Appetite For Destruction

boomer mode

A lot more cowbell on this than I remember. Pretty one dimensional album but the highs are so high, some of the greatest arena rock songs of all time on here

Burnout Paradise groomed me into liking this. The songs are a bit too long so I got tired of them eventually. Holy fuck, there's a 3 screens long review on the global page, do I read it? #𝟴𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 (𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐡)

So much energy in this album. Axl and Slash at their best. Definitely the best Guns N' Roses album

Loved this album as a kid. Its aged well

An iconic album - the hits are great when I'm in the right mood for them, but they are definitely overplayed. Most of the rest of the album is a chore to listen to. It's alright.

A classic album from when I started listening to more rock during middle school. Still good, but I think my tastes have matured? Axel Rose has pretty insane vocal range.

There are no better baseball walk-up songs than “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Paradise City”. I knew someone who was a huge G&R fan when they originally came out. Not for the music, but for their authenticity. They thought that all the hairbands in the 80s tried to look like they were heroin addicts, “but these guys really ARE heroin addicts!” And that was enough.

Like some of the songs, again not really my scene. 3/5

This album, aside from its singles, doesn't have much meat on the bone. This band gave us Slash and some great songs, from this album and others, but overall not as big of a musical moment as far as I'm concerned

Ok so this sucks. But if you forget how much it sucks it's a lot of fun.

Yeah, ok

Några riktiga klassiker men också flera halvbra låtar.

Mycket som är bra och svängigt, men även en hel del låtar som är sådär. Faktiskt de flesta. Blir ändå en stark 3:a

#1 otroligt bra (klassiker) #2 svagare #3 bra #4 bra #5 bra #6 mästerverk #7 svagare #8 bra #9 mästerverk #10 ok #11 ok #12 bra Svagare avslut. Tre riktiga höjdare!, odödliga låtar. En del svagare. Några bra, men kommer aldrig lyssna på igen. Blir nog runt en trea. Kommer inte återvända till albumet på samma sätt som Muse och Kendrick.

Slash är otroligt bra. Axl lite ojämn men överlag bra. Stabil rockplatta.

I can understand how this would be regarded as an iconic album. However, in my opinion, that is purely based on three excellent songs which served to be three of the bands biggest hits. Around those songs there was nothing that stood out to me at all upon first listen, I thought the other songs were pretty insignificant.

Heel erg cliché maar wel vibe

There's something crusty, dusty, and nostalgic about this music to me, which recalls memories of hearing these songs playing on low volume in the background from radio stations in old stores and rundown ski chalets. Favourite song: Welcome to the Jungle, Nightrain

lots of hits

There's at least 4 hits on this album, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Mr. Brownstone, and Sweet Child O' Mine. That right there is pretty impressive. This album was huge, I remember it being played constantly at the time. It seemed to bring metal more mainstream at the time. Huge hit for a debut album, overall it's still pretty good

"Welcome to the Jungle" - what a way to start this project! "Paradise City" is one of my all-time favorite rock songs. "Sweet Child o' Mine" is a stone cold classic. Rest of the album is good but none of the songs particularly stands out. "Rocket Queen" sounds just like "Welcome to the Jungle."

Hoo boy, THE Guns N' Roses album. With hits like Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine this album delivers that classic GNR that everybody knows. It's also GNR at their peak which is kind of funny considering it's their debut album. I don't really know of any other mainstream band that peaked at their debut and released mediocre album after mediocre album but still somehow managed to stay relevant for years to come. Other than the 3 mentioned hits I don't really see myself coming back to listen to anything on this album so for that this gets a 3/5.

The sun isn’t greater than the parts. Good talent and styles mix together and the results feel mixed. Best when they create space for some varied landscape in the songs but at times it feels over produced and lacking emotion beyond the wavering wail of Axl a few great songs and many that are lesser reflections of the good ones. Proof… love Buzz by Nirvana came on after the last song and I thought it was from appetite and thought oh wait a second this sounds interesting….

Outside of the singles this album is a snoozer.

Ok, some classics

VARFÖR STÖNAR DE SÅ MYCKET

Favorite songs: Sweet Child O Mine Slash riffs so hard in this song. I don't really think other songs on the album come close. Paradise City maybe. Overall the album is pretty ok.

Cool rock songs

I really want to hate this more than I do. Sometimes you just have to acknowledge that a few standout tracks (you know the ones) and a great set of pipes on Axl is enough to sort of carry an album in an awful genre. Really hated the artificial vocal effects like on 'Rocket Queen' (yuck, by the way).

I honestly think that Guns N’ Roses never made a single truly great albums. They are a greatest hits band (mainly). But what a greatest hit album that is. The fact that this album includes “Welcome To the Jungle”, “Paradise City” and “Sweet Child O’Mine” is beyond insane. Honorable mention to “Think About You”. I’m just a sucker for that chorus. The rest of tracks range from plain boring to outright annoying. But Rose’s pipes and those few absolute masterpieces are just difficult to really hate.

The cover art is a popular t-shirt design, so of course the average rating is over 3.5. Guns N' Roses were like a movement. This album was like the culmination of hair metal. It was an album my brother always played super loud on cassette and made my parents mad. To me these songs are just memories. They have little to offer me after being so ingrained into my brain. Mr. Brownstone is probably the best one that hasn't been overplayed on radio, in movies and during sporting events.

it's alright, would have liked this better in my teens

a bit boring but I like sweet child o mine.

Pretty mid. Welcome to the jungle, sweet child o' mine and nightrain ate. The moans rocket queen ✨🙏

Some classic songs but I just can't enjoy his voice.

Not a big GnR fan

Good music but not my preference.

