Reviews (page 11 of 16)
Absolute banger of an album. One of those ones that you see your browser open and display the graphic of the album cover and you call out an immediate reactionary "yes". That's how good this album is- my brain stem, my most innate and monkey-like part of my being knows that when I see this album cover I know I'm in for a good time, a full few milliseconds before the rest of my brain processes what I'm actually seeing. It blows my mind that this was a debut album. Are you kidding me? You have to have some real confidence to come out with "Welcome To The Jungle", with the soaring harpy vocals, the crazy inventive-yet-grounded-in-cool guitar parts, the attitude, the energy, the sex moans(!) MAN what a debut! If I had to describe this album in one word, it would be "confidence". I think one of my favorite music moments of all time is the "Welcome To The Jungle" part around 2:05, where Axl sings "jungle, welcome to the jungle watch it bring you to your knees" up until the 3 minute ish mark. There's so many interesting elements here: 2:06 to 2:10 - super cool harmony vocal part quarter notes 2:10 to 2:16 - cowbell underneath the "shanananananana" vocals 2:16 onward - super deep soft part that leads you through a screeching dualing guitar + vocal solo? Crazy stuff. I really love that ending too. So tough. I love that final guitar chord too (E7#9 rocks!)! This album really takes you places, and it doesn't feel like there's a single weak track. Some of my fondest memories of this album come from my early teenage years, from around the age of 9 up until I was 15 or 16. I remember being age 9/10 and playing Everquest (my third time mentioning that game!) with my brother and jamming this record, and then I remember being 14, getting my first guitar and trying to learn some Slash riffs and failing really hard. I think this was around the time where I started to listen to other kinds of rock bands for that reason - because I couldn't keep up with Slash. Now that I think of it, I really need to learn some of these songs! "Sweet Child O'Mine" has one of the best guitar riffs ever- maybe a top 5 or top 10 riff. "Welcome To The Jungle" "Paradise City" "Sweet Child O'Mine" If you took any of these three songs and put them on some random band's album, and packed the rest of said album with really bad songs, I bet that record would probably still make this 1001 list- because each of these 3 songs are so strong that they could elevate a bad album that much. Per Spotify, each of these 3 songs have over 1 billion song plays ("Sweet Child O'Mine" at 1.9 billion). I don't know if we've had an album yet that has several >1billion song plays on it. Doing a quick glance of some of the other albums on this list that are incredibly famous, not many even come close. From a quick and not thorough glance, the only album that I see that have 3+ is Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (note: The Beatles haven't been on streaming services as long as other artists, and I only checked a few dozen). It's funny to me how this band is kind of "boomer dad" now (which I am not), because the songs always felt timeless to me. Yea Axl is cringey and they are all old, but all of that aside, these songs are still great. This is an immediate 5/5, and added on my growing list of favorite albums of all time (it's landing around #20-25 as of today).
Can't really say much about it. It's iconic and it's got a decent amount of bangers. It has kinda soured on me over the years but it is not bad. I don't think it's a masterpiece but it still rocks as hard as you think it would. Best - Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine (MPF) Worse - no bad songs tbh but it feels like a majority of these songs just flow the same. Make of that what you will. 3.50-3.75/5
Classic choons.
A bit meh
It’s hard to argue with an album that can boast Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child O’ Mine but it does have a handful of middling songs in there too in my opinion. Obviously it’s iconic and was a pretty important album of its time that inspired generations of future guitarists and subgenres.
The classics are still classics and I’ll always be nostalgic for them but there is some drag to Appetite For Destruction. At 54 minutes, 2 or 3 filler tracks could be cut and the album would be miles better. Even still, the good tracks rip and I’m still here for them. 4 stars
Ist nicht meine Musik, für mich klingt jedes Stück gleich
I feel like the popular songs on this album are popular for a reason. The rest I have heard so far are just meh. 4 songs done so far. 3/5
Classic hard rock
I’d like to think if I was alive in the late 80s I’d be listening to better stuff than this
I think there's a time and place for this album, and at those times it's a 5. However, now, with the warm glow of age and experience, this album feels like the audio version of the former player who has been sitting at the bar for six hours and still keeps trying to talk to you.
Pretty fun so far. Some of the songs drag and they all blend in to each other. Surprised by all the classics in this one, they are pretty fantastic. Enjoyed it more than I expected! 4
#47 - many of these are classics now, and it is objectively good music. Not my favourite tho.
Would never intentionally listen to this, but don’t hate it when I hear Sweet Child O Mine at a bar.
A hard rocking album that brought the eighties into the nineties (this and metallicas black album), and started the battle with grunge and alternative.
So good, they should really re-record it with a proper singer. With absolutely stonking guitars from Stoke's finest, the throughline from this to Generation Terrorist is clear as day. The drumming is incredibly powerful, and the melodies on the big hitters are surprisingly complex and beautiful. Seriously though, get a better singer in.
If you had asked me if I liked this album before this listening I would have said, "hell yeah!" Now, upon listening with my adult ears, I have to say "nope!" I don't know if it's my tastes shifting or what but I just don't dig it anymore. I still like Sweet Child but the rest was just noise to me, even Paradise City was sadly not as good as my memory says it should be.
For me, GNR has always been the light shining in the darkness of 80's music. Most of my distaste is for 80's pop specifically, and if I think about it more I'm sure I could find more artists who released stuff in the 80's that I liked, but my maxim is "I don't really like 80's music...except for Guns N' Roses." This album is fairly incredible for a debut with a handful of classics, and the filler songs ain't bad. Great album. 4.8
This is a dirty rock and roll, all timer.
Heard before Saved 12/12 Top track: Welcome to the Jungle
Yay I got to listen to Appetite for my homework. Such a great album - delivered on every angry promise it made. To me Appetite was the end point of all the hair metal bands in the 80's, we had been building to this. And maybe the success of GNR opened the door for Grunge and what was next in the 90's.
This shit gas. I like 3 and 1
Another record I loved as a kid but have no interest in now. I get why it is an essential record though, especially for the genre, and it’s influence was as widespread as any. Mad to think they were teenagers when they wrote this. That’s impressive in itself. But, self indulgent solos and cliche lyrics have never really done it for me since leaving my teens. Perhaps it’s everything that followed which made me think this way. I dunno. Either way this did nout for me, but cant deny their talent and impact!
The singles on this are everything you want from hair metal, proper anthemic, huge solos, timeless. The album tracks never really reached the heights of the big songs but there were some good riffs here and there. Given I give a lot of rap a hard time, this was full of misogyny, seems they kept it out of the hits. GnR are a singles band really but this album is important in rock and definitely deserves to be included.
The album (and band) only really got big due to a sustained press effort, which gives you an indication of the type of songs these are. Radio-friendly, plenty of jangly riffs, and they never really outstay their welcome. You're Crazy is the best of the non-commercially successful songs. I really enjoyed it - the music knows what it is, and doesn't try too hard or to be anything more. Axl Rose sounds fantastic, and Slash is brilliant.
