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Probably the greatest debut album ever made One of my all time greats Best I’ve heard from this list yet as well
Honestly really lame except for welcome to the jungle. But otherwise really secular and not my jam
The big songs still hold up, although all of them are longer than they really should be (Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine). The deep cuts weren't revelatory at all, and by the end of this I was ready for it to end. A bit too much wailing, a bit too much riffing, a bit too much of everything. It feels excessive and verges on headache-inducing by the end of its bloated runtime.
Something to move rock away from hair metal. The hits rock. The misses miss, but not by much.
Repetitive, very generic. Guitar riffs are forgettable. The best thing I can say about Guns N' Roses is how good they are at tricking people into thinking screeching counts as singing.
There's not a better hard rock album. GnR distilled everything good from 70s/80s rock and channelled it through a world-historical dose of cocaine and ego to put out a record that nobody can top - all written and recorded in like a month or something. So many all-time great riffs, licks, solos, and hooks - incredible songwriting. Slash comes in like a squal - blasting constant leads and squealing pinch harmonics all over the place (even while the verse is going on). His playing is blistering but also that much more melodic and memorable than the 80s shredders and the sound is so huge. The rhythm section is rock solid - Duff Mckagan's punk background means the energy never drops. Axl's range is all over the place, starting with a gruff growl and ending up with a glass-shattering scream. He has a really playful articulation, stretching out words or rampaging through them with almost a rapper's cadence - pure rock charisma. This, not grunge, killed hair metal - why bother with anything else once you've heard this?
The sun isn’t greater than the parts. Good talent and styles mix together and the results feel mixed. Best when they create space for some varied landscape in the songs but at times it feels over produced and lacking emotion beyond the wavering wail of Axl a few great songs and many that are lesser reflections of the good ones. Proof… love Buzz by Nirvana came on after the last song and I thought it was from appetite and thought oh wait a second this sounds interesting….
Outside of the singles this album is a snoozer.
Not for me.
Ok, some classics
Excellent debut!
I liked how his voice went up and down. Really good album, loved the guitar.
Someone please tell me that the world will never again have to experience the true awfulness that is an 80's hair band.
better than i realized it was
Classic album that still holds up
A few heavy hitters in an otherwise mid album. An impressive debut.
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Man. I wanted to hate on this one but I just can't. The songs are so well composed. They're long without being tedious and showy but within good taste (for the genre). This album is the culmination of all the heavy metal and arena rock that lead up it. Every track is solid and the only bad thing to say about the singles is that they're overplayed. I hate how much this became the peak commercialization of rock music but hot damn if it didn't deserve it. Take my 5. It deserves it even if I don't want to give it.
🤘🤘🤘🤘
Favorite songs: Sweet Child O Mine Slash riffs so hard in this song. I don't really think other songs on the album come close. Paradise City maybe. Overall the album is pretty ok.
Still good after all these years
All time debut rock album. Great guitar throughout. Maybe a little derivative of other stuff though
LFGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I haven't heard this full album start to finish in quite some time and it's a great reminder of why Guns N Roses were GOAT for so long. Welcome to the Jungle remains able to get you out of your seat like nothing else, and Sweet Child O' Mine remains a true classic, alongside Paradise City. I'd forgotten about Night Train, another great rock song. While a lot of the other tracks feel almost like 'filler', a filler for Guns N Roses still maintains an epicness that other bands lack. That said, repeated listening also reveals a simpleness to the lyrics (which may be a contributing factor to its success).
Cool rock songs
Honestly entirely composed of bangers
Oof, I know there's a lot of hits on this album, but as a cohesive album, it didn't really capture my attention and seemed pretty phoned in
I really want to hate this more than I do. Sometimes you just have to acknowledge that a few standout tracks (you know the ones) and a great set of pipes on Axl is enough to sort of carry an album in an awful genre. Really hated the artificial vocal effects like on 'Rocket Queen' (yuck, by the way).
I honestly think that Guns N’ Roses never made a single truly great albums. They are a greatest hits band (mainly). But what a greatest hit album that is. The fact that this album includes “Welcome To the Jungle”, “Paradise City” and “Sweet Child O’Mine” is beyond insane. Honorable mention to “Think About You”. I’m just a sucker for that chorus. The rest of tracks range from plain boring to outright annoying. But Rose’s pipes and those few absolute masterpieces are just difficult to really hate.
I thought this was a really strong album, so many classics. I hesitate to give it 5 stars but it's so close in my eyes. Some songs are a bit grating but this album rocks overall.
The cover art is a popular t-shirt design, so of course the average rating is over 3.5. Guns N' Roses were like a movement. This album was like the culmination of hair metal. It was an album my brother always played super loud on cassette and made my parents mad. To me these songs are just memories. They have little to offer me after being so ingrained into my brain. Mr. Brownstone is probably the best one that hasn't been overplayed on radio, in movies and during sporting events.
it's alright, would have liked this better in my teens
Didn't enjoy this much. Although I enjoy some heavy rock, this is a bit too heavy for me and I'm not a fan of Axel's voice.
Un 4, pero porque tiene Sweet Child Of Mine.
Three HUGE hits in one album: Paradise City, Welcome To The Jungle, Sweet Child O' Mine. Good stuff overall
I can't say I was excited to listen to this album, thanks to the ubiquitous nature of classic rock. You can't escape it. Commercials love it. TV loves it. Movies love it. It becomes the background music for a new vacuum cleaner or Tide Pod. Listening to the album reminded me of where it started. Snake boot wearing, long haired, drugged out party animals giving a skull-ringed middle finger to the very lifestyle that their music now is inextricably associated with. Appreciation for this album had been planted. I'm glad I listened to this today.
Woo, they sure are rocking aren't they. Good for them.
yuck
Welcome to the jungle baby! This really brings me back! A staple of my youth that I haven't listened to in ages, this should be fun! Still a fun listen didn't exactly age that well but still worth a listen
a bit boring but I like sweet child o mine.
Pretty mid. Welcome to the jungle, sweet child o' mine and nightrain ate. The moans rocket queen ✨🙏
Cool
Some classic songs but I just can't enjoy his voice.
Classic, metal, 80’s genre defining
Not a big GnR fan
Good music but not my preference.
Good album. The hits are huge, and the non-hits are good too. I've listened to the full album a few times before, so this was an easy listen.
Something has always rubbed me the wrong way about Guns & Roses. Maybe because the lead, Axl Rose, was always in trouble at their height when I was a kid. However, I remember how popular the first track, Welcome to the Jungle, was. I’ll admit. It’s catchy. Hard rock just isn’t my thing. However, this music isn’t bad. Mr. Brownstone is decent. As are Paradise City and Sweet Child O’ Mine. Honestly, the entire album is good. I can see why Guns & Roses is one of the best hard rock bands ever. The musicality is definitely there. Not my favorite genre, but I get it.
Absolute class
So good. Gets better with age.
Some of the greatest hits from a generation that played it to death
Found songs that I’ve never heard before. The one I like most is Thinking About You. It’s got punk elements and then there is acoustic k we the top which is kind of amazing… love it!
Brilliant
I already know this one. Just legendary. The OGs. Incredible Solos. Amazing production. My teenage years were blessed by this album. Paradise city solo is probably what caused a bit part of my passion for guitar. Mr Brownstone is just so catchy Sweet child o' mine of course is just a classic
A quintessential 80's rock album! It is everything that embodies 80s rock - it is loud; it is fast; it is rude; it'll get your heart pumping and your head banging all day long.
girlboss
Axl is a good vocalist (yes I really think this), his register switching and performance is so great and memorable. The guitars solo and drums are incredible. Paradise City is the best song ever. But some songs here on b-side are so void of anything fun, the album gets wack. Anything Goes and Rocket Queen especially suck
Személyes kötődés is van, de remek, alap rock-lemez. 4,7
really good. like REALLY good. idk if I’m skewing my results bc this is the very first day that I’m doing this but i am a huge fan. awesome aesthetic.
This record is undeniable and also I don’t know if I ever really need to hear it again.
I'm a self-confessed Gunners fan. I just can't help myself.
It was great when it came out. Then it got overplayed a million times.