Something has always rubbed me the wrong way about Guns & Roses. Maybe because the lead, Axl Rose, was always in trouble at their height when I was a kid. However, I remember how popular the first track, Welcome to the Jungle, was. I’ll admit. It’s catchy. Hard rock just isn’t my thing. However, this music isn’t bad. Mr. Brownstone is decent. As are Paradise City and Sweet Child O’ Mine. Honestly, the entire album is good. I can see why Guns & Roses is one of the best hard rock bands ever. The musicality is definitely there. Not my favorite genre, but I get it.

Some of the greatest hits from a generation that played it to death

Found songs that I’ve never heard before. The one I like most is Thinking About You. It’s got punk elements and then there is acoustic k we the top which is kind of amazing… love it!

Axl is a good vocalist (yes I really think this), his register switching and performance is so great and memorable. The guitars solo and drums are incredible. Paradise City is the best song ever. But some songs here on b-side are so void of anything fun, the album gets wack. Anything Goes and Rocket Queen especially suck

Classics that make me want to put a gun to my head if I have to hear them again

Scheurende gitaren, die onmiskenbare stem van Axl Rose, het werkt allemaal goed samen. De dynamiek op het album vind ik wat beperkt, er is voornamelijk vol gas te horen. Een paar iconische nummers zijn hier te vinden, waarvan ik de opener van het album ook direct het meeste impact vind hebben. De rest van de hits is voor mij misschien wel een beetje overplayed. Het voelt af en toe wel een beetje als een homogene massa, meer van hetzelfde. Eigenlijk is het precies wat ik van een Guns N'Roses album verwacht had. En voor vandaag is dat genoeg Favorieten: Welcome to the Jungle, Think About You

It’s an ok classic rock album

The singles on here are good. V sonically coherent

This was the year my family arrived in the US. It took another few years before I was interested in music in general, and specifically in hard rock. I was more into GnR around the time they released the Illusions. Agreed with others that it’s more like 4-5 great songs among filler. They do have a very consistent sound throughout the album. And I don’t know if Mr Brownstone is considered one of the greats but I love that song.

Three or four songs that deserve 4 or 5 star rating. On an otherwise 2 star album.

A tough one. A landmark of 80s metal to be sure. The glam genre taken to its furthest extreme. It is full of excess both in hedonism, layered big arena music and grime and hate. It’s that hate - hate of women and other that drags it down. A double edged legacy.

Honestly, pretty meh on this album. I'm sure it made a big impact, but it's not a fun listen for me in 2023. Maybe I'd like it more if I hadn't heard the singles a million times. I dunno. 2.5/5

Never totally understood the hype for this album, it doesn’t sound that different from most other hair metal albums from the time, just with one of the most obnoxious singers ever. There are moments where I get the hype of this as the best of hard rock, like “My Michelle” and chunks of “Rocket Queen”, but I’d rather listen to the Aerosmith albums they ripped off. C+

The 3 main songs are still good - the rest are only okay.

lots of familiar sounds,sick guitar

too much bite. sweet child pnice tho

Another that's probably a good 75/100 but can't warrant giving it 4*.

I was surprised how many songs I knew on this album. BUT I Guns an’ Roses just isn’t for me.

Good first half, bad back half

Especially during the Use Your Illusion period I liked this band a lot more than I do today. I can still appreciate the musicianship and energy, but it is not really my thing and Axl Rose's voice can get quite annoying after a while.

i think im too young to fully connect with this. but Paradise City..... i also depise everyone who loves this band. you know who you are.

63/100

Better than I thought it would be. Unlikely to listen again but a few hits on the album so it nudges to a 3

This album has Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child of Mine, but it's a sound I can't fully get behind.

It’s weird how the good songs are so good and the rest are solid crap.

It's like Moyley Crue, but with good songs. 6/10

Ik word boos van Axl Rose. Verschrikkelijke manier van zingen heeft die man. Dat maakt Guns & Roses lastig om naar te luisteren. Al met al viel het me uiteindelijk dan toch mee. Echt genieten kon ik er niet van, maar ik zie nu wel in waarom andere mensen het wel gaaf vinden. Voor mij slechts 3 sterren.

Appropriate for end-of-week entry. Many fantastic tracks, but everything else is very meh! Nice dash of 80s glam rock to set me off for the weekend.

Too happy.

It's not something I will listen to again, with the best tracks overplayed on radio, but there is worse hair-rock

Meh, only this many stars because of the song trinity

This is not my favorite style of music or band, but it does take me back to being about 8 years old and jamming out with my cousin to this on cassette tape.

hmm…okay…this album would probably get 4 stars if it was like…3 songs shorter. cut It’s So Easy, Out Ta Get Me, and Think About You. pretty great as far as 80’s guitar music goes. tons if iconic Slash riffage. a little dated but there’s some monster classics here nonetheless. lot of corny ass lyrics, thanks Axl (everyone needs love, you know that it’s true) haha. ya pretty cool i guess.

Even though this album has some of the biggest hits in rock history (Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O’ Mine), I found much of the rest of the album annoying and overly aggressive. Now, I understand that being bothered by the aggression of a GNR album is a dumb thing to say, but I found all of the non-famous tracks, like My Michelle and Out Ta Get Me, just really not great. An album I would not come back to even though I plan to hear the singles in arenas and on movie screens for the rest of my life. Can’t get away from those!

Despite some hits, not really my taste

Hey look it's every classic rock station from when I was a kid (it's fine).

overrated 3/5

Þetta er þrælskemmtilegur nostalgíu-bunki.

Pretty all right.

Bangers is bangers but everything else a bit samey

Painfully samey

I will never understand how an entire generation of girls fell in love with this man's irritating voice.

