Appetite For Destruction

Welcome to the Jungle Paradise City Sweet Child O’Mine Rocket Queen What more needs to be said?

Never really been my vibe, but you can’t deny the tunes on this. It does leave you thinking what an earth is on the rest of their albums as pretty much all their good songs were on this one! Simpsons: Yea

Have listened to this album many times before. Might be my favourite so far.

This is 5 stars all day long . Perfection from start to finish!!!

This just ain’t it for me. Welcome to the jungle is great opening. Sweet Child O Mine is pretty great but the rest I could take or leave, even Paradise City didn’t do much for me when I was listening critically

Loveeee this album

Surprising, did not expect to like guns n roses. this album is just straight rock. A good amt of bangers on here, Sweet child o mine is such a great song

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Classic.

So many great songs on this album. I hadn’t listened to the whole thing in a long time and enjoyed each track.

It's stupid, misogynistic, devoid of depth and loud and I love every second of it. I'm about 120 albums in and I've had rock classics like Sabbath and others and they've left me cold. This does not. Admittedly I had this on cd when I was 13 and so I put it on loud and sang every lyric at the top of my voice. Great, foot stomping, lyric shouting, head banging nonsense.

This is a perfect rock n roll album. Axl's voice is at it's prime, Slash is a virtuoso but the riffs are so catchy, Duff adds so much on the bass, and Adler is the perfect drummer for this album. They show a ton of musical range on this album. Amazing that this is their debut album.

One of the great hard rock albums. Shame they couldn't keep going with this lineup and creativity.

never been a real Gn'R fan to begin with, but this album was fine. the singles are good, the other stuff not so much. its okay.

The hits are some of the best rock songs ever. The rest of the album is fine. It all balances out

Not a big hair metal fan, but I do like a few Guns N’ Roses songs-just not the ones on this album. Found myself skipping through the songs.

Iconic.

It's got some bangers on it that's for sure

My first instinct was to cringe when this came up, but I gotta say this album for the most part holds up well. Straightforward rock songs with some good instrumentals and fun structures. I kinda split this in half, half great and half not into it. For a debut it’s sick as hell, but I get turned off by some of the lyrics and vocal deliveries (Axl is hit and miss with me all the time but this album leans more towards the good) and by the story/delivery of Rocket Queen (skeeves me out) but overall it’s still good! Top tracks: Welcome To The Jungle, It’s So Easy, Nightrain, Paradise City, Think About You, Sweet Child O’ Mine

It’s shockingly fun. Not world changing, but I get why people like the band so much. The greatest offense is how overplayed the singles are, also we did not need the orgasm

I’m guessing Axel decided to use his voice that way after hearing AC/DC. I don’t get metal, so to me, it just sounds ridiculous. That said, many people love it and there are plenty of ear worms and hits on this album. It’s not lacking in creativity or musicianship. 3.0

Kind of awesome, but kind of dumb too. Some solid jams, but pretty down the line -- you're not going to get a curve ball from GnR. It has its place, but not something I'd revisit regularly. 3.6

Not a huge fan. The album is full of energy, and definitely kind of fun, but it really isn't my kind of music. Lyrically felt pretty simple for the most part. Mildly explicit. Sound was okay, but much of it felt very repetitive. Wouldn't be interested in listening again. Favorite song: Sweet child of mine

A couple heaters, the rest was pretty mid

First time hearing this entire album. Paradise City and Sweet Child O Mine I can do without forever. Welcome to the Jungle and Mr Brownstone are the bangers. The production is huge on this album, probably my favorite part. I would probably never willingly put this on again but I'm glad I gave it a shot.

There are a few songs on here that are so entirely connected with driving down to the Jersey Shore for prom weekend... my first taste of beer, the first time I saw a girl blow smoke into a guy's mouth while making out, staying with a friend while our dates were around but not with us... They were doing their own thing... and we were trying to get with them somehow... Anyway the rest of the album is relentless to the point of it being kinda boring, but I knew when Paradise City came on I couldn't give it less than a 4.

I mean okay. Guilty pleasure but I don't need much more of this. "Feel my serpentine" is something else.

I didn’t mind the listen through, but I don’t imagine revisiting often.

Schon auch ganz geil irgendwie

Hell Fuckin Yeah

I took a short break from this website and this was the first album I listened to after coming back. Although better than I was expecting, this is still a disappointing album. Not much to it, very similar sounding songs but I suppose there isn’t anything terrible about it.

One of the greatest rock & roll albums of all time. Appetite holds up to this day and could give any rock album released in the last few years a run for its money. Guns N' Roses captured lightning in a bottle with this album and we are all better for having it in our lives.

This album slaps. Turns out I’d have been a rocker if I was alive in the 80s.

Damn this jams. This makes me want to steal my old dead beat alcoholic step dads grey and black striped 1967 mustang Shelby GT500 and peruse the town with the boys in search of the ever elusive poon tang. Is this one of the best debut albums of all time?? I mean to have three of the most iconic rock songs of all time on your first album is unreal. What amazes me is that you could tell me any other song besides those three are iconic and I would believe it. They all just have such a dope, confident and slick sound. An interesting exception to the rule of lack of variety which usually brings me down on an album but somehow despite most of these sounding relatively similar, each song has a unique vibe. Slash is shredding and axl has the voice of a dark angel.

Great stuff. The hits are spread throughout, unlike a lot of the albums we’ve had that are very front loaded. One of those albums that feels very American. I still remember the first time I saw Slash. He just permeated cool and needed no introduction. Kinda like a rapper in that he was one of those guys that you never saw without his sunglasses on. I still think I’ve never seen his eyeballs. He really is like an anime character. Welcome to the Jungle was the introduction song for GH3, so anytime someone turned on the game they heard that first riff. It’s actually hard for me to believe this album came out only 6 years before I was born. I would have guessed way earlier. An all time great.

It’s wild that a band’s debut album has three of the most well-known rock songs of all time on it. An iconic band and Axl Rose has an iconic voice. It rocks the whole way through and was a gritty but fun listen.