I like how Axl's voice is not always the same.... he's so fun with his voice. Overall, I Love watching these guys live.... LOVE!!! But I'd never sit back and listen to the album... but they are some of the best musicians that ever were... so... 4
Classics that make me want to put a gun to my head if I have to hear them again
ALREADY LISTENED TO IT. ALL TIME FAVORIT
WAT WILLEN WIJ? Blijkbaar meer Rock albums... Guns n Roses, een van de favoriete bands van mn tante. Zo op het eerste gezicht ken ik hier in elk geval 3 nummers van en is dit hun meest bekende album. Benieuwd of de andere nummers een beetje in de buurt komen van de bekendste! De tering dit album rockt echt als een gek. Ik vind de zang altijd wel geinig van hun ofzo? Het is echt ontzettend jaren 80, in de hoek van AC/DC en misschien ook wel Aerosmith. Van die bands vind ik persoonlijk Guns 'n Roses het beste te pruimen, misschien gedeeld met AC/DC. Pfoeee die gitaarsolo bij Paradise City, genieten man. Waaaaaarom zit er een kreunende vrouw bij Rocket Queen. Waaroooooooom. Verdere best wel vermakelijk album! Ik zou dit dus 3,5 ster geven, maar ze krijgen dan net een beetje mazzel en 4 sterren bij dezen. FAVO: Welcome to the jungle, Nightrain, Paradise City, Sweet Child 'o Mine
Scheurende gitaren, die onmiskenbare stem van Axl Rose, het werkt allemaal goed samen. De dynamiek op het album vind ik wat beperkt, er is voornamelijk vol gas te horen. Een paar iconische nummers zijn hier te vinden, waarvan ik de opener van het album ook direct het meeste impact vind hebben. De rest van de hits is voor mij misschien wel een beetje overplayed. Het voelt af en toe wel een beetje als een homogene massa, meer van hetzelfde. Eigenlijk is het precies wat ik van een Guns N'Roses album verwacht had. En voor vandaag is dat genoeg Favorieten: Welcome to the Jungle, Think About You
Solides Album mit vielen Klassikern, Top: Welcome To The Jungle It's So Easy Paradise City Sweet Child O' Mine Flop: My Michelle
Guitar hero / rock band iconic
This was fun! Listened to it flying home, didn't realize the lead had a similar voice to Damiano
6/10 Ça crie, ça crie un peu trop pour moi 😉
Not my favorite genre of rock but pretty close
Nah, couldn't finish this. Just dreadful.
The big singles (welcome to the jungle, paradise city, sweet child of mine) are laser guided great rock songs The rest isn’t too shabby either
its a classic
Album 5/1001 Best song: Mr. Brownstone
Appetite for Destruction is the debut album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Initially receiving little attention, it wasn't until a year after release, touring, and radio airplay that this album received the commercial success it deserved. This album topped the US Billboard 200 and US Top Hard Rock Albums charts almost a year after release, and it has since been certified 18x platinum in the US (among certifications in many other countries). It became the best-selling debut album of all time, and the seventh best-selling in the US (which makes it one of the best-selling albums globally). This hard rock album stirred up the current rock scene at the time by incorporating similar genres of music such as metal, punk rock, glam metal, and old school blues rock. Guns N' Roses have not produced an album this commercially successful since this debut album, which makes this breakout album all the more unique. Appetite For Destruction is a wild, fun time. It's a classic in the hard rock genre with a few staple songs that everyone should know. It was a blessing to finally listen to this amazing album all in one go. Don't miss out on this album and give it a listen!
It’s an ok classic rock album
7.5
I think this album is particularly standout and occupied a huge and enduring space in the rock scene
The singles on here are good. V sonically coherent
This was the year my family arrived in the US. It took another few years before I was interested in music in general, and specifically in hard rock. I was more into GnR around the time they released the Illusions. Agreed with others that it’s more like 4-5 great songs among filler. They do have a very consistent sound throughout the album. And I don’t know if Mr Brownstone is considered one of the greats but I love that song.
Three or four songs that deserve 4 or 5 star rating. On an otherwise 2 star album.
This was fun, from the first dick punch of 'Welcome to the Jungle' opening the album, to the songs I didn't know but really liked (It's so Easy, Mr Brownstone), to the familiar songs I still know the words to (you know the ones.) A few clunkers but mostly a fun listen.
A tough one. A landmark of 80s metal to be sure. The glam genre taken to its furthest extreme. It is full of excess both in hedonism, layered big arena music and grime and hate. It’s that hate - hate of women and other that drags it down. A double edged legacy.
It's So Easy, Mr Brownstone and Paradise City remind me of a delightfully misspent youth. Incredible debut album, 5 / 5 stars.
Yeah, it's alright. I was never super into GNR growing up, but everyone around me seemed to be so I know most of these songs by heart. Listening to this again this week did nothing to endear them to me more. Can't really diss the guitar playing too much, it's about as good as this big rock style of playing gets, though it has a super dated tone, but man did I find the drums boring. So, I have nothing against it necessarily, but since I would never choose to listen to this again, it's getting a 2 from me.
Honestly, pretty meh on this album. I'm sure it made a big impact, but it's not a fun listen for me in 2023. Maybe I'd like it more if I hadn't heard the singles a million times. I dunno. 2.5/5
Never totally understood the hype for this album, it doesn’t sound that different from most other hair metal albums from the time, just with one of the most obnoxious singers ever. There are moments where I get the hype of this as the best of hard rock, like “My Michelle” and chunks of “Rocket Queen”, but I’d rather listen to the Aerosmith albums they ripped off. C+
Such a great album. So much classic songs. Slash is rocking his Les Paul, Axel is in top form. 4 stars
Probably the first true rock album I listened to! Awesome 🤘🤘
The 3 main songs are still good - the rest are only okay.
I think I've heard half of the songs on here 5,000 times and the other half once. 4/5
lots of familiar sounds,sick guitar
too much bite. sweet child pnice tho
Another that's probably a good 75/100 but can't warrant giving it 4*.
Yeah, so many good jams on this one.
Hard to take this seriously. He sounds so goofy and the music keeps doing unexpected things. Who’s singing kn track 2? Is that still Axl? “It’s so Easy” pretty terrible. Night Train is better. Bread and butter kinda song. Darkness vibes. Slash is a talented guitarist! Mr. Brownstone pretty fun. Paradise City is great. Much better than Jungle. The verses and bridges in these songs are like I’ve never heard them before. I guess they get used selectively in movies/tv. My Michelle has a great riff but it’s goofy as soon as he starts singing. Is this camp? Straight guys dig this? Think About You is straight up a Spinal Tap song. Sweet Child absolutely undeniable but what is up with these guys’ bridges. You’re Crazy is hilarious. I like when it slows down at the end. You’re fucking crazy. What an edge lord. Playing the squeaky toy in anything goes. Basically free jazz metal. Ok. I came around on Anything Goes. Fun song. Alright, last one. An interesting modern Christian groove to start. This one is very silly but they think it’s serious. Nevermind, morning and groaning. The upbeat coda is supremely silly but it’s my favorite musical moment on the album. Coulda played this at church camp. Overall, this is a surprising album but it’s just too dumb.
I was surprised how many songs I knew on this album. BUT I Guns an’ Roses just isn’t for me.
4+/5
Beaucoup de bruit, pas mon style
Heard before: yes I try to be as unbiased as I can when I start listening to these records. But I could not wait for this to be over. Sure, it’s a really skillfully made record. I just hate this band, and they make me feel like a worse human when I listen to them. So I guess, mission accomplished, eh boys? Top tracks: Sweet Child O’ Mine, Paradise City, Mr Brownstone
dakika 1 gol 1 guzel album 👍
i like some hair metal, but this is annoying 2
Bit too heavy for me.
Good first half, bad back half
Pretty good, although many songs sounded the same
Früher gehasst, heute gerne gehört. Mehr 80‘ Rock als Metal
Classic album. I’m just over it.
Lots of hits
Fine, it’s so easy stinks. Thought it’d be overrated going into it and still agree. 4/10.
Okay
listened to again the album isn't incredible overall, but there's so many memorable hits tho
lovely
I wasn’t expecting much from this, and I was pleasantly surprised. In reality it’s just ok, but it has fun energy, and memorable tracks. More of a guilty pleasure. Cool!
Its one of the best
Probably the perfect record.
Un 4, pero porque tiene Sweet Child Of Mine.
if I hear "paradise city" one more time... but in all seriousness, I think the overplayedness of three of the tracks really took me out of it because I'd heard them all the time, especially growing up with my dad in charge of the AUX. other than that, "my Michelle" is a bop, and slash is a musical genius.
heard a million times. great album
Loved this as a kid. Straightforward hard rock with a ton of hits. Nothing groundbreaking, but great at what it does.