There aren't many bands I have an irrational dislike of, but guns n roses are one of them! I'm not sure exactly what it is that makes me dislike them, but it all just feels so fake. More of an act to be perceived a certain way and liked by certain people than anything else and it really gets to me. Baby's first stadium rock band. Doesn't help that welcome to the jungle, sweet child of mine and paradise city have been played to death at every rock club and seem to be adored by most. Not for me. All that being said, I've never listen to an album so I tried to listen to this with an open mind..... It's crap and my irrational dislike is slightly less irrational now. I hate all the hits and the album tracks did not suprise me in the slightest. 1. Would like to say I never need to hear them again, but I know I'm going to have to
Favorite Tracks: Mr. Brownstone Welcome To The Jungle Paradise City
Feels like every song on this album could have been a hit. Don't like the hits as much on it since they're so incredibly overplayed. Great essential piece of hair metal though, probably all the hair metal you will ever need.
Apart from a couple songs that I recognize from games like Guitar Hero (or Burnout ;)) I haven’t heard a majority of this album, partly, I’ve never been super interested in Guns N’ Roses, but I get the appeal. I feel the big hits like Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise city stand out a ton, but the others are good to, but just don’t hold up quite as ‘hard’ as the rest. 3.1
Amazing that this is their Debut record. Must've been a surreal feeling to have been so successful right from the start. Fantastic album with many hits that are now overplayed on rock radio to this day.
Hell yeah.
I hated it
Я в замешательстве. Лучшая песня - Welcome to the Jungle.
Objectively speaking, this is one of the most ridiculous albums from one of the most ridiculous bands ever. I can't even imagine. A classic for sure.
I like Guns N’ Roses? Who knew ??
OK, so Welcome to the Jungle is an all-timer if you like rock music, so let's just get that out of the way now. Sweet Child O' Mine is, if you're of a certain vintage, another all-time banger. Now for the rest. I mean, it's hard for me to get the fact that this is the quintessential hair band out of my head, but this is definitely straight ahead hard rock. It's not as hair band-y sounding as, say, Poison, so that' something. Rose's voice gets grating after awhile.
really good album, will consider it giving 4.5 stars but there's no option
“I’ve got an alligator suitcase under my arm” Take hair metal but make it actual music! Surprisingly enjoyable.
Not my go to genre but still a good record
I know how important this record is and how talented they are. But ive heard almost all of the songs already. Other than the mediocre songwriting this is a great debut
2.5 pyöristyy alaspäin. Vaikka levyn hittibiisit ansaitsevatkin statuksensa, on ne soitettu puhki Guitar Heroa myöten.
Potencia, mucha potencia
I never was a fan and will never be one in this life
I felt like I was in my 40s listening to something I felt pressured to like in my teens. It's fine, but you know what you've got here.
i dont like this at all look, i dont like them anyway, but meh. some of the singles are good, obviously Sweet child is good, but overplayed to the absolute max. Paradise City is good too. Not big on Welcome to the Jungle, its a bit crap. But the album tracks stink. Think About You was a real moment when i was like... do i listen to the rest of this or just leave it. No Me gusto
I understand why this album is on the list, but it's probably not the Guns N' Roses album I would have chosen. I think Use Your Illusion I is probably a more memorable album, even if it has less of their hits. Guns N' Roses has always had some pretty problematic lyrics, and there's definitely some stuff on here that made me cringe. However there are still a lot of good songs. "Mr. Brownstone," "My Michelle," and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are probably my favorites. It's still a good album, but not their best.
I've never been a fan of Guns N' Roses. What's with all the moaning haha. I just can't take bands that sing like this seriously. Some of the songs on this record seem like the direct inspiration for shitty conservative country rock.
Ah man. Gun N' Roses is my absolute favorite band to dunk on. Its some of the corniest shit on earth. On one hand its incredible and on the other hand it's like unironic hot garbage. It feels like they took all of the building blocks of rock music and pumped it full of cocaine and viagra. There's so much of this record I almost like. They'll have a cool blues Bo Diddley riff and I start to groove and then Axl just starts screeching and I start hating it. Its the same with Slash too, he's such a good guitarist but its alllllways over the top. Its like he played a guitar solo once and then band was like "What if you just do that the ENTIRE time?" and then he agreed and it stops being good. I've said this before, but Sweet Child O' Mine is the peak and decline of Hair Metal. That song is objectionally amazing, right up until it isn't. The whole final third of the song feels like Axl and Slash are competing against each and it ruins the whole song.
Flawless debut. Remember buying with original cover. Still stands up.
A cult classic that has aged surprisingly well. Yes, the hits are overplayed on the radio, but that’s just testament to what great songs they are.
A milestone debut album and a legendary Live-Band. I'll never forget Mannheim, Maimarkt, 24.08.1991 - the best gig, I've ever been.
I can see how this album was influential and can also imagine being the parent of a teenager in the 80s and absolutely LOATHING it. Unapologetically vulgar with stark lyrics about addiction that would push boundaries even by today’s standards. Wicked guitar work of course. I’ve never intentionally listened to Guns N’ Roses and certainly never heard any non-radio hits. Will I go back and listen again or would I have sought this out if not for the 1001 albums site? Probably not, but it was a fun way to spend the morning and I did add Welcome to the Jungle to my running playlist.
It's at this point that I'm regretting previous scores. Namely giving utwo a 2. They didn't really deserve that high a score. This offering is so much better, but is it worthy of a 3, nah I don't think so. The famous tracks are very good and the rest are OK, but I still don't feel it is due a 3. 2.6 or 2.7 yes but it's no 3.
The album is elevated by the epic singles, that make it deserve a 4 star rating overall. My issue with G&R is that there is such a narrow formula that the album tracks just seem to follow the same path. A bit of copy and paste at times. Great to have on rumbling away whilst you’re pottering about, and then turned up to 11 when Sweet Child comes on.
Hair rock of the late 80's... I hated it, the clothes, the attitude, almost everything about it. Except this album. It's great. 'Mr Brownstone' is probably the best non-single track, due to his singing style on it, it's not forced into that weird high pitched squeak. I actually bought all 3 singles on 7", but only had a taped version of the album from a hair mate. That must tell how much I liked this album at the time, which was a complete departure from my usual Goth. 'Sweet Child O' Mine' is still one of the finest singles ever released.
Just too darn loud
This debut is packed with hits that I've heard too many times but the rest of the album is pretty deep with decent tunes. Hair metal is a genre I generally look at as being vapid and cheesy but it can be good fun in the right mood and I think these guys represent some of the best of the genre.
Amazing guitars and so many classic songs! Will never get tired of paradise city! Axl rose’s voice isn’t my favorite.
Banger after banger! Good stuff 5 ⭐️
THIS SHIT BANGS!!!!!
Having not heard this for years I found this quite disappointing. HFine musicianship but not enough variation. Of its time
great snarling attitude throughout, loads of rock, not much roll, with a handful of cracking songs. the work of Izzy Stradlin's guitar, holding things together and swinging is not always celebrated, but he is the secret weapon of this album. it does run out of steam towards the end, but the highs are pretty high!