Multiple times during this project, I've found myself going "man, it's really good that I haven't really bothered to listen to mainstream music much in the past ten or so years," because man, I can understand being SICK of these songs. When I still lived with my dad, he'd put country radio on, and god damn, I quickly decided that modern country wasn't my thing, I tell you what ... Anyway, where were we? Oh right, overplayed drivel. Appetite for Destruction is the first time during this venture in which I've wondered if that would even matter. Oh, I understand why Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child o' Mine are well beloved, but understanding and finding enjoyment myself are two different beasts. What is now ambivalence would surely be groan inducing pains and hair pulling if I was more in the loop in regards to radio play. I did not mention Paradise City yet, because I ... actually like it? I don't know what the science is behind this, so I'll just roll with it, I guess. The rest is similarly a hit or a miss. Rocket Queen was a fun ending, and Nightrain was a blast, but this album altogether just feels pretty average. Pretty alright.

When I was 16 I was OBSESSED with Guns n' Roses. But the strongest fall the hardest, and my obsession turned into a severe hatred. Even now, almost 10 years later I can't listen to GNR without cringing. And the fuckers are everywhere still. So there is no way I can be objective about this track. 3.5, because I can't deny how great their debut album is, but if I have to listen to Sweet child o'mine or Paradise city one more time, I'll blow my brains out.

Not my taste but I can see the appeal

Ehh? A few great songs but nothing all that special lyrically, or musically.

well made but also super cringey I love how they just randomly drop “fuck” once in like half the songs to sound all cool and hard

There is so much that is tiring and uninspiring about the rock from this era, yet I found this just a bit more nuanced and powerful than similar albums from this time. Don't get me wrong every song had something that grated me, but every song also had a chunk I quite enjoyed, and overall I think it worked as an album. I think this would have been pretty awesome when released, this style of rock has just aged so poorly. Fav track: It's so easy

Pretty annoying album, but leaps and bounds more interesting and exciting than Van Halen, I generally found at least something to enjoy in each track. It all just blends into one for me. The standout tracks I think are only standout because I've heard them so many times. Lyrics are similarly inane to the other classic rock weve had and way too gross to get into. A few foot-tappers, and I can see why it crossed over. Two and a half. Fave track: Welcome to the Jungle

listening to Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction, and i get the sense that there is greatness baked into the essence of each song (take for example the anthemic “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, which brims with kind of triumphant thumping that would easily soundtrack any moment of jubilation; or the raucous of “Welcome to the Jungle”, and opening song that so clearly affirms the album’s mission statement, directing the flow of emotions long before the record even settles into itself), and yet, when taken together, it just feels… burdensome? of course it’s the kind of burden that positively overwhelms: these are expertly crafted songs, and Axl Rose manages a contagious ferocity. every song is so insanely familiar, and now — almost 40 years later — it is such a glaring disadvantage. there is so much life to be heard here: the individual songs are overflowing with it. but then you make one journey through the album, and suddenly the songs begin to cancel each other out, each song snuffing the life out of the one before it; and so it goes that six songs in, the monotony in style, tempo, and theme becomes overbearing. but tear them apart, however, and the richness begins to shine through.

Some really big hits on here like Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine. Outside of those it is pretty mid.

Fun trip down memory lane. I'm sure one of my friends had this on cassette back in the day. Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine are still great. I do also like Mr. Brownstone.

Most of the songs sounded the same and seemed to apply the same "bass-snare-bass-snare" rock drive. The guitar was impressive and professionally played but I found the style repetitive at times and that had me longing for more of an aesthetic change. The drums were basic but solid and the bass was played simply to match the drum beat. The stand out tracks are great. They are the obvious ones: "Welcome to the Jungle", " Paradise City", and "Sweet Child O' Mine".

Sweet Child of Mine slaps, but on first listen I found everything else to be sooooo annoying. I made a playlist of the songs I found least annoying: It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, and You're Crazy. I'll be spending all day trying to appreciate them. End of day update: Mr. Brownstone is good, the other two I can stand

Has some classics and some really nice parts, I do get a bit tired of the voice after a few songs but overall still ok

Fun but not mind blowing

Malgré que je ne suis pas fan de GNR, je m'attendais à être un peu plus impressioné par les deep cuts de cet album. Mais c'est un style de hard rock que je trouve lassant à la longue. C'est pas mauvais, mais c'est très safe pour un album qui essaye d'être "hard". 6/10

The singles are good, but the rest is a bit much. Unless you like that sort of thing.

Significant album, just not my thing.

Didn't grow up in a house that loved these guys... That being said I have come to appreciate them more and more. Still not my thing but a fun window to 80s hair metal and LA partying!

6.5/10 notes in notebook

I've heard these songs so much already that its just lost what made it special in the first place.

spicy old men music

The bangers were banging and the rest were fairly unimpressive. Overall a let down while not being bad

Some classics

For a debut album to be made up of multiple monumental hits is impressive, and pretty much the definition of blowing up. The music sounds awesome and badass - pretty dated, but still enjoyable. However, I've never gotten into Axl Rose's voice. The screechy voice is fine for a song or two, but not for an entire album. It reaches a point where, even with all the gymnastics, it sounds one-note. Shame because let's face it, most of these songs are classics. Standout tracks are the three big singles and My Michelle.

Overall 3.5. Fun to listen to the album other than just the typical hits you know

Did not know this was their debut, kinda crazy to have welcome to the jungle paradise city and sweet child o’ mine on your first album. Rest of it was forgettable

Mixed feelings here. The band is so ridiculously tight on this album. I feel like the production is outstanding and that's not something I usually pay too much attention to. There are some radio staples here that still get played all these years later. Absolutely killer riffs to be found on them. But here's my problem, and it's a big one: Axl Rose sucks. I mean he really sucks at singing. I hate his cartoon high voice and that perfect for parody warble shit that he does (think of the "where do we go now?" part on Sweet Child of Mine) He brings down every song. Everyone else in the band is great. Aside from Axl's suckiness I found that the non-hits arent particularly memorable. Its a bit too long as well. Those classic riffs make me give this a 3, but I debated a 2 because it's really overrated. Did I also mention that Axl Rose really sucks?