Ok... This is just the best album of all times according to me, so for the rest i will have absulutly not objectivities what so ever. #1 in the Billboard, 30+ millions sales, countless awards, a nearly perfect critical sucess, best and more sucessfull debut album of all times ect ect. THE most dangerous album ever made, it have so much to offer. This album was made in 1987 bythe best band of all times: Axl Rose, the unpredictable, insanly charismatic, energetic singer who could sing like no one and probably the best frontman (with Freddy Mercury). Slash, the badass, the man in the hat with long black hair, shades, a guitar genius, and the most iconic guitarist of the 80's. Izzy Stradlin the mysterius rythm guitar player, more reserved but yet so important in songwrting, he is behind a lot of their best songs. The Pirate style-punk guy: Duff "the king of beers" Mckagan, from Seattle he brings the touch of Punk rock that everybody need and he's just so cool and magnificent. Finanly the drummer Steven Adler wich i think is inseparable fo the sucess and perfection of this reccord, with his drums style, but he is just so cool, fun, good vibe and nonchalent, he's perfect too. All Togheter bring a unity and a colaboration of the best elements of the sunset strip at the time to create a monster of decadence and Rock N'Roll. Without talking about the music, this album have a very unique story and origin that make him even better when you know the context behind those songs. Before this album was made, Guns N'Roses was a struggling band, living in a house label "the hell house" bevause of all the decadence, drugs and depravation in it. They were starving, living gigs to gigs, but that create a chemestry so powerfull that explain why this album is so good and feel so real. They release it and nearly a year after its release the sell were bad, like 200 000, and Mtv won't play them, but their label convice Mtv to play the video of Welcome to the jungle at 4 am, and soon after it was the most require video of Mtv and they blow the fuck up music history with Sweet Child O'mine a couple week later alowing it to became so succesfull to this day. The cover is just iconic, the title fit so well the content of the album, and the cross was inspired by a tatoo of Axl who was himself inspired by Thin Lizzy. It was supposed to be a painting named Apetite For Destruction, but it was judged too violent and explicit so they changed it. It was a good move, this cross is so beautifull and well done. Track by track this album is good, like no song are there for nothing, they all mean something, have a story to share and bring more to Apetite. On the vinyl: Side G (Guns) song about violence, drugs, sex and their dangerous lifestyle with brutal riff and lyrics. Welcome to the jungle: When we think of GN'R we have to think of this song, this song just represent them at perfection. Musically is just pure hard rock with a soft bridge, brutal intro, solos, and the bass part, the drums, musically its perfect. The lyrics about the life in a big city like L.A, the drugs, the sex all other vices of a city who just feel like a jungle. This song is also one of their most famous and the diffusion of the video on MTV launch their carrer in 1988. Its so Easy: This is a badass song, about rock n roll lifestyle, and more specifically the sex and all the girls arounf them at a time they were more and more famous, but not yet rich, but they still manage to get all womens around them and have sex with groupies all the times. It was written by Duff, with a cool bass intro that start nearly all their gigs since 1987 and to this day. Some say its mysoginistic, but i think is just what they were living with brutal honnesty. Nightrain: An ode to alcool consumtion and cheap wine that get you drunk in a second. The music is so good and perfecly fit the subject, aparently one of Slash's favorite song to play live. Out ta Get me: A brutal song about Axl's judicial struggle when he was a teenager in Indiana. The riff is one of the more hard/ heavy of the album and show how talented and diverse they are. Mr. Brownstone`: A song about the habbits of the band, comming late to gigs, and their heroin (Browstone is a slang for heroin) addiction with lyrics about drug tolerance. This song is globaly on of the best, honnest and brutal drug song, just direct and no B.S. Musicaly this song is also one of the best with the magnificent intro, riff and solo. Paradise City: Another of their most famous song with an intro recognisable in a thousand, with extremely good guitars part. The verse are about the life in the street of L.A and the chorus is about life in the Midwest and show how they can have a major commercial hit, but will talking about their reckless lifestyle and their unique background (Axl and Izzy are from Indiana) Side R (Roses) While still talking about sex drugs and rock n roll but with a more romantic and semtimental side, like a rose. My Michelle: Its the life of a friend of the band Michelle Young, who have a very dark life, with drugs and death but tell with honnesty and truth that made their reputation. Think about you: "a quick song about Love, Sex, Drugs and Hollywood" -Izzy. A very underated song on the reccord, kind of a sentimental and softer version of Welcome to the Jungle. Sweet Child O'Mine: probably the reason why this album was so sucessfull, this song just show how this band could be sentimental with beautifull love lyrics but not in a cheesy way. The iconic intro, the perfeclty excuted solo, lyrics and the voice (inspired by Lynyrd Skynyrd) made this song still they most acclamed and know to this day. You're Crazy: Originally you're fucking crazy, a weird song probably about a crazy girl who was involved with the band, but still this song show theur reckless style of telling their stories. Anything Goes: Clearly about sex and sexuall submission, still a very badass way to exprim it as they so good to do it. Apparantly one of their oldest song from the Hollywood Rose era Rocket Queen: Rocket Queen: This song is incredible, seprate in two part with a briudge between them. The intro is so fucking cool, the riff is brutal, the bass is leading the song and the lyrics about Barbi Von Grief a girl who was helping the band to survive in their clubs days, it talk about her wish to have a band who was suposed to be call Rocket Queen. The bridge is the little thing that made this song, this reccord and this band the greatest of all times, in that bridge will the guitar solo rage on, we could ear the real sexual moanings of Adriana Smith, the girlfriend of Steven, she was mad after him and Axl propose to reccord while they have sex. The rest of the song in a poem about love and hope with a magic guitare solo at the end. 12 song that make this reccord the most dangerous album of all time, all those song were written by the best, in a very particular moment in times that make them so damn accurate. I think overall this album merge the best influences in rock history and combine them to create the perfect rock n roll reccord: The hard rock music of AC/DC, Kiss, Led Zeppelin or Aerosmith, the commercial sucess of glam metal band of the times like Van Halen, Mötely Crüe or Bon Jovi. But they come from the street of L.A, and they still keep the undergound vibe, the dark subject and dangerous lifestyle of undergound band like Hanoï Rocks, the Stooges and the New York Dolls. With Duff music and their rebel attitude they have a lot of punk influences like the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, The Damned or Johnny Thunders. Their sentimental and glam (rock) style is also inspired by Queen, David Bowie, T.Rex and others. I think they perflecy combine all thoses legendray bands, but still with thei unique indentify and style that they don't copy but create something ot thei own. They not enough space or enough world for me to descrivbe how much this reccord mean to me, i try the best in can to find anything bad to say about this album but i can't. GN'R is polarising, but no one can denied that this album change the game and blow up the rock scene at the time, this album gave us timeless classic and a way of Rocking that no one ever did before. Why this album is so much better than the other heavy metal album or band at the times (Skid Row, Poison, Mötley Crüe, Ratt and other) is because of all of this but more simple, they were just b etter, more honnest, more real, more bad boys, more good looking (with less makeup and flamboyent clothings), more charismatic and better musicians overall. That why i will give it 5/5, if it was one a hundred it would 100/100, 1000/1000 ect. I really hope that some of you will discover and fucking enjoy this reccord and forever remeber it.
Yup I have this one, classic album ofc. Always liked no 2 and 12 apart from the obvious hits.
Took a bit to get back into. Songs are sometimes a little too straightforward but mainly great, and this is a pretty flawless, timeless rock album.
Especially during the Use Your Illusion period I liked this band a lot more than I do today. I can still appreciate the musicianship and energy, but it is not really my thing and Axl Rose's voice can get quite annoying after a while.
In the 80s I played this over and over. Now I still love several songs but don't enjoy the album as a whole enough for full marks.
Fav Songs: Welcome To The Jungle, It’s So Easy, Paradise City, Rocket Queen Least Fav Songs: Out Ta Get Me, Think About You
i think im too young to fully connect with this. but Paradise City..... i also depise everyone who loves this band. you know who you are.
Very pop rocky and songs had a clear formula that got extended for wayy too long, obviously has insane classics, maybe 3-4 songs are actually enjoyable
i am *really* not a hair metal girlie but there was a lot to like in here. except for the outro i can’t stand sweet child of mine. overplayed. welcome to the jungle will always be my nostalgia baby though.
If I had a boner in the 80s, I might have been into this. Never liked Guns N Roses. Still don't! 2/5.
Ok but not good. I can’t really stand this combo of alt rock and hair metal. Thank god Nirvana came onto the scene and blew this shit away.
