us exactly what Guns and Rose's are, the bluesy rock influenced sound you're gonna hear, the attitude and the grit, its everything Guns and Roses. Its so Easy is a solid track, hearing more bassy notes from Rose, definitely most heavy in the Blues Rock influence, some great licks and solo from Slash but thats to be expected not a bad track just kind of there. Night train is one of my favourite tracks on the album, bopping guitar riffs, you can see why it was one of Slash's favourites to play life, funky basslines with hammering drums, its iconic GnR, very fun track. Paradise City holds a special place in my heart, I remember my Dad showing me this track on CD and being blown away by the build, it felt epic, then in comes Slash with that all familiar screeching riff then at the blow of whistle, in drops the heavy riffs with matching drums and bass, Rose's high pitched vocals cut through it, easily best track on the album in my opinion and it wouldn't be GnR without a face melting guitar solo from Slash. When I was a kid I thought Sweet Child of Mine was the greatest song ever written, now I've grown up I realise its a tad overplayed, not a bad song but definitely one I've heard to death, even the riff is a meme at this point, I still enjoy it maybe once a year mainly for the guitar solo which I will admit is class but yeah take it or leave really. You're Crazy is a great track, that fast paced aggressive 80s gritty rock n roll, all high pitched screams and distorted heavy guitar, probably the track I found myself enjoying most on a relistening of this album, it doesn't overstay its welcome, solid end. Its been interesting listening to album again in full after quite a few years of not really listening to GnR, its a fantastic debut album don't get me wrong but other than a few tracks here and there I didn't really get the same flair from it I used to, still worth a listen every now and then but yeah wouldn't be a regular listen from me. 2.8/5 MTW
A lot of classic songs but I don’t love GNR
Sweet child of mine is great. Welcome to the jungle, night train and paradise city are cool. But this album in its entirety feels only average to me. Everything "rocks" in the same way. Nothing on it that suprises you in a pleasent way. Solid work, but not super imaginative.
Axl’s voice is annoying… it’s a decent album but the best songs are already famous, there’s nothing new here.
Rigtig fin musik. Sleazy rock lidt mere mørkt og prollet end glam metal. Samme lyd kan man sagtens høre. Vanvittigt debut album.
Sadly, I'm not a hard rock fan so "Appetite for Destruction" is not one of my favourite albums. Despite this, I already knew some of the most famous tracks from it, like "Welcome to the jungle", "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" obviously. In my opinion, it's the kind of album I'd listen to only when I'm in the proper mood. In general, I also think that for hard rock lovers this album is probably a cornerstone of the genre, I would never deny the fact that Guns N' Roses are one of the best rock bands.
I bought this album on the strength of the guitar intro for Sweet Child Of Mine. This must be instantly recognisable to any rock music fan and for that reason I would consider it to be a classic song. As for the rest of the album it is standard MOR American rock ideally suited to their FM radio stations. Not disagreeable and considering GNR were one of the first making that stuff it certainly has a right to be on this list. Not an album nowadays which I would put on to listen in its entirety but good to occasionally hear tracks which randomly are selected when shuffling my music collection tracks. 3/5 9/8/25
"Welcome to the Jungle" has to be one of the best album openings ever. But does that mean I loved Appetite for Destruction? Well, it's complicated. What I learned from listening to this is that I really just don't like hair metal. I've listened to other bands like Def Leppard and Motley Crue, and absolutely hated it start to finish. This one I didn't particularly enjoy, but I can see why people rate it so highly. The aforementioned opening track is an all-timer for this genre, and "Paradise City" is super fun as well. Of course, these guys are known for their ballads too and while I don't think "Sweet Child of Mine" really compares to "Knocking on Heaven's Door" and "November Rain" it's still a great song. So, even though I think this album is objectively good, beyond the hits, there wasn't much that really appealed to me.
A few iconic songs. Feels almost generic though
👍
What is there to say about this album? It’s everywhere. Your neighbors cd collection, football movie montages, skating rinks, stadiums. Hard to deny its popularity and appeal. Pretty amazing what axel rose can do with his voice and slash always slashes. BUT, the lyrics are shallow and the lack of transition out of the same sound is tiresome. I have also been over exposed to this one.
