Appetite For Destruction

makes sense that theyre called guns n roses considering how much they BLOW!!!! thanks i'll be here all night

Great

Music is ok but I can’t stand Axl’s voice.

Algunas canciones me gustan bastante, pese a no ser mi estilo. Les penaliza ser hombres y cantar en inglés que me tiene un poco harta.

No es mi estilo, hay laguna canción que me gusta bastante pero les penaliza ser hombres y el inglés, que me tienen cansada.

Doesn't move me. However, a group I know did Sweet Child as a barbershop arrangement, which was hilarious.

Save for the hits, "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", "Sweet Child O' Mine", this album is kinda garbage.

So many hits but I can't stand them

Bei dieser Band (und dieser Platte) muss ich mich mal gegen die Schwarmintelligenz stellen. Wie das manchmal so ist: für mich auf den ersten Blick und Ton eine extrem unsympathische Band. Bon Jovi für Drogenabhängige. Natürlich für "Classic Rock" Sender unverzichtbar. Und leider hilft in diesem Fall auch keine Altersmilde bei mir. Wenn ich Guns.N.Roses oder Phil Collins im Radio höre hilft nur: umschalten :-D

Encore du rock quoi, boring 2/5

can't stand guns n roses. the album is so boring

Wow really getting the dogshit hard rock stuff back to back. This is a little better than Bon Jovi, but not by a lot to be honest. Terrible singer, he might be the worst ever, he's just ripping of Robert Plant, and not the good bits. I somewhat respect slash, although I don't care for this guitar style. They also probably were horrible people (from some of these lyrics). Yeah just totally rubbish. Favouirte songs: welcome to the jungle (I love the opening riff but its ruined by shit vocals and total shift to the verses. Overall around 3/10

The 2 Stars are for Welcome To The Jungle and Paradise City. I don't like Axl Rose's voice at all, and Sweet Child Of Mine bugs me. The rest of the tracks I felt nothing for.

Pas mon style

I don't like the genre, and AC/DC did it better anyway, but this album is so much better than the previous 5 albums on this list that I’m giving it a 2.

No.

3 great songs (the ones we know). But damn, the rest? Never care to listen through again - sex noises on a rock album are just embarrassing 🙈.

Three hit songs and many boring others.

Hate to say this but this is another case where one or two great songs don't make a great album. Sweet Child O' Mine is a brilliant track, love it, but other than that I could leave the rest... This gets a lot of praise as an amazing debut but it's more that it's got a good set of singles IMO.

Start your motorcycles gents and prepare your worn once leather jackets for a trip to your summer home. That’s right folks, we’re getting some boomer rock hooked right to our veins. Although this came out in 87??? Jesus some of the death metal I like is older than this. Damn. Maybe it is I who is the “old head.” The “unc” as the terminally online white kids have taken to saying. Whatever. This is an impactful album, but I can’t anticipate I’ll be all that happy about it. Welcome to the Jungle - Was this song ever an alarm for me?? Oh god I used to wake up to classic rock radio when I was a child (no I wasn’t popular, thanks for asking.) is there a rhythm section here? It sounds hollow. This song has always been the best Guns N’ Roses song, but it still contains insufferable vocals replete with obnoxious faux moaning and runs that nobody asked for. I will say, the whole “You’re gonna die” breakdown is pretty sick. A flawed song that I would never choose, but overall, a classic in its way. It’s So Easy - This sounds like the overly sexual rock that Nickelback tried to force in the early 2000’s and now “kink-positive” predators perform on instagram. The type of music that shows up in my irony laden reels. Nightrain - Isn’t this “Night Rain?” He keeps talking about rail transport but there is only one T. His snakeskin suitcase reminds me of that terrible undertaker promo where he says The Big Show went into the desert with a motorcycle and no gas and came back carrying the motorcycle and he also killed a snake and fashioned a new set of boots out of said snake. It was pretty funny. Out Ta Get Me - Alright, the riff here is pretty good. I don’t even think we’ve made any references to a “little mama.” Mr. Brownstone - I don my stocking cap and wearily carry my candle towards my chambers. Another day atop this lonely cape in this infernal lighthouse. The warmth of my bed envelopes me and is my vessel. A cure for the most insidious insomnia. Or was that this song? Whichever. Paradise City - Synths??? YOU SOLD OUT YOU SOLD OUT. This song was cool as hell when I was 11. By 12, I was a little embarrassed that I had enjoyed it. But here we are. Pushing 30 and sitting here listening to this. My Michelle - Oh no. I’m not looking forward to this. Hard riffs until the chorus which sounds like a song written for the end credits of a Christmas themed pornography. Think About You - UGHHHHHHHH. Nope. This ain’t good. Sweet Child O’ Mine - Oh goodness gracious child. ‘Tis another fine morn on the Emerald Isle. We here in the O’ Mine clan reject this song in its totality. You’re Crazy - Stop gaslighting me. See, I know what that means!! I’m not THAT old! Anything Goes - Nope. Oh Jesus this is disgusting. Why do people want to listen to this? I mean, if a see why it wasn’t a radio hit being introduced by Casey Kasem on the radio, but my lord this is embarrassing. You need to add (as long as my prescription comes in) for the target audience of this garbage. Rocket Queen - Really gross x2 I like to make fun of stuff, but it gets a little bit mean at some point. I feel like I’m punching down. If I imagine the worst peaked in the 80’s, grown up high school bully who thinks of women as accessories to his jet ski rock and roll fantasies, yeah this album makes me want to commit homicide. BUT, there is a cool riff here and there on this thing and I know decent people who like this kind of shit. Glam rock has definitely sounded WAY worse. Still. I don’t care for this. No amount of leather could make me feel otherwise. 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Welcome to the Jungle, Out Ta Get Me

1 connue **

I wasn’t listening to that type of music back then and and I’m still not

I understand these guys are important to a lot of people and few of these songs are obviously classics but man those guitar tones sound awful IMO.

Didn't love it. Was familiar with the hits but nothing else jumped out at me. Guitar riffs started to feel repetitive. Paradise City Def the standout track.