63/100
I’ve been meaning to check out Appetite for Destruction and I can’t really say I was disappointed. A grand, fun rock record with some brilliant riffs and addictive tunes. On the most part I’m also a fan of Axl Rose’s vocal performances minus some tracks. Don’t get me wrong I don’t think this is exactly a revolutionary rock record like some people do and the last few tracks are pretty plain (wtf are them sex noises on Rocket Queen?!?!?) , but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t really enjoy listening to this record. RATING: 7.7/10
Pre-listening notes: Ok I got eager and looked at my new album at midnight and boy oh boy I let myself down hard. This album fucking OPENS with welcome to the jungle, one of my least fav songs of all time. However, I will give it the benefit of having Sweet child o mine, which is a really great song. I do not think I will enjoy this album tho. Guns N’ Roses is not for me lol. I have now made the vow to only look at my new album in the morning because I don't want to wake up dreading what I have to listen to lol. Post/during listening thoughts: I skipped Welcome to the jungle bc I just... cannot. That song will knock this album down a point alone. It's So Easy and Nightrain are like... good but yeah very Guns n' roses. I think that's how I'll feel about most of this album. Like is it objectively good? Yeah! Is it for me? No! Also let me say I HATE this album cover. Sorry, it's ugly. Mr Brownstone was pretty good, nice melody line. Ohhhh yup I know Paradise City lmao. It has a really nice start to it. I hate My Michelle. Jesus. Sweet Child O' Mine is a classic BUT only bc I think of Stepbrothers. Listen it may sound like I'm actively trying to dislike this album and that's not true. I'm trying so hard to LIKE it. I just cannot stand Axl Rose's voice. Tf is the moaning in Rocket Queen?! Yeah it's exactly what I expected. Gotta listen to some music I enjoy more to cleanse my palette. 3/10. Top Tracks: Mr Brownstone, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine
Better than I thought it would be. Unlikely to listen again but a few hits on the album so it nudges to a 3
Yeah, now we're talking! Obviously this was going to be here. It's hair metal at its finest - It's heavy, it's energetic, it's oh so much fun. Being British I'm lucky to not have been utterly bombarded by these songs at every hour on every radio station, so nothing here sounds too overplayed for me. I'll really show my age here and make people feel old. One of the first exposures I had to this album was in the form of Paradise City being the theme song to Burnout Paradise on the PlayStation 3. I got it for my 10th birthday alongside a DualShock 3. Good times. I think that probably set me on the path to really being into this album. I'll give Criterion credit for that, it's amazing driving music - Luckily I'm a better driver IRL than in the game where crashing into things and causing damage was a core game mechanic. But I digress. This is just an amazing album. Some of the lesser-played songs from this may not be so memorable to me, but they never miss. It's a total hair metal rush for the full 54 minutes. Favourite: You're Crazy
The definitive 1980s hard rock album. Still brimming with swagger, full of great songwriting, memorable riffs and awesome solos. It all fits together amazingly well.
This album has Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child of Mine, but it's a sound I can't fully get behind.
I have never been the world's biggest Guns N' Roses fan, but I grew up listening to this album. This is just real, hard rock and roll by a band that favored debauchery. There isn't a bad song on this album, though one minor complaint would be there isn't a huge change in tempo or a slowed down song. Now, of itself, that's not a huge issue because every album doesn't have to have balladry on it to be essential. Knowing how the band could write and play an incredible slower song, it is just a bit of a shame.
30th August 2023 Listened during the day - took Dusty to be registered, first bath and had tomari g. Some stone cold classics elevate an otherwise pedestrian album. But what classics, the song crafting is great.
Rocks. As one of the most iconic rock albums, it still holds up after over 30 years.
Alfa Slash guitar. My Michelle is the best song. “Take me down to the Paradise City Where the girl are fat and they got big titties”
alfa it's so EZ giving this a 4
The hits are great, some of the others felt like filler songs.
It’s weird how the good songs are so good and the rest are solid crap.
lovely lovely lovely
They became famous despite having Axl Rose as their singer. This album was one of the first I bought as a kid, so I played it a lot. Over the years it's moved to the bottom of the stack and I hadn't played it for years until now. I didn't remember all the songs. That means not all of them are great. About half of the record is awesome, the other half is just OK. Favorite song: Welcome to the Jungle.
Some solid classics in there. All-around good album.
very very nostalgic, such a good album, even tho it doesn’t fit my style
Banger. So many good tracks. As music should be made, by young, angsty artists.
It's like Moyley Crue, but with good songs. 6/10
Ik word boos van Axl Rose. Verschrikkelijke manier van zingen heeft die man. Dat maakt Guns & Roses lastig om naar te luisteren. Al met al viel het me uiteindelijk dan toch mee. Echt genieten kon ik er niet van, maar ik zie nu wel in waarom andere mensen het wel gaaf vinden. Voor mij slechts 3 sterren.
Appropriate for end-of-week entry. Many fantastic tracks, but everything else is very meh! Nice dash of 80s glam rock to set me off for the weekend.
Absolute massive rock album, GNR are still dineing out on this debut, it’s that good they still can.
Too happy.
Decent
Thought about half were forgettable and half were all time classics. Great debut album. Rating: 4.3
guitar hero music. I feel like I lived through the era where this album reclaimed its final large part of cultural significance. Its impact on middle school boys and boomer dads alike is unheard of. jammed with classics but a couple forgettable tracks, none bad though.
Zero stars. Axl Rose's voice is awful.
Highlights: "Welcome to the Jungle," "Sweet Child of Mine," "Mr. Brownstone" Axl Rose's falsetto is beyond parody. That has to be put aside before judging this. "Welcome to the Jungle" is a very well-constructed song, with all the makings of a hit. Can't say the same of the other hits on here. Van Halen and ACDC had been around for a decade; Metallica and Celtic Frost had been around for five years. It's just impossible to justify this pic unless this list were "1001 Singles You Have Probably Already Heard Before You Die". Slash's talent is holding this together, but the album is always some combination of samey, repugnant, and laughable.
Obviously a classic but some of the lyrics have NOT aged well. Despite that, the gritty guitar riffs hit hard and will hype you up as long as you don't pay attention too much to the lyrics.
4.5 pretty epic!
It's not something I will listen to again, with the best tracks overplayed on radio, but there is worse hair-rock
I spent a large portion of my teens loving GnR. Can't deny that it's been played out to a large extent, but i'm not removing stars over that.
Some cool instrumentals, interesting to hear such a funk/alt metal influence overall. But man Axl Rose is annoying. 2.5/5
Meh, only this many stars because of the song trinity
This is not my favorite style of music or band, but it does take me back to being about 8 years old and jamming out with my cousin to this on cassette tape.
A great album.Almost the entire album is bangers.It slopes off towards the end but that doesn’t matter. It has welcome to the jungle,sweet child o mine,paradise city,nightrain and its so easy.which are all amazing songs.The guitar work is amazing and Axl roses vocals are great.Super catchy songs with great energy.Some of the best rock music ever made.
hmm…okay…this album would probably get 4 stars if it was like…3 songs shorter. cut It’s So Easy, Out Ta Get Me, and Think About You. pretty great as far as 80’s guitar music goes. tons if iconic Slash riffage. a little dated but there’s some monster classics here nonetheless. lot of corny ass lyrics, thanks Axl (everyone needs love, you know that it’s true) haha. ya pretty cool i guess.
One of, if not THE, greatest debut albums ever.
Even though this album has some of the biggest hits in rock history (Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O’ Mine), I found much of the rest of the album annoying and overly aggressive. Now, I understand that being bothered by the aggression of a GNR album is a dumb thing to say, but I found all of the non-famous tracks, like My Michelle and Out Ta Get Me, just really not great. An album I would not come back to even though I plan to hear the singles in arenas and on movie screens for the rest of my life. Can’t get away from those!
This was the first album I bought on CD and I know it front to back, though I haven’t listened to it all the way through for the best part of 30 years. What’s changed? I don’t remember noticing Izzy Stradlin’s fantastically louche rhythm guitar when I was a teenager. The misogyny was apparent to me even then, but I’m annoyed by it a lot more now. Some of the lyrics are smarter than I would’ve given credit for. This is a strong set of songs, if you can put up with the hackneyed LA sleazebag posturing: going through the track listing, the only song I couldn’t remember from the title was “Anything Goes”, and playing that again I thought it a fun, minor rocker. By my count, there are 7-8 songs I’d put in their top tier, and the rest aren’t far behind the others. Cartoonish fun, I have left this behind, but I cannot fault it for what it is.
timeless, does anyone not like this?