Rock un filo peso per me
It’s okkkkkkk … there are times when their music just hits the exact chord and melody it’s beautiful and fun but when it’s not there I find it very boring and kind of hacky. That being said this album has some absolute bangers including welcome to the jungle, night train, paradise city, and sweet child o’mine
I mean, sure
No. In 1987 I went to an amusement park and hundreds of people there were wearing Guns-N-Roses concert tees—I guess there had been a concert there night before. The shirts came in two flavors, censored and not censored. The not censored one depicted an unconscious girl sitting in a dirty alley learning against the wall with her blouse pulled open revealing her tits and her panties around her ankles. On the wall, graffiti read “Guns-N-Roses was here”. I haven’t looked up this shirt to see if my memory was correct, but I saw them enough while waiting in lines full of families as the band’s troglodytic fans wore this rape fantasy obliviously or on-purpose but by all means proudly. I had never heard of the band before but I thought, these guys suck to have thought that shirt was funny or clever. Almost 40 years later, thanks to this site, I have finally listened to them and discovered to my zero surprise, that every song on the album other than the ones written for the radio sounds like it was written by a manchild who thought depicting a rape victim dumped in an alley with graffiti that reads “Guns-N-Roses was here” was funny and clever. Fuck off, Guns-N-Roses and Guns-N-Roses fans.
Classic album. One of the first cds I bought.
This was just noise to me.
There are a lot of great songs on this, and it definitely deserves its place on the list, but man are the best songs overplayed. I don't really need to hear them ever again.
Hard rock to the nth degree, from stadium rock to guitar filled ballads.
I appreciate it but I've heard the hits a lot and its not my first go to genre
Before I listened to it I was sure it would be a 5. I was 22 when this album came out and not a fan of hair bands. G-n-R took it past the campy hair band level added an edge that made it “more real”. Listening to it yesterday several songs on the album were still pretty damn hair band and I wavered a bit. But in the end, any album with Jungle, Brownstone, Paradise City and Sweet Child of Mine has to be a 5
nobody compares to the rock of Axl and Slash at their peak.
Have not listened to this record in its entirety for a very long time. A few good surprises (Mr Brownstone) in particular. And some duds TBH. The 3 big hits are timeless.
Canon.
Incredible album. Right out the gates, absolute timeliness bangers and songs that will live forever in rock n roll. Also, one of my favorite stories about rock n roll is Axel Rose bringing his girlfriend at the time into the studio, recorded them having sex, and then threw that backing track on during the solo to rocket queen. Absolute insanity.
Great music with a lot of energy.
What is there to say about an album that's been on repeat on rock radio stations ever since it got released in 87? Released at the right moment in time when Rock 'n' Roll was in need of a good kick up the ass because it had become stale and goody-goody. and Guns 'n' Roses did just that. No, it's not the best album in history, but Hardrock like this is about the attitude, and this band brought it.
Balls to the walls dirty hard rock. One of those moments when every thing just came together perfectly. It holds up sonically and it's attitude remains the same.
It's got 3 classic songs on it, so 4/5. I didn't love the other songs. They all had a similar style.
Wow. Makes me feel like putting on spandex and headband, and chugging a bottle of Jack Daniel’s… which I don’t want or need. A lot of borrowed chest hair on this one. Interesting history of the band though.
Jeg er mest imponeret over, at den aldrig rigtigt taber pusten selvom det er et langt og ikke særlig varieret album. Det er bare den samme sang 12 gange, men det er en god sang. Jeg missede de sidste par minutter - stoppede den sidste sang da der dukkede en sex scene op (????), jeg lytter til det her på arbejde!! Guns n' Roses er klar det 80'errockband, der er ældet bedst, og det siger nok en del om den genre for det er ikke ældet mega godt. 80'er rock var en total Weimarrepublik, staklerne vidste slet ikke at Nirvana ventede i kulisserne og var klar til at ødelægge deres karrierer
giver mig lyst til at hvine så højt jeg overhovedet kan og tage noget dumt tøj på! pissefed!
Banger! Vanvittig debut, måske lidt for lang, men langt de fleste sange kan stort set stå for sig selv.
I listened to a ton of hair metal in the 80s and this came out and beat everything else all to hell. This made the rest of my tape collection embarrassing. There is no fat on this album and it earns every drop of operatic melodrama that it puts out there. It helps that the opening track presents the whole thing like a concept album about the nightmare that is LA. Jesus this is a good album. By far, their best.
Zero chance that I'm able to offer any kind of objective view on an album that is a milestone of sorts from my teen years. It was one of my first hard rock purchases, and acted as the gateway drug to a universe of rock and metal that thrills me to this very day. The best song on here is 'Rocket Queen', by the way, but the feds don't want you to know that. 'It's So Easy' is also better than 'Welcome To The Jungle' - shall I go on with my Appetite hot takes...?
Day150 -. you might be tired of these songs but it’s hard to deny how massive this album was/is. sweet child o’mine was a mtv staple and paradise is so good in the “can’t hardly wait” movie
This was an iconic album in 1987, and defined late 80's hard rock. I own 3 GnR songs, and all are on this album. However, they haven't really aged all that well. The songs don't really stand up to the insane amount of overplay they've received (at the time or on through today). And it doesn't help that their lead singers is, by all accounts, one of the biggest A-holes in the industry, whose singing voice actually detracts from the music. But this album belongs on this list for sure. It was huge when it came out and made a lasting impression. This, along with Def Lepard's Hysteria, defined 1987 hard rock. That said, neither band has aged especially well. This isn't my favorite, I've never felt the need to dig deeper than the 3 songs I've owned. Today's listen-through of this album supported my previous position, beyond the big hits it is pretty generic. But this still gets a 4/5. because you can't deny its impact, and the big hits are BIG.
Legendary.
This album gets a high three from me, almost a four. Paradise City, Sweet Child & Welcome to the Jungle are absolute CLASSICS and while this isn't my favorite style of music in the world, I can't deny their greatness. Also a shoutout to Mr. Brownstone. If I was more of a fan of 80's hair metal, this would likely get five stars from me. Great album.
Pretty standard classic rock. I liked it, and would be happy to listen to this on a road trip with my dad or something. But it still isn’t something I would usually choose to put on.
Never cared for G’n’R. Cartoonish version of Led Zep mixed with the vulgarity of hair metal.
- Welcome To The Jungle 6,5 - It's So Easy 5,5 - Nighttrain 5 - Out Ta Get Me 5,8 - Mr. Brwonstone 6,4 - Paradise City 7 - My Michelle 6 - Think About You 5,9 - Sweet Child 'O Mine 8,3 - You're Crazy 6,3 - Anything Goes 6,1 - Rocket Queen 6,4 Als album in het geheel: veel lijkt op elkaar. Verder zijn de gitaren en de drums geweldig. Het stemgeluid van Rose is vreselijk. Ik zou zeggen 2/3 sterren. Dit komt wel door de hits Paradise City en Sweet Child O Mine omdat die goed klinken.
Yes 🤘
Might be the most overrated band in history. I like “Mr. Brownstone” and the opening to “Welcome To The Jungle” but otherwise no thanks.
Some classics, but nothing else.
La única razón de la por qué le di dos estrellas a este álbum es porque los singles de este LP son canciones radiales legendarias que, todas las personas, hemos escuchado al menos una vez. Algo tiene que ver su aparición en el Guitar Hero. Buenas composiciones, buen rock, pero la voz de Axl Rose se hace intolerable. La relevancia de este disco es que, con justa razón, enterró a un género que estaba muriendo.
Gema.
Classic Hit
This album falls in the better than I first thought and not as good as I remembered category for me. I'll enjoy it should I hear it again but won't yearn for another listen if I don't.