I think an argument could be made that this is the greatest pure Rock album of all time. Half of this debut album is on their greatest hits, and the songs that aren't hold up just as well. They're just not as overplayed. That's probably the only complaint with this album. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet child of mine are just so overplayed. You are pretty much guaranteed to hear at least two of these songs at any event where music is being played over a loudspeaker. I don't think you can really take away from the album because of that though. If anything, it shows how much of an impact this album has on our society.

Hell yes

Great debut, knew it well

Rating this 💿? It’s so easy.

I've heard this more times than I want.

Amazing album, one of the most iconic albums of rock

its ok

Did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would. Some big hits, others not so much. Really just wanted to get through this. Would be 2 stars, I’ll give it 3 stars because of the massive hits.

The hits are huge. The album tracks are... well, album tracks

At least he's putting his all into it and stuff, but I personally am not a fan of the lead singers' voice. I also am not a massive fan of the lyricism. The actual instrument part is pretty cool though, although not like tippity top for me.

Absolute classic, another favourite

This one probably melted faces when it came out. What a debut. Three masterpieces that have been played to death accompanied by tracks that kind of fly under the radar, but still fly high. Somehow hard to rate today because of the overall weariness, but I guess I can give it the most rock solid solid rock rating: 4/5.

The bridge between hair metal and grunge. I'm honestly surprised this album's global rating isn't much higher. No album shot out of the gate like this one did - when it finally hit, at least, and by God did it explode when people finally discovered it. Even the so called "filler" tracks have become classics. Can you think of another "filler song" so epic in scope that it incorporates an actual female orgasm with dueling guitars? For my money, "Welcome to The Jungle" is possibly the best side one (or side "G" as the band labeled it) track one songs ever. And I put W. Axl Rose up with Robert Plant as hard rock's greatest vocalist. This is the album that almost single handedly catapulted GN'R straight into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, and deserves to be as highly rated as Nirvana's Nevermind and Led Zeppelin IV among this lists greatest albums.

i was gonna give this a 4 but i really can’t think of any reason it shouldn’t be a 5. Guns N’ Roses at their peak absolutely firing on all cylinders. Sweet Child O Mine all time banger

Not really my thing...the radio hits were fine...but you gotta respect the impact that record had.

Хард-рок - музыка для скуфов. А если я ловил себя на мысли, что это заебись, а сейчас все хуево, значит я уже начал процесс трансформации. Ставлю 3, но то ли ещë будет..

Some of the lyrics are problematic, but otherwise this shit just fucking rocks. Sweet Child O' Mine is a banger, Welcome to the Jungle is insane. This album is definitely Hall of Fame worthy, but it's not quite inner circles Hall of Fame, if that makes sense.

A couple of years ago I thought this album didn't really hold up to the "test of time," maybe it was just album burn out. Now listening to this again, and what seemed like fresh ears this album is STILL a banger.

This is THE G&R album. These famous rockers made a career out of these songs and still are the ones people want to hear. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child of Mine. I personally don’t care for Axels voice but love Slash’s riffs and solos!

This one is a little tougher to rank. Because, while songs like "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child o' Mine" are undeniably legendary rock tunes...gosh, am I ever tired of hearing them ("Mr. Brownstone", though, has not yet been overplayed for me, and I dig that track plenty). Anyways, what is there to say? Slash is one of the greatest guitarists of our time, and he comes up with some great riffs here. Axl is in fine form (even if the lyrics aren't so hot). The whole band sounds powerful, if a little too steeped in that 1980's cheese. This is maybe a 3.5 star record for me personally, but I'll bump it up out of respect for its reputation.

Awesome, oooh the teenage memories!

Yep

Solid rock album. No wonder it's onenof the best selling ever.

Never have been a fan nor will I ever be a fan.

Fuck all the haters who think that just because this is almost 40 years old that it is shitty. It holds up, it's a perfect example of the genre, screw all of the rest of you.

I’m not a huge Beatles fans so I have a hard time rating their music. I respect those who enjoy the music but Ive always had a hard time getting into anything by them.

Three iconic songs, but the rest was blech

Maybe the best opening song on any album, and the run from Mr. Brownstone through Sweet Child is epic.

Never listened to this whole album. I liked the songs I knew.

It took me some years to get into GnR but I definitely got there. Slash is unbelievable.

Based on the time of life this came out and the great memories associated with it, extra 1/2 star, so 5.

Still not my thing.

As is the case with most GnR albums, a few really great songs displaying Axl’s range and Slash’s talent but also several songs which are downright awful.

Holds up pretty well compared to their contemporaries - especially the singles The album tracks are pretty stock standard fare

Classic hard rock album.

Loud but not very interesting.

Unbelievable album. Potentially the best debut of all time. Multiple iconic songs starting off perfectly. Ear melting riffs and solos. Unique powerful vocals and lyrics. 10

Great album, songs were well thought out and did their own thing each time. Maintained a high level all the way through. Strong 8

could i write poetry to this? y i am fairly certain that i did in fact write shitty middle school poetry to it

Wow...yet another candidate for "Greatest Debut Album." This thing was unstoppable when I was seventeen. Listened to it every day after school and twice on Sundays. Arguably the pinnacle of 80's hard rock. Grunge was right around the corner and the "Hair Metal" music that had dominated the decade didn't have a chance to get any better than this. The "Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll" ethos was laid bare and committed to vinyl for one last time on "Appetite." No subtlety here. G'n'R brings the REAL grit. They aren't singing about being on top of the game or kickin' it with your friends on a warm summer night. This is about survival, baby. Poverty, Heroin, Porn, Death...this album's got it all. "Appetite" also hits all the corners musically. More punk than the Berkely-trained shredders that dominated the scene, G'n'R also appealed to the classic rockers. Slash's minor pentatonic solos were more rooted in the Blues than the Classical masters that most Metal guitarists of the time revered. "Appetite for Destruction" is the music that worried more than just the pearl-clutchers. A whole generation was about ready to give up on society and join Guns N' Roses' leather and denim army. This is the sound of exhausted children screaming one last time for attention. After that, Gen-X was more than happy to crawl under the carpe,t or...the... uhhh something..mmm Y'know what?...Never mind . ....whatever.