Never could get into Guns N’ Roses. With that said, you won’t find many more explosive debut albums with hits that even non rock fans are familiar with. From the moment the guitar comes in on “Welcome to the Jungle”, you know you’re in for a ride. I recognize the impact this album had for many listeners, but it just doesn’t do it for me.

Liked Sweet Child O’ Mine. Was not a fan otherwise. Listened with Mom—some of her rebellious music.

Jao lol, možda da imam 11 godina bi bila dobra ocjena, ovako 2/5,3/10

Loud old guys

Its a pretty good album, but i just really dislike guns n roses

Hard not to like sweet child o mine but the rest is too much screaming for me.

It’s hard to not make these songs not sound dated, probably because there are so memories associated with them. Starting with “welcome to the jungle” and memories of the Boulder County Fair and neon lights. Was the album overrated? Yes. Give me anyone of these albums released in 1987, over this album: Cult “Electric” Kiss”crazy nights” White snake “white snake”, Def leopard “hysteria” Joe Satriani “surfing with the alien”; sonic youth “sister” Pixies “hello pilgrim” *** not really in the same field but u2 “Joshua tree” was released this year. The songs that highlight this album are: "It's So Easy"/"Mr. Brownstone" Released: June 8, 1987 "Welcome to the Jungle" Released: September 21, 1987[1] "Sweet Child o' Mine" Released: June 3, 1988 "Paradise City" Released: January 1989 "Nightrain" Released: July 1989 12 songs total Starred: 5 Rating: 2.08 (5/12=2.08333)

This shit sucks major ass

Ahh 80s music! I routinely have a GnR phase that basically goes like: listen to It’s So Easy, You Could Be Mine, maybe Don’t Cry and November Rain, marvel at the singles from Appetite and remember being young enough to not entirely get their whole deal, but get enough of it to kinda know I’m not a GnR fan. Mostly because of how ubiquitous they were for about 4 years there. If it wasn’t the songs on the radio/mtv, it was Axl doing something cOntROvErSial (writing songs in character but in a way that seemed more a permission structure to have the n word in a song or spread some misogynist drivel), kicking people from the stage, blah blah blah. By the time they did their co-headlining tour with Metallica it was easy to root for those guys even if I’d soon move on from their music and Hetfield's sudden “actually the US military is cool” thing. Appetite itself, the singles are undeniable and if we were judging albums entirely by their singles, well, this is a 5/5...but there is quite a lot of filler here that exposes how thin the GnR repertoire was (and would only increase via the exhausting detail of UYI I/II).

Just bland nothing-rock of the sort dreaded coming across on this list. Heard all the singles before, the album tracks do nothing extra, just the sound of divorce.

Nah

Sighed out loud, stuck it on, enjoyed the singles more than I expected and the rest was fairly wank. Surprised myself by actually enjoying some of it, but it shan't be spun again today.

Nightrain is ‘n jam!

Like it's cool but just not my thing. IDK. Always big respect for Sweet Child o' Mine - that's always a really great song. 1.5/5 stars.

I used to listen to gnr in the early 90s, during their Use Your Illusions ubiquity. I told myself I liked it, but as soon as britpop came along, I knew it was really not my kind of music. Still isn't. Listening to this album I can't help but conclude Guns n Roses were a singles band: it has a ton of filler. If I had to pick a song I liked, it'd be Mr. Brownstone, with its borderline funky rhythm, but even that is ruined by that jock guitar sound. It's just not for me, you guys. Sorry.

Nostalgia and personal significance drag this one up from a 1 star for me. I understand the album's importance and its influence on a bunch of things that I like but I just can't.

I’m not a fan of the band or the album, I can’t listen to Axl Rose sing..

I fully understand why this album is included on the list, it’s a solid hard rock record with great playing all around, but damn, the singles are overplayed to death, the songwriting is shallow and basic, and I can’t stand Axl Rose’s singing. This is another one that I loved as an early teen, that just doesn’t do it for me anymore.

Some of the earliest rock I ever listened to on an old hand me down stereo. Had a copied tape of this album dunno where it came from. Kinda liked it back then but over time don't really enjoy it much anymore. Just not really my style of rock.

On the one hand, it’s dad rock. On the other hand, it’s iconic. It’s not something I’d typically reach for but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Some people mourn the loss of hair metal after the grunge explosion in the mid 90s. I do not.

Smells like spit and hairspray.

The album starts off with a bang. I think that might actually be one of the only songs I really know by them which is sad to admit (besides Sweet Child O’ Mine). Otherwise, I don’t love it. Feels like I’m sitting in my local dive bar surrounded by a bunch of boomers smoking menthols and wearing clothes they most certainly should’ve left in the 70s/80s. That’s just me being a brat though.

A lot of energy, but that’s about it

Dumb fun, but often not that fun. The Kia Sol speakers weren’t equipped for chunky electric guitars and plodding drums—it all turned into a shoegazey cacophony. Credit to Rose and Slash for their spunky imitations of Plant and Page.

The popular songs on this record are great. The rest of this album is decent at best. Favourite Track(s): Sweet Child O' Mine Least Favourite Track(s): Out Ta Get Me

Classic. Must have heard once, will continue to hear for the rest of my life. I do not know if I like that or not.

I don't like them. They're just a bit trash. Mainly due to a vocal issue.

The big songs are good, but the rest was difficult to listen to

okay

Otra vez recuredo del Guitar Hero, pero ya esta no me evoca mucho mas, se que es muy mitico pero es que todo me suena a lo mismo, es como comerse un brownie 12 veces, al principio esta rico pero al final acabas empachado y si te apuras hasta gomitas

Must I? Lots of screaming and wailing. Oh, and some some good guitar riffs...

I didn’t like it when it came out. I don’t like it now.

Was already sighing, when I saw this record being generated today. I own this record, bought it back in 2005 I suppose, being a teenager exploring rock and metal - yeah great record back then. Nowadays I perceive Axl Rose as a rather uncomfortable person, especially back in the Appetite days - not just his personality but his singing style and lyrics just don't do it for me. Yeah there are some timeless songs on this album, most of which have been overplayed to death, nonetheless I could live on perfectly without ever having to hear a GnR song again. An album I've completely outgrown.