I was honestly not expecting track 2 "It's So Easy", it's so far off of the sound that you normally hear from the radio for them. It honestly feels like it's trying to step into the Grunge genre. So far other than track 2, this album has felt like it's just themes on a single song. They're very tuned into what their "sound" is and they don't seem to deviate from it.

A mix of songs I really enjoyed with some I would leave off of a playlist. I knew beforehand that I like most of their radio singles, especially from this album. I also knew I didn’t like Axel’s voice much. I dig the instrumentation enough to mostly make up for my dislike of Axel’s voice. Just good old fashioned headbanging high gain rock. I like this more than most hair metal because it feels more loose and almost like punk hair metal, at least in attitude. Overall a good album but it’s unlikely I revisit it as a whole. I’ll hear the singles many more times; during any given football game I’m certain to hear the stadium play Sweet Child Of Mine (and We Will Rock You, Freebird, and Seven Nation Army) a dozen times. Apparently critics were ambivalent-to-neutral when this released. Always interesting to see what albums become classics after a rocky reception. Ended up as the 7th highest selling album of all time in the US.

Classic

Quizás el álbum más recordado de los Roses pero no soy tan fanático de el.

The hits are great but I was disappointed by the other tunes on the album. I like slash’s playing. Axl Rose is a terrible person.

Guns N Roses came late to the party. They didn’t bring much that was NEW to the table; the ground they trod had already been explored by previous bands like AC/DC, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Judas Priest, and maybe some of the hair metal bands. But the album is very quality rock, and does basically everything right. It’s good fun

I mean, you can't argue with success I guess. Do I want to listen to it anymore? No but I had a phase. I think there are definite arguments for 4 or 5 but in terms of my enjoyment, it's just "meh".

Nokkrir hápunktar, sérstaklega Sweet Child. Annars frekar meh.

I get why this is on the list, and there are several great/iconic/blockbuster tracks on this album, but as an album it's grating and headache-inducing for me. Not enough variation in the loud guitar metal to keep me engaged, and lots of unmemorable filler tracks. For cultural import and good songs, I'm giving this a 3/5 although my personal review would be more like 2.5.

Nie lubie gunsów

More meh than I was expecting. Thought it would be more like an AC/DC level of rock, it was not.

osea alguien esperaba q los guns me cambien la vida? 6.5/10

Eh

The one with "Welcome To The Jungle" and "Sweet Child O' Mine", and the album that "put the metal back into hair metal", as one other reviewer said... I'm a little confused, though... Is Guns N' Roses still "hair metal", then? Or just "metal metal"? Nah, they can't be "metal", they're just cheesy eighties hard rock. And that's still the definition of... "hair metal" to me. But maybe I'm splitting hairs here... Yeah, I know... Rimshot! 😁 What's *really* funny though, is the way that a lot of those 5/5 and 4/5 reviews point out that *Appetite For Destruction* actually has many fillers, especially on side two. My radar senses bad faith fueled by nostalgia, here expressed by that sort of 40-ish, 50-ish white male who would just shrug every time you would report stories to them about Axl Rose indulging in borderline-racist tirades or expressing his spite towards women. There's a good reason Kurt Cobain hated this band. Don't forget that, kiddies... I'm gonna drop the mic now, enough said. Well, I won't exactly do that the way Axl Rose drops the mic after a show, mind you. I don't want any of you to end up with a shiner on their face right after reading my review''. I imagine that when *Use Your Illusion I and II* pops up on the app, I'm gonna select those two as LPs that are at least "historically" important in terms of cultural impact. But honestly, it may seem preposterous to waste any more room on Guns N' Roses beyond that. I'm pretty sure there's a good "metal metal" band somewhere that Dimery and co forgot in their list. So maybe it would be a good idea to use that slot here given to *Appetite For Destruction* for them, don't you think? Number of albums left to review: 712 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 144 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 70 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important):79

Decent album, better than most “hard rock” music that I’ve heard.

Je n'aime vraiment pas Axel, mais je suis obligé d'admettre que cet album est efficace. Les meilleures pièces du groupe s'y retrouvent. Je crois que le plus surprenant c'est que ce soit leur premier album. On croirait plus à un groupe arrivé à maturité. Ça explique le succès phénoménal du groupe.

Can't deny it's quality, even if I can't stand Axl Rose

i don't love hard rock but this album has some undeniable bangers

I've heard this one before. The whole GNR thing isn't really my thing -- Axl Rose's voice grates on me, but I'll give this another shot. Dunno. Still not really changing my life...

I never would have listened to this much Guns N' Roses voluntarily because they remind me too much of my tacky ass swim coach who made us listen to them during practice, but the album was arite I guess. Top three tracks (in no particular order): Mr. Brownstone, My Michelle, and Paradise City.

Carried by hits, but is still a good album

Some absolute classics and pure hits of nostalgia on this one - ‘Paradise City’ was the soundtrack to a racing game I played religiously on the PS3. Fond memories aside, the gems do shine bright enough here to carry (but not cover up) how repetitive the rest of the track list is. It’s hard not feel a little disappointed when the absolute fucking ripper that is ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ segues into a tepid rock-101 track, especially as the lyrics start to tend towards overly edgy.

This was pretty fun, but it does quickly become more of the same. It also doesn't help that I am so sick of Paradise City - although admittedly that isn't Guns N' Roses' fault. I'm not likely to listen to this again, except maybe Welcome to the Jungle.

Ægte rock n roll, der bliver skreget igennem, men man kender dem jo godt

Three really great songs and you’ve already heard them.