Love GnR
14 year old me wants 51 year old me to rate this a five-star and after listening to this album all the way through for the first time in about 15 years, I'd have to agree. 1987 was such a year for music and GNR's Appetite was and is still one of the best albums of all time. Yes, some of the songs are way to overplayed but every time I hear this I am taken back the time period where we played the new cassette over and over and over. I must've replaced this album 4 or 5 times. 5/5
Think about you is the only weak spot so far. Rocket Queen too, but everything is is banger. It’s been a while, but this album has held up beyond expectations
Perfect Rock album with the perfect lineup of members. They could have just made this record and then disappeared from the face of the earth, and they would still be considered legends. For me personally, the album has enormous credit for completely changing the face of the Rock n Roll scene at the time, bringing the good old sound in a raw and naked way.
Can’t stand axl roses singing voice
Great rock album with some massive hits, including their top 3 on Spotify with all over a billion plays. Clear that they are still influential today. Been a fan of these big hits but was cool to hear some others for the first time. 4.5/5
Es realmente bueno el disco. Medio monótono, pero la calidad es indiscutible.
Not just dad rock, but like cargo cult dad rock. stuff that came out late enough in the (boomer) dads' lives that it can't be dismissed as a nostalgia thing
They say if you start this album when you walk into a Hooters it syncs up with the meal. This album is probably going to change the way I rate albums going forward. I like a couple of these songs, I can't stand Axl Roses voice, but Slash was one of the first guitarists whose melodies I wanted to copy. I remember finding a couple songs on the album boring, and they remained so even now.
YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS my michelle new discovery on this album. i like it
Oldie but a goodie. My brother Adam used to listen to this album before high school
reminds me of my of old job. I didn't like it alot.
I didn’t enjoy the rest of the album like I enjoy certain songs from my childhood. I played some of these on Guitar Hero and had a lot of fun with them then. I don’t like the moaning. Standouts: Welcome To The Jungle, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, Sweet Child O’ Mine.
Welcome to the jungle and paradise city are great tunes. Classic rock songs. Axl Rose has one hell of a voice. The songs do feel dated for me and a bit too stadium. The songs are long with no end in sight and they all feel very similar to me. Favourite song: Paradise city Least favourite: there is a lot of filler on this album. Album artwork: Cool cover
tätä kuullut lapsuudesta saakka. oli myös ensimmäinen bändi johon tyrmistyin kun ymmärsin yhtään mitään musiikista. slash on vitun tylsä kitaristi ja axl rose on paska versio robert plantista mutta ehkä epä pedo versio pelkästään huume hörhö emt en jaksa tietää... tässä albumissa kuitenkin parasta tuotantoa mitä bändiltä nyht on ja en objektiivisestsi en voi liian alas mennä vaikka subjektiivisuus on mitä on mutta ei häkellytä ei missään nimessä vaikuta arviointiin millään lain.. ihan syystähän tässä miljardibiisejä monta kappaletta. geneerisyyden huippu welcome to the jungle
Nreconsyructed overachiever glam metal album with 3 monster songs that rode a wave briefly before the crash. Do I love it? no. Is it a 4. Nah. 3.5
Even though its been overplayed I still love it.
Some classics but kind of bloated for me.
Legendary
This album is what it feels like to drive a Firebird at double the speed limit down the freeway, coked out of your mind, cigarette in one hand, someone else’s girlfriends pony tail in the other. America. Also Paradise City is a good song.
The Most American Album by The Most American Band (note: I said Most, not Best)
Guns N Roses isn't a band I can listen to without feeling like i'm doing it a little bit ironically. Some bangers on here but I feel exhausted listening to the whole album. My HS drama teacher used to always tell us that we needed dynamics in our performance - if you start out too high/intense, you'll have nowhere to go. Axl Rose is always too high. Duff McKagen is the best part of Sweet Child o Mine.
Apparently I've been sleeping on GnR, this was my first full listen to Appetite and I loved every minute of it.
White mediocrity at its finest. Not even Welcome to the Jungle is anything special to me. In fairness, I liked Paradise City and Mr. Brownstone caught my attention. Sweet Child O Mine kinda goes too. Everything else blows, especially that weird one about the “daddy does porno now that mommas gone” cause wtf was that.
I know this album is important, I know this album was well received. I know this album is seen as good, but I have never been this bored listening to an album. Its good but I'm spoiled, at the time this was lit but now I can appreciate what it did, but I won't come listen to it again. People agree with me given the Spotify listening count is sparse except for the big 3 songs.
Classic, classic album! The band had no right to write an album like this as a debut. Full of classic hits and bangers! This album is a must have in everyone's collection!
The bangers still slap. It's a mixed bag lyrically, but you really can't deny what a breath of fresh air this seemed at the time.
Solid but not doing anything particularly new.
I haven't listened to this record in a while and I forgot how amazing it is!!! This record is packed with bangers. Also, while Slash is an amazing guitar player, it's worth noting Izzy's contribution. These two compliment each other so well with their guitar parts! Even though I am not a fan of the vocals, it works very well with the songs, and whether you like it or not, Axl's voice is unlike any other. Overall, this is a 5 star record for sure!
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Is it perfect? No. Would it be better if it was? No. It's the best of the G 'n' R albums, and probably changed the world. For better or worse.
I love this album but the radio has killed it to death.
10 years ago I would’ve given 5 stars, but Guns N’ Roses’ importance to me has declined over the recent years, but still a collection of some of the greatest 80s rock songs
gotta love Axel's snarl on this record. Rockin' tunes for sure. heads above anything else released that year.
I have no appetite for destruction. The most credit I can give this record revolves around fellow Hoosier Axl Rose’s intriguing two-tone voice—he can sound like two different people depending on which octave he occupies. That’s kind of nice, but he’s apt to spoil the treat with irritating imitations of his female partner’s passionate sexual utterances. Anyway, two stars for two tones.
A high three. Some classics on there and overall an excellent classic rock album. Classic rock just doesn't always do it for me, though.
The hits and a couple of others are obviously classics and to 12 year old me they were even more so but I've heard them all SO MANY TIMES i just can't anymore. It's like watching Goodfellas, it's an absolute classic but when it's on itv 3, I'll turn to a different channel. I cant get anything more from it. 3 stars for nostalgia and how I felt as a kid.
3.5*
I really liked it. It was quite good and didn’t go gentil on the rocky-ness.
This is Nihilism set to music, and as a theory is great stuff. I loved this album when it debuted in 87, and still listen to several of the songs regularly. They certainly lived the Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll lifestyle to the extreme - but 40 years in when we look at Axl Rose can we really say that was a good thing?