I couldn't listen to most of this album due to little ears. The popular songs I knew. So, at least there is that. 2 stars. These boys should wash their mouths out with soap.

Surprised by the poor quality of the non single album tracks. Lyrically in particular. The glam in glam rock I can also do without

Guns N Roses - it’s all in the name really. These guys are not subtle and want you to feel every emotion at once while you sit on their thrill ride. It’s not to my taste but you can’t deny that they have countless hits under their studded belts. The singles are strong enough to transcend the naffness - they have star power. The album tracks do not benefit from this though and sometimes the lyrics are beyond tasteless, bordering on annoying.

It might have been a 1 if i hadn’t seen Wild at Heart yesterday

One good song. Otherwise Supergrass are much better version.

I think about you caused an inability to think. Had to skip it. The album isn’t my thing.

I guess there’s a reason I’d only heard those three big songs off this album. I don’t hate Sweet Child or Paradise City (I do not like Welcome to the Jungle)…but the rest of the album, yeahhhhh didn’t enjoy it even a little bit. I was expecting to have a lot more fun. Disappointing. Listened to The Emotron after.

Typical overrated hair metal crap. A couple of the singles are passable, but everything sounds the same and it's damn near impossible to listen to an hour of Axl Rose screeching. Since I'm not a 14 year old boy this holds 0 interest for me.

GnR has always been like this for me : I understand that I'm supposed to enjoy it, but Axl's voice just feels like nails on a chalkboard to me. This is further tainted by him being an absolute tool. I'd give this album 1 star, but the songs are actually good, plus Duff is cool.

Een stem zo ondragelijk als deze, is toch zo uniek irritant dat het zowaar werkt en de muziek naar een hoger niveau tilt. Ik las in de wiki dat ons Axl dit zin voor zin heeft lopen in blèren. Tergend. Hulde aan de recording engineer lui voor extreem geduld. Dikke anthems als Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City en natuurlijk Sweet Child O' Mine, die ik laatst nog langs hoorde komen bij een gitaarles in de wandelgangen, zoals dat ook bij mij ging toen ik 12 was. Nog steeds ultracool I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ook de drums klinken hard met de dikste snares en een lading koebel. Bij een heel album neemt irritatie de overhand. Je kunt beter de 1e vier 'populair tracks' op spotify aanzetten, dan heb je ook November Rain erbij, en dan ben je al het gepiel en gegil waarschijnlijk weer helemaal zat.

feel filler, maar de hitjes zijn wel lekker hoor.

- lots-o-hits, I know but, with a little distance it's really just ok rock pastiche ..... -

2.5 stars rounded down, probably won’t listen to again, not really my vibe. I get why it’s notable, but I also get why the other songs aren’t as popular.

2.5 stars rounded down, probably won’t listen to again, not really my vibe. I get why it’s notable, but I also get why the other songs aren’t as popular.

Was alright. A predecessor to bands like Kaleo, Greta van Fleet. Fun sounding music, but a bit much if you’re not in the mood. Much more explicit than I knew Guns ‘n Roses was. My fault, but still knocks it down the list a little. Would’ve been a 3 if not for the lyrics.

I suppose I can appreciate the theatrics, dedication, and musicianship here... but I don't really want to listen to it.

It was fine i didnt finish it though, even this morning i didnt want to

1.5/shit just sucks man. there's one song worth listening to

V screechey

Not for me.

Boring. Anything remotely cool was cut short/interrupted by bad decisions (production, performance, or otherwise) Generally unoffensive hard rock, rendering it completely useless.

Average rock album

In this album you have the hits: 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Paradise City' and 'Sweet Child O' Mine'; and then you have the rest. The hits may be the most overplayed songs of rock history, and they can make listening to this album more difficult, depending of how tired you are of them. In my case, listening to 'Sweet Child O' Mine' was a bit troublesome, specially because of the guitar melody... So, if you don't like those songs, this album doesn't have anything more to offer. The last 3 songs are painful to listen to, the last one being the worst thanks to the use of moans; and the rest are just formulaic songs. So, is this a 2 stars album? I don't know, and honestly, I'm very conflicted on what score to give to this album, because at the end of the day, it is a bit fun. I'm certainly not giving it 4 or 5 stars, and 1 star is too harsh, so I'm stuck with 2 or 3. Did I like it? Mmmmm... not really. Axl's voice is a bit annoying, and there's songs that I don't want to hear anymore; but, production-wise, it sounds good and they are having fun... Screw it, I'm giving it 2 stars. At the end of the day, this is not my type of fun.

doornee hair metal...het is niet omdat het populair is, dat je het MOET gehoord hebben... behalve de singles die al duizend maal door je strot geramd zijn, is de rest instant vergeetbaar... 2.5 sterren

I am a certified Guns N' Roses hater. Really don't like anything about them. I have to give them points for succeeding at what they set out to do on this album -- writing music that boils down classic rock into its most palatable, radio-friendly, inoffensive (that is, while playing to the stereotype of "offensive rock musician") version of itself -- even if I personally am completely uninterested in it. 2/10

The "last good band" according to my dad. Everything on here worth listening to has been absolutely played to death. It's a pretty cookie cutter rock album and there isn't much creativity on display here. Kinda slaps in places, I never want to hear it again though. My favorite part was once it was done Spotify started playing The Wall

I dont like Guns and Roses

There are three tracks worth hearing on this album, and they happen to be the top 3 most streamed GnR songs on Spotify. I don't even need to name them - it'd be literally impossible for anyone reading this to guess wrong. And it's true, they're all-time great songs. But the rest of this sounds like Visiting Day from The Sopranos got a record deal. Putrid stuff.

I generally loath this band but the holy trinity of lead singles on this record simply cannot be denied. Nor can it be ignored how tight the sound is all the way through this album. Personally, I find those in between tracks repetitive, but as a debut, the praise this album gets makes sense. Also, listening to Paradise City calls up some truly fond memories of logging into Burnout with my buds after school. I’d award a 3/5 if I’d left it at that. But the writing on some of these lesser played tracks is so crass and tasteless that it loses another star. (“Oh, panties 'round your knees with your ass in the breeze”). Stay classy G N’ R ⭐️⭐️

This is some rock music

I liked My Michelle, Think About You, Sweet Child O' Mine. I didn't really like the rest of the songs.