This album has been in my rotation for over 20 years and it never gets old

I was 9 when this came out. You'd think I'd be more into metal than I am with the number of hours I've spent listening to GnFnR.

I was surprised by how many big hits were on this. A lot more enjoyable than expected and i might revisit it

Classic album!

Clássico!

Brilliant, energetic, crass and essence of youthful LA rock and roll. This is what the fuss was all about. They had the punk energy of Pistols, Clash et al, the rock'n'roll to match AC/DC, the sex drive of Prince, as well as first rate instrumental skill. Annoying as hell with overblown giant egos, but still an amazing 5 star classic album.

Cracking album

It's so fun to hate on hair bands, especially given how terrible their behavior was. This album deserves is legendary status, but I would absolutely never put it on for fun. It was interested to hear some tracks that I never had before, but think I'd be happier listening to almost anything else.

For sure there are three songs on this that have seeped into the popular culture. It kinda needs to be on the list. But this is aggressively not my thing. I tried convincing myself for years that I liked it. But I don’t. Plus, I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but this music sounds like completely uncool people trying to be cool. I guess it worked. But beyond having to hear these songs in every grocery store for the rest of my life I won’t seek them out. 2/5

True to their name, like a rose growing from a pile of manure, this band grew out of the detritus that is 80's hair metal, to create a surprisingly strong, genre-redeeming, nay, genre-defining album. The only hair metal worth listening to, and it is worth listening to. 4 roses out of 5 🌹🌹🌹🌹

Appetite For 5 Star Review

I think this is as close to a guilty pleasure I have. It's just all so stupid. All these clumsy euphemisms for things but then every other word is fuck? So stupid. I can't help but love it. Will I ever listen to the whole album again? No, but some of the songs are amazing.

Mysogenist as hell. These dudes are gross. Small doses only. I can acknowledge that the guitars and percussion are great, occassionally epic. Lyrics and singing, no thanks.

Twelve-year-old me thought these guys, especially Axl, were so badass. Over-forty-year-old me thinks they are talented though theatrically (and actually) trashy, and that Axl Rose, has through the years, remained a petulant manchild. I played this cassette, any singles and GNR Lies on repeat back in the late 80s/early 90s, because I, an actual petulant child, found a kindred soul with dirtbag adult Axl Rose. It is no wonder that Trump's favourite music video is reportedly "November Rain." Guns N' Roses speaks to the petulant dirtbag kid in us all.

Very solid, I enjoyed

Some very famous songs, some not so interesting ones.

Some absolute classic rock tunes. Raw and dirty!

Rock halt.

Slash is good at guitar

welcome to the jungle is obviously awesome, and starts out the album right. i always imagine mel singing it whenever i hear it, and it’s just such a badass song. mr. brownstone was exceptional i love love loved the guitar riffs. the riffs in all the songs were great, it’s just a bunch of rock anthems and i’m here for it. and the vocals are just insane. i’m blown away.

Really only giving this album 3 stars because of the singles from it and how much it reminds me of my younger days, due to how much play they got at parties and social venues. They sound like a different band between the first and second tracks. Axl’s voice isn’t that irritating to me as it seems for others based on reviews here; I actually dig the unique sound he brings. Slash shreds - especially on “My Michelle.” Also, how the hell are some of you spending so much time writing these long reviews? We have 1001 albums to do! More power to you. This genre always makes me think that this is the extent of the stereotypical Trump supporter’s knowledge of music. Anyways, make sure to vote, everyone. Love ya.

Slash owns

Formative album for me that I overlistened to in HS. The hits are overplayed, and everything else is great.

the hits are undeniable hits but the rest didn't float my boat as much as it did back in the 80s/90s

It's good, sweet child is a stand out, but a lot of huge songs on here and they still stand up really well

Love this album. This is what made me fall in love with music all those years ago...

A classic, hard rock album full of fun, energetic tracks.

I hated Paradise City when it came out. Apparently, I still do. Album in general was okay.

This is a great hard rock album. While not that fond of most of the 'hair metal' genre this is so much better than most of their contemporaries efforts. Sweet Child of Mine is an instant classic that stands comparison with the best rock songs of any era. Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City are the other standouts. while Mr Brownstone and Michelle are the best of the rest. Slash's riffing and soloes are sublime throughout

Every song of theirs I’ve ever heard was on this album. Either they achieved perfection or just suck.

it has some classics, some absolute bangers, but also some things i just didn’t care for and wouldn’t listen to again, weird how that works. but still, iconic songs on what i believe to be a fairly average album.

So many bangers.

Bunch of songs that only work with Axl, a few songs that would be good if it were anyone but Axl. The hits are unreal

Unpopular opinion, but Axl's voice gets quite annoying after a couple of songs. Not a big fan.

We've been dancing with Mr. Brownstone....great album.

Even by "hair metal" standards, Axl's vocals are abrasive, and that's being polite. I realize I am in the minority here, but I never got in to GnR and re-listening to this album only solidified this position. It's too bad because the rest of the band is great.

A classic. The punch of guns' prime

Hyvää rokkia, ehkä vähän liian samanlaisia biisejä, Axl vähän ärsyttää ja hitit. Mutta ei-hitit kuulostaa tuoreelta!

if they only had a singer

A strong debut album with multiple hits still played (and maybe over played) on oldies stations

I love the opening to Welcome to the Jungle. I really like this old 80 rock sound. There's something so nostalgic about it. I think I would have had a lot of fun if I were born just 10 yrs earlier 4 stars.

Simply marvellous. Got me enjoying like a kid in a candy shop. Expected Marc rating: 4

I get why this album is so well-known, but aside from 2 songs that I love, the rest is just not for me. It feels repetitive, and most songs sound too similar in style to me to enjoy them. This is a shame, because the two songs that I listen to regularly are great, and I'm sure that I'd love the rest of the album if I was already familiarized with it, but as of now I don't enjoy it too much. Expected Lorenzo Rating: 5

Great, it's a shame thought that the majority of the stuff they put out after this is absolute slop except for a few hits.

