Reviews (page 12 of 16)
Pretty good
Hard to settle on a number for this one - when this came out the only people who liked Guns and Roses were older than me and/or massive bogans. Hair metal is a funny beast - ridiculous in so many ways. And yet… there is still an appeal to this album for me. I enjoy the music (sans singing) and sweet child of mine was a big enough hit at the time that it has burned a space into my brain such that I got a pleasant sense of nostalgia. Against my better judgement I enjoyed a play through and found myself letting it go for a few extra repeats, while having to look over my shoulder and make sure I wasn’t caught listening to it at work.
I came to hair metal later in life (Iron Maiden was the gateway band there) and this album is very very solid. Some absolute bogan anthems here.
This album was such a big deal to me and the band I was playing in when it came out. There are some awesome, energy filled tracks and listening to from start to finish takes me back to my teenage years instantly!! Welcome to the jungle has one of the best intros and although overplayed I have a soft spot for sweet child of mine. Love it!
I didn't enjoy this album at all - this style of rock has just never been my thing. Axl's voice is irritating and one dimensional and I found the whole thing pretty hard to get through.
If these guys weren’t such raging scumbags, I would’ve liked this album much more. Frankly, they had no right to make such a good album. Slash is disgustingly good. Mr. Brownstone is an astonishingly well constructed song. This album probably deserves five stars, but they’ve made my skin crawl for the last 35 years, so the best I can give is three.
I’m not a huge listener of this era/genre, but this album is pretty great. There’s a couple of clunkers in Its so Easy (especially) and Out ta Get me, but the hit rate is pretty high. Welcome to the Jungle is on the short list of greatest album openers.
3.5 Like most I would imagine, I was familiar with the big hits before listening here. I was disappointed that none of the remaining 10ish tracks excited me as much. Maybe it's because this isn't exactly my genre, but I don't think I will be adding anything else to my playlists.
Wow guns and roses
Enjoyed.
el peak de la carrera de los guns n roses, no le sobra ni le falta ni un segundo
“Welcome to the Jungle” sets the scene perfectly: chunky riffs and Rose in full Plant / Lee Roth mode. And young Saul can play a bit. “Paradise City” is terrific and the album as a whole, just, well, rocks. Don’t play it to your mum.
Four stars for Sweet Child of Mine, alone. 4*
Best rock debut ever? Metal glam punk sleeze rock at its best.
GnR was a train wreck waiting to happen but it sure was fun while it lasted. The importance of this album is often minimized because so many of the songs were/are played into the ground. Slash is one of the best guitarists of all time. His riffs from this album have become part of American culture. Axl is a problematic diva, but we lost Shannon Hoon so Axl is the Hoosier we are stuck with. All time favorite GnR song - Rocket Queen.
Didn’t realize so many of their hits are from one album. But overall not a huge GnR guy. So 3 stars for the 2-3 good songs.
Hard to argue with this one!
I always want to like this more than I do. It's got some great hits on it, but I can never make it through the album.
look out the window and see snow, shadows bleak concrete floors but i dont want to see more. this city is rotten at its core but words of kindness float above it all, like vapor from fungi gorge or an upside down shore. flightless birds are a bore, necessary to grow bindless from this prison where im born. highness glistens throught the core, its an image beautiful, unexplicably so. i let the dog out the street door. this album sucks btw
I can't stand Axl's wailing.
Solid rock album. Not a huge fan of GnR personally, but certainly can see why people are. Highlights are the classics
Meh.
Nah, not mine. Extrapoint for the wonderful „Sweet Child of Mine“
Has all three of the vitamins: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. My favorite tracks were not only the singles of "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child O'Mine", but also "Mr. Brownstone", "It's So Easy", and "Rocket Queen". This album, their next 2 EPs and 2 full length albums would be a major reason that the overwhelming presence of rock was propelled into the early 1990s.
Welcome to the Jungle to open tells you all you need to know about what's to follow. Axl Rose was a muthafuckin' vibe.
I wasn’t looking forward to listening to this and then I looked at the track list and realized I hear just about all of these songs against my will on a regular basis. I don’t hang around GNR fans, that’s just how annoyingly ubiquitous Sweet Child Of Mine is. Fuck this music and anyone over the age of 14 that listens to it on purpose.
#164. What is there to say here, but oof? Hair metal is up there on the list of the worst musical genres for sure. Also, I didn't know this was their debut album. I assumed it took a few albums to devolve into this absurd caricature of themselves, but no, they jumped straight out of the gate sounding like this. Why? They're definitely the Ac/DC or Nickleback of their era. Straight garbage. 2/5: people like to shit on nü metal, but hair metal is really the biggest blight on the metal genre as a whole. I fucking hate this shit. Song added to playlist: Sweet Child O' Mine I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
Still a banger. Raw and hard. Killed hair metal.