Liked this exactly as little as I expected

Four solid anthems padded around with shrugs.

Surprisingly boring. Tracks are not memorable

1. jungle - 3.5 2. eazy - 1 3. night - 1.5 4. get - 1 5. ztone - 1 6. city - 2.5 7. michelle - 1 8. think - 1 9. mine - 3 10. crazy - 1 11. goez - 1 12. queen - 1

Eh

Gefällt mir nicht

3 phenomenal hit songs and 9 mediocre to bad songs does not make a great album. This sound is so dated. If only they were more consistent in writing better music as a whole. I’m glad hair metal is dead.

A lot of the songs on this album are either forgettable or straight up grating. Sometimes the way he sings just annoys me. Still there were a few tracks I liked and I love Sweet Child O’Mine. Favourite Tracks: Sweet Child O’Mine, Nightrain, Paradise City

Listening to this album was a chore. Axl Rose's screechy voice assaulting my ear drums from start to end, Slash's sloppy guitar work, and over played riffs that spark the intrigue of under developed musicians. Never been a fan of GnR and was hoping to give them a chance, but this just reaffirmed my opinion.

1- Has one of my all-time favorite songs: Sweet Child O' Mine. 2- Most of the songs I am very familiar with, to the point of annoyance unfortunately. 3- I enjoy a lot of the instrumentation, but the lyrics I am not a fan of. 4- I'd overall rate it a 2.5. Not my favorite album from them.

Not for me.

Так, я не люблю Guns n' Roses, хоча ні, не так, я терпіти не можу Guns n' Roses. Чому? Ну подивімося на їх найбільш успішний дебютний альбом (та що там - на один із найуспішніших дебютних альбомів взагалі) трохи уважніше та з'ясуємо що з ним не так. У 70-х існував прекрасний, сповнений артистизму та цікавих ідей жанр під назвою Glam Rock, а його найбільш яскравими представниками варто вважати такі гурти як T. Rex, Kiss, Sweet, Slade, Roxy Music New York Dolls, шикарний Ziggy Stardust від David Bowie та напевно що найбільш наближені до наших сьогоднішніх героїв - Hanoi Rocks. Це були справді гарні та цікаві гурти, що досліджувала нові межі музичного мистецтва граючись із театральними та епатажними артистичними образами. Guns n' Roses, яких часто записують в один ряд до відразного hair metal 80-х, якщо брати до уваги лише музику, мають до нього все ж опосередковане відношення. Вони як раз є прямими нащадками того самого глем року, але із більш hard rock-овим та рок-н-рольним підходом. Але що стосується загальної естетики, то це hair metal "чистої води". Їх тести - відразні, мізогінні та відверто сексистські, а "прямо лоба" іронія та кічеві, "ніби дотепні", образи виглядали просто крінжово. В контексті музики - вони цілком відповідали своєму "кічевому" образу - це не було цікаве переосмислення ідей рок-н-ролу минулого десятиріччя, вони просто брали найбільш впізнавані прийоми та ліпили із них шаблонні, нехай і хукові композиції. Кожну пісню на цьому альбомі, окрім хіба що Welcome To The Jungle та Sweet Child Of Mine міг би зараз із легкістю написати ШІ. Додаємо до всього цього неймовірно дратівливий та верескливий вокал Акселя та отримуємо "хіти на всі часи". Враховуючи, що Hair Metal був тоді на піку популярності, не дивно, що подібний "збочений гібрид" спадщини 70-х та моди 80-х дуже швидко та легко "проковтнули". І мене бісить найбільше, так це те, що альбом подавався як "справжній рок-н-рол, як він є", тим самим спаплюжив усю спадщину цієї прекрасної музики, який тепер у багатьох асоціюється із Guns n' Roses. Це звісно абсолютна дурість, адже та музика на яку вони спиралися та яку "пародіювали" - часто була набагато глибшою та розумнішою. І кращим доказом цього стало те, що заєбавший людей hair metal, відносно швидко "віддав Богу душу", а його місце зайняла альтернативна музика, виконавці якої справді вміли цікаво переосмислювати спадщину 70-х. Підсумовуючи - Appetite for Destruction це Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, а Guns n' Roses це limp bizkit свого часу - одна із найгірших речей, яка могла статися із рок-музикою у 80-х, перетворивши її на низькоякісний примітивний сітком.

Meh

Not a fan of GnR

It just sounds really sexually aggressive and not in a consensual way. Just gross. The vocal is distractingly bad. I thought it suffers from being overplayed and hoped sitting through an album would unlock some charming b sides, but it's just 50 minutes of shit. Its a shame because I think I'd love the instrumental version. As soon as that nasal creepy whining starts I just check out mentally.

Some people must like this,

One star for Paradise City, one for Sweet Child. The rest of this is truly worse than I remember.

It has 3 classics and one good suprise but the rest is pretty bad. About 4/10

meh

2 songs. Not so much for the rest of album. So many sound the same.

Axl Rose id an abysmal front man, and the music is not much better, apart from "Paradise City" which I like. 2 stars

Late to the party

Has to be one of the most iconic opening tracks to any album ever. But let's be honest, GnR are whack. It's metal for people who don't like metal.

Is it just me or do these guys have nothing to say at all? Like, I know it's essentially just pop music mapped to "hard" rock, but how do they have nothing to say at all? At least one or two songs kinda rock, so I guess 1.5 rounded up to 2/5

For something so aggressive, it is a shock that this is so aggressively mediocre.

appetite for "skip track"

Atrocious lyrics and annoying vocals, but it's alright if you're putting it on as background music at a bar

1. Welcome to the jungle 2. Paradise city 3. Sweet child o' mine Banger første låt, så mye rusk. Only so much Axl Rose jeg tåler.