If this is one of the greatest rock albums of all time then either I don't actually like rock or it actually isn't I'm sorry but Cream, Zeppelin, The Doors, The Stones...see where I'm going? OK so it was a debut album but I still think it's generally overrated
Not really my scene but it was better than expected. 6/10
GnR simply does not fair well following Zeppelin I. Yes, there are 3 good songs — I like them and am happy to hear them. But musically, except for some of Slash’s solos maybe, they’re pretty simple. Axl’s whaling is fine, but not as soulful as Robert Plant, for instance. The lyrics and song structure are 2D. The drummer is several steps removed from Bonham. Taking out the, perhaps unfair, Zep comparisons, the good songs are fun. But a lot of this album is the raging of an angry heroin addict — not fun. Overall, it’s a 3 (which, remember, means it’s important and pretty good too — just not great).
Pleased I’ve finally listened to this, and it was as loud, messy, and occasionally iconic as I expected. Apart from the big three songs, though, half the album sounds like filler from a Def Leppard tribute night at Snobs. It’s not bad, just very… 1987.
I think Guns N Roses mostly suck but they do have some bangers
An undeniable classic of its genre. I appreciate the pure rock ethos this album exudes but at the end of the day I just can't take Guns and Roses super seriously. I'm sure if I saw them live I would have a lot of fun but an album (even one with 3 of their biggest and best songs) just gets a little tired by the end.
Slash is amazing. Great tone; unique style. But above all, he's up there with Jimmy and Eddy in his consistent devotion of those extraordinary chops TO the music; never drifting into self-indulgence. The riffs throughout this album are so great. The band is tight. The only problem, and it's a big one: Axl's unrestrained idiocy. His capacity to ruin great tracks is pretty impressive. These songs seem to be HIT and MISS based solely on how well he restrains his instincts. He manages not to ruin three of these twelve tracks and they are extraordinary; but he's so cringe-inducing on the other nine, that the album as a whole, for me, is a pass. Three great tracks earn three stars though.
Though Im an 80s kid and understand how iconic of a band GNR was, I could never quite get into them. Axl has a very recognizable voice and Slash is a great guitarist, Overall though some of their stuff comes off a little cheesy to me. A lot of classics on here.
awesome. Liked: My Michelle
This was a decent album with big time songs
This is a very good album, but I fucken hate Axl Rose. I’m glad Nirvana killed hair metal.
solid album
Fun
Classic
Ok, so I guess if I was in the mood for simple head-banging music, this would do the trick. I get why so many people are really into it. For me, I absolutely love Slash's guitar work, and the rest of the band are pretty good, too. It's Axel I can't get behind. The vocals are fairly standard for the style of music, and the lyrics are for the most part week. I'll admit I still love "Welcome To the Jungle", but the rest of the album doesn't do much for me.
Nicht 100% mein Geschmack
It’s no Use Your Illusion
Absolutely Mid
Tough one to rate, could quite happily never hear half the songs on this album again even though I quite like them, just way way overplayed. Highlight for me is probably rocket queen. 6/10
Super classic album but it hasn't really convinced me to be a dor hard fan. I didn't realize how many songs were them and how many of those were on this one album!
Guns N' Roses er sjovt at lytte til, og jeg havde givet dem 4 stjerner, hvis ikke jeg kom til at høre efter til sangteksterne, hvorefter den overlagte sexisme ødelagde lytteoplevelsen for mig. Men hvis jeg lades som om jeg ikke forstår hvad de siger, så er det mega sjov musik.
boring
I like the occasional GnR track, but I don't like the band enough to listen to several tracks several back to back.
A hard rocking record with some solid jams. But it is pretty one dimensional and the second half doesn’t have as much magic as the first one does.
I’m getting sick of all this rock
5/10 I've tried my best to never be a hateful person regarding anyone's music. I understand that every production is difficult even if the final result is not of my liking... Having said that, 'Paradise City' is the worst song ever made for me... And yes, that includes the pop garbage you find on the radio every day. The album itself is not bad, but I have a predisposition when it comes to Guns and Roses...