Classic arena rock, slash carries the album

It has hits and people like it. I am just not one of those people 😂

Fun, but I already knew the hits and they’re the ones I would listen to again.

I'm down for an album length guns n roses best of... but an album was tough. I think everyone is allowed to like one glam metal band more than they deserve, and mine is motley crüe. Sorry Axl. But the highs are high

Some good some bad. 3/5

I feel like my rating for this album is probably influenced by Axl Rose being a dick but whatever. I don't like this album that much regardless. 3 stars

Maybe I'd give it a 4 if I hadn't heard many of these songs played to death on the radio?

A couple huge hits, some oddly aggressive lyrics, many tasty licks. Not bad.

I already know and love welcome to the jungle and sweet child o’ mine. I feel like it’s really difficult to never hear those songs because they’re just so popular, and for good reason. For some reason I wasn’t expecting all the swearing. Maybe I’ve just never paid attention to the lyrics before. I also kind of recognized paradise city. I was doing some research on the band though and I’m a bit confused about the current lineup. Why is there a girl who is 30 years younger than the other members there? Obviously not relevant to this album, but I think it’s weird that that’s what they’ve resorted to at this point in time. I’m surprised that sweet child o mine has more streams that welcome to the jungle. I would have guessed that it would have been the other way around. I also hate looking up bands like this and seeing how old they are now. Obviously that’s what happens, but it still kind of creeps me out. Anyways about the music of this album… it definitely didn’t live up to my expectations, but I feel like since it’s not music I listen to normally it would probably take me multiple listens to grow to like these types of songs anyways. I looked up online at all the really great reviews of this album and how it’s like the greatest debut album of all time. I also didn’t know it was their debut album, which is impressive even if it’s not quite my style. For some reason I thought that they debuted a lot earlier. The beginning of you’re crazy sounds a bit like welcome to the jungle to me. Unfortunately I didn’t find any new songs to add to my playlist this first listen-through. I like that squeaky balloon sound at the beginning of anything goes. Okay I take it back I added anything goes to my playlist.

It's an iconic sound, but a very repetitive one at that.

S Tier = Welcome to the Jungle; Sweet Child o Mine A Tier = Mr. Brownstone; Paradise City B Tier = Nightrain; Out Ta Get Me; My Michelle C Tier = It’s So Easy; Rocket Queen D Tier = Think About You; You’re Crazy; Anything Goes

Came for “Welcome to the Jungle”, “Paradise City”, and “Sweet Child O’ Mine”…stayed because I had to hear the rest of the album. While this wasn’t a usual listen for me, I could see the appeal throughout the rest of the songs found here. It’s hair metal at its best, and it’s fun to hear Axl shred lyrics, while Slash equally shreds on the guitar. Though outside of the three big hits, the other songs are more on the “meh” side of things. Fun fact, this takes me back to working at Walmart almost 20 years ago, where a coworker who worked electronics would play a greatest hits daily on loop. I hated Guns N’ Roses hard after a week or so of this. Years later, I almost understand what drew him to this tour de force of a band.

Geinig om weer eens te horen. Staan wel een paar stampers op, maar een beetje verjaard is het ook wel.

Lots of hair metal meets hard rock here. Definitely see some early hard rock DNA in here that would go on to influence modern bands.

Not as bad as I thought but also his voice is so blegh

3.5 definitely

3 definitely thought it would be a lot worse. Holy fuck am i sick of these hits though

80s rock in all its excess. There's no mistaking that Guns n Roses sound. One of the best rock vocalists and lead guitar.

if you'd asked me what i think of appetite for destruction before i'd started this list i would have said its top drawer without having listened to it for years. now that i've had to endure loads of hair metal thanks to this list i have developed an aversion to cheesy squealy cock rock. some huge tracks on here but a full album is too much.

Ergh...so like am I supposed to listen to this seriously? It does have 3 absolute monsters on there. Whether that's good or bad, I don't know.

Meh. Welcome to the jungle is obviously a banger. It's so easy is bad. I feel like there are four good songs on this album. The rest get by on Axel's unique voice.

I did not like this album or GnR when it came out. Took my probably at least 10 years after to release to listen and like it. I will admit I love the solo on Sweet Child, and I like Rocket Queen and My Michelle but still absolutely despise Welcome to the Jungle and Parisade City.

Pretty straightforward rock & roll. Good guitar solos and licks, with SCoM being the standout. Progress from the 80’s hair metal, adding some grittiness. Not a fan though.

Some real highs and lows. Sweet Child, Welcome to the Jungle, and Paradise City still hold up. the rest of this album feels like filler. Maybe in 87 it didn't sound like bloated garbage.

Heard it

Some classic tracks on here of course. It can get a bit much listening to a whole album of it, but still pretty enjoyable

Pretty fun

Used to love this album as an early teen. I’m not a fan now as I listen to much different stuff but still have a lot of respect for it! Was my fav classic rock band and probably still is. Didn’t really enjoy listening to it as it’s not my thing anymore but some nostalgia there.

Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child Of Mine are all fantastic era-defining anthems, but the rest of the album is kind of mid. Same kind of thing as Slippery When Wet

05/16/22

Great vocals, great guitar playing, great production but overall only ok-ish songs. The well known singles 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Paradise City' and 'Sweet Child O' Mine' are easily the standout tracks.

MORE COWBELL!

En fait c'est mieux en compil

bien que je n'aime pas les guns n roses pour des raisons de chanteur qui me brise les tympans, j'apprécie quelques unes de leur chansons dans le cadre de reprises.