About two years ago, of the first track, I remarked that “I have never and will never be a fan of Guns n’ Roses.” A bit harsh, but upon listening to the full near-hour of Appetite for Destruction, I’m hardly being convinced to rescind my statement. By Nightrain, you start to think that maybe this won’t be such a long 50 minutes after all - but that’s shattered by the grating triple feature of Paradise City, My Michelle and Think About You - among the worst that this sort of music has to offer, tailing off the stagnant 80s and still too early for the dirt and grunge revolution of the 90s. It repeats choruses that aren’t developed much further than a primary school music class, it squeezes in unnecessary expletives, it has that really rather horrible guitar and percussion double threat that plagues this breed of rock, and it’s just overall too drawn-out for its own good. I’ll bookend this with another quote from that Welcome to the Jungle review - that “Axl Rose can’t moan as well as Robert Plant.” Comparison may be the thief of joy, but here there isn’t all that much joy to steal.

fya

Rubbish

Not my style

appetit fuer zerstoeerunggg welcome tot he jungle kenni norml, bin kein rieese fan, gitarre cool, axl sini stimm streeeng. gitarre bridge seeeehr geil. it's so easy singt nöd de axl? HUAH. glichi energy wie vorher und jo halt 80er rock. finds etz cool aber najaaa nightrain macht genaaau glich wiiter ich chum etz nöd meeega ine. out ta get me?? ok? afoch immer 3 gitarrespure glichzitig hä. her brrraunstein. meh gitarre als gsang irgendwie findi no speziell allgemein. de axl isch nöd so meeega im vordergrund. paradise city isch kinda en banger. au huuuere viel. my michelle ehner nervig. es tönt alles chli glich, finds fast chli basic. sweet child o min isch halt so öpis womer no geil findt wemmers zum erste mol ghört. und s zweite solo isch suuuper schön und melodiös. de harmonisch moll scheiss. anything goes talkbox solo seeehr geil rocket queen isch nöd so geil wnl. merci mueni wiedermol öpperem bim sex zuelose bi dene albe. brööder. yep sie hend actually sex gha im studio cool. so whack sorry. bi gad froh isch das album verbii.

Man this really is just the worst genre of music. Sure there are some huge hits on here like Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City, and Welcome to the Jungle. But the rest is just so bad. Bumped from 1 star due to Sweet Child. That song is good. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)

I think I've heard this before

Glaube macht Spaß wenn man sowas gern mag. Haben wenige gute Lieder

Lots of rock on this list huh. Not for me but I think if I hadn’t heard Paradise City or Sweet child o mine I would have at least thought they were interesting.

like with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the music is serviceable, but then the frontman opens his mouth and wrecks the vibe. unlike with RHCP, I'm much more actively annoyed by GnR's frontman. boomers will complain about not being able to understand a rapper on TV, then crack open a Budweiser with Axl Rose screaming in their ear on their home stereo, and not see the contradiction. a couple of these songs have a somewhat interesting structure, particularly opening track "Welcome to the Jungle," but beyond the singles, there's really not much to write home about here. it's the same group of stock hard rock riffs I've been hearing dozens of bands use over and over again, across decades of music history. the band portray themselves as being far more controversial than their music would actually suggest. light 3/10.

If you listen to one of their singles 12 times, you’ve heard Appetite for Destruction. Good but super repetitive

It is really solid music for the genre, and the well-known singles certainly are classics, but in general the sound doesn't appeal to me on a personal level.

It may have been 20 years since I last listened to this album, and it was never really my thing. It’s ok, but nothing more.

I’m not sure how I’m meant to feel when I’m listening to this. Like it’s sort of angry songs in a major key? There are exactly three catchy songs on here and we’ve all heard them a million times. The rest are pretty turgid. I don’t know how they’re summoning all this energy to pour into these boring songs. Neil Young was doing a lot with a little yesterday, and these guys are doing the opposite. Like, it’s not even especially imaginative? The musicianship is very good but the songs all sound the same and the chord changes and arrangements are all just the first thing you would think of. Pretty amazing for a first album but I would be fine never hearing this again.

At least we got femboy hooters

Wat ik had verwacht, typisch zulke rock, hoge stem, gitaar die in 3 seconden elke noot speelt die bestaat. Niet per se mijn muziek, kan zien waarom mensen het leuk vinden, maar zelf heb ik het bij de meeste niet. Zou het niet zelf aanzetten, ook niet als achtergrond muziek. 5/10.

Guns N' Roses represent 1980s hair metal, Slash is a gifted guitarist and Axl Rose has an instantly recognizable voice but this entire era of music leaves me generally underwhelmed, even when I was a child at the height of its popularity I always thought that there was something cringe-inducing about the videos on MTV. "Welcome To The Jungle" was ubiquitous, "It's So Easy" with Duff McKagan on lead vocals was surprising but not consistently interesting, "Nightrain" is dull. "Out Ta Get Me" is melodic and engaging but that industry insiders are masquerading as outlaws in leather jackets is laughable. "Mr. Brownstown" sounds like "I Want Candy" (perhaps intentionally?) until it doesn't, decent ode to heroin addiction. "Paradise City (is seven minutes long?!), this is "Sweet Home Alabama" for California motorcyclists, every generation has its music of adolescent rebellion. My Michelle, cowbell! "Your daddy works in porno/ Now that mommy's not around/ She used to love her heroin/But now she's underground/ So you stay out late at night/And you do your dope for free/ Drivin' your friends crazy/ With your life's insanity" Sounds like every LA story in the 1980s and the genre's justification for continuing to have sex with every adolescent groupie from a broken home. "Think About You" is almost a tender transition song for "Sweet Child O' Mine" which is a great song. "Rocket Queen" is incredible!

I don't like this band, at all. Bad rec for me.

Good guitar playing, terrible vocals on

Pros: Attitude, snarl, sound, band vibe; guitar playing and vocal gymnastics. History: put Hair Metal in the rearview mirror. Cons: songwriting, misogyny, stupidity, Steven Adler (terrible drumming), and a couple of obvious filler tracks. It’s a shame because this should be a record I go back to. But I won’t.

The only difference between the songs is that some has moaning in it and some doesnt. god i hate axl roses voice

Slash is so much fun to listen to, but otherwise I loathe Guns N' Roses.

Hate GNR.