Didn’t listen yet- real review in my book
American hard rock is generally awful. This album is no exception
no lo escuche completo honestamente me chupa un huevo este tipo de musica, buenos temas igual
Not my type idk
Little long but insane they arrived on the scene with a fully formed sound.
Real rock out with your cock out music. On an unrelated note I have a meeting with HR at the end of the day. It’s funny to have this back-to-back with ACDC. With the comparison of such recent experiences, I have to say that Guns is much less fun than ACDC
I mean when people joke saying my favourite album by X band is the greatest hits. Appetite for Destruction literally is that greatest hits album for GnR (ex November rain) The opener of welcome to the jungle is honestly one of my favourite album openers from start to finish you know what you’re in for. Also probably one the most iconic album art works ever. The only issue is. For a full album it’s hard to listen to the whining of Axel Rose. Also special shout out to “My Michelle” was a weird tune in that everything was good about the song apart from the chorus which was played in the wrong key and a bit shit.
I think the lyrics are rubbish/nonsense, but for the most part don't get in the way of my enjoyment of it. I like the loud energy, and don't even care how many of the songs probably go on much longer than they need to (including Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine). I kept thinking it needed to have the volume turned up a bit more and there was lots of the guitar that would be air guitar fodder or riffs I'd want to be able to play. Incredible that they are so overblown on the debut album. I would probably prefer making a hard rock compilation that they featured on rather than listen to the album start to finish.
yeah, classic, its fine, some bangers.
Adrenaline-pumping and excessively exhausting in equal measure, this is the quintessential hard rock/glam metal album of the late 1980’s.
ortalama
A high three- some real classics here, but i can’t say I’d readily return to this album
Well that was a refreshing change after listening to Beastie Boys. Good old heavy rock, great guitar work & Axl's amazing voice.
Никогда эту команду не любил. Но остановлюсь на нейтральной тройке.
Three of Guns N' Roses big hits are on here, but I'm still not a huge fan. I don't hate them, but they aren't my kind of metal. After listening to two different Black Sabbath albums over the last week, I consider this an inferior product.
Never realized how prominent the cow bell is on this album Credit where credit is due, this is an impressive debut. Its extremely consistent and the hits are undeniable. Unfortunately I simply do not care for Axl's vocals. I can look past them at times but for the most part its whats keeping me from really enjoying this album. Favorite song: Sweet Child Of Mine
Three hard rock classics here, but a lot of middling off-putting sleaze too.
Let’s get the good stuff outta the way, the hits are some of the greatest rock songs ever written and axl has one of the greatest voices in rock and slash is one of the greats. However besides that this album is 80’s power rock, better than bon jovi but the album cuts other than filler were impediments to hearing the great songs that are worth listening to.
A pretty average album with 3 amazing singles
3-4 memorable rockers on this album.
Impressive for a debut album, but I still feel GnR are best enjoyed on a greatest hits album.
Good: the definitive 80s hard rock album Bad: the definitive 80s hard rock album
Gets a minimum of three stars for having what is probably objectively some of the best riffs, solos and vocals in rock history. However, these songs are so often played that there is no need to listen to an album to catch them, and the non-singles do little to excite me. I've never been big on GnR since they pulled some classic 'Axl antics' at a festival some 15 years ago, but sadly it just doesnt do much for me. 5/10
Fine.
Liked the tracks everyone else knows, but I forgot how rapey some of their other tracks were…
Yeah it's good, but 4 or 5 stars? Not for me.
The heights like welcome to the jungle are counteracted by the terrible singing, especially on songs like mr brownstone
Welcome to the jungle kinda gets a star by itself.
Heard of them, I recognised a couple of songs from things like School of Rock, it wasn't bad, but ultimately they're not my thing, bit too heavy.