This has to be one of the most overrated albums of all time. The fact that this has sold 30 million puts into context the 74 million Americans who voted for Trump. Clearly a large chunk of the country is filled with mindless trolls that want to drink Bud Light, listen to Paradise City and objectify women. Sweet Child of Mine is probably the only decent song despite its ubiquity. Everything else sounds like a rip off of better bands that came before.
Wasn't expecting to like it as much as i'm doing rn!
Filled with culturally significant tracks. Movie trailers would not be the same without this album, but it's just not my taste.
Insulting that there’s options besides 5 stars. No skips.
5.0
Despite some hits, not really my taste
Really solid acdc esque
I find him to have one of most insufferable voices in popular rock n roll, maybe only better than Brian Johnson. I would like to please never hear their overplayed hits ever again.
I thought would love it: honestly slightly underwhelmed by an album with so many (3) hits. I just thought that all the other songs would hold more meaning and creativity to them. I get many would call this a banging debut from the holy grail of rock bands but I was left with a feeling of slight confusion on where the hype was.
GNR are an overrated band but it’s difficult to deny the significance of this record, a debut no less. Lots of bangers that still hold up to this day.
good old LA sleazy street rock
Slash is good, Axl can't sing tho
Hey look it's every classic rock station from when I was a kid (it's fine).
overrated 3/5
One of the biggest rock bands of the 80’s-90’s. I am familiar with the biggest hits of this album but I never listened to the whole thing. Overall the non-famous songs were good to ok. Axl Rose is a cunt.
They play real well good. Arenarocknroll.
GnR still Rick. There's a reason this album was such a big hit. There are 3 perfect songs and every other one is a 8 or 9 out of 10.
10/10
Yeah, this is a full 5. Great rock from start to finish with great groves, rifts, bass lines, and singing. Plus, it was a album that change the music scene at the time. Favs: Rocket Queen, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise city, Sweet Child O' mine, It's so Easy, Mr Brownstone.
1. 5 2. 2.5 3. 3 4. 4 5. 3.5 6. 5 7. 2.5 8. 3 9. 5 10. 2.5 11. 3 12. 4 =3.6 Objektivno je ovaj album čista 5ica, sve pjesme su generalno jebene. Neke ocjene su slabije čisto iz razloga što nisu baš moj đir, ali jako sam uživao u albumu. 4.5/5
Hard rock/heavy metal lektira 1. 5 2. 5 3. 4 4. 3 5. 3 6. 5 7. 3 8. 4 9. 6 10. 3 11. 4 12. 5 4, 17
Yllättynyt ei mainstream biisien laadusta... hyvää työtä tytöt...
#62 all time artist on my last.fm This is a debut album. A DEBUT. And arguably their best.
Þetta er þrælskemmtilegur nostalgíu-bunki.
wow, did guns n' roses go hard on their first full length album or what? they opened with "welcome to the jungle," which is a banger of an opener and is still so great after all these years. this album does contain three of their biggest hits, and in these kinds of situations with previous albums, the other songs typically are lackluster. that didn't happen here--gnr went all the way, even on sentimental tracks like "think about you." i say sentimental, but you know what i mean. even songs that aren't hits, like "mr. brownstone," are absolute bangers. appetite for destruction (an amazing album title if i ever heard it) was a fun album, plain and simple. it didn't invite deep discussion like bob dylan or leonard cohen's music does, but it's enjoyable, as music should be. 3.5
Damn, what an outstanding debut album. It's hard to believe that a band could churn out such absolute timeless jams as "Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child O' Mine", and "Paradise City" all on their first album, but Guns n' Roses did it. The other songs on the album, though not as big of hits, are also consistently excellent. GNR is just one of those bands that had a winning formula from the beginning. This isn't a particularly "deep" album; it's just fun music!
I'm not the biggest Guns N' Roses fan, but the amazing thing about this record is how they burst forth fully formed right from the start. Some bands start out tentative and take off over time. Some bands have a great first record and evolve. GNR is definitively already an iconic band on track 1, side 1 of their first album. It's pretty remarkable.
love it. quintessential rock, made me look into their history more, and not sure what to think of axl rose (axl rose husband, is the only thing I am thinking), great tunes, and insane debut album. but sweet child is just so overplayed. every cool kid plays that shit over and over again. still great song tho so...
A bit of a reaction to the bland, "good vibes" hard rock of the era. This is a mix of gritty and dark lyrics with music to match. Axl's vocal range is the stuff of legends. Sounds a bit too much like Aerosmith, too often for my tastes, and the lyrics haven't dated well (unless you still enjoy heavy doses of misogyny). Still, it's a groundbreaking record and the band probably would have been even bigger than they were if it weren't for another music scene ready to redefine the genre on the short horizon.
I love this album. I hate this album. Appetite for Destruction came into my life at a crucial point. I was probably 11 years old and just starting to discover my own masculinity. Being an overtly masculine group Guns n' Roses had an immediate appeal to me along with Motley Crue and Def Leppard. This was a drastic shift from my early pop obsessions like Boy George, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Paula Abdul, and Michael Jackson reflecting my newfound identity. For a whole summer loud, macho bands were all I wanted to hear. It was only another year or so before the hair metal era ended and my tastes changed again. Nirvana, The B-52s, Pearl Jam, and The Violent Femmes challenged notions of portrayals of masculinity in popular music. This was a deeper thing and I moved on from GnR's overt butchness. I cringed at how cool I thought Def Leppard looked and strutted. But isn't that what adolescence is? Cringing at the person you were only six months ago? Revisiting this album now I am able to reconcile all of this art that I liked. Appetite For Destruction is over the top with masculinity but it also has everything that makes a great record: well-crafted songs, brilliant performances, listenable production. I hate this album. I love this album.
Culturally, one of the most important albums of a generation.
classic
Pretty all right.
Bangers is bangers but everything else a bit samey
Painfully samey
fucking state of this cunt's voice man
Takes me back to the summer of 1987, a year before this album was played everywhere. Me and my friends got it on import with the original album art (that got banned I think?) and for one year we got to play it to death before it was a hit in the UK. It's a great debut album, even though some tracks are covered too much by other bands and get too much radio play. That doesn't seem like a valid reason to knock off a star though, so it's the full 5-stars from me, even though it's not a genre (hair-metal) I normally appreciate, it's just such a great album!
I could quite possibly sing most of the lyrics on this or at the very least list the next track on most of this
All-timer!
I will never understand how an entire generation of girls fell in love with this man's irritating voice.
Another all timer. This is 10 stars. What a smash.
Multiple times during this project, I've found myself going "man, it's really good that I haven't really bothered to listen to mainstream music much in the past ten or so years," because man, I can understand being SICK of these songs. When I still lived with my dad, he'd put country radio on, and god damn, I quickly decided that modern country wasn't my thing, I tell you what ... Anyway, where were we? Oh right, overplayed drivel. Appetite for Destruction is the first time during this venture in which I've wondered if that would even matter. Oh, I understand why Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child o' Mine are well beloved, but understanding and finding enjoyment myself are two different beasts. What is now ambivalence would surely be groan inducing pains and hair pulling if I was more in the loop in regards to radio play. I did not mention Paradise City yet, because I ... actually like it? I don't know what the science is behind this, so I'll just roll with it, I guess. The rest is similarly a hit or a miss. Rocket Queen was a fun ending, and Nightrain was a blast, but this album altogether just feels pretty average. Pretty alright.
This album is pretty darn good. Had some nice recognizable hits on it. Was fun to listen to. Here are my individual song reviews... Welcome to the Jungle (8/10): Such a banger. The Axl Rose moans are classic. It's So Easy (6/10): Sounds like a Guns N Roses song, but didn't have anything special to set it apart. Pretty solid but only slightly above average. Nightrain (7.5/10): I liked the feel of this song. It was pretty upbeat and felt like more of a feel-good song. Out Ta Get Me (5.5/10): Decent feel, didn't really stick with me in any way. Mr. Brownstone (5.5/10): I believe this song is about some sort of drugs, so I can't really say I relate. Had a nice sound to it though. Paradise City (9/10): TAKE ME HOMEE absolutely love this song. My Michelle (6.5/10): I got into this one a little bit, I didn't really expect to. Pretty decent. Think About You (7.5/10): I never heard this one before, I really thought it was kinda good actually. Sweet Child O' Mine (8.5/10): OK yeah this one is a little overplayed but still a beautiful song. The riff on this one is a classic. You're Crazy (8/10): This one had me up and dancing! Did not expect this so be such a banger. Anything Goes (7/10): I liked it! Not out of this world or anything but it was a good song. Rocket Queen (7/10): Great song!