Great album, especially for a debut
Están las míticas y con eso no se falla, aunque no me flipan mucho estos tíos. 3
Pretty much a perfect album. One of the best rock records ever made
Obviously lots of bangers - catchy melodies and riffs. I have never heard Mr. Brownstone before - that one was kinda weird. I don’t like My, Michelle. Never heard Rocket Queen before and I like that one a lot. The music is sick. Least fave: Anything Goes 3.5
Damn good album, arguably deserving 5 stars, but I'm going to give it 4.5 and round down to 4. Here's why. Call it petty and lame if you will :) This is the pinnacle of redneck rock. The people that loved this album the most are the same ones that thought Poison was great hard rock (it was not). These people drove big trucks, thought wrestling was the pinnacle of sport, that camouflage print was the pinnacle of fashion, and that mullets were the pinnacle of hair styles. All while ignoring that a band like The Cult had already put out multiple albums far better than what any big hair band had done. (Side note: when Nirvana came along and shut the door on big hair music, Nirvana was offered the chance to tour with GnR and said, "No, thanks; not interested.") This album, out of context, is very good and arguably deserves 5 stars, but given some of the baggage, I'm giving it 4.5 stars and rounding down.
Only had heard the big three, but the album is solid. Not amazing but good
Great ban.
“I drink and drive” is one of the lyrics on a song talking about how easy it is to have sex with women… I hate this era of music. It’s hard to listen to because it’s so dated. Paradise City is 7 minutes long. Why? Riffs go crazy at times though, and the San Andreas commercial changed my life. I want to give this 2 stars, maybe even 1 when I really analyze it… but I can’t deny the impact.
Some absolute ground breaking classics, and sime average at best cuts.
2.5
The album isn't inherently bad, but there's just a lot of the same stuff without much variety here. The hits are great and definitely carry the album, but it does nothing to further the glam/arena rock genre that at this point has become very dated and was even on its way out in the early 90s. Standout Tracks: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine
Excelente!
Classic album
Fight me.
Classic
Not my thing.
Really good! Rocket Queen is my favourite.
I wish I could yell and have it sound bad ass like that.
It's alright, not really feeling it though. Good guitar skills.
I like it more than I thought but I'd probably never go back to it.
Guns N' Roses' debut album still holds up quite well, even though there is a clear gap in quality between the three monster hits (Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine) and all the rest. It's a worthwhile listen from time to time anyway. 4/5
Good hard rock. Stellar debut album. Just not a style of music that resonates with me. Paradise City is the highlight for me as well As Sweet Child of Mine (did Slash rip off Alvin Lee's solo from TYAs I'd love to change the World?). If we're looking for a deep cut that stands out I'm going My Michele. 3.5 stars
Welcome to The Jungle - 10/10 It’s So Easy - 8/10 Nightrain - 7.5/10 Out Ta Get Me - 8/10 Mr Brownstone - 8/10 Paradise City - 9/10 My Michelle - 7.5/10 Think About You - 8/10 Sweet Child O’Mine - 10/10 You’re Crazy - 7.5/10 Anything Goes - 7.5/10 Rocket Queen - 8/10 TOTAL - 99/120
I almost gave this a 3. Except for the three biggest songs, I didn't find the songs that special. They all kind of blended together. But I understand why this album is on this list and how popular the album is.
A true classic. Whatever your opinion of GNR may be this is a solid Album and well deserving of its status as the best selling debut album to date
This week I have been firmly stuck in the 86-95 vortex. I dunno, aside from these three songs, November Rain and the Wings cover (which are all admittedly brilliant), are there any good GunsnRoses songs? Of those 5 good ones, the three present here are obviously the most overplayed. Please god don't subject me to either Use Your Illusion album later in this project. My Michelle is ok I guess but you still have to put up with Axl being annoying. Didn't really enjoy anything new here. However if you told me at the start that I'd be rating Guns n Roses lower than TLC and Goldie I would have... ...probably not been that surprised actually as my opinion on GnR has been pretty solidified for the last few decades.
i want them to smooch me but also highkey mid best songs are welcome to the jungle and sweet child o mine like thats it update: after letting it marinate it was super boring actually i think i could've lived my life without listening to it
Probably as much of an apex album of this hair metal bad boy style as possible. Nightrain was a personal favorite growing up. Thought the back half of the album gets a little more languid in its excess, take away any track and you really lose a piece of the statement they were going for imho. for me its not a 5 star album but, for millions of Boomer dads, this is tops.