(Vinyl scratch) YOURE NOW LISTENING TO (car crash sound) 102.3 (elephant sound) REAL ROCK FM (explosion) WHERE WE PLAY NOTHIN BUT ROCK ROCK AND MORE ROCK (glass shattering) (police siren) THIS AINT YOUR GRANNYS STATION (Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses starts playing)
Guns n Roses geeft me ook zeker boomer vibes net zoals Led Zeppelin. Ik weet nog wel dat ik samen met mijn ex een hele avond bij haar paps op de bank zat waarbij hij een guns n roses concert liet zien en er eindeloos over kon vertellen. Ik vind de nummers toch best energiek en catchy, al zou ik deze stem zeker niet eindeloos op repeat willen horen. Naast de bekende bangers waren de andere album nummers ook best ok.
Goed aantal bangers en extra punten voor de Guitar Hero nostalgie. Axl zn stem is aan de ene kant verschrikkelijk maar aan de andere kant past het perfect bij de muziek.
2 generally. 3 because of sweet child of mine and those licks
Aside from the three classics, I’m pretty meh on this album
3.5, great solo tracks but overall kinda same ole for me
Good background music. Pairs well with action scenes or fast drives.
I thought it would be better. Too much filler
GNR on the map with this album. Just the hits please.
Cool for it's time but now sounds like generic metal
A classic full of big hits, but kind of tiring to listen to as an album.
just come classic rock. most of the songs were pretty basic (besides the hits) but a few definitely stood out, especially the more ballad-y ones
Meh. Three classic songs, but it was kind of a drag to get through
Snakk om album som hørtes helt ekstremt akkurat ut som forventa. Gøy nok å ha hørt én gang, ikke nokka æ kommer til å oppsøke igjen.
This is #day319 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... un/surprisingly enough, this turned out to be quite a tough listen. I approached this record as a classic of hard rock and glam, but as an album, it just didn't really work. Somewhat ridiculously, I found myself unimpressed by all the late-'80s hair metal craze. Sure, "Welcome to the Jungle," "Paradise City," and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are big tunes, but that's pretty much where it ends. I even had to take a break (was considering not finishing it), but eventually managed to catch up. No appetite for coming back soon, though. At least, album-wise. This is a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day320.
*Fun album. *Felt very hair-band 80s at times, but higher level music other times. *Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child o' Mine, and Paradise City all on the same album is impressive. RATING - 7/10
Those guitar tones are rich with cheese. I was excited to see the cover after u2 but then started listening and realised how it's not 100% my thing either. I'm getting more of a thin lizzy feel than I expected. So far I like them so much more though. Funny how I feel able to see past the sexist lyrics in thin lizzy better. There is a lot of riffing - wonder if teenage me would have been more into it? Basically fine cheese rock
Jag har nog aldrig lyssnar på denna platta som album, jag var ju synthare och gillade paradise city lite i smyg. Hairmetal är ju inte riktigt min grej, men här är rötterna till Stones och New York dolls så pass uppenbara så det ändå faller väl ut. Mycket bättre än väntat helt enkelt.
I'm not eager for this style of music to be rediscovered and reconsidered, but I'm not as bitter or cynical about it as I was in my early 90s teens. The singles are undeniable, and lyrically this is grittier and riskier than most of the other 80s hair metal debris still casually lying around. I struggled to find much to enjoy outside of those singles, but I get how someone who played this tape over and over and over and over again would find their way into its nooks and crannies.
A bit overrated for me. The famous songs are great but the rest lack variety. Liked My Michelle!
GNR is not that great, music is fine, some of these songs on here are iconic and great rock songs. Welcome to the Jungle kicking this album off is fantastic. But at the end of the day it's ok.
Probably among the best albums of the hair band era, which is kinda like being among the best pizzas from the grocery store freezer section.
Some of the lyrics in this are crazy, man. Okay.
Outside of the bangers (paradise city, sweet child o mine, welcome to the jungle) the album is just okay
I haven’t listened to a lot of Guns N’ Roses, and the songs I have heard are on this album, but never listened to it all the way through. Really like the songs and the instruments, but man. I cannot get behind Axl Roses voice. Great range, just not for me!!!!! I felt like I couldn’t listen to another minute of him singing once the album ended. If someone put this on at a bbq or on a long drive I wouldn’t mind, but will probably never put it on myself. Makes me wanna smoke a cigarette reaaaal bad. Favorites: welcome to the jungle, paradise city, my Michelle Rating: 6/10
Classic but I guess not that interesting
I loved the singles from this album when I was younger, but I'd never listened to the full album before now. The highs are great, but the rest is just so much more of the same. It's kind of a slog.