Just wonderful
When I was 16 I was OBSESSED with Guns n' Roses. But the strongest fall the hardest, and my obsession turned into a severe hatred. Even now, almost 10 years later I can't listen to GNR without cringing. And the fuckers are everywhere still. So there is no way I can be objective about this track. 3.5, because I can't deny how great their debut album is, but if I have to listen to Sweet child o'mine or Paradise city one more time, I'll blow my brains out.
Incredible album that defined hard rock/metal for a generation. Its hard to look at anything past and see that it still shines despite knowing what we do now about the artists and the environment, but this album does indeed continue to shine. 5/5
I cannot stress enough what a breath of fresh air this album was in '87-88. Music, especially hard rock and metal, was awash in spandex, party tunes and power ballads, bereft of real feeling. At the edges, you had the cracklings of change that would happen a few years off, but from the vantage point of what you heard on the radio, there was little there that wasn't more of the same old. This was an album that came out of left field, spreading like wildfire by word of mouth and passed hand to hand on cassette. Thanks by the way to Amy Meyer for passing this album to me. Windows down, full volume, we had a blast. So, this little masterpiece. What made it special? GNR actually made blues rock and metal sound vital again. They share as much DNA with Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones as they do with AC/DC and Van Halen, with a dash of glam and even punk. It's raw-edged and mean, assertive, scuzzy, riffy wonderfulness. There's also a strong sense of melody and songcraft just under the grime that makes these songs catchy and memorable as hell. All you need to hear is a few opening notes to "Sweet Child O' Mine," and that song will live in your brain for days. And you want it there, it's so damn good. Before the band imploded under their own weight, GNR had the world in their hands for a time, and it was good. Very much of its time, but the album has aged well, as all classics do. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child o' Mine, Paradise City, Mr. Brownstone, Rocket Queen, You're Crazy, Nightrain, It's So Easy, Out ta Get Me, Think About You, Anything Goes, My Michelle
contains certified classics
Yess!! Great album! This has to be the best debut album of all time, with their greatest hits on them too. Love it!
rock royalty
Haven't listened to this whole album in ages but it's a classic. Bangers all the way through. On Out Ta Get Me right now, and it hasn't slowed down once yet. A little bit AC/DC-ish in the bit of sameness from song to song, but man do GnR know how to execute. And a good reminder of why I always loved Slash as a guitar player. Yep, excellent album. Classic, loud, in your face rock music. Awesome guitar work, and tons of attitude. Glad to have a reason to revisit this one.
This is a 5/5 just for "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child of Mine". But this is truly all killer no filler. The album is chock full of testosterone fueled jams that rock my face off. "You're Crazy" is one of my favorite deep cuts.
Brilliant
Listened to it many times. It's a classic but not what I'm into anymore. That bad boy excess lifestyle rock is old news but not in a retro way.
I do not like 80s rock
Lil nicko would’ve gone sicko mode for it
Not my taste but I can see the appeal
I am not hair metal fan. I think they sound like a lot of other genre music that comes out of the 80s. The music reminds me of what my uncles would be listening to on a Saturday Night looking for something to do -- with mullets and mustaches and stale cigarettes, fake photo IDs, leaning on the bar, air guitar. Breakin' a bottle to start an unnecessary fight near the billiard tables. I can't relate. Probably revolutionary for the 80s, but did not age well? It just sounds like the quintessential sound of that period -- or maybe because I grew up around it as a kid, I just don't understand the appeal. Only songs I like is Welcome to the Jungle & Sweet Child O' Mine. Period. Because of childhood nostalgia and Rock Band.
This would be a 5 star album if it only consisted of welcome to the jungle, paradise city, and sweet child o mine. As it is, this is a 2 star album
Ehh? A few great songs but nothing all that special lyrically, or musically.
For a first album to have so many hits that still play 40 years later is impressive.
This is crazy. I hate to love it, but I do. This is all the best bits of the 80s metal scene in one album. But I know the lyrics are wrong. I know Axl has been a giant jackass. But it is a great bit of music. F*&^
Boa, übles Axel Rose Gejaule und Dicke Eier Gitarrenparts aufs Übelste. Tausendmal besser von Aerosmith, AC/DC usw. gehört. Bekommt nur 2 Punkte wegen Welcome to the Jungle/Sweet Child O´ Mine.
Interesting to listen to this straight after Aerosmith…and I think I prefer Aerosmith. I am betraying my demographic here, but I’ve never liked Guns and Roses. It might be that I really have never liked Axl Rose’s vocals, despite enjoying the music. I think this album just overstays it welcome for me….I mean ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ is great and ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ is terrific and earns it’s place in the Gen X Book of Standards, but why not just finish there? Three tracks of filler to finish off, couldn’t wait for it to finish. One star for ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and one star for ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’.
At the time I was in two minds. Yes it’s great. Sweet child. Paradise city. Welcome to the jungle. Mr brownstone. It rocks. It rocks hard. But was this the direction rock was going? Back to the future? Didn’t the stones already do this? Yet taken out of the context of its release time, it rocks. sure, Axl is … well, axl, and is slash a one trick pony, or one of the best guitarists of his generation? I’m still not sure. Izzy Stradlin is the glue and a better guitarist than Slash. Which is either not hard or an Incredible achievement. Duff rumbles effectively. Rumour has it it’s all machines except the voice and guitar. Maybe. Certainly Steven Adler was sacked for poor timekeeping, but we can point to many many drummers who record ok In all a great album. It’s not as great as Queen II or Aqualung, but it’s up there. Fight me.
Ahh the Gunners.... how can they be ignored? My 1st actual album listen. starts off sounding solid ... lets go trackj bvy track this time... 1. Jungle. I know this one. 2. "It's so easy" is an angry rape anthem. Nope. 3 &4 . "Night train" & "out to get me" are a copy of ACDC with a Kiss chorus. 5. Mr Brownstone opens like a Stone's track ,but then he starts to sing and it's over. Skip. 6. Paradise City. That's more like it. This is their sound. All energy. And great whaling. Easy catchy chorus. Good one. 7. My Michelle. Dumb/flat. 8. More filler.... flat/Skip. 9. Sweet child of mine. Ah! Iconic 80s big rock music ....instantly recognised. Signature track. The opening guitar, love it. How can lyrics that say so little imply so much? The defining song of the album. And the joy is prolonged by an actually *good guitar solo*. Top stuff I have mostly though of this band as "ok" etnertaining, Halloween fun with garish Costumes included. heavy rock people sing along to after a few drinks... Now that I have actually listened to a whole album, my opinion of them is lowered, they're ok ... but "Sweet Child of Mine" is very good as an 80s anthem that captures soemthing of the big carefree celebratory zeitgeit of big rock acts of the day. (But the debased portrayal of rapey sex and misogyny of some of the lyrics on other sings can't be ignored.) trivia: But they sold 100 millions albums (matching Fats Domino, how funny) , made the most expensive album in history (14 million) and the most successful tour by a US Band (dwarfed by U2 and Rolling Stones and even Ed Sheeran and Elton John). They sure left a mark. An icon. But...
Funny this comes straight after Aerosmith, cut of the same cloth, ploughing the same ground, two peas in a pod, bookends, maybe I'm trying to say that in a way they are the same thing. I loathe Sweet Child O Mine with a passion, hated it at the time and would not go back for a listen if Dimery paid me. Still, I got to hear "loaded like a freight train, flyin like an aeroplane, speeding like a space brain, eye,eye eye eyeeeeyeyeyeyeyyeyyeyyeyyeyeyeyey".. What's not to like?
I have never listened to a Guns’n’Roses album before. Pity. This was a real surprise. I don’t know quite what I expected, but above all, this is just really good rock’n’roll. I have a couple of their singles, including Sweet Child O’ Mine, which I always liked. And like anyone who was alive at the time, I was familiar with Paradise City, which I also liked. But there’s so much here that I really enjoy - the opening 2 tracks set a fierce pace &, really, it just rocks all the way. Slash is terrific. The music never gets boring. Who knew? Not me.