I mean, this record has some good tracks, but it is just not my thing. "Sweet Child O' Mine" is about as good as a Guns n' Roses track can be for me, and I still don't really love that song. Guns n' Roses is like the easy listening of metal. Which is I guess what most hair metal is? Is this hair metal? I don't know, and frankly I don't care. It's only getting the rating it's getting from me because I can accept that it is culturally significant.

A few hits for the masses.

Paradise city! For the rest is just gnr

Probably the most formative album for me personally, so it is next to impossible to give a neutral review. However, upon hearing it for the first time in years it’ still holds up. The songs are well written and the arrangements strike me as suprisingly interesting. What always exited me about this is the song forms. It’s not as expansive as prog, but they push a bit further beyond the verse-chorus form and it truly makes the songs Musical journeys, However cheezy that may sound

Guns N Roses are pretty good for rock music.

This album is a good example of how personal taste will affect ratings drastically. Undoubtedly a five star album, but I can see how it could be too aggressive, crude, and crass for many people.

This is a great album. Should front to back. 5.0

4.1

Surprisingly good. I am not a fan, know some songs (how could I not) and have to say that I did not regret listening to a full album.

Sweet child of mine makes it automatic 5

Outside of the real hits this album lacks significantly. Rose’s voice is really grating on most songs, and musically they don’t stand out against other music of their time. 2/5 Won’t listen again

Iconic album

A great album that reflects a return to metal rock. Too bad Axel is such an asshole.

Iconic songs but not my cup of tea

Fun sweet child o mine is my favorite

7/10 Good but also kinda annoying. Great guitar stuff. Highlights: Nightrain

A lot of good tunes but the metal is too heavy for me.

Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine? So many Dad Rock classics I feel like I'm at a barbeque!

Nur teils meine Musik

Excited to listen to this. Never really heard this album fully. Welcome to the Jungle is such a classic rock song. One Out ta get Me. Other songs between this song and Jungle were alright. Nothing special. At this point, this album just becomes a classic. I am not too big of a GNR fan but when you listen to an album like this one, you know why it is a classic.

Great songs but not that into these older rock songs. 3/5

I remember two great songs but the rest of the album isn't very good

Overplayed

All the same sounding L. It was not bad and some of the songs were very good -> sweet child of mine and welcome to the jungle.

Yes, these songs became absolute hits and are extremely overplayed by now. But what a debut! One of the best hard rock albums ever, love it. [0116/1001]

Big thanks to slash and the other members of G&R (not axel rose) for this album lmaoooo

I have little appetite for this music, even in small doses.

Meh. I was more of a, “Use your Illusion” type of boy anyways. I liked the songs I knew, but nothing other than that stood out to me.

Greatest debut album of all time? It's up there.

Awesome album. My favorite all time. Not a bad song on there. GNR at its best.

HIGH SCHOOL ALL OVER AGAIN!

yes

Guns N' Roses halt! Appetite For Destruction ist das Album mit Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City und Sweet Child O' Mine. Heute nicht mehr so reizvoll wie damals.

the best song one side one of a debut rock album ever, only second to Running With The Devil off Van Halen

I was never a fan; give me classic rock over this any time!

Classic

One of the best debut albums ever. Not one bad song on it.

Niš posebno

A veces lo conocido es lo bueno, este es el caso, tres canciones conocidas, las únicas tres que valen para algo, las demás parecen copias entre sí

Once this broke, this was inescapable in the late 80s both on radio and MTV. The sub-genre in particular never moved me much, though there were a few standout tracks. I don't think I've listened through the album before. (I'm tickled by the fact that this was recorded at the studio owned by Captain and Tennille.) I'd not heard of the producer, Mike Clink, before. What I wasn't expecting to hear were such strong connections to their influences (60s, 70s 80s rock) and to what followed them (90s grunge). Worth the play through just to realize that! "Welcome to the Jungle" - A helluva start to a track, and to an album! Band firing on all cylinders, strong song structure, classic (now) riffs and solos. Axel peaking early in his career? "It's So Easy" Gated snares are everywhere in 1987. A dark tone to the vocal and accompaniment, maybe showing there's a smoother transition to 90s grunge. Some hints of Iggy Pop, Alice In Chains.... Axl at the low end of his range for most of it. "Nightrain" Generic radio-friendly hard rock, with a standout Slash solo. How many things can rhyme with Night Train (wine)? "Out ta Get Me" Screaming guitars! Big 80s drums! Shrieking Axl! If this is your jam, this is a great jam for you. For an album track, this is far from filler. They put it all out there. "Mr. Brownstone" Maybe the least languid song about heroin ever recorded. Jamming Thin Lizzy-like groove. Axl speak-singing the first verse until he slips into Steven Tyler-style rapid delivery. By this point in the album the move into crunchy rhythm under a Slash solo is expected and well executed, but not boring. 6. "Paradise City" I'm just gonna go full Stefan: this track has everything: big gated drums, dual guitar, Axl wailing, high-speed coda, and a little person with a clipboard at the door. It's such a smash of a song, even if it runs overlong. "My Michelle" An intro that reminds me of future grunge, before changing gears into a stutter-step rocker. Axl in fine form. "Think About You" Basically a Van Halen song with cowbell. "Sweet Child o' Mine" Pinch harmonics, get your pinch harmonics here! It's great intro that settles into a very strong song. In lesser hands these lyrics would be in a cheesy ballad, but they did a great job keeping it edgy rock. Iconic Slash solo, yet again (how many is that on this LP?). "You're Crazy" Now we're starting to blur the songs together. This has a rocking groove and wailing Axl, but it's not standing out by this point in the second side of the LP. Hot performance, but I'd probably use this time to hit the mens room at the club. "Anything Goes" Playing with rhythm changes makes this interesting at first, even if it ultimately starts sounding all the same again. "Rocket Queen"

Good stuff. Arena rock isn’t my favorite style of rock but there is no denying that most of these tunes are classic bangers.

Fabulous choice.

Fav

Not my type of music. I recognized a few songs for sure.

Somehow even more lyrically shallow than I thought it was. Paradise City slaps, though.

