Appetite For Destruction

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

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

Absolutely classic singles but questionable non singles.

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

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

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

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

Rockin…. 🧥

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

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

Reminds me of the uncool kids at school.

3.25

Corny

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

Solid Rock

Classic, but out dated.

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

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

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

Classic singles and good filler tracks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Very solid, would rate it 3.5/5.

Ok

Pss no me convence

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

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

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

regular

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

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

Fun album from my youth.

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

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

Good enough

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

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

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

meh

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

Decent

I like this better than Van Halen. This is a burst of energy, but still feels dull.

2.5

Holy shit Axl Rose can not sing. The songs that had a promising instrumental were immediately obliterated by Axl's pseudo-singing

listening to this back to back with yesterday's limp bizkit album makes this sound like freaking chopin. it was just a relief to not hear fred durst. which is really saying something because it's not like axel rose has the most relaxing voice on earth either. this is just not that interesting to me but sweet child o mine is a good song even though i don't like listening to this version...but the song itself is good (as evidenced by sheryl crow's version).

It baffles me how this became such a big thing.

Hvis Axl Rose nu var en lige så dygtig sangskriver, som han er sanger, så ville albummet være væsentligt bedre. Det er simpelthen nogle latterlige tekster, sorry not sorry. Og ja, så kan man sige: "det er nok også meningen", "det er jo bare Guns N' Roses", "det er jo ligesom genren" - ja, præcis 2.4

Didn't finish listening but I dislike most of Guns'n'Roses

This kind of music smells like cigarettes and mouth rot to me, I'm sorry. The vibes are so bad it's hard to enjoy. And it really isn't anything groundbreaking, I have never cared for this band. There were songs I already knew going in of course. Welcome to the Jungle gets on my nerves, Paradise City makes me cringe, Sweet Child O' Mine has fond memories because my grandma loves it, but really their music just bores me. It is one band I have never tried to get into. And I'm scared as I listen that those songs, being their hits and all, are going to be the highlights of the album. Update after listening: it was slightly better than I thought with my least favorite tracks being the ones listed above other than Sweet Child O' Mine. That is probably the best song on the album despite his obnoxious voice. That being said, I still didn't like it. It's not for me.

Thought I'd enjoy this more than I did. Singles were decent, rest was kind of boring.

Hell naw. This shit slaps if you’re 10 years old.

more glee

Its just not for me i hate Axel’s voice

I really don't care about GnR

This is he heaviest metal I think I can enjoy. Axl Rose's voice is classic. Three big hits: Welcome to the Jungle. Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine.

3.5/10 - I don’t like these guys. Same vibes as Aerosmith. High School douche bags. This only escaped one star because “Sweet Child of Mine” is attached to one of my favorite sport seasons.

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

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

Escucha

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

Too smooth for destruction?

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

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

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

I tend to like my rock ruthless, yeah, but more as a tool effectively used by the deserving hard workers, instead of the anarchistic free-for-all attitude this album encompasses. Never been crazy about this band, but I'm grateful all but two of these songs were fresh to my ears after reading that most songs on this album were unavoidable to certain people around the US. It's a really ugly album but at least it knows that, I'm sure that was goal in the first place. But honestly, I've only heard GnR's influence in Guitar Center's, high school music classes, and dive bars, so I don't really feel it pushed music in any meaningful direction.

eeee no lo mio, en mi auto no se escucha

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

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

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

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

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

extra star for sweet child of mine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5/10

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

A symbol for american identity

2018 remaster

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

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

Some nice songs but a bit repetitive and boring

ist einfach nicht so meins

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

Ett poäng för wellcome to the jungle

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

I hate guns n' roses

Debut album. Featuring green gras and pretty girls.

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

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

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

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

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

mid.

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

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

me fait penser à Maude mais pas trop mon style

wasnt my type of music

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best album ever

Slash Guns and Axl Roses

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

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

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

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

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

Won't listen again on purpose

I can see why people love it but it just ain’t for me. Welcome to the Jungle is a great opener and Mr Brownstone is pretty good but other than that I was a bit bored. Sweet Child O’ Mine is what Proud Mary is to Middle Aged white women but for smelly grebs.

Meh

Putting my biases out in the open here: When this album came out in 1987 I was a kid, but I was into skateboarding. Skateboarding was a huge influence on my musical tastes. Thrasher Magazine at the time, which I bought and read, had interviews and features on punk and hardcore bands; there were ads for Black Flag and Misfits t-shirts; Thrasher produced those Skate Rock tapes (the Noise Forest volume with that Pushead art!). The pokey little town where I grew up transformed the curling rink into a skatepark filled with half and quarter pipes in the summer, and punk and hardcore was always blasting in there. This was also a time of musical tribalism, and so while I was too young to be involved in all of that stuff, there were always rumours of fights going down between the skaters and the rockers. Guns n' Roses was of course rocker music. Those were the guys who were going to beat you up for riding a skateboard, and, fairly or not, the band has always carried that association to me. So I am predisposed to not like this, and even though I'm trying my best to listen to it with an open mind, I still don't like it. G n' R is a tight band, but this to my ears sounds like an amped up version of 70s butt rock that I also dislike. I guess in the context of the hair bands coming out of LA at the time I can see the appeal, this is tougher and ballsier and bluesier and more nihilistic than that stuff; though a lot of great guitarists came out of that era, Slash stands apart from the more technically-inclined shredders. But it's still all music for dudes who read guitar magazines. I wish there were more good riffs in here. I don't like Axl Rose's vocals; I like his lyrics less. I get they're trying to portray this gritty life of drugs, booze, and sex, but it doesn't do much for me, doesn't give me any kind of insight or understanding into living that kind of life.