I thought this was going to be a nailed on 5/5 album. It's Appetite for Destruction by Guns 'N' Roses. Everyone knows the three huge singles and a handful of other tracks, which all slap. But there is a fair bit of filler as well. Stop at the end of track 9 and it's a masterpiece. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Welcome to the Jungle Date listened: 05/03/24
I've heard them before. Had rh album, listened to it. Couldn't connect. It's not my thing. I know others who love it. They are not my tribe. It's not my preferred album. I couldn't be bothered trying to unpack it. I did a couple of stanzas and I just thought, it's all so same ... So same ... 1 star.
I remember liking this at the time. I want to say that, looking back, GnR are more than just their big hits, but honestly, if I only ever heard Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child Of Mine and of course November Rain that would probably be enough. They did pack a punch, but the cruder ones are lost on me these days. Extra star for awesome guitar-playing though and Axl weaving around.
Haven’t heard this for 34 years, when I heard it about eleventy billion times as my then boyfriend loved it. And with good reason; it’s really stood the test of time in my opinion.
Good old-fashioned rock. Memories of whole pub singalong karaoke
A good example of an album with radio hits not equalling up to being a "good album". Despite the competent musicianship of the band and relatively quality mixing, Axl Rose's singing is entirely unpalatable, only growing more and more grating over time. In addition, nearly every song concerns either women/sex or drugs, and has nothing particularly deep, interesting or notable to say about either. The album feels longer than it is, with only Rose's screeching preen and the literal sounds of fucking to keep you company. It is telling that the longer I reflected on this album, the more it offended my sensibilities.
No bad songs on this album
Their signature album and the best one
Legendary!
Oooh yeah, throwback to me as a teenager. This gets a high rating on nostalgia alone
I’ll give it this: even though I still don’t think it sounds very good at all, I do think it sounds *slightly* better than most of the other hard rock/hair metal from this era that I don’t care for. The drums are the only instrument consistently drowning in reverb, which I appreciate. I just don’t have anything positive to say after that, though. This music isn’t fun or badass to me, and Axl Rose is absolutely in the running for my least favorite front-person of all time. Every now and then, an intro to one of these songs will almost resemble a 70’s Aerosmith or AC/DC song that I can kind of dig, and then…he sings, and it’s ruined. I can’t stand the sound, nor the attitude, of his voice, and that’s not taking his dreadful lyrics into account. Every pinch harmonic and pick slide makes me roll my eyes. If I could never hear “Welcome to the Jungle” and *especially* “Paradise City” ever again, I’d be a happy man. 2/5
Meh, I had enough of this when I grew up with it. There’s talent and a few objectively decent songs here. Yet most hair band-like rock and/or metal has always been stale to my taste. Even as a long time guitar player and musician, I’ve never been much of a fan of the soulless 80’s to present guitar-gasms of the likes of Slash, Van Halen, Etc. The pitches are so often too shrill for too long and the tones are lifeless. Just never been my cup of tea I guess.
3.8 - over played, but that’s not their fault. Actually enjoyed it a lot more in album form
Actually much better than I thought it would be.
I actually quite like this album... always have. Axl Rose's voice is annoying for sure, and its all way over the top, but its over the top in an impressive way. The singles are really well crafted pop songs with a stadium rock veneer. Think About You's chorus almost sounds like a new wave song. Fave Tracks: Welcome to the Jungle, Nighttrain, Paradise City, Think About You, Sweet Child O Mine. 3.7/5
Samey and not for me, but not entirely insufferable
Not for me. Sorry.
Some classic songs, meh on some of the others. Definitely representative of a period of time.
Temperamentvolles Heavy Metall Album mit den Mega Songs “Paradise City” und “Sweet Child O Mine”. Leider sind die anderen Songs recht gleichartig und lassen so zu wenig Facettten aufblitzen für einen fünften Stern. Trotzdem zur Wiederholung geeignet.
JUNGLE BABY
Als gen-z’er, ondenkbaar voor mij hoe een band met zo’n debuut kan komen. Wat maakt het uit dat de hits overplayed zijn? Paradise city is echt een geweldig nummer, en zo staan er nog een paar op. Welcome to the jungle als jochie doodgespeeld op guitar hero man wat mis ik zulke spellen. Het is geen innovatief invloedrijk album, wel heerlijk om naar te luisteren.
Amazing. One of my all time favourite albums.
Sweet Child O Mine is so overplayed that we played it in my high school marching band in the early 90s.
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
1 of 1001!, début 2024-02-24
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.
the hits are hits and that is all
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.