A couple of familiar songs, but this was more my style when I was a young person. Now it reminds me of a screaming group of kids.

Meh--not my favorite style. I enjoy the guitar/power chords, but not so much the lyrics or Axel Rose's singing. But I didn't get through the whole album.

Beetje generieke rock, niet echt mijn ding.

I’m glad Nirvana killed this genre. Even the skulls on the album are accessorizing. Two belts with skin tight leather pants? Prancing around in star spangled lulu lemons? Yuck. I can’t see into the future but I saw these guys as their current versions of themselves back then. LA junkies. The only thing that really is astonishing about this album is the guys review where his praise is so high he says Axl is charismatic. Jesus H Christ. An ashtray after a Steel Panther show has more charisma than this POS. I can see why people like it and I’m also glad I can easily see those people.

Songs I knew: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child of Mine Songs I didn't know: It's So Easy, Nightrain, Out ta Get Me, Mr Brownstone, My Michelle, Think About You Guitar is great! Don't like the voice.

No.

How can you not like the singles from this album?? Solid album and love the guitar sound. The other songs on the album are a bit unspectacular though.

This hits hard in my office working on excel models. I heard axl rose fucked princess Diana and that's why mossad had to take her out. Didn't realize paradise city was on this album, prob my fav guns and roses. They're an interesting band cuz I think they came a little bit after the heyday of rock and roll but kind of brought it back. Axl rose even sang for acdc after that beret guy died I thing. I remember a bunch of edgy elementary school kids with guns and roses tshirts from their older siblings when I was growing up. Ultimately this album rocks cocks but it's a little before my time, kinda one dimensional for my taste but if I were at a concert or in the middle of a drinking montage there's nothing else I'd want to hear.

My first Album of G'n'R and Rock Album

One of the most iconic and well known albums of all time. Some of the most recognisable rock n roll songs and guitar parts ever created. Simple rock music for the radio done perfectly. While not as good or as interesting as some of the genres other heavyweight bands were releasing at the time, it’ll go down as one of the greats due to its ease of access and ability to draw in casual fans. So while it is an album the everyone should hear at least once, its simplicity, which gives it its success, keeps it from being a perfect album for me, it just doesn’t have enough interesting, new or unique parts that keep me going back. The absolute definition of radio rock by the numbers, but it is probably the best to ever do that exact thing.

So many great tracks, but not an album i listen through in its entirety very often.

It’s all about the riffs. Goosebumps on the build up.

Ja also Paradise City kennt man ja aus dem Album und sonst auch vielen schon mal gehört. Spannend, sich mal komplett das Album anzuhören. Aber kommt jetzt nicht in meine daily rotation.

Absolute classic 5/5

The hits of Guns & Roses are so omnipresent it's interesting hearing the lesser-played tracks. Not much else is unfortunately as amazing as their biggest ones, but a few ones are definitely worth adding into the rotation

PURE UNADULTURATED COCK. The late 80s were seemingly just a slot machine for music and what gets popular. In an alternate universe, this album and GnR fall into obscurity while some other random glam metal band takes up their place and literally nothing changes in the grand scheme of musical history.

As far as this type of music goes, this wasn't bad.

It’s good. Think about you and Out Ta Get Me are the worst tracks. Tons of bangers.

Ne

Not a fan of this Genre but this is a all time classic

Appetite for Destruction is the best album i have looked at so far (how many times am i going to keep saying this?). I have had quite a bit of experience with this album from Welcome To The Jungle playing in nearly every trailer, Paradise City being in Burnout Paradise and just Sweet Child O' Mine just being a frequent song on classic radio stations. All three of them are great songs but even most of the regular album tracks are great too. This is most definitely an amazing album. Best Song: It's So Easy Worst Song: Rocket Queen

Exzellent!!

Het betere gillende-gitaren-en-krijsende-zangers-werk. Alle aankleding met doodshoofden en de ongetwijfeld overwegend donkere teksten kunnen niet verhullen dat hier vooral een potje energiek muziek wordt gemaakt, waar je eerder blij van depri van wordt.

Meeblèren met de hits. Terwijl het muzikaal dik in orde is. Ik wil het 4,5 sterren geven. Maar dat vertroebelt wel het '80's cijfer. Nou vooruit.

Altijd fijn, een potje 80s (glam)hardrock 'n roll. Lekker tempo erin, scheurende gitaren. De hits zijn wel verreweg de beste nummers, het zijn ook allemaal evergreens geworden. Ik ben persoonlijk meer fan van de use your illusion cd's denk ik, maar dit album hoort natuurlijk absoluut in de 1001 thuis.

Back to back to back to back rock solid hits

this was really tough on me bc in middle school gnr was probably my favorite band

Cool mais un peu trop rock pour que j'écoute tous les jours

The best of Guns n' Roses (which is both a positive and negative comment). Lots of their best on this album, making it a decent listen. (Axl Rose is still a deeply unpleasant man, regardless.)

The first album that deserves a good rating. Some decent songs that you can listen to until the end.

i love guns n' roses so much, one of my favourite rock albums

Fucking awesome album. Makes you move and is solid all the way through. 10/10

Classic album for a reason. Still as good as the first time I heard this

Ive already listen this uwu some tunes are cooler than others, but still a good album overall

My god I hate this band... I'll go as far to admit that there's some catchy jams and Sweet Child O Mine is a definite ear worm, but Axel has one of the most annoying voices and absolutely ruins everything I hear him in.

Perfection

Possibly the best debut ever made by any artist. Not one of these songs misses, most of them are stone cold bops, and at least four certified classics. Every member was on point, the energy was there. It feels unique and original. I have not a one complaint. iiii]; )' Love it always. 5/5

This just a straight banger all the way through. Forgot how good this album was!

Awesome

Any better debut Side 1, Track 1 intros.............................. no, I'll wait........................

I don't hate Guns N' Roses. They're cheesy and kind of obnoxious, but I've never seriously disliked them when they've come on day-to-day. Re-listening to Appetite, the near hour straight of their goofy hard rock and Rose's shrieking vocals starts to test my patience though. It's like a caricature of rock. *Heard before.