6/10 Pretty good. Route one hard rock/metal, you can hear the sounds it was inspired by (including Zeppelin!) I remember a friend growing up playing this a lot, so was more familiar with it than I thought. A few big, famous, excellent songs, a few more decent, then a bunch of bang average stuff. The worst thing about the album is Axl’s vocals. Best: Sweet Child O Mine
There is something that separates Guns N’ Roses from the other, mostly earlier 80s hair metal. There is an angry and perversion about them. I think overall though Appetite For Destruction is slightly overrated. The hits on here are great but overall it’s just good. Still something to cheesy for me. 7.0/10
Nostalgic I remember hearing a lot of this growing up
Its fine. The big hits are still fun to get back into that headspace of teenage hair band rock. But not much for me beyond nostalgia. In other words I'm not popping this on for a drive or a weekend afternoon.
Es un disco bastante sólido a pesar de que no me guste este tipo de música. Tiene temas que son clásicos y que ya conocía. 8'2
Great band not for me.
Can't say its bad but I've heard these songs so many times it has really killed most enjoyment I can get from them
Some of the best rock songs ever made are on this album, but I was surprised how little the rest of the album did for me. It all felt very samey and even a bit tacky. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this yesterday. I was between 3 and 4 stars and I could see myself going either way if you asked me tomorrow.
Classic rock.
Sorta incredible for a debut, but I just can't...
Mr Brownstone is the worst fucking song maybe ever.
People don’t realise just how into gardening, Axel was. Obsessed. I remember when we launched a range of Houmous & Chutney garden tools. He took a large fork and a trowel and promised to promote them on their tour. We never saw them again. He sent us a picture of his beautiful broad beans in 1997 but it had been almost 15 years by that point. Why we wanted someone less famous than us to promote our products I’ll never know. You live you learn. 3.1
Never really keen on these, mainly it’s the vocals I don’t like. Have said that, I did find it musically better than I anticipated
Some absolute classics here. But those are the only ones I’d go back and listen to I think.
every decade has its great unsubstantiated moral panic and for the 1980s it was nothin but Satan, baby. you probably know all about it -- the Devil was molesting children in the basements of preschools, and this snowballed into claims that he was also making America's youth shoot drugs and kill themselves through backmasked glam metal music and Dungeons and Dragons. of course, we all know this to be classic Protestant horseshit on VHS, of which i take no stock in. except for Guns N' Roses. there's probably better words to describe them; perhaps you could call them industry plants, but there was no real industry for them to be planted by. apparently they were just really popular in the Sunset Strip scene. well, actually, no -- their PREVIOUS bands, L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose, were popular on the Strip. Guns N' Roses is essentially a supergroup. the band proper was formed a year before they got signed to Geffen, released an EP on an "independent" label, and then shot to superstardom. this further befuddles me. how does an utter trainwreck-at-conception last minute lineup shoot to being the snownosed face of rock and/or roll? like, okay, the singles are good. "Welcome to the Jungle" rocks, and i can stomach decent amounts of "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child o' Mine". but they otherwise sound pretty similar to most of the other bands that were playing that sound at that time. Bound for Hell: On the Sunset Strip is chock-filled with music that sounds just like (and at several points) better than the material here. barring "Think About You", so many of the "deep cuts" on this thing basically feel like 80s sleaze rock white noise, neither good nor bad, and yet it's treated by so many people as this towering authentic force in rock. was it because they swore and talked drugs? was it because they did it more bluntly? you could say the album's carried by the singles. sure, maybe. that doesn't explain how they came back after G n' R Lies became the poster child for sophomore slumps. you could say they lucked out. THAT i will not accept. the only explanation for this perfectly fine but of so very of its time band becoming rock and roll royalty overnight is some sort of Faustian bargain. i harbor no hate for Guns N' Roses because i have not been exposed to more than one (1) of their bad songs (Knockin' on Heaven's Door). i do not despise them, or Slash's really squeaky guitar tone, or Axl's freebasing Elmo voice. in fact, these aspects of an otherwise quite dull band are what make them charming to me in a way. i am just confused as to what all the hullaballoo is about. what makes you so special, Axl?