Beautiful classic
- Definitiv eins der besten Rockalben aller Zeiten - Riffs für dir Ewigkeit - Geiler Drive - Absoluter Wiedererkennungswert - Ab und zu geht mir Axl Roses Gesang ehrlicher Weise aber auch mal auf die Eier - Liebe das Album und habe es unzählige Male in meinem Leben gehört Rating: 4,5/5
- WAS ein Album, Jonge - GnR mit ihrem Debutalbum auf ihrem absoluten PEAK. Die beiden nachfolgenden Illusions sind mMn auch stark und habe gute Songs, danach gings aber steil bergab. - Die Band hat es geschafft, sich in ein, zu der Zeit, sehr populären Trend reinzumusizieren dabei aber absoluten Wiederkennungswert beizubehalten. - Neben den offensichtlichen Megahits, hauen mich aber auch die anderen Songs wie Mr. Brownstone, My Michelle und Rocket Queen vom Hocker. - Es gibt nur ein bis zwei Songs, die das sonst so perfekt anmutende Album wieder in die Realität holen. - Duff, Adler, Slash und Rose sind in ihren Elementen absolut groundbraking. Ikonische Riffs, Fills und Bassläufe; dazu die unverkennbare (und nicht sehr nachhaltige) gesangstechnik von Axl Rose. - Wie bei den allermeisten großen bands gibts natürlich auch hier den berühmten "grain of salt" den man beim Konsum dieser Band genießen muss. - Appetite hat leider (auch wenn der wohl kontroverseste Song One in A Million vollkommen zurecht später rausgeworfen wurde) auch in einigen anderen Songs einen sagen wir mal polarisierenden und teils "konservativen" Subtext. Ganz einfach weil Axl Rose damals eine mehr als fragwürdige Haltung zu Herkunft und Sexualität hatte. Hat sich heute gebessert! :D 4,75/5
Fast nur Hits drauf, aber für die 5/5 reicht es trotzdem nicht so ganz. 4,25
I know this one well
gay but okay
The best GnR album. Classic
Classic rock album. Doesn't get more iconic than their vocal and guitar one-two punch.
Jeg kan ikke lide den... Jeg kan godt anderke at det er imponerende som debut, og jeg anerkender at de har ramt noget med deres rå attitude, genkendelige riffs, og simple tekster. Når det så er sagt... Den skærebrander vokal gør mig rasende. Teksterne er så åndssvage, og tæt på barnlige. De var selvfølgelig også unge da de skrev det, men det holder bare ikke idag.
Guns N’ Roses var det første band jeg var fan af. I omkring et par år var de de største, de bedste og de eneste i min musikalske verden. Plakaterne prydede mit pree-teen værelse og deres albums var i uendelig rotation på anlægget. I dag er jeg voldsom splittet omkring dem. På den ene side er det catchy, hård rock med gode melodier og bedre riffs. Axls vokal har en spændvidde meget få andre sangere, hvis nogen, har haft gennem tiden. Hvis man tager det, for det som det er, så er der nok ikke nogen før eller siden der har laver så godt et lige-ud-af-landevejen hard rock album. Og slet ikke med så kæmpe hits som Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City og ikke mindst Sweet Child O’ Mine. Problemet er bare at teksterne er platte, dumme og emmer af giftig maskulinitet. Særligt Axl er en klaphat uden lige. Det er sgu decideret pinligt at have forgudet ham. Men man bliver heldigvis klogere senere i livet, end man er som 11-12årig. Musikken mangler også noget. Den er forudsigelig, gør ikke noget nyt, prøver ikke at flytte noget, eller skabe noget. Jeg mangler en kunstnerisk nerve i GnR. Ja Axl kan synge bedre end de fleste. Slash spiller en røvfed guitar. Men de gør bare det der allerede er gjort bedre end dem der gjorde det først. Hele albummet lugter af en flok bonderøve der kom ind til LA og viste alle puddelrockerne hvordan man virkelig spiller rock. Med alt det i betragtning må Appetite For Destruction være min største guilty pleasure. For jeg elsker stadig alle sangene. Skråler med på hver en strofe. Også selv om det er med tanke i baghovedet: “bare der nu ikke er nogen der hører mig høre det her”.
It’s just noise. Very talented, well orchestrated, technically impressive noise. Struggled to listen through the whole album.
4. 80s hardrock/metal isn't usually my cup of tea, but there's something about this album I really enjoy.
quintessential 80s rock
I can't be objective about this album.
Unangenehmer Schweinerockimpetus. Angeberhafte Attitüde und unoriginell, bzw. da gibt es Ähnliches, was mich nicht so dermaßen abstößt.
It is what it is, the pinnacle of dusty dad rock, you’ve heard every song here a million times. Still it’s listenable and it deserves its acclaim.
Unquestionably a watershed record for metal and hard rock. Star-making for the entire band, particularly Axl and Slash, and contains no fewer than three of rock's very best-known 80s anthems.
8/10. Slash covers non singles. Singles are all bangers. If other songs had better vocals and lyrics probably would bump
SWEET CHILD O MIIIIIIIIIINNNNNEEEEE
Not to my liking, the lyrics are banal.
7/10. The most up and down album so far. High highs and low lows. Probably the band that I like their mainstream stuff and don’t like their deep cut stuff the most (outside of Nirvana, but I like Guns N Roses more than them all around).
4.5 Very good stuff. Very recognizable.
You come to this album for the hits. I could take or leave the rest, but the hits are SO damn good, they bump up the overall album score in my estimation. Songs like “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “Paradise City” have so much more musicality than the heavy metal bands of the day, while songs like “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Mr. Brownstone” give GNR a much grittier appeal than the hair metal bands that ruled the airwaves. This album struck the right balance to appeal to me at that time, even though the lyrics were far over my head.
A few pretty iconic era defining songs, other than that I really did not enjoy anything else on this album.
This is the best of what the hair metal era had to offer and I still can’t give it a five. For all the strength of the hits, a few of the tracks are just absolutely nothing.
Good, but a little hard core.
4.5 Some all time bangers, mixed in with not as good which drags it down from being a 5.
The best thing 80s rock had to give us was to serve as a foil for 90s grunge and alt rock bands to contrast themselves against. This gets a bonus start for Sweet Child being a genuinely good song with fantastic guitar, but otherwise this is a wasteland.
A massive, defiant, sex, drugs and alcohol fueled masterpiece. There is not a weak song on the album. When I turned it on I remembered when I first heard it as a teenager. I was hooked from the opening rifts of Welcome to the Jungle.
78/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
This takes me back to twelve year old me riding the Gravitron at the local carnival. Hard rock & metal was always blasting on the rides, and I was all about it. This album is grab you by the balls rock with Axl's wailing & Slash's hot guitar playing. I don't care what anyone says, GNR is one of the best rock groups of all-time & this is one of the greatest rock albums of all-time.
peak dad core
Surprisingly good, unexpected amount of cursing, which felt weirdly modern. Sort of bored by the end but glad to have listened. Didn't hate, but wouldn't probably listen again.
Proper full on rock/metal with catchy tunes and sing alongs. Yes we all know the songs too well but there's a reason for that.
Pretty good
With just a percentage less conviction, the whole thing would fall apart. But, as it stands, they got all-timer performances out of their vocalist and lead guitarist, with a producer who managed to wrestle it all out of them.
Better than I thought.
nope
Nice
Probably my biggest guilty pleasure. I grew up on Paradise City thanks to the GOAT game Burnout Paradise, and despite my disdain for other hair metal acts, I've always loved GnR's offerings.
Call me basic but this album still holds up. It’s all overplayed but it’s an absolute classic of that era. Half the album is made of hits. At least a 9/10 album.
got some bangers
3/5. I do appreciate the unique vocals and the hits go so hard but otherwise it feels like a very generic stadium/heavy/glam rock album. It's not bad but can get old fast especially with similar sounding songs in a row. Guitar is a highlight though but vocals can get annoying by the end of it. Best Song: Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child O' MIne
Enjoyed this more than I expected. Similar to AC/DC. Lots of variety to the songs. Not just filler between the classics.