"Appetite for Destruction" by Guns N' Roses, released in 1987, is a definitive hard rock masterpiece that not only slaps but also roars with unbridled energy. This iconic debut captures the raw essence of rock 'n' roll rebellion. From the explosive riff of "Welcome to the Jungle" to the anthemic power of "Sweet Child o' Mine," every track is a hard-hitting classic. Axl Rose's distinctive vocals, Slash's legendary guitar work, and the band's collective swagger combine to create an album that's not just music but a sonic attitude. "Appetite for Destruction" is a 5/5, a timeless powerhouse that continues to resonate with new generations.

Apart from the singles, poor! Cannot stand his voice, it's just irritating, but music is OK, especially the guitar

Gillar ju inte genren egentligen men det går väl inte säga annat att det faktiskt är ganska bra.

Hitsene er fortsatt noe av rockens største banger og resten høres egentlig ut som ganske like sanger. Men ett album med så mange geniale sanger og ingen dårlige er ganske sykt. Var revolusjonerende når det kom ut, nå er det ikke helt det lenger, men det er jo legendestatus. Dødsbra, men bortsett fra hitsa ikke 100% min greie. p.s. siste låt har live recordinger av lydtekniker som har sex.

Nostalgisk, men fryktelig ensformig. 3 legendariske låter og resten av albumet høres ut som en ufattelig lang sang. Hater det. Elsker det. Orker ikke mer av det.

Dette minner meg om puberteten, haha! Men fra spøk til revolver: dette er jo et jævlig fett album som fanger hvor utrolig merkelig rock var på denne tiden. Føler Guns N Roses fanger pent opp hvordan rockebands gikk fra dype låter og røykfylte øvingsrom, til "brands", og det er det sikkert mange som har mye å si på -- men jeg har alltid likt Slash og flosshatten.

High energy and a lot of fun with great riffs. Great debut!

If you like hard rock it’s great. They have a few songs I like but I’m just not the intended audience… nothing at all like Nora Jones. Haha 2 of 5

If you are a 14-year-old white boy with a mullet in 1987, I’m sure you got a boner the first time you heard this album.

FINALLY AN ALBUM I CAN RATE 5 STARS

actually not too bad.

The singles are good but that’s pretty much it.

I clearly remember when I heard this album for the first time. I was around 10 years old and at a church summer camp. I’m pretty sure it was during the year this album became huge. The camp counselor who was in charge of our bunkhouse told me and the other kids “you guys gotta listen to this” and played us a cassette of this album on a boombox. We played that album a lot during that camp. The counselor’s name was Steve, which I only remember because they were fascinated that someone with a common name like Steve helped make this album with people with uncommon names like Axl, Slash, Izzy, and Duff. The big three songs on this album are solid five star songs, among the greatest songs of the 20th century, and Paradise City might need to be played at my funeral. I know this album was everywhere for a while, but I still haven’t tired of those three songs. The rest of the album is fine. I listened to this album over lunch at work, and I got choked up a little bit during Paradise City when the bridge or faster whatever part starts about two thirds in. What is this 1,001 project doing to me?

This feels like the platonic ideal of an LA hard rock album. Which is another way of saying it’s not really for me. I really enjoy the hits, particularly Paradise City and the objectively amazing Sweet Child of Mine, but felt pretty much nothing for the rest.

Hot take: Slash is a very good guitar player. Hotter take: this band needed a better front man and better songs. Unlike the Aerosmith album, there was something that redeemed this. Slash pulled this album up to a 2 single handedly.

You need a truck thats built just like you... Buy the new Ford F 150!

What can I say about this album? The opening track "Welcome to the Jungle" sets the scene for a great album, and the massive "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child o' Mine" confirm the greatness. It's just a shame that Axl Rose is such an egotistical twat.

The singles are great. There’s definitely a reason that this is one of the biggest selling albums of all time. The other songs are pretty unimpressive. I am probably biased because I don’t really like glam/heavy/hair metal. I get that people like it and I can kind of understand why, but it really doesn’t speak to me.

Allt låter lite lika. Vissa highlights

Une chance qu'il y a tout les bangers de Guns N' Roses, sinon ça serait vraiment un album creux

The singles are Rock classics, no doubt about it. But if you wanna discover if there are some gem deep cuts inside, don't bother. Strong 2 to light 3

Sweet Child O’ Mine is a much better song than I remember. Overall, listening to this album was not a negative experience, but I found myself losing focus to it as it progressed. I also would zone back in during some moments of vulgarity that were not my favorite, which typically doesn’t bother me, but I would not say it was a bad album by any means. Definitely found myself nodding along to the songs. Metal rock album, as expected.

I'm not a big GnR fan, but even I admit this was a pretty impressive debut, I think it has most of their bests songs. So relistening this, I was happy to hear songs like Welcome to the Jungle and the other sings, but some of those deep cuts are not good at all. I always get thrown off by It's So Easy, because it sounds like Axel Rose isn't the primary vocalist, and often have to go check my music isn't on shuffle. Standouts: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine

Classic, for me this has some serious nostalgia, I can’t even say it’s aged or not since I keep it in rotation. Good drinking music, the cowbell just rips on some tracks. I wouldn’t be surprised if other folk thought giving this 5 is too much, but to me it’s just so good.

Perfection. Doesn't have a bad song.

I have to give this album a lot of credit, Slash, Axl Rose and the rest of the group sounds fantastic, the vocals are on point. The guitar tone is great. There is high production value. There is no doubt these guys can play. I really enjoyed the highs of this record, unfortunately there still felt like a lot of fluff. The lyrical content is a bit drab, and Slash solos that don't hit are just kinda noodle-y. Since it was blandly received, I wonder how it compared to the contemporaries of 1987. Still, not bad for a debut album. I don't have the relevant information in my noggin to compare the era Poison, Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister, Hair Metal/Glam/Arena Rock to give it its proper rating. Review of Reviews: People appreciate the musicianship, but it's quintessential boomer rock. Best Track: Paradise City

This album is a lot of fun.