Je n'ai pas embarqué dans Guns N' Roses à l'époque. En fait c'est le premier album du groupe que j'écoute en entier. Je connaissais bien sûr les gros hits du groupe et on en a quand même 3 sur ce premier album. Je n'aurais pas pensé que c'était leur premier album. Quand même réussi, toute l'essence est là. Tout de même pas un album que j'écouterais régulièrement, mais quand même agréable et efficace pour rocker la place. Pièces préférées: Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City

It's got some really impressive hits, no joking about that. However, I feel Axls voice super fucking grating. To the point I found it hard to make it all the way through this one.

Idk 3? Probably 4, but goddamn have I heard these songs a lot of times. Great energy though. It's not popular for nothing.

Dancing with Mr Brownstone... Probs their best release.

Tenacious D should sue these guys for ripping them off.

Everything about Appetite for Destruction, from the skulls on the cover to the solos on the album, is incredibly dated. You couldn't have made this album a few years earlier, or a few years later. As such, it exists as this near-perfect time capsule of 1987 cock rock. It's also the best example of the genre - I've always had more time for this album than anything by AC/DC or the like. "Sweet Child O' Mine" does absolutely blow everything else on the album out of the water, though.

Very good for a hair metal album

Beyond the 3 staple tracks, there isn't much here beyond generic rock. Some of the numbers almost sound like production library tracks and although the staples are now way overplayed, 'Paradise City' is still an absolute tune.

Re-listen, meh.

Not my thing, but i appreciate it is quite fun,esp. Sweet Child of Mine. The sort of thing that they would play on Waynes World.

An old friend, still sounds as good as it did when I was 18, perhaps a bit juvenile, but does that matter. Side 1 is streets ahead of side 2.

As a Nirvana diehard, this cannot, and isn't, my cup of tea.

Curti as que já conhecia por serem mais famosinhas, de resto nao me cativaram

Cool album with some good songs not my cup of tea but can't ignore the greatness

Not normally my bag. For certain I know this record from the inescapable radio and MTV rotation, and probably Beavis & Butthead. One is welcome to adore acid distressed vocals and bleach-blond jeans without apology.

Can remember liking this at the time of release but now those whiny vocals really do start to grate. Its So Easy & Mr Brownstone still sound great but hard to listen to it all the way through.

Definitely a classic, but not the entire album. Some huge huts on this album and pure rock 'n' roll, but some songs are lacking, and the overall sound starts to get repetitive.

I don't know. It's a classic album but didn't do much for me. Guns N Roses is a good band, they just don't do much for me. Fave track: Welcome to the Jungle

Doesn’t hold up

6/10

This sounded very exciting when I was fifteen (tbh I don't think I heard this one back then, except for the hits. I definitely had Use Your Illusion on tape. I and II). It still sounds quite exciting but also bloated and a bit silly. 7/10

It's quality music, but I don't like it that much

Fire sange var værd at høre: Welcome to the jungle Paradise City My Michelle Sweet Child O' mine Men tre ud af fire (Bortset fra My Michelle) havde jeg hørt før. Så måske skyldes det den auditive deca-effekt.

“A unique mix of different rock values… speed and musicianship, flash and dirt… it changed hard rock's sensibilities at the time.”

Loud, boisterous. Lacking in variety. Some great tracks sprinkled in with standard hair metal.

No better than any other band's album at the time.

Las guitarras están al mismo volumen que la voz? Los solos de 30 notas/segundo jajajajaja No es el álbum de mi vida pero hay que estar muerto para no moverse con las famosas Qué diferencia hay entre las famosas y las que no. Mr Brownstone es la canción genérica de rock, y luego te entra Paradise City con armonías curradas P. Personal: 6. Puedo escucharlo y me divierte, pero me aburren rápido las canciones que no conozco. P. Género: 6. Creo que de rock duro loa hay mejores. Además, vale que sea su estilo, pero Slash tiene un pedal y ya. P. Histórica: 8, puedo entender la trascendencia histórica que tiene

Absolutely classic singles but questionable non singles.

Songs Known Before: Welcome to the jungle, Pardise City, Sweet Child O' Mine Favorite: Sweet Child O' Mine

meh 3/5. I thought I knew the album, but turns out I only know the hits

3 great songs (Jungle, Paradise, Sweet Child), not much else.

This album pretty much represents GNRs legacy to me. Which is balls to the wall power, great solos and a crop of great singles. However like this album, GNR are also extremely overrated. A fair bit of the album tracks were cheesy hair metal that should stay in the late 80s. It stands out to a lot of people and I love some songs like Welcome To The Jungle, but as an album I simply couldn't get into it.

Rockin…. 🧥

An album with three amazing singles, and not much else.

Undeniably one of the greatest album openers of all time. A lot of the rest is just a lot of your typical cock rock of the 80's. I mean, everyone knows GnR. I liked it.

Reminds me of the uncool kids at school.

3.25

Corny

This was a complicated listen. I thoroughly enjoyed it but the artist's personal life ruins it some.

Solid Rock

Classic, but out dated.

Yeah I remember seeing them back in 2018. They were okay, Greta van Fleet was way better.

Other then three classic songs the rest of the album sounds the same

Some good recognisable songs Enjoyable album. His voice can get a little grating

Classic singles and good filler tracks.

Good album, not as good as I remember it but good none the less. Really rocking it but I don't like the production that much

Respect what it is/did in rock, but not really my thing aside from the few big hits.

Q: how many good songs makes a classic album? A: 2, apparently (plus a couple of reasonably good songs) Couldn't remember anything else from this. A very distinctive overall sound, but aside from the obvious contenders for classic status, the material is very weak and mostly just about saved by Slash's savage guitar. Admittedly a cut above the opposition, but that's not saying much. I love Sweet Child and Paradise city as much as anyone and have been trying unsuccessfully to play them for years, but as to the rest, if I never heard it again that would be fine with me. Fast coming to the conclusion that there are very, very, very few albums that are consistently worth listening to.