Fun enough
One incredible song, two good songs and a lot of filler.
Three BANGERS surrounded by a lot of forgettable songs. Overall a little disappointing.
Wowie. Hard rock. Yes. Of course. I liked it quite a bit, good to know the context of such bangers as Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine. I do think I need to be more selective with my rating though, so dropping this down to a 3. From now on, just general I loved it is a 3.
I had my heavy rock/metal phase in the early 80s, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath etc. By the time GnR came along, my tastes had broadened somewhat, and I didn't give this much attention. That said, 'Sweet Child' is a classic even if the rest doesn't quite live up to it.
Amazing debut album by GnR, most people already know the singles by the repetition on MTV/radio, but the genious of Rose was take the normal structure of a rock song and give it a twist (Sweet Child o' Mine, Paradise City, Rocket Queen), Axl's voice can be grating, but when you hear It's so easy you can start to wonder why didnt he used his lower register more than just for a little bit. But the deep cuts arent as memorable(other than rocket queen that's it)
The songs you’ve heard before all slap, classics for a reason etc
Some good songs but more than a few that sound dated production wise or don't really hold up
The mix on Welcome to the Jungle surprises me often with how hard they panned the two main guitars. Honestly, not as great as I remembered. I have some heavy nostalgia for the hits on this album, but most of it is just meh.
3* for Sweet Child O' Mine (basic, I know). The rest is a bit too hard for my tastes (apart from Jungle and Paradise City). Was interesting reading the history of the album on wiki (iconic album cover was not supposed to be the album cover, for one...)
Some good songs.
The big hits, “Welcome to the Jungle,” Sweet Child O’Mine,” and “Paradise City,” are pretty great but the rest is just your standard yawn-inducing buttrock.
i think there are a lot of good songs on this album, tons of classics, but i think that as a whole, dare i say, slightly overhyped
Great tunes and brilliant vocals but feel this work is a bit derivative.
Menevää meininkiä, todella korkea tuotantotaso ja erittäin seksuaalispainotteista kamaa :D. Tämä levy selittää monta popkulttuurimeemiä vuosien varrelta. Mieleen jäi parhaiten: Paradise City ja Sweet Child O Mine. Parempi kuuntelu mihin olin varautunut.
There is no doubt that Slash is up there with the great rock lead guitarists and there are 3 great songs on this album. Unfortunately Axls voice grates very quickly so I will stick to just listening to the odd track now and again and not the whole album.
Hits different than any other metal album
3.5. Good album I've just heard it hundreds of times.
Classic, I knew the most popular songs - found out some new pretty good ones. It's difficult to listen to Axel's voice for so long though without breaks.
I mean, rock is not my genre. Not to say I hate it. This for me has been one of the more "complete" albums for me. Solid mixing, great performance musically. Pretty sound. I just think Rock is limited in what it can do, especially harmonically.
Pretty sick roadtrip and headbanging music. Not something I would listen to regularly
2.5/5 I love the hit singles here honestly. Theyre genuinely great tracks. The rest is so mediocre to me, a lot of great riffs wasted on boring songs.
Classic.
3.5
3.5
I mean you get what you expect of just the three hits and some filler hard rock that’s just some guitars being loud for 40 minutes. 3 stars
Средне. Очень плохо. Нормально. Хорошо
This album defined a movement in music, but I never got into this and still can't. Despite continuous airplay and Axel's voice, Jungle, Paradise and Sweet Child don't bother me.