Very horny. Driven by singles.

Groupe connu par quelques tubes, peu apprécié ('hard' rock trop mou). C'est donc la première fois que j'écoute un album entier. Il confirme mon opinion précédente sur le groupe : rock très standard et très mou. La même année Anthrax sortait 'Among The Living' (en plus il est dans la liste !), un album bien plus intéressant que j'écoute encore régulièrement presque 40 ans après ... Aucune chance que ça arrive avec 'Appetite For Destruction', qui sera aussi vite oublié qu'écouté, sauf peut être le riff de 'Sweet Child o' Mine' plutôt sympa. =>2/5

Doch überraschend besser als in Erinnerung. Nach langer berechtigter Distanz kann man es zumindest anhören. Nur zwei Sterne, weil immer noch guns n Roses. Mit November Rain wären es drei gewesen.

Es ist bekannt, dass ich GnR schon immer gehasst habe und bin jetzt trotzdem open-minded durch das Album gegangen, aber es ist immer noch schrecklich! Ich verstehe bis heute nicht, warum es diese drei Lieder auf dem Album geschafft haben zu Welthits zu werden und in jeder Kneipe hoch und runter gespielt werden. Intrumental repetiv, Gesang richtig kacke und der Text richtig bedeutungslos, wenn nicht sogar dumm. Hier haben sich Männer getroffen, die es super cool finden auf ihren Gitarren rumzuschranzen und übers Knattern und geile Frauen zu singen. Alles okay und auch soweit verständlich, wenn sie sich aber damit doch bitte auf ihre Garage beschränken würden. Die gesamte Musikrichtung bleibt mir ein ewiges Geheimnis, weil es wohl irgendwas härteres als Rock sein soll, aber Metal ist es auch nicht richtig. Da kommt das wohl mit "hard-rock" her. Ich schwanke zwischen ein und zwei (aus Höflichkeit und objektivem Erfolg) Sternen und muss morgen früh spontan entscheiden, wie die Stimmung ist, wenn ich das Cover nochmal sehe, aber ich befürchte wenig Gutes für GnR.

Para ser totalmente sincero, eu já vim para esse álbum esperando odiá-lo. Guns N’ Roses é igual AC/DC pra mim, no sentido que tenho um grande preconceito com ambas as bandas. Por motivos semelhantes, ambas possuem inúmeras canções que sou constantemente forçado a engolir à seco, sendo exposto e subsequentemente irritado profundamente por elas. Mas aqui mora a surpresa, e o meu choque. Eu não odiei este disco. Nem mesmo as canções que são tocadas o tempo todo em todos os lugares medíocres imagináveis. Nada aqui me causou repulsa semelhante ao disco Highway To Hell do AC/DC. Aquele sim eu achei verdadeiramente intragável e tive que me esforçar pra conseguir finalizar. Já esse aqui passou mais facilmente. Não se engane, tolerar não é gostar. Apenas tolerei esse álbum e suas irritações. A voz de Axl Rose é uma delas, a maior. O jeito que ele canta rapidamente irrita. Além disso, achei as canções em larga medida genéricas. É aquele Rock de colocar pra tocar e esquecer que está tocando. São músicas animadas, mas todas parecem seguir a mesma fórmula, tornando o álbum dolorosamente previsível. Os temas são tão esdrúxulos e toscos quanto se pode imaginar, mas isso não é surpresa, ninguém ouve Axl Rose esperando Bob Dylan. Canções bobas sobre coisas nada a ver. Não chega a ser ofensivamente ruim, mas é tudo bem morno e pedestre. Alguns dos solos de Slash são bons pelo menos, mas de resto, um disco bem mediano. Ia ganhar 3 estrelas, mas perdeu uma estrela por ter gemidos em uma das músicas. Há algo mais tosco nesse mundo do que isso? 2/5

Drunk festival music. Loud, chaotic, just not for me. Makes my ears yearn for silence

To be completely honest this album was just boring a few good songs but overall not eye catching at all.

There’s a reason you usually only hear the choruses of these songs. Genuinely liked It’s So Easy tbf.

I liked this album as a teenager, but then branched out and heard much better music. And then even later I started playing the game Burnout: Paradise City which used Paradise City as the theme song, and I got to the point and am still at that point where I cannot listen to that song anymore. I also don't really want to hear any of the hits on the album anymore either. The rest of the tracks aren't bad, but maybe that's only because I've heard them so few times?

This is the Guns N' Roses album that has all of the songs that I know from them (Welcome to the Jungle and Swet Child of Mine). My first introduction to them is guitar hero. I have never actually wanted to listen to their music beyond those songs but the album is ok! Very white dad rock to me. The instrumentals flowed together and I genuinely thought a couple of songs were just one song.

Not my bag

Sweet Child O