Man, I really want to hate this album... but it is a catchy hard rock romp. I mean, it's objectively terrible, but far and away best in class, and sort of fun. Marc Burrows in Drowned in Sound writes (in 2018): "There are several moments during Guns N’ Roses recent Download Festival appearance where the phrase ’The Most Dangerous Band In The World‘ pops into your head. Not because it’s apt, but because it’s hard to square that much-touted tagline with what you’re seeing – a three-hour plus set overblown with classic rock covers, fronted by a rock n’ roll Liberace, rings dripping from his fingers, fringed jackets swapped every three songs. But every once in a while, just for a few seconds, the polished surface cracks and you get a glimpse of the exhilarating scum underneath. A reminder of the band this once was. Every time that happens, without fail, it’s during a song from Appetite For Destruction. When GN’R crawled out of Hollywood in the mid Eighties they were fucking feral. Penniless gutter rats, three of them strung out on smack, all of them boozehounds, all of them messed up in some way. In LA’s thriving glam scene, amid the pretty-boys of Poison, Mötley Crüe, Ratt and Great White, GN’R were from another, scuzzier planet. … From the very beginning GN’R were a rare real-deal in rock n’ roll. A perfect storm of punk, metal and sleaze-rock with an unexpected sideline in epic ballads… Appetite for Destruction, their three-decade-old debut was the perfect representation of that band. You can taste the scum. " This reminds me of Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous (a clear influence). They have an amazing rock'n'roll outlaw swagger (that they backed up with some real life bad behaviour), but does anyone REALLY believe they are all that dangerous? And I never really bought the 'punk influences'; I mean, they covered a bunch of punk songs over their career, but their sound is consistently hard rock/lite metal. The rhythm section has a lot more swing than most bands of the genre, which I appreciate. Big choruses, catchy riffs, high energy and bit more authentic rock attitude than most of their contemporaries, this is an album I secretly enjoy. They later self-inflated into a bloated pomp-rock behemoth, which was occasionally amusing, but usually best ignored. But here, they are lean and mean, and (somewhat) dangerous to know.
Difficult to give this album a rating. One part of me wants to give it a 2 and complain about how I've heard these damn songs on the radio for 30 years. How Axle can't sing, and it's garbage music. But then I hear Sweet Child O' Mine and something tells me to give this album a 5. How they managed to fit all these bangers on their debut album is really incredible. So I transport myself back to 6th grade, and think how I felt hearing Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City. They captured lightning in a bottle on this album.
I know there are people who worship this album. And I can see that. Sitting down to listen to the entire album, I attempted a mental exercise to embody someone who loves it. I overdosed on meth before the album finished. I wish I could go the rest of my life and never hear any of these songs again.
I had this tape as a 7th grader, it was great then. Since then Axel's vocals just didn't do it for me but you cant deny this albums greatness.
well made but also super cringey I love how they just randomly drop “fuck” once in like half the songs to sound all cool and hard
Maybe i'm a little bias because I grew up with a lot of these songs, but this album was a great listen from front to back, even if it did sound a bit similar at times, it kept me engaged and felt shorter than its runtime, which usually is a good thing, and it definitely was in this case. The classic hits still hit just as hard as they always did, such as Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine, timeless cuts like those never lose flavor. And even deep cuts such as It's So Easy, Nightrain, and Rocket Queen stuck with me after the full listen of this album. Overall, a very pleasing listen and definitely a staple album in the genre (despite me not being familiar with the genre itself, this surely has to have some mark or staple on it, surely.)
Not much more to be said than it’s a shame they didn’t write more music
5! Never started a review with the score. It’s so easy! This is easily one of my top 3 albums all time. Hands down, no debate, the greatest rock album of all time. Will never be beat. One of the first albums I rated every song, every song is an absolute banger. This album is so special to me to how it has been in my life through movies, video games, and general listening. I love this album with such a passion. It’s a true ultimate masterpiece. There are a handful of albums so far where it’s an automatic 5. This is one of the easiest ones. TBz 1. It’s So Easy 2. Welcome To The Jungle 3. Paradise City 4. My Michelle 5. Sweet Child O’ Mine 6. Night rain 7. Rocket Queen 8. Think About You 9. Mr. Brownstone 10. Out Ta Get Me 11. You’re Crazy 12. Anything Goes
There is so much that is tiring and uninspiring about the rock from this era, yet I found this just a bit more nuanced and powerful than similar albums from this time. Don't get me wrong every song had something that grated me, but every song also had a chunk I quite enjoyed, and overall I think it worked as an album. I think this would have been pretty awesome when released, this style of rock has just aged so poorly. Fav track: It's so easy
Pretty annoying album, but leaps and bounds more interesting and exciting than Van Halen, I generally found at least something to enjoy in each track. It all just blends into one for me. The standout tracks I think are only standout because I've heard them so many times. Lyrics are similarly inane to the other classic rock weve had and way too gross to get into. A few foot-tappers, and I can see why it crossed over. Two and a half. Fave track: Welcome to the Jungle
There’s such a legacy behind this album - commendable as a debut, and for a record to have so many hit singles packed in there only happens once in a blue moon. Can’t completely agree with this one though. The songwriting does seem corny and despite some skilful playing, that guitar sound I find kind of annoying. Maybe this is another version of all the hits being overplayed that I couldn’t fully be captured by them on this listen. Welcome to the Jungle is kind of a banger, even just for ‘shanananananananana’. Two and a half overall.
born to listen to kid rock, forced to listen to GNR
I was really expecting this one to be the hits and a bunch of crap but it was actually a really good and energetic listen
Just pure bangers
Pound for pound, this is my favorite album of all time. There's nothing else to say. This will always be a 5/5 to me. I must have listened to this album 1,000 times, to the point that I've committed every note, every riff, and every beat to memory.
listening to Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction, and i get the sense that there is greatness baked into the essence of each song (take for example the anthemic “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, which brims with kind of triumphant thumping that would easily soundtrack any moment of jubilation; or the raucous of “Welcome to the Jungle”, and opening song that so clearly affirms the album’s mission statement, directing the flow of emotions long before the record even settles into itself), and yet, when taken together, it just feels… burdensome? of course it’s the kind of burden that positively overwhelms: these are expertly crafted songs, and Axl Rose manages a contagious ferocity. every song is so insanely familiar, and now — almost 40 years later — it is such a glaring disadvantage. there is so much life to be heard here: the individual songs are overflowing with it. but then you make one journey through the album, and suddenly the songs begin to cancel each other out, each song snuffing the life out of the one before it; and so it goes that six songs in, the monotony in style, tempo, and theme becomes overbearing. but tear them apart, however, and the richness begins to shine through.
I came close to my perfectly acceptable ALL METAL IS SHIT approach, DO NOT LISTEN. But GNR always had a little more. I'm not sure what this is. All the usual metal tropes are there: screaming vocals, no soul, everyday sexism. It's only the singles that stand out for me. The rest is just noise. And pretty dumb stupid noise at that. No ta.
Reminds me of university. I can hear how professional it is, still not sure how much I like this version of rock.
First one star rating. "Welcome to the Jungle" is okay, but not even that's a redeeming quality to save it from a low score. The rest of the album just sounds really generic, and many of the tracks are so overplayed on the radio that I just get sick of them.
Some really big hits on here like Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine. Outside of those it is pretty mid.
Full of classics. The high points are bangers, the mid points, are, well, mid. Kind of surprised they were actually able to catch lightning in a bottle 3 times on a single album. Never listened to any of their other albums (specifically that double album, of which the name is eluding me), so it's hard to do a relative comparison. Honestly a 4 just on the strength and reach of its hits, with some nice surprises tucked in between. Standouts: Welcome To The Jungle, Nightrain, Paradise City, Think About You, Sweet Child O' Mine
Fun trip down memory lane. I'm sure one of my friends had this on cassette back in the day. Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine are still great. I do also like Mr. Brownstone.
I didn't much care for GnR at the time - too much cock rock, not enough metal - but I can definitely appreciate this album these days. Plus, the big singles make great karaoke tunes! Fave track - "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O Mine" both have lots of fond memories of whole rooms fulla people screaming along!
Great representation of rock in the late 80's. Raw and disciplined at the same time.
Yes, it's classic, but the best song is the one their surprisingly die-hard fans hate the most (with possible exception of "Patience"). What does that tell us? One thinks they should also be held to account for making so many people hate rock music and charge many fans and critics with being rockist.
I was never a fan of this band. Except some singles I couldn't care that much for them. Now I listened to my first Guns N' Roses album and I was positively surprised. There is some direct approach that is quite refreshing. It works all very well together, especially the guitars in contrast to Axl Rose's voice. Am I going to listen to more albums? Probably not. But it was a nice detour nonethless.