"Appetite for Destruction" by Guns N' Roses is a quintessential rock album that has left an indelible mark on music history since its release in 1987. From the moment you hit play, you're transported into a whirlwind of raw energy, rebellion, and pure rock 'n' roll attitude. Each track on this album is a powerhouse in its own right. From the iconic opening riff of "Welcome to the Jungle" to the anthemic "Sweet Child o' Mine" and the gritty "Paradise City," every song is a testament to the band's musical prowess and larger-than-life persona. What sets "Appetite for Destruction" apart is its authenticity. Guns N' Roses wasn't just a band; they were a force to be reckoned with, and this album captures that spirit perfectly. The lyrics are apologetically honest, reflecting the grit and chaos of life on the edge, while the instrumentation is tight and explosive. Decades after its release, "Appetite for Destruction" still resonates with audiences of all ages. It's not just an album; it's a cultural phenomenon that continues to inspire generations of musicians and fans alike.
3 good songs
5.5/10
Guns N' F'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction This is my 100th album from this challenge and I'm going to take a break for a bit as it really does take time to listen to all of these albums. But on that note, what an album to get for my 100th! This album came out in 1987 and was a turning point for a lot of us growing up in the 80s. It comes on the heels of glam rock and hair bands and bridges the gap into Grunge. Welcome to the Jungle was our introduction to this band and it rocked so much! And the hits kept coming from this album, Paradise City, and the greatest song from this time period, Sweet Child O' Mine. Even the songs that didn't get radio play (yes we had to listen on the radio or catch the video on MTV) were so good. It took music at that time and shook it up. Axl fucked this band up after their next two studio albums, and we never got the same magic that we had with this album. But at least we can revisit this one whenever we want and remember the good times! 5/5
Hard not to give this a 5 star as I absolutely loved it so much when it came out. Welcome to the Jungle - Never fails to grab you from the opening bars Night train - my sorta song. Love the riffs. Mr Brownstone - great vocals Paradise City - A top 10 track of all time My Michelle - Always loved that track Sweet Child of Mine - Another for the top 10 Well, can't really be any other rating than a 5
I just love Slash as a cultural touch point - Slash doing a solo during "I'm Just Ken" at the Oscar's was a delight.
Nope
I actually decided to give this a listen, and it’s been so long, it was like a breath of fresh air again. I try my hardest to listen to every single album on this generator, but some of these albums, live heard SO MANY times over the years, there is nothing left to get out of them at this point, and I thought this would be one of them. But for whatever reason I decided to play it on my way to work, and it’s been so long since I’ve heard these songs, I actually enjoyed them the way I did back in the 90s when I was a kid hearing this stuff back when it was new and fresh.
Sweet Child of Mine is ok as a middle-of-the-road pop-rock song. Never been a fan of Axl or his voice. Take or leave, mostly leave the rest.
All killer, no filler.
Forever in my heart as a classic from that generation growing up!
no escuchaba este disco desde los 12
I have listened to this album before and a lot of Guns N’ Roses music. This is the definition of a banger album. I cannot even pick a favorite song because it’s just hit after hit. It’s already added to multiple playlists so I will continue listening!
Absolute banger.
Axl Rose is an anagram of Seal Rox!
before the bloat
Engineered for radio and pop metal longevity even though the band broke some ground with this recording I could never escape the idea that Welcome to the Jungle was just GNR’s version of Queen’s Let Me Entertain You. Slash’s style is clear but my focused listening to this gave me a new appreciation for McKagan’s bass lines that are ripped straight out of punk. I loved hearing his energy on this album. You can tell he comes by that style honestly. Axl Rose doesn’t excite me much and ending the album with a porn film vocal track is…a choice.
This one speaks to my younger self, and its first tastes of freedom. Back then this hit me like a ton of bricks. I did not speak the language, did not understand the words. But I heard this sound, and was angry and furious and dangerous. It broke a wall in me, and I knew I wanted more. This was one of my first "chosen" records, bought with my own money, and I played constantly. My parents hated it, and I loved that they hated it, because that meant that I now had a life separate from theirs. It was a transgression, that pointed the way towards autonomy, and it was as loud as I was quiet then. I did not need to be angry, because Axl was. 30+ years later the agression, the anger is still here. The band is TIGHT. Stuck together by sweat, attitude and an all-consuming lust for life. And they also constantly sound on the verge of explosion. They seem to be tethering on the edge between just enough rope to hold the songs together and utter chaos. It made me think a lot of the NY Dolls, but on a darker side. It is also an underdog record, in that the characters are misfits and live in the margins of society. Both bands live in a violent world, but where there is a spirit of community in the Dolls music and attitude, there is none of that in AFD. Everything seems to be a zero-sum game, where the narrator of the songs is alone and where outside of sex, drugs and rocking out, there is only fear. And women often lose. This is a violently misogynist record. AFD is a record made by people who want to matter now. The band plays like tomorrow does not exist - like there is only today, what they want and everything that stands in the way. It is not trying to be pretty, but it is real and it makes no excuses for it. I cannot say I enjoy it now. The misogyny is a big turn off. But I also can't help looking at it with a sort of tenderness towards my younger self who was trying to find its way and its voice towards adulthood. This record was a stepping stone towards that, and it pointed me towards other music that did show me this sense of community I was longing for.
its definitely significant, but not the type of music i enjoy listening to YNN
Thoughts before listening: This has been an iconic, right of passage album for my entire life. Growing up as a kid in the 80s and teenager in the 90s, Guns n Roses were MASSIVE. They were the absolute best of the LA hard rock and metal scene with a sound that was more punk inspired than the glam indebted overly poppy music so many of the contemporaries were playing. This is GnR's first and best album, and one that I thoroughly enjoy. Review: Yeah this is a nearly perfect album that is an absolutely essential addition to any collection. This is the best 80s hard rock album, and I'm not even really a big fan of that genre. The GnR sound is a Stones swagger mixed with AC/DC style hard rock and a punk rock attitude, and they have some great songs as well. "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are classic rock staples that hold up as the years go on, but even this album's deep cuts are great. Listening for the first time in a long time, I was reminded of how much I enjoy songs like "Its So Easy", "Mr. Brownstone", "My Michelle", and "Think About You". 5-star album.
Whilst it's pretty incredible for a bands debut to have three iconic hits, the rest of the album unfortunately falls a little flat for me. There's certainly some very tastefu guitar-work thrown around, with almost every track featuring a ripping guitar solo at some point, but I found a lot of the vocals and riffs outside of these to be quite lackluster. 'Turn everything up to 11 and play some chords' seems to be the modus operandi for a lot of the less popular tracks from this, which is a shame as the band were clearly capable of some seriously good stuff - the intro to 'Welcome to the Jungle' is iconic and can't help but bring a smile to my face. It's a shame this energy couldn't carry on through the whole album.
Great album…..reminds me of childhood memories. One of the albums Trace had on repeat back in the day so always going to enjoy it.
You're in the jungle baby You're gonna dieeee
Klasse Album mit starken Liedern. Dieses Album zu hören macht wirklich Spaß.
Not my cup of tea. Has some hits
Oh. It *is* that bad.