Welcome To The Jungle is a classic. It's So Easy has fun chauvinistic lyrics. Nightrain has good guitar work from Slash. Out Ta Get Me is favorite so far. Mr. Brownstone has a funk to it, nice change of peace. Axel Rose has a nice blues affectation across the album. Paradise City is an anthem for drunk retards. Overrated. My Michelle kind of annoying. Think About You has that horrendous clapping. Sweet Child O' Mine is overrated and annoying. You're Crazy is when the album is starting to wear on me. I'm glad they kept the balladry to a minimum and stuck with anthems. Anything Goes sounds like everything else from the album. Rocket Queen has some interesting guitar work. Has a switch up in the middle which I appreciate. A good closer and probably my favorite. Overall I found the album repetitive and vapid. There are better metal and hard rock albums of this era. I don't know why anyone would pick this over what Priest and Maiden were doing around this time. Screaming for Vengeance has more variety track to track and just as impressive guitar playing and vocal performances. This was enjoyable enough but I don't get the hype.

2.5

I can understand why people with long hair feel cool / enjoy themselves when listening to this, but too many owows and aeeaeeas for my taste.

Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child of Mine

welcome to the jungle (intro), is a pretty good background song, like its not a song where i listen intensely to it, just kinda enjoy it in the background its so easy, is more my style, like the voice a bit better here - still not a fav a bit boring

Yeah I guess it was fine. Boring.

Perfekt för en amerikans roadtrip med så en EXTREMT rak väg där man bara kan bränna på i så 200km/h. Va INTE i det mindsetet alllllls när jag lyssnade. Kommer möjligtvis åka fram under gubbsommaren när man tycker att man är mycket coolare och bryr sig mycket mindre än vad gör. Lowkey beskriver hela albumet. Ja e ROCKARE och ja e COOL och ja knullar fett med tjejer WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Remember when paradise city came out everyone thought it was such a dumb song and decades later I still think that. Tom waits "going out west" is harder than any gnr song

Boring. Never liked G'n'R, and this did not change my mind.

not my style 🤷‍♀️

Couple brighter tracks, but for the most part a depressingly stupid listen.

Glaube macht Spaß wenn man sowas gern mag. Haben wenige gute Lieder

Not my preferred kind of music. Some good guitar licks here and there. I really don't care for the lyrics/vocals. Top 3: 3. Paradise City 2. Nightrain 1. My Michelle

No can do i

This album doesn't really offer anything more than the three classics that still get play. Sweet Child and Jungle are great songs on their own, but the deep cuts just don't have a hook, so it just feels like a lesser version of the good stuff.

Siis tosi klassinen peruskaura-albumi mut emt... Ehkä mun historia KISSin kaa ei anna mun sydämessä tilaa muille vanhan liiton rock-bändeille </3 oisin kauheesti halunnu antaa 2⭐ mut on gunnarit nyt parempi ku edellinen radiohead

Before he took up residence in the deep end, Axl could rip it (though a little screechy), and Slash was right there with him (minus the crazy). They can be a little unimaginative and repetitive, though at their best there is a nice freewheeling energy to follow.

I never listened to this album when it came out, apart from the popular songs on the radio. I was hoping I'd like it more than I did. I wanted to give it points for nostalgia but even that feels forced.

Own the vinyl not listening to it all the way through but already love welcome to the jungle, Paradise city and sweet child of mine. Very loud

Hits zijn goed. De overgebleven nummers zijn te repetitief.

Outside the well-known highlights/hits, all the songs sound the same, like an AC/DC album. Axl’s voice is more annoying the more I hear it. Highlights: sweet child o mine, welcome to the jungle, paradise city

Dad rock

Not my type of music, don't like the vocal style and not a lot of redeeming qualities here. Some "hits" for sure but nothing to sway me back. On the 2 side of a 2.5.

Your older brother's best friend's favourite album. YEEEARGH! 🤘😎🤘

Yeah, I knew full well that I wouldn’t like this, and I don’t. I despise the vocals, they are so obnoxious and irritating. The guitar playing was pretty good, but that was far from enough to save the album. If you had to listen to an album with excellent guitar playing, but a fish making fish noises into a microphone over it, would you enjoy the album? The obvious answer would be no, but I honestly believe I would like the fish-rock more than this. The fish doesn’t think it’s a good singer. It didn’t choose to sing. Axl Rose, however, was fully aware of what he was doing when he decided to bless us all with his grating yelps. I think I have made my case clear.

Possibly the most iconic album of the "hair band" era proves why the genre was a bad idea to begin with

I tried so hard to finish it but couldn’t do the last 2 songs. The masculinity oozing in every song was over in your face, and just too much for me. I know people love a bunch of these songs and I know them too but so many GNR songs in a row just destroyed me. It was too much. I could someone listening to these songs to pump themselves up before an interview or presentation. Fueling on the testosterone….barf. Ha.

Cannot believe Paradise City is almost 7 minutes long. Also thought I wasn’t crazy but Guns n Roses told me otherwise 😔 Pretty close to the middle on this one but I think I have to lean negative, it’s pretty shrill but in a calculated way more than a really effective or emotional way. Not my cup of tea Nonetheless pretty tempted to listen to their other albums “”The Spaghetti Incident?”” and “Chinese Democracy”

band sucks, this is their only good album and you could argue that it's 'fun' but imo it's actually not fun at all and rather sucks shit

Prior to this listen, I never realized their biggest hits are not only on the same album but that album is also their debut release so I'll give 'em that. This is a very solid first release but it's a lot of screeching guitar and screechy singing and I've never been a big fan of them. I do recognize that they can shred and the cover art is fun but this isn't really for me.

Three bangers and a bunch of hair band screeching with guitars a Slash-ing. Not being a fan of GnR, not as bad as I expected. Still don't get the huge following but decent debut. I will give AXL Rose some clever points for the BJ scramble...on par with Mr. Mojo Risen...2.2.

Interesting to hear songs other than the 3 popular ones. The guitar, vocals, mixing are all good, but the lyrics are mid and it's a not very original.