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boomer mode

Now I know why the parents wanted to ban Rock n Roll made me want cause a ruckus

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

5 bangers and, 5, more, bangers

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)

I'm only on sweet child of mine but this album pisses me off so much I have to rate it now all these bands, groups, singers, artists and albums sound the exact fucking same I had to search up who made "Run to the hills" because I they sound identical to half the songs on this album i want to rate it a 1 out of protest for how bad it is but it's still not Beatles tier bad but me rating it a 2 does not bring me joy the last straw was the WOAH WOAH WOAH MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE and I'M THINKING ABOUT YOUU YOUUU UUU UUU UUU YOUUUUUU screaming

Another ridiculously strong debut, killer throughout. Taking cues from Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and so many others but making all sound new and fresh. Great from start to finish.

i can't tell if it's because i have been inundated with these songs my entire life or if i genuinely dislike this stuff so much, or both. but i'm sorry, this sucks so bad. i usually do not mind non-conventional singing voices but axl rose's voice is so shrill and awful. the music is so beyond cliche and the production is so flat. the only people who are into this are teenage boys and middle aged men longing to be teenage boys again. no in-between. i can't imagine listening to this and thinking it's awesome. it just is the antithesis of what i like in music. no thanks.

Не очень моё, но сделано круто и правда очень интересно слушать

Lyrically hilariously bad. Music bonkers but it wasn’t too offensive surprisingly

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

One of the easiest 5/5 i'll ever give. Every song is top drawer. All time classic.

5/5 - One of the best metal albums ever made, iconic.

It's difficult to rate this album objectively with it having some of the most overplayed songs ever. I think most of this albums hovers around a score of 3 but the strength of the 3 big songs elevates this to a strong 4. Slash's playing is great throughout. Vocals sounded a little off in places, like they were spliced together. Incredible for a debut album.

This album tells you everything you need to know about itself, the band and where their career would go within the first two songs. Welcome to the Jungle is ripe to spill out of the open doors of every Trans Am, I-ROC and Mustang in the parking lot. You can hear how many thought they were the United States heirs to AC/DC: sex and indulgence obsessed. A dash of Aerosmith but harder as they put another button on their jean jacket and saved up cash from their part time job for tickets to the coliseum-arena show. And yet by the conclusion of It's So Easy any attentive listener is aware that Axl has enough casual misogyny and lyrical carelessness to go around that many of these songs will not age well. The more prescient among them might even be able to see that if given enough leash this dog is going to tie itself up and make a mess out of everything. And, while It's So Easy isn't as musically lazy as You're Crazy or Anything Goes it gives the listener an idea of where the floor of this album might be. I will try to not hold the diminishing returns of GN'R Lies, Use Your Illusion I, Use Your Illusion II, The Spaghetti Incident?, and Chinese Democracy against this record i.e. over the course of their career Guns N' Roses has proven itself to be nothing more than a one or two-star band. There is enough evidence on Appetite For Destruction alone to warrant the assignment of 2 stars despite a handful of era defining singles and the record being 18x platinum. There will be plenty out there who think that I'm wrong, but I write this review after listening to the record twice in a row today to give it my honest re-assessment and I admitting that when I first heard it coming out of the open door of my older sister's friend's Camaro at an impressionable and tender age I was absolutely thrilled.

r o b e r t s p o s i t iv e r e v i e w c o r n e r! lot of people have been saying thay iv been acting mean on these album doohicky reviews, but i just wanna set the record straight nd tel the folks that im a positive person! and i dont just mean hepatitis! therfore this will be only positive review! so no bad gravy. okay! good. i lieik guns n roses because this album has three really good songs on it i liked the album about spaghetti because the cover has a picture of spghwtti noodles on it i dont like any of the songs but thays okay i do love me some spaghetti! ¿¿With?¿ - garlic bread with - parmesan (mmmm) AND, dont froget, lots of love in ery bowl.)) now gnr lies had all those genuinely hateful and sincere n words and f slurs in it but they really made up for it with chinese democracy! everyone liekd that! we'll get em next time boys they said i like their greayest hits because 35.71% of the songs are other peopels songs so anyway guys that was my robert positive album review yaaaaay

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.

Yup, this album totally bounced off me. It’s not *awful,* and I don’t begrudge anyone for loving it as many clearly do, but it repulses me more than it attracts. A combination of things… maybe it’s the lead singer, whose skrelt-y lines are a big turn off for me and make it hard to take this seriously. The general feeling of sleaze and excess you feel burdened by listening to this record… maybe I’m projecting that, and maybe I’m just stuck up, but it feels like that late-80’s turn where the arenas keep getting bigger and the songs get more excessive. I’m not even saying the music is overproduced, it just isn’t super exciting to me after listening for a while. Right around this year (88 or 89?) is where I start getting off the hard rock train and feel like things take a turn for the worse. I don’t think Sweet Child of Mine is even that great, or at least great enough for me to start having fun for any of the rest of the album. I might just be wrapped up in all the places I’ve heard Guns N Roses play, what I associate them with, maybe that’s what’s doing it for me. But other albums we’ve had have had me start out with extreme prejudice against, and they won me over! No, there’s just something I feel repulsed by, and I can’t explain it. Sorry it took me two paragraphs to come to that conclusion… 2/5