All songs sound the same but there are a few good classics

Góð nostalgía, mörg góð lög en vantar upp á heildina.

Some good tunes but overall it's not my cup of tea. Bar a couple of songs i wouldn't listen again.

never been a GnR fan but i guess this is the good one

Overrated. Todo mundo le pone 5 estrellas, se me hace medianón el disco.

It has some good songs but guns and roses is one of those bands that are better in small quantities rather than listening to a whole album. 3RS

Very solid, would rate it 3.5/5.

Ok

Pss no me convence

Mmm, pues ya he dicho que el hard rock (¿esto es hard rock?) no es para mí y pues el problema que tengo con Guns N' Roses es que la voz acentúa todo lo que no me gusta jajaja. Pues las clásicas "Welcome to the Jungle" y "Sweet Child O' Mine" están okay, la última canción es buena para el cierre y "Think About You" medio la disfruté. Todo me suena igual, aunque quizá esté equivocado. No es un disco al que regresaría. 6.5/10

Recuerdo cuando un compañero trajo este vinilo (este no, el de la portada original que luego censuraron) y fue un shock. En esa época de cierto éxito del Heavy-Metal de melenas cardadas y portadas espectaculares. Sin embargo, encontré un sonido diferente en este disco. Aquello era más Rock que Heavy y tenía canciones realmente buenas. Empezar con "Welcome to the jungle" y meter ahí un tema como "Sweet child o'mine".

It's much as I remembered it. One good album, then 30 years of WTF.

regular

I find it hard with this one. I have memories of absolutely loving this as a teenage and thinking it was simply brilliant. I don't enjoy it that much now. But does that mean it's a bad album? I am so confused

it's hard to separate this album from the punk-ass bitch that axl is. welcome to the jungle was edgy and energetic in its time... i don't think i need to hear it again. brownstone, paradise, sweet child and rocket queen hold up better. interesting to read that it took this album over a year (june '87 to late '88) after release to find its popularity

Fun album from my youth.

Not my thing but I get why it's so popular.

Not really my style -- funky and metallic, without much lyrical substance or 'groove'. It just felt empty to me and a bit boring. Some cool moments, but overall not my thing. Hard to get through the whole album, tbh

Good enough

wow oh wow - never played from start to end all the way through before - so good but also so many unnecessary side comments and moaning xxx sounds/ lol

I do like the hits Paradise City and Sweet Child - but the rest of the album is a bit flat and similar

Undeniably important, but hair metal sucks and Axl's voice is annoying.

meh

habs mit Janko über die Boxen gehört, vibes aber trotzdem nicht so mein Style + man fühlt sich wie nen alter Mann der cool sein will und mit dem Kopf aus seinem Caprio zur Musik singt

Decent

Musically there are a handful of proper bangers on this album. Having these highs on a debut album is an insane feat, yes, but does it make up for the not so good songs on the album? The music sounds good, and you can have a wonderful time singing along to it in the car, or at a party, but in the end that handful of good songs on this album are the only few good songs Guns N Roses ever produced. Besides that, they’re also all complete assholes.

This shit lowkey ass. I'm paraphrasing someone on here about Queen but the problem with GnR is that their hits are overplayed and the deep cuts are soulless garbage

Escucha

It was pretty decent. Easy to see how it would be transformative 2.7

Too smooth for destruction?

Yes, the singles are massive, but the rest of the album is a Aerosmith cover band cosplaying as vagrants in the seedies backstreets of Hollywood as the porno store house band. Terrible album tracks, no redeeming qualities, simply buoyed by it's fame.

there is nothing special about the average song on this album and its big hits are just decent, I can have fun listening to welcome to the jungle, paradise city or sweet child o' mine but all of them are songs I'm likely to skip halfway through tbh

This album is so annoying. Apart from a couple of songs (welcome to the jungle & paradise city) it just irritates me with its fake rebellion of the status quo. Also Axl Rose has an annoying voice

eeee no lo mio, en mi auto no se escucha

The opening riff is iconic then it quickly goes downhill with 52 minutes of toxic masculinity

I love Slash's guitar playing. I don't like Axl Rose as a singer at all. Good meat and potatoes rock'n'roll. In the words of one of the more astute reviewers, "pretty average."

They were popular but never with me. Added “Sweet Child O Mine” to my playlist.

Hits are listenable otherwise this is just not my type of music - also I know this shouldn’t play into it but the album cover is ugly

This album is like being cut off in traffic by some obnoxious douche in a ute with tinted windows. The ute doesn’t have a speck of mud on it, because the driver has never swung a hammer or worked the land in his life.

extra star for sweet child of mine

Gosh I cannot stand hair metal. Respect for having like 5 songs on your debut album still be songs 99.9% of people still know 40 years later.

Never been a fan, although I’ll admit that the “big” songs are decent. Favourite track: Welcome to the Jungle

A band who’s legend looms a lot larger than their music.

This will be one of my hot takes I guess... But I can't stand Guns N' Roses. I don't know if it's just because it's so overplayed or just my hate for the vocals, they are very annoying.

This album used to get played almost daily on my school bus back in the 90's. I think there is much to be said for listening to this album through a shitty cassette player and rattly bus speakers because listening now with decent headphones it is all a bit polished and hollow. It sounds manufactured. Maybe I'm just cynical. It's clearly a classic, but it sounds much better in my memory than it does 30 years later.

Appetite for Self-Destruction. Pretty horrible and cliched. I hope tomorrow's album is better than this.

I just don't think I'm angry enough for this music. I do remember, "Nightrain" and of course, the iconic, "Sweet Child Of Mine" from when this band was popular. The opening sequences from "Swet Child Of Mine" were instantly recognizable. Still, I'm not a fan. I wasn't one then, and I'm not one now. The one surprising song for me was, "Mr. Brownstone" as I hadn't heard it before and I didn't actually hate it.