For the 1000+ albums, I was sure that I would rate this a 1. Why? Because Axl’s voice sucks and ruins every song except November Rain. Now that I’ve heard much worse vocals, my barometer has reset. Axl’s voice is OK. It’s easy to hear why these guys were yuuuuge in the 80s rock and metal scene. The music is a gluttonous journey of guitar riffs set to your teased hair on fire.
guns n roses halt idk
This is such a great record, ruined by a decade and a style. Slash is great; everything he plays gets to you. Axl has an excellent, if tiresome, voice. This record was made at a time of vice in LA, so it could have been a true representation of sin. But it's the lyrics that keep it from being good. Sweet Child O'Mine is excellent instrumentally, but o so terribly written. Same for Paradise City. And the production is so cheesy, so very hair-metal, each song somewhere between a corny ballad and a metal rocker. This record has all the right parts to work, but the way it's peace together fails.
Welcome To The Jungle // Paradise City // Sweet Child O’ Mine // 2.5/5
Argh, fine, it’s pretty cool.
I’ve heard these
1. Kicking this generator off with an album and band I know, but haven't listened much. 'Welcome To The Jungle' has sections where the main singer doesn't sing (atonality), and those are always unique IMO. Wondering if there'll be more of those in the album? The breakdown with the junglelike drums (bongos?) was nice. 2. 'It's So Easy', deeper vocals than the song before, at least in the beginning. The chorus with the slowdown is a nice touch. Atonality/speaking again with the singing, nice. Otherwise, not *too* special. 3. 'Nightrain'... This one sounds familiar, even though I've not listened to it before?? Probably through Vinesauce Joel (Vargskelethor). This vibes, more melodic than the other ones in a way. 4. 'Out Ta Get Me', hmm. At this point, the sameness of the album is hitting: It's good, but not special in a way, you know? Yeah. 5. 'Mr. Brownstone'. Ooh, guitar slides and funky drums: Groovy. And the vocals are different again, having a jazz tone to them. At this point, my favourite track. 6. 'Paradise City', the longest track of this album. Very 80s drums. Liking the dual vocals in the beginning. Relatively chill to the other tracks, and it took a pace after the whistle. Side comment - the main vocalist's high singing slightly reminds me of ACDC's vocals, which is something I don't like (hot take), but here it's fine. Jamming tune. Interesting breakdown's start, and then it again takes in pace! Nice. 7. 'My Michelle'. The intro sounds ominous. Upon picking pace, it gains a groove, which seems to be this band's thing. Another case of sameness, but better than 'Out Ta Get Me'. 8. 'Think About You' has a rockabilly vibe with its vocals, but much faster. Interesting mix of regular guitar in the chorus. Yet another case of sameness (I am used to artists/bands that change tone/tune in each song, like Death Grips). The slowdown at the end is nice. 9. 'Sweet Child O' Mine', this one I know (as it's also the band's most known song, at least when looking at Spotify play amounts). This is one of those cases where the most known song sounds "the best" because you know it beforehand. Breakdown ("Where do we go now?") is quite nice. After listening to the track above, I took a long break (10+ hours, sleeping in the middle too), and returned to listen to the last three songs. Waking up, didn't really remember any of them (given that I listened to other music as well). 10. 'You're Crazy'... but this song really isn't, there's that sameness again. Seems to be a trend with this album. 11. 'Anything Goes'. This one has a unique guitar pattern in the beginning, and sounds reminiscent of cockroaches (one of those wooden instruments where you scrape a wooden stick?). The guitar with phaser effects in the middle sounds neat. 12. 'Rocket Queen', the second-longest track in the album, and the last one as well. The vocals with the phaser effects are unique. Atonal guitar sounds at around 2:00-2:50 tickle my ears pleasantly. The moaning sounds are something, too (I don't generally like them in songs, they make me uncomfortable). THOUGHTS: This one's, music, if that makes sense. Something you put in the background since it's good, but not that spectacular - one of the reasons this one sold so well? Or so I feel like. Out of the tracks, my favourite was Mr. Brownstone.
Second Almost Famous reference in a few weeks… but Lester Bangs declares Rock and Roll dead but says “at least you’re here for the death rattle, last gasp, last grope”. This feels like a serious death rattle of rock. 87 and people are thirsty for some straight ahead rock, meanwhile grunge is taking off and hip hop is about to replace rock as the most relevant genre. Another album that at the time probably felt refreshing, pure rock and roll, but almost 40 years later it just sounds like recycled garbage. At times fun garbage. Slash is good, and I’ve heard good things about Adler. The hits are good. Sweet Child of Mine has… 2.1 BILLION streams.