I enjoy the rock grit and the hype the band brings to the hits. I think the hits still stand as hits and are so obviously the standouts (even if they really do get overplayed).The rest of the songs fell very flat for me and some transitions were harsh which really brought down the album for me. The only one besides the hits that I could listen to was Nightrain. 2.5
I loved it. Of course I did. I couldn't decide between 4 and 5 stars but had to had to had to settle on 4 because I've rated some of my faves at a 4. So 4 it is.
Banger
OK decent Rock n Roll album. Never understood all the hype about GnR though. Find them overrate somehow.
Denk mn favo albumopener ooit. Was vaak wel wachten op de hits, maar die hits zijn dan wel best of the best
Bon Jovi for girls who hate their Dads.
80s metal is so dated sounding now. It’s a fun one but I wouldn’t listen to it voluntarily
The lyrics aren't great, the singing isnt either but hell the songs are era defining
Interesting, not sure I’m a big fan of this genre and not sure if I enjoyed this album enough to listen to in my own time but I kind of get the appeal
Has a few classic bangers and I liked it generally, but theses types of vocal performances are just not really for me.
That was a slog to get through
Pretty good
Hard to settle on a number for this one - when this came out the only people who liked Guns and Roses were older than me and/or massive bogans. Hair metal is a funny beast - ridiculous in so many ways. And yet… there is still an appeal to this album for me. I enjoy the music (sans singing) and sweet child of mine was a big enough hit at the time that it has burned a space into my brain such that I got a pleasant sense of nostalgia. Against my better judgement I enjoyed a play through and found myself letting it go for a few extra repeats, while having to look over my shoulder and make sure I wasn’t caught listening to it at work.
I came to hair metal later in life (Iron Maiden was the gateway band there) and this album is very very solid. Some absolute bogan anthems here.
This album was such a big deal to me and the band I was playing in when it came out. There are some awesome, energy filled tracks and listening to from start to finish takes me back to my teenage years instantly!! Welcome to the jungle has one of the best intros and although overplayed I have a soft spot for sweet child of mine. Love it!
I didn't enjoy this album at all - this style of rock has just never been my thing. Axl's voice is irritating and one dimensional and I found the whole thing pretty hard to get through.
If these guys weren’t such raging scumbags, I would’ve liked this album much more. Frankly, they had no right to make such a good album. Slash is disgustingly good. Mr. Brownstone is an astonishingly well constructed song. This album probably deserves five stars, but they’ve made my skin crawl for the last 35 years, so the best I can give is three.
I’m not a huge listener of this era/genre, but this album is pretty great. There’s a couple of clunkers in Its so Easy (especially) and Out ta Get me, but the hit rate is pretty high. Welcome to the Jungle is on the short list of greatest album openers.
3.5 Like most I would imagine, I was familiar with the big hits before listening here. I was disappointed that none of the remaining 10ish tracks excited me as much. Maybe it's because this isn't exactly my genre, but I don't think I will be adding anything else to my playlists.
Wow guns and roses
Enjoyed.
el peak de la carrera de los guns n roses, no le sobra ni le falta ni un segundo
“Welcome to the Jungle” sets the scene perfectly: chunky riffs and Rose in full Plant / Lee Roth mode. And young Saul can play a bit. “Paradise City” is terrific and the album as a whole, just, well, rocks. Don’t play it to your mum.
Four stars for Sweet Child of Mine, alone. 4*
Best rock debut ever? Metal glam punk sleeze rock at its best.
GnR was a train wreck waiting to happen but it sure was fun while it lasted. The importance of this album is often minimized because so many of the songs were/are played into the ground. Slash is one of the best guitarists of all time. His riffs from this album have become part of American culture. Axl is a problematic diva, but we lost Shannon Hoon so Axl is the Hoosier we are stuck with. All time favorite GnR song - Rocket Queen.
Didn’t realize so many of their hits are from one album. But overall not a huge GnR guy. So 3 stars for the 2-3 good songs.
Hard to argue with this one!
I always want to like this more than I do. It's got some great hits on it, but I can never make it through the album.
look out the window and see snow, shadows bleak concrete floors but i dont want to see more. this city is rotten at its core but words of kindness float above it all, like vapor from fungi gorge or an upside down shore. flightless birds are a bore, necessary to grow bindless from this prison where im born. highness glistens throught the core, its an image beautiful, unexplicably so. i let the dog out the street door. this album sucks btw
I can't stand Axl's wailing.
Solid rock album. Not a huge fan of GnR personally, but certainly can see why people are. Highlights are the classics
Meh.
Nah, not mine. Extrapoint for the wonderful „Sweet Child of Mine“
Has all three of the vitamins: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. My favorite tracks were not only the singles of "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child O'Mine", but also "Mr. Brownstone", "It's So Easy", and "Rocket Queen". This album, their next 2 EPs and 2 full length albums would be a major reason that the overwhelming presence of rock was propelled into the early 1990s.
Welcome to the Jungle to open tells you all you need to know about what's to follow. Axl Rose was a muthafuckin' vibe.
I wasn’t looking forward to listening to this and then I looked at the track list and realized I hear just about all of these songs against my will on a regular basis. I don’t hang around GNR fans, that’s just how annoyingly ubiquitous Sweet Child Of Mine is. Fuck this music and anyone over the age of 14 that listens to it on purpose.
#164. What is there to say here, but oof? Hair metal is up there on the list of the worst musical genres for sure. Also, I didn't know this was their debut album. I assumed it took a few albums to devolve into this absurd caricature of themselves, but no, they jumped straight out of the gate sounding like this. Why? They're definitely the Ac/DC or Nickleback of their era. Straight garbage. 2/5: people like to shit on nü metal, but hair metal is really the biggest blight on the metal genre as a whole. I fucking hate this shit. Song added to playlist: Sweet Child O' Mine I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
Still a banger. Raw and hard. Killed hair metal.
Great album, especially for a debut
Están las míticas y con eso no se falla, aunque no me flipan mucho estos tíos. 3
Pretty much a perfect album. One of the best rock records ever made
Obviously lots of bangers - catchy melodies and riffs. I have never heard Mr. Brownstone before - that one was kinda weird. I don’t like My, Michelle. Never heard Rocket Queen before and I like that one a lot. The music is sick. Least fave: Anything Goes 3.5
Damn good album, arguably deserving 5 stars, but I'm going to give it 4.5 and round down to 4. Here's why. Call it petty and lame if you will :) This is the pinnacle of redneck rock. The people that loved this album the most are the same ones that thought Poison was great hard rock (it was not). These people drove big trucks, thought wrestling was the pinnacle of sport, that camouflage print was the pinnacle of fashion, and that mullets were the pinnacle of hair styles. All while ignoring that a band like The Cult had already put out multiple albums far better than what any big hair band had done. (Side note: when Nirvana came along and shut the door on big hair music, Nirvana was offered the chance to tour with GnR and said, "No, thanks; not interested.") This album, out of context, is very good and arguably deserves 5 stars, but given some of the baggage, I'm giving it 4.5 stars and rounding down.
Only had heard the big three, but the album is solid. Not amazing but good
Great ban.
“I drink and drive” is one of the lyrics on a song talking about how easy it is to have sex with women… I hate this era of music. It’s hard to listen to because it’s so dated. Paradise City is 7 minutes long. Why? Riffs go crazy at times though, and the San Andreas commercial changed my life. I want to give this 2 stars, maybe even 1 when I really analyze it… but I can’t deny the impact.