Welcome To The Jungle - 9 Meaning: The song Welcome To The Jungle exposes the dark side of Los Angeles, where so many people go to persue fame. The group use to live in a house they called "Hell House" on Sunset Boulevard. The house was often filled with drugs, alcohal and groupies. The songs message is one of warning and defiance. It's So Easy - 5 Meaning: The song It's So Easy is about how it became too easy for the band to find a girl to hook up with after shows. The bands drummer said girls/groupies would line up backstage for a change to be with them. Nightrain - 9.5 Meaning: The song Nightrain is about how the band was so crazy, reckless and poor that the only drink they could afford was nightrain wine. They came up with the lyrics and chorus while walking home after getting drunk on the wine. At the time they were living in Los Angeles and playing gigs on the sunset strip. Out Ta Get Me - 7 Meaning: The song Out Ta Get Me is about how Axl Rose got harassed by the police for things that he didn't do. Mr. Brownstone - 9.5 Meaning: The song Mr. Brownstone is about the bands heroin addiction. Brownstone was a slang term for heroin at the time. Paradise City - 9 Meaning: The song Paradise City is about the bands life in Los Angeles. The verses deal with the rough life on the streets, but the chorus is based on Axl Roses memory of the Midwest, with images of green grass, innocence and possibility. My Michelle - 6 Meaning: The song My Michelle is about a woman named Michelle Young, who was a friend of the band and asked them for a song about her. The song does not sugar-coat her life at all, rather it talks about her very hard life and her struggles. Think About You - 7.5 Meaning: The song Think About You is about falling in love. It was written by Izzy Stradlin before he joined Guns N' Roses. Sweet Child O' Mine - 10 Meaning: The song Sweet Child O' Mine is about Axl Roses girlfriend at the time, Erin Everly, the daughter of Don Everly of the Everly Brothers. After dating for four years, they got married at a quicke wedding, but the marriage was annulled nine months later. The reason was due to Everly claiming abuse. You're Crazy - 4 Meaning: The song You're Crazy is about Axl Rose berating a girl who's out of her mind and/or excessively horny, that wants to have sex all the time. Anything Goes - 2 Meaning: The song Anything Goes is about sex, and how anything goes in sex. Rocket Queen - 7 Meaning: The song Rocket Queen is about a woman who hung out with the band in their early years. The sex noises in the song were between Axl Rose and the drummers girlfriend at the time Adriana Smith in the recording studio. Overall: 7.1/10

Well - good fun, good hits but I don’t think I’ll ever actively seek Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child of Mine in the foreseeable future.

A bit meh

Ist nicht meine Musik, für mich klingt jedes Stück gleich

Would never intentionally listen to this, but don’t hate it when I hear Sweet Child O Mine at a bar.

If you had asked me if I liked this album before this listening I would have said, "hell yeah!" Now, upon listening with my adult ears, I have to say "nope!" I don't know if it's my tastes shifting or what but I just don't dig it anymore. I still like Sweet Child but the rest was just noise to me, even Paradise City was sadly not as good as my memory says it should be.

2.5 pyöristyy alaspäin. Vaikka levyn hittibiisit ansaitsevatkin statuksensa, on ne soitettu puhki Guitar Heroa myöten.

I never was a fan and will never be one in this life

i dont like this at all look, i dont like them anyway, but meh. some of the singles are good, obviously Sweet child is good, but overplayed to the absolute max. Paradise City is good too. Not big on Welcome to the Jungle, its a bit crap. But the album tracks stink. Think About You was a real moment when i was like... do i listen to the rest of this or just leave it. No Me gusto

I've never been a fan of Guns N' Roses. What's with all the moaning haha. I just can't take bands that sing like this seriously. Some of the songs on this record seem like the direct inspiration for shitty conservative country rock.

Ah man. Gun N' Roses is my absolute favorite band to dunk on. Its some of the corniest shit on earth. On one hand its incredible and on the other hand it's like unironic hot garbage. It feels like they took all of the building blocks of rock music and pumped it full of cocaine and viagra. There's so much of this record I almost like. They'll have a cool blues Bo Diddley riff and I start to groove and then Axl just starts screeching and I start hating it. Its the same with Slash too, he's such a good guitarist but its alllllways over the top. Its like he played a guitar solo once and then band was like "What if you just do that the ENTIRE time?" and then he agreed and it stops being good. I've said this before, but Sweet Child O' Mine is the peak and decline of Hair Metal. That song is objectionally amazing, right up until it isn't. The whole final third of the song feels like Axl and Slash are competing against each and it ruins the whole song.

It's at this point that I'm regretting previous scores. Namely giving utwo a 2. They didn't really deserve that high a score. This offering is so much better, but is it worthy of a 3, nah I don't think so. The famous tracks are very good and the rest are OK, but I still don't feel it is due a 3. 2.6 or 2.7 yes but it's no 3.

Wow. Makes me feel like putting on spandex and headband, and chugging a bottle of Jack Daniel’s… which I don’t want or need. A lot of borrowed chest hair on this one. Interesting history of the band though.

Never cared for G’n’R. Cartoonish version of Led Zep mixed with the vulgarity of hair metal.

- Welcome To The Jungle 6,5 - It's So Easy 5,5 - Nighttrain 5 - Out Ta Get Me 5,8 - Mr. Brwonstone 6,4 - Paradise City 7 - My Michelle 6 - Think About You 5,9 - Sweet Child 'O Mine 8,3 - You're Crazy 6,3 - Anything Goes 6,1 - Rocket Queen 6,4 Als album in het geheel: veel lijkt op elkaar. Verder zijn de gitaren en de drums geweldig. Het stemgeluid van Rose is vreselijk. Ik zou zeggen 2/3 sterren. Dit komt wel door de hits Paradise City en Sweet Child O Mine omdat die goed klinken.

Might be the most overrated band in history. I like “Mr. Brownstone” and the opening to “Welcome To The Jungle” but otherwise no thanks.

Some classics, but nothing else.

La única razón de la por qué le di dos estrellas a este álbum es porque los singles de este LP son canciones radiales legendarias que, todas las personas, hemos escuchado al menos una vez. Algo tiene que ver su aparición en el Guitar Hero. Buenas composiciones, buen rock, pero la voz de Axl Rose se hace intolerable. La relevancia de este disco es que, con justa razón, enterró a un género que estaba muriendo.

Not just dad rock, but like cargo cult dad rock. stuff that came out late enough in the (boomer) dads' lives that it can't be dismissed as a nostalgia thing

reminds me of my of old job. I didn't like it alot.