I had to listen in chunks to be able to manage Axel's screeches, but the angst is powerful

5/10

Not a big fan of the guns but it’s a legendary album

A symbol for american identity

2018 remaster

Ok but I've never been a big Guns fan.

Pretty good listen, I'll give it like a 4/10, not a massive rock fan but I can definitely appreciate the riffs and Axl's vocals (who doesn't), highlights are 'Sweet Child O' Mine' (obviously), 'Welcome To The Jungle', 'Rocket Queen'. Low-light is probably 'My Michelle'. Was playing 'Pizza Game' same time as listening, what a good pairing (the climaxes of the song sometimes fell in sync with the game).

Some nice songs but a bit repetitive and boring

ist einfach nicht so meins

Really don't care for Rose's voice. Some solid songs but mostly pretty worn out.

Ett poäng för wellcome to the jungle

In an otherwise trying-to-be-tough album, 'Think Of You' is strangely endearing and candid. Not a massive fan, but they did come out with some of the most iconic riffs.

I hate guns n' roses

Debut album. Featuring green gras and pretty girls.

Sweet Child of Mine, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City. I'm so bored of hearing these songs. Interesting to hear the other tracks that aren't these stand outs though. Still, not my favourite way to start this journey. 4 out of 10 Artwork review: Crucifix with their skeleton-a-fied faces, one for every band member. They were young when this was released though. Guess I'd think it was cool if I was 22 too.

Not really my sound….seems very dated now too..

2/5 Die paar guten Songs zu oft gehört, der Rest ist durchschnittlich.

Guns N' Roses' music reminds me a bit of KISS, though I was more into KISS than Guns N' Roses, so I'm only giving this album 2 stars. It's not bad music, but it's nothing special to me...

Three hit songs and a bunch of shit I didn't want to listen to

mid.

This is a fun album and is obviously influential. I have a bit of a hard time giving it an unbiased listen because of how overplayed many of the songs on this album have become. It definitely has cool elements and is still a fun listen.

Couple real good songs. Enjoyable in the right setting, but I don't think I would regularly sit down and listen to this one front to back. Wouldn't go out of my way to add the vinyl to my collection even though it is a classic in many ways.

me fait penser à Maude mais pas trop mon style

wasnt my type of music

Hay que tener 13 años en 1987 para aguantar todo este disco a Axel y Slash.

not as bad as I remembered but Axl's inststence on adding extra "ay-ay-ays" onto most words ending in y eg "cry-ay-ay, sky-ay-ay" got on my nerves. I can only say: goodbye-ay-ay

Y’all…this is purely stupid trash. Axl Rose’s voice is truly grating and i could not imagine listening to even just this record on a regular basis let alone the bands whole repertoire. If this were just the instrumentals it would still be just okay but definitely a whole lot better. This gets a 2 though for the big singles being at least tolerable and the entertainment value of all of Axl’s weird vocal affectations.

Having welcome to the jungle, paradise city and sweet child o’ mine on one album is crazy. Even if they’re not my thing. The rest of the album all blends into one though.

I have so thoroughly outgrown this band it's insane. I used to love these guys when I was 18 or so. Couldn't get enough of Axl's voice, or their Sympathy for the Devil cover, or just their general vibe. Fast-forward about six years, and I finally heard Appetite for Destruction for the first time in full - I didn't get it at all. How was this something I so thoroughly enjoyed? It was overblown, stuffed with gross lyrics (when they named this blues-tinged offshoot of hair metal "sleaze rock" they weren't kidding), and Axl's voice shot between too nasally and just plain annoying. Five years still later on, revisiting the album for this challenge, I'm left with just as many questions. This band does absolutely nothing for me anymore, and while the three biggest songs on here definitely still have some kind of aura to them, everything else is totally disposable and uncomfortably sleazy for me. I'm gonna be the hater in my group this day - 4/10, because some of the songs are still kind of cool, and no more.

2.3 I've never been able to dig GnR. If we exclude the fact that Axl is a massive bellend then we're still left with a cringe worthy act that are massively overrated. Annoying vocals, simplistic intro riffs, and just a general air of wankery. The only thing saving them is that Slash can really shred in parts. Him in a good band would have been unstoppable. Paradise City and Jungle the only really good tracks here, Sweet Child of Mine is grating after a while and the rest are clear album fillers. Happy to not listen to GnR again after this.

It was a challenging listen overall. I understand it was a debut album and some further refinement and commercial song craft was clearly learned for later albums .. before it all fell apart. But for me there was very little light and shade in the music - it was mostly flat out lthrash, which I guess was the style they were aiming for. It also felt like the three big singles were given much more studio production time and effort than the rest of the album .. combined … so they stick out markedly from the rest. Not a bad effort but I would stick to the greatest hits collection.

The popular songs are bangers. The other songs are generic butt.

Best album ever

Slash Guns and Axl Roses

1987. Debut studio album. Most of the album's themes reflect the band's personal experiences and daily life, including their youth.

jag är tyvärr inte en pistoler och rosor man </3

Ok someone needs to explain this one to me. Lyrically inane and musically obvious. And it’s not even a “oh but you have to listen to it with 1987 ears” situation because AC/DC was doing this 10 years prior! “Fun” I could see. But “important”? “Classic”?? Why??? 2 stars cuz Sweet Child O’ Mine kinda goes.

Listened previously. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Alright - There are some great songs but an awful lot of forgettable filler. Welcome To The Jungle might be overplayed but it is very good in fairness. I also like Nightrain and have since I was about 8. SCOM is iconic but I would be very happy if I never heard it again and Paradise City is fine I guess. I understand this album being on the list but not brilliant for me. Anything Goes is alright.

If power chords and cowbell are your thing, this is the album for you.