Uno de los discos mas iconicos de la hsitoria del rock. Una actitud desgarradors que te invita a tener un real apetito por la destruccion. Los solos, las lineas de bajo justas, las inyecciones de energia en la bateria, los riffs, las letras, LA VOZ, la actitud/mood del proyecto nos dan una de las mierdas mas desgarradoramente buenas de la epoca. Ademas saben coquetear con las baladas y se usa muy bien el sonido latoso de la guitarra, uno de mis discos favoritos 9/10
Most of the songs sounded the same and seemed to apply the same "bass-snare-bass-snare" rock drive. The guitar was impressive and professionally played but I found the style repetitive at times and that had me longing for more of an aesthetic change. The drums were basic but solid and the bass was played simply to match the drum beat. The stand out tracks are great. They are the obvious ones: "Welcome to the Jungle", " Paradise City", and "Sweet Child O' Mine".
Very soldier like, feels like it was written around war
Ugh. This album came out when I was college. I probably enjoyed some of these songs in college, until a roommate decided to play this album 2-3 times a day, just about every day and now the sound of the lead singer makes me sick. I don't even want to type any more about these guys. Will not listen ever again. Hopefully, this is the first and last of these guys. -1
So tired of about half of this album. The other half is okay. 2.5
2 Groan. Here we go. Probably the cock rock-iest of all the cock rock bands. If there’s any one frontman I would punch in the face… it’d probably be Gary Glitter. BUT, if we’re talking those without heinous sex crimes, it would be Axl Rose. The dude is a pompous diva, and everything he says and does makes me want to punch him in the face. As Kurt Cobain said himself, “The guy is a fucking sexist and a racist and a homophobe, and you can't be on his side and be on our side. I’m sorry that I have to divide this up like this, but it's something you can't ignore. And besides, [GNR] can't write good music." Honestly, where’s the lie? If you disagree with the claims of bigotry, look at One in a Million (Google the lyrics, don’t give this fool a Spotify play). Alternatively, look at any comment he’s made towards a woman. As far as bad music goes… well, Axl certainly is no Bob Dylan. Out Ta Get Me quite literally ends with the line “So you can suck me, Take that one to heart”. That being said, I realize that’s not what this album is about - it’s about sex, drugs, and rock n roll, and I can’t argue that the album succeeds in that regard. I mean, there’s a reason it’s considered a rock classic, especially with three of the songs here being staples of any rock radio station. The production is incredibly clean, the songs are both catchy and commercially palatable, and I’ll even admit I had Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O Mine on my first MP3 player… yet I don’t find myself listening to them (or anything else by the band) anymore. Maybe I’ve heard the songs too many times, but really I think I’ve just grown kind of jaded. The further into music I’ve explored, the more I feel like the band is the most superficial side of the art form, like they only learned their instruments to get girls. There’s no real substance here, and honestly, it’s really same-y, like every song that isn’t one of the big three is trying to sound like them. Also, I really don’t feel like there’s anything landmark about this album - just about every other hair metal band you can think of was doing this before GNR, and honestly are probably all better. I really couldn’t tell you what makes people put this band on a pedestal in comparison, but I guess there’s something about them that just really speaks to the kind of crowd that’s likely now drinking Miller Lite out of protest for Bud Light becoming “too woke”. I debated a 1, but I can’t confidently say this is a bad album. I can however say that it and the band itself are both largely over-inflated in musical history.
every guns and roses album ever made. s catchy but also why.
Überragendes Album, schon ewig nicht mehr gehört. Bis auf die von der 107,7 verkrüppelte Songs. Die Hurensöhne, das Solo ist Pflicht. Allein schon weil fast nur Klassiker drauf sind muss man gut bewerten, aber es gefällt mir alles nach wie vor.
welcoe to the jungle
Sweet Child of Mine slaps, but on first listen I found everything else to be sooooo annoying. I made a playlist of the songs I found least annoying: It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, and You're Crazy. I'll be spending all day trying to appreciate them. End of day update: Mr. Brownstone is good, the other two I can stand
everything sounds the same
A modern rock classic. 5 stars.
It holds up! Though I was born 14 years after the album was released this is one of the albums that is quintessential to my musical journey. In middle school I attached myself to this album and yes admittedly more the three all time classics than anything else on it. It is the album that first got my into slightly heavier and louder music, which is a far cry from my typical daily listen these days. But it was also the album and more specifically the song "Sweet Child O' Mine" that made me want to learn to play guitar. Though I never have learned that damn solo I still play and am constantly thankful that this album got me started in playing music. Of course "Welcome To The Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are by far the best songs on the album, but "Nightrain" and "Mr. Brownstone" are also amazing songs. Realistically I do think this album falls more in the range of a 4 for me, but it's importance to my musical journey makes it hard for me to not bump it up to a 5.
Appetite for destruction was one of the albums at the start of exploring my own taste in music and defininely is at the basis of my preference in music nowadays. GNR created my love for guitar fronted rock and Slash created my love for the high sustained and full bodied sound of the Les Paul. Very nostalgic and this must be the first album that drove my parents crazy. Just awesome!
Love this album, it has a ton of attitude (it's more than their cover of the song attitude imho) and the guitars and vocals are all on point. I think some of my favourite slash guitar work is on use your illusion but the playing is simply stellar, hard to find a debut album I like as much as I like this
Has some classics and some really nice parts, I do get a bit tired of the voice after a few songs but overall still ok
Fun but not mind blowing
One of the greatest albums of all time. There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. 10/10
I'm not a fan of Axl's voice or lyrics. The riffs are skilled, sure, but also sound just okayish to me. So, I think, for what it is, and if not trying to be influenced by how popular it was, it's a strong 2.5 for me. I'd even call it a bit uninspired on its deep cuts.
Malgré que je ne suis pas fan de GNR, je m'attendais à être un peu plus impressioné par les deep cuts de cet album. Mais c'est un style de hard rock que je trouve lassant à la longue. C'est pas mauvais, mais c'est très safe pour un album qui essaye d'être "hard". 6/10
Nothing insane. Just a really solid rock album. Some absolute classics on it like Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City but the track between those highs were generally uninspiring. Not bad but nothing revolutionary and some of them sounded a little cookie cutter. Still solid enough to be an 8/10 but there isn't much to say about thins album besides that.
axl, slash, izzy, duff, and steven, known collectively as “guns n’ roses” would take the world by storm in the late 1980’s with their debut album: appetite for destruction. here is my review: “welcome to the jungle”- what can be said about this song that hasn’t already been said? this was the world’s introduction to gnr, and they weren’t ready for it. solid lead song for the album. “it’s so easy”- another great song with a driving beat. great bass line and signature axl attitude. “nightrain”- catchy song about getting loaded and not worrying about the consequences. “out ta get me”- a song about being mad at the world and wanting to fight. signature axl braggadocio. “mr. brownstone”- has there ever been a catchier hard rock song about heroin addiction? i think not. “paradise city”- catchy and fun. “my michelle”- sad song about a woman with a tragic past addicted to drugs with seemingly no future. however, the chorus is catchy as hell. “think about you”- i hate this song. most of the other songs on this album is about how much of a badass axl is and then they throw in this sweet sappy song about “loving that will last forever”. it sucks. and speaking of songs that don’t really fit in on this album… “sweet child o’ mine”- i’m sorry, but it needs to be said. this song is terrible. every time it comes on the radio, i can’t switch it off fast enough. another sappy song, but this one was a radio hit (for some reason) with a cheesy riff. “you’re crazy”- back to axl with attitude, complete with a few uses of “fuckin’ “ as an adjective. “anything goes”- catchy song about axl being horny and having wild sex with his girl. good times. “rocket queen”- legend has it that the woman heard moaning about halfway through the song is actually steven adler’s girlfriend who axl got on tape while he was having sex with her. wild stuff. it’s no wonder this is one of the greatest selling debut albums of all time. at the time of its release, there was nothing like it in mainstream culture. it definitely wasn’t hair metal (at the height of the hair metal movement), it was more bluesy hard rock with a punk attitude played by guys that you probably didn’t want to meet in a dark alley.
I didn't get a chance to listen to this yesterday, but I've listened to it many times. Even My Michelle which is my least favorite on the record is honestly a great song. Mr. Brownstone was my fav on the album for a long time. All time great album. Can't recommend enough.
It’s been a bit since I listened to this from start to finish. One of my favorite albums ever and one of the first I really got into. My first 5⭐️.
Had this on vinyl, read the lyrics over and over. Great record.
Own on Vinyl
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4.5 stars. Some amazing songs
Pretty good. It’s got their 3 best songs on it. The rest is decent too. 8.5/10.
The singles are good, but the rest is a bit much. Unless you like that sort of thing.
Classic. Loved it back then, still love it now.
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Significant album, just not my thing.