Welcome to the jungle and paradise city are great tunes. Classic rock songs. Axl Rose has one hell of a voice. The songs do feel dated for me and a bit too stadium. The songs are long with no end in sight and they all feel very similar to me. Favourite song: Paradise city Least favourite: there is a lot of filler on this album. Album artwork: Cool cover

Some classics but kind of bloated for me.

This album is what it feels like to drive a Firebird at double the speed limit down the freeway, coked out of your mind, cigarette in one hand, someone else’s girlfriends pony tail in the other. America. Also Paradise City is a good song.

Guns N Roses isn't a band I can listen to without feeling like i'm doing it a little bit ironically. Some bangers on here but I feel exhausted listening to the whole album. My HS drama teacher used to always tell us that we needed dynamics in our performance - if you start out too high/intense, you'll have nowhere to go. Axl Rose is always too high. Duff McKagen is the best part of Sweet Child o Mine.

I know this album is important, I know this album was well received. I know this album is seen as good, but I have never been this bored listening to an album. Its good but I'm spoiled, at the time this was lit but now I can appreciate what it did, but I won't come listen to it again. People agree with me given the Spotify listening count is sparse except for the big 3 songs.

I have no appetite for destruction. The most credit I can give this record revolves around fellow Hoosier Axl Rose’s intriguing two-tone voice—he can sound like two different people depending on which octave he occupies. That’s kind of nice, but he’s apt to spoil the treat with irritating imitations of his female partner’s passionate sexual utterances. Anyway, two stars for two tones.

Jeg kan ikke lide den... Jeg kan godt anderke at det er imponerende som debut, og jeg anerkender at de har ramt noget med deres rå attitude, genkendelige riffs, og simple tekster. Når det så er sagt... Den skærebrander vokal gør mig rasende. Teksterne er så åndssvage, og tæt på barnlige. De var selvfølgelig også unge da de skrev det, men det holder bare ikke idag.

It’s just noise. Very talented, well orchestrated, technically impressive noise. Struggled to listen through the whole album.

A few pretty iconic era defining songs, other than that I really did not enjoy anything else on this album.

The best thing 80s rock had to give us was to serve as a foil for 90s grunge and alt rock bands to contrast themselves against. This gets a bonus start for Sweet Child being a genuinely good song with fantastic guitar, but otherwise this is a wasteland.

peak dad core

Sweet Child of Mine is ok as a middle-of-the-road pop-rock song. Never been a fan of Axl or his voice. Take or leave, mostly leave the rest.

Whilst it's pretty incredible for a bands debut to have three iconic hits, the rest of the album unfortunately falls a little flat for me. There's certainly some very tastefu guitar-work thrown around, with almost every track featuring a ripping guitar solo at some point, but I found a lot of the vocals and riffs outside of these to be quite lackluster. 'Turn everything up to 11 and play some chords' seems to be the modus operandi for a lot of the less popular tracks from this, which is a shame as the band were clearly capable of some seriously good stuff - the intro to 'Welcome to the Jungle' is iconic and can't help but bring a smile to my face. It's a shame this energy couldn't carry on through the whole album.

Oh. It *is* that bad.

That was a slog to get through

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.

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

Nah, not mine. Extrapoint for the wonderful „Sweet Child of Mine“

#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.

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.

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

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

Samey and not for me, but not entirely insufferable

Not for me. Sorry.

Sweet Child O Mine is so overplayed that we played it in my high school marching band in the early 90s.

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

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.

I've heard this more times than I want.

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.

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

Still not my thing.

Loud but not very interesting.

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

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.

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

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.

if they only had a singer

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ne

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's good, just played way too much.

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

Screamy metal with occasional delights…but mostly screamy metal.

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.

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

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.

yuck

It was great when it came out. Then it got overplayed a million times.

6/10 Ça crie, ça crie un peu trop pour moi 😉

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.

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.

Beaucoup de bruit, pas mon style

i like some hair metal, but this is annoying 2

Bit too heavy for me.

Fine, it’s so easy stinks. Thought it’d be overrated going into it and still agree. 4/10.

Fav Songs: Welcome To The Jungle, It’s So Easy, Paradise City, Rocket Queen Least Fav Songs: Out Ta Get Me, Think About You

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.

Some cool instrumentals, interesting to hear such a funk/alt metal influence overall. But man Axl Rose is annoying. 2.5/5

Filled with culturally significant tracks. Movie trailers would not be the same without this album, but it's just not my taste.

They play real well good. Arenarocknroll.

Lil nicko would’ve gone sicko mode for it

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

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’.

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...

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.

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 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.

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.

everything sounds the same

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.

This is a tough one to rate. Sweet Child O' Mine is fantastic, Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City are fun. Lots of misogyny sprinkled through the other songs and not really the same hooks as in the hits.

I am not a fan of classic rock, and a lot of the songs on the album are pretty lame.

This brand of edgebro 80s rock has really lost it's hold on me since my childhood, I gotta say! The closer is really cool though, never heard that one before.

I don't like this band

terrible lyrics decent-ish lickz couldn't finish listening

Axel rose is the worst, like listening to a prepubescent teen trying to fuck a cat. Rest of the band is good

The popularity and success of this band mystifies me. Sure, they put out a few decent singles, but this album is dull AOR with the guitars turned up.

GNR sound like the unintended consequences of a coke fueled orgy hosted by Aerosmith, and attended by AC/DC, Def Leppard, and a bunch of groupies.

Unfortunately, I came to this album with prejudice. I've had enough of that cover-friendly butt rock for middle-aged rockers with dubious body hygiene. And it was exactly that. I already knew the hits and none of the "lesser known" stuff really made me pay attention at all. I'd listen to Led Zeppelin all day before ever playing a GnR record. The only upside this record has in my opinion is that it came out in '87, thus filling a relative void in commercial rock.

Voice like nails on a blackboard

Reminds me why I didn’t like them then either

Alright I finally listened to it again after 25 blissful years of NOT. Honestly, this was peak dangerous rock and roll at the time. But it got dated fast, and has sounded nothing more than obnoxious ever since. It's... ok, but god damn those big hit singles were fucking terrible. I can't believe people ever bought into that crap. And still do.