4.5/5

It's been a while since i've really heard an album I hated. That's mostly because i've listened to a lot less music that's new to me this year, and when I do i've stayed in familiar territory. Unfortunately I decided to start listening to more music again and started the 1001 albums list more seriously. Good because I get exposed to more music I like, bad because there are some real significant hitters that I know I hate and don't want to hear. I got this one after an eight day streak of good albums, as if my luck was tempting fate and I had to be batted back down into submission. I've obviously heard this album before, and besides that I, like anyone else vaguely familiar with popular music and a general interest in rock music or anything pushing heavier, have heard the bigger cuts from this a good thousand times. I don't think I ever really loved, or so much liked this band, despite enjoying Sweet Child o Mine back in the day, but that was probably more thanks to having started learning guitar than having any huge interest in the worst end of "hard" rock. Nowadays, though i've been on a drought of it for a while, I love heavy metal and old people rock, though i've still got a little distaste for the weaker hard rock elements in those early trad albums. This is barely hard rock, definitely not metal, and lacks pretty much all of the elements of the good attempts at both those genres. I don't think i've heard an album as lyrically embarassing as this. I mean it's hardly the first rock album with a lazy single-minded focus on sex and women while half-heartedly attempting to look "cool", but i've not found too many that really take this much of the cake. If i'd written "It's So Easy" i'd have burned the paper it was written on to save myself the sheer embarassment of even the idea someone else would read it. I've scarcely seen a lyric as bad as "I see you standing there/You think you're so cool/Why don't you just fuck off". It's not the only forced swear attempt that just comes off as a 12 year old's first day knowing the word fuck. "Out ta Get Me" for example is one of the better actual songs on the album (not that that means much) but mars itself with more embarassing lines like "I'm fucking innocent" and "'Cause I got something I've been building up inside/For so fuckin' long" and the extra-gold "So you can suck me". That's not even touching on Axl's vocals which are really poor. They make no real impact, aside from grating, they're vaguely high-pitched in the vein of some great 80's metal vocalists but with absolutely zero of the actual worth or intrigue of those (thinking Bruce Dickinson or King Diamond). Instrumentally there's mostly nothing going on. I think the best stuff is the guitar on Sweet Child o Mine, which is also probably the best song here, but even then it's running too long. The last minute of that song is them singing "Where Do We Go?" repeatedly, as they know as much as anyone how go-nowhere the songwriting is, and how artificially extended each song is. Why is "Paradise City" nearly 7 minutes long? Who on this planet needs to hear 7 minutes of that song? Also just to top off the lack of ideas, two songs here with moans in, and both male and female just so they can fill the market of both male and female listeners who enjoy sexual moans permeating their music. At the end of the day it's a very popular and successful album so i'm clearly not the majority opinion, and that's fine, so long as that majority keep this album away from my ears for the forseeable future.

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

Een van de allerbeste rocknalbums ooit, als je welcome to the jungle als eerste nummer hebt ben je ene hele grote

Gwn een ja

I feel like I’m watching an episode of Headbanger’s Ball the last 2 days. Axel Rose has aged along with me. :). Strange to think he is just a bit older than me. He seemed so much older when I was in late HS and early college. TD said Sweet Child of Mine was the song to which he used to think of me.

Perfecto (ps)

-YEAHHHHH ANOTHER ROCK ALBUM -some mf GUNS N ROSES -welcome to the jungle is SO good -nasty perfect guitar in this song fr -i might be messing with fate and the spirits for saying this but i might like guns n roses better than metallica -just because i had a metallica album the other day so i can compare -lead singer of guns n roses is DOING IT FOR ME! awesome voice -nightrain is also really good -omg obsessed with the day in the life we are given in mr brownstone -i am really enjoying all of these songs -overall this is a GREAT album and is getting four stars from me

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

One of my favourite parts of recorded music in general comes at about 1:53 into Nightrain, when Rhythm Guitarist Izzy Stradlin gets to play his only solo of the album, delivers 8 bars of the most underwhelming pentatonic nonsense ever recorded, panned to the left side of the mix as if they engineer was saying ‘It’s alright, this is just the Rhythm Guitarist’ before Slash comes in, blows Stradlin away with like two bends, and basically doesn’t stop shredding for the rest of the fucking song

Yeah, ok

Classic! Great album! 4-4.5/5

- Absolutely nothing beats Welcome to the Jungle - Shit bangs - Vocals and guitar are fantastic - 4.5

- some real classics on here - didn’t love some of the other songs tho

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.

Ett av de bättre hårdrocksalbumen som gjorts och GnR:s bästa.

People say that Nevermind killed hair metal, but I think the beginning of that started with this album. This is not hair metal even though they had similar looks. This was straight ahead hard rock closer to AC/DC than Poison. There is a serious rawness of this record which helped the overall album. It can also not be understated on how big this album was when it was released. Nothing was like it.

I loved this album when I was around 18 years old and listened to it a lot. It's a great debut album with so many hit songs. The hits are the best here. Probably I wouldn't like this album that much if I lived in the US and listened to these songs every day on the radio...Sweet Child'O Mine is played in Europe a lot, but that's one song that I will never get tired of. I am not a fan of late 80s hair metal but this is more hard rock. It's a 4 from me overall.

I see the appeal obviously, but GnR have never really done much for me. Apart from a couple of songs (Welcome to the Jungle and Patience) they mostly bore me. There is some good guitar playing on here and they certainly have energy, but nothing on this album changed my mind.

a begrudging 5 stars

Could’ve been a 3 if not for all the weird moaning

It's not my preferred genre, but it is an exemplary example of it.

Rock n Roll at it’s finest. Their first album and they come out like this?!?!

5/5 nothin else to say

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.

One of the best most shaping early rock and roll albums with hits like "Welcome To The Jungle", "Sweet Child O' Mine", and "Paradise City" some of the greatest hits of rock history still played today

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

It's good, just played way too much.

lots of hits

I knew the hits going into this, Sweet Child O Mine is one of the standouts to me but the songs are too long to me. And some of the lyrics are very lame. I also liked Paradise City and It’s So Easy but this didn’t make me into a GNR fan.

Amazing rock album

The most iconic mainstream heavy rock album of the 80's. When you consider Steven Adler is an amazing time keeper and is the "least" talented musician of the group let's you know just how good this crew was.

The overall impact on the music and especially hard rock of this album is really high. It mends old hard rock with modern hard rock. Important stuff.

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

I'm not going to listen to this again. It's fantastic. Top of their game. So unbelievably sick of GnR. Four out of Five -- these guys were doing their thing in the metal genre about as well as anyone ever has. But I refuse to pollute my music streaming algorithm with this album.

Massive hit album for GNR. Most of their best known songs were all off this album. Signature Slash sound on all the tracks. 53 straight minutes of Axl Rose's voice was a little much though.

Screamy metal with occasional delights…but mostly screamy metal.

"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.

If you want to bang your head then its a great album. Fast paced, great guitar riffs and solos etc