Better than I remember. Great guitar riffs, but I can pass on Axle.
nice
Fun. Disposable.
Super buzzy and high energy, paradise city a personal highlight Not something super memorable as an album but good if in the mood for it
Fundamental.
Dette er et legendarisk album med mange sterke låter. Welcome to the jungle, Mr brownstone, paradise city, sweet child o mine. Albumet - og hele GnR (særlig slash) - var meget formativt for 13 årige Wilhelm som kjøpte elgitar i London. Men det er jo unektelig masete og ganske slitsom musikk for meg nå.
Kinda standard-issue rock energy, not that I'm complaining. Some classics. I sometimes made the mistake of looking at the music videos of these tracks on YouTube, which are very silly.
Jaime: 3 Nuria: 4, manda Jaime así que un 3
Loved: Mr. Brownstone, Sweet Child O' Mine (of course) Liked: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City (of course), Rocket Queen Didn't Like: Out Ta Get Me, My Michelle
Rock FM core. Tiene canciones buenas a las cuales ya me he hartado de oír, pero tampoco soy tan fan de esto como lo era de crío. Es buen disco, solo que los "Roses" tampoco me gustan tanto. Canción destacada: Rocket Queen
One of my least fav genres of music sorry it just reminds me of middle aged men and topshop band T-shirts in 2010s but saying that I did enjoy the hits and recognise that it is an objectively good album! Favs: Welcome to the jungle Paradise city - 5/5 luv this Sweet child o mine- meme but so good. Also thinking about the choir version that was on a bank advert or something
Hät scho äs paar gueti Stuck uf dere Platte. Nach Jahre vom Zämespiele händs die usebraacht. Für das isches ebe doch nur Mittelmass. 1992 han ich Guns'n'roses im alte Joggeli gseh. Isch cool gsi, v.a. wellmer öppe z'Zähte ime alte Laschtwage anegfahre sind - über de Bözbärg - und de ganz Verchehr uufghalte händ. Äs hät Stunde brucht, aber luschtig isches gsii.
It's a classic. Not the best, not the worst.
Más divertido de lo que esperaba. Detesto Sweet Child con el alma, pero después no fue todo tan horrible. Ningún tema a listas pero igual. Nota: 2.9
A drug fueled rock n roll adventure with a few lightning in a bottle singles. Slash seriously saves the record and cements himself in rock n roll history with this album
Some bangers/classics, but the rest is just Axel yelling....
This brings me back to middle school. Man... some of these songs were on guitar hero so they were all I wanted at 13 or whatever. My tastes are not the same but I can help liking it even if it's 95% nostalgia. It's gotta get 3 just cause.
This is the "music for guys who think they're cool" final boss. Everything besides the singles (Sweet Child/Paradise City/Welcome to the Jungle), is just fine. It mostly feels like music from a fake band in a movie like Wayne's World or School of Rock. That said, it is exceptionally well produced and the performances are really solid. The songs are pretty standard rock/blues fare with not much more going on. It feels like the final nail in the coffin for Hair Metal before Grunge could really bear fruit. It's an album with some obvious talent behind it that somehow ends up feeling overtly stale. 7/10
Better songwriting than I would’ve originally anticipated but still not something I’d go out of my way to turn on by the album
Love me some sweet child o mine
The most 80s sounding album that was kind of fun
three great hits that I've been sick to death of for over a decade. I'm sure I would have rated this much higher when I was 17. Similar to my feelings on AC/DC and Ben Jobi
Some real classics here. The others were a bit underwhelming. Big zep influences.
knew a few of the tracks. didn't hate, didn't love. exactly what I expected from Guns N' Roses tbh
The singles are ubiquitous for a reason.
Some really great classics here, but also a lot of filler. Many songs and the whole album could have been shorter and tighter to make it less tedious and more enjoyable. That's always been a problem with GNR for me.