Some absolute ground breaking classics, and sime average at best cuts.
2.5
The album isn't inherently bad, but there's just a lot of the same stuff without much variety here. The hits are great and definitely carry the album, but it does nothing to further the glam/arena rock genre that at this point has become very dated and was even on its way out in the early 90s. Standout Tracks: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine
Excelente!
Classic album
Fight me.
Classic
Not my thing.
Really good! Rocket Queen is my favourite.
I wish I could yell and have it sound bad ass like that.
It's alright, not really feeling it though. Good guitar skills.
I like it more than I thought but I'd probably never go back to it.
Guns N' Roses' debut album still holds up quite well, even though there is a clear gap in quality between the three monster hits (Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine) and all the rest. It's a worthwhile listen from time to time anyway. 4/5
Good hard rock. Stellar debut album. Just not a style of music that resonates with me. Paradise City is the highlight for me as well As Sweet Child of Mine (did Slash rip off Alvin Lee's solo from TYAs I'd love to change the World?). If we're looking for a deep cut that stands out I'm going My Michele. 3.5 stars
Welcome to The Jungle - 10/10 It’s So Easy - 8/10 Nightrain - 7.5/10 Out Ta Get Me - 8/10 Mr Brownstone - 8/10 Paradise City - 9/10 My Michelle - 7.5/10 Think About You - 8/10 Sweet Child O’Mine - 10/10 You’re Crazy - 7.5/10 Anything Goes - 7.5/10 Rocket Queen - 8/10 TOTAL - 99/120
I almost gave this a 3. Except for the three biggest songs, I didn't find the songs that special. They all kind of blended together. But I understand why this album is on this list and how popular the album is.
A true classic. Whatever your opinion of GNR may be this is a solid Album and well deserving of its status as the best selling debut album to date
This week I have been firmly stuck in the 86-95 vortex. I dunno, aside from these three songs, November Rain and the Wings cover (which are all admittedly brilliant), are there any good GunsnRoses songs? Of those 5 good ones, the three present here are obviously the most overplayed. Please god don't subject me to either Use Your Illusion album later in this project. My Michelle is ok I guess but you still have to put up with Axl being annoying. Didn't really enjoy anything new here. However if you told me at the start that I'd be rating Guns n Roses lower than TLC and Goldie I would have... ...probably not been that surprised actually as my opinion on GnR has been pretty solidified for the last few decades.
i want them to smooch me but also highkey mid best songs are welcome to the jungle and sweet child o mine like thats it update: after letting it marinate it was super boring actually i think i could've lived my life without listening to it
Probably as much of an apex album of this hair metal bad boy style as possible. Nightrain was a personal favorite growing up. Thought the back half of the album gets a little more languid in its excess, take away any track and you really lose a piece of the statement they were going for imho. for me its not a 5 star album but, for millions of Boomer dads, this is tops.
I thought this was going to be a nailed on 5/5 album. It's Appetite for Destruction by Guns 'N' Roses. Everyone knows the three huge singles and a handful of other tracks, which all slap. But there is a fair bit of filler as well. Stop at the end of track 9 and it's a masterpiece. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Welcome to the Jungle Date listened: 05/03/24
I've heard them before. Had rh album, listened to it. Couldn't connect. It's not my thing. I know others who love it. They are not my tribe. It's not my preferred album. I couldn't be bothered trying to unpack it. I did a couple of stanzas and I just thought, it's all so same ... So same ... 1 star.
I remember liking this at the time. I want to say that, looking back, GnR are more than just their big hits, but honestly, if I only ever heard Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child Of Mine and of course November Rain that would probably be enough. They did pack a punch, but the cruder ones are lost on me these days. Extra star for awesome guitar-playing though and Axl weaving around.
Haven’t heard this for 34 years, when I heard it about eleventy billion times as my then boyfriend loved it. And with good reason; it’s really stood the test of time in my opinion.
Good old-fashioned rock. Memories of whole pub singalong karaoke
A good example of an album with radio hits not equalling up to being a "good album". Despite the competent musicianship of the band and relatively quality mixing, Axl Rose's singing is entirely unpalatable, only growing more and more grating over time. In addition, nearly every song concerns either women/sex or drugs, and has nothing particularly deep, interesting or notable to say about either. The album feels longer than it is, with only Rose's screeching preen and the literal sounds of fucking to keep you company. It is telling that the longer I reflected on this album, the more it offended my sensibilities.
No bad songs on this album
Their signature album and the best one
Legendary!
Oooh yeah, throwback to me as a teenager. This gets a high rating on nostalgia alone
I’ll give it this: even though I still don’t think it sounds very good at all, I do think it sounds *slightly* better than most of the other hard rock/hair metal from this era that I don’t care for. The drums are the only instrument consistently drowning in reverb, which I appreciate. I just don’t have anything positive to say after that, though. This music isn’t fun or badass to me, and Axl Rose is absolutely in the running for my least favorite front-person of all time. Every now and then, an intro to one of these songs will almost resemble a 70’s Aerosmith or AC/DC song that I can kind of dig, and then…he sings, and it’s ruined. I can’t stand the sound, nor the attitude, of his voice, and that’s not taking his dreadful lyrics into account. Every pinch harmonic and pick slide makes me roll my eyes. If I could never hear “Welcome to the Jungle” and *especially* “Paradise City” ever again, I’d be a happy man. 2/5
Meh, I had enough of this when I grew up with it. There’s talent and a few objectively decent songs here. Yet most hair band-like rock and/or metal has always been stale to my taste. Even as a long time guitar player and musician, I’ve never been much of a fan of the soulless 80’s to present guitar-gasms of the likes of Slash, Van Halen, Etc. The pitches are so often too shrill for too long and the tones are lifeless. Just never been my cup of tea I guess.
3.8 - over played, but that’s not their fault. Actually enjoyed it a lot more in album form
Actually much better than I thought it would be.
I actually quite like this album... always have. Axl Rose's voice is annoying for sure, and its all way over the top, but its over the top in an impressive way. The singles are really well crafted pop songs with a stadium rock veneer. Think About You's chorus almost sounds like a new wave song. Fave Tracks: Welcome to the Jungle, Nighttrain, Paradise City, Think About You, Sweet Child O Mine. 3.7/5
Samey and not for me, but not entirely insufferable
Not for me. Sorry.
Some classic songs, meh on some of the others. Definitely representative of a period of time.
Temperamentvolles Heavy Metall Album mit den Mega Songs “Paradise City” und “Sweet Child O Mine”. Leider sind die anderen Songs recht gleichartig und lassen so zu wenig Facettten aufblitzen für einen fünften Stern. Trotzdem zur Wiederholung geeignet.
JUNGLE BABY
Als gen-z’er, ondenkbaar voor mij hoe een band met zo’n debuut kan komen. Wat maakt het uit dat de hits overplayed zijn? Paradise city is echt een geweldig nummer, en zo staan er nog een paar op. Welcome to the jungle als jochie doodgespeeld op guitar hero man wat mis ik zulke spellen. Het is geen innovatief invloedrijk album, wel heerlijk om naar te luisteren.
Amazing. One of my all time favourite albums.
Sweet Child O Mine is so overplayed that we played it in my high school marching band in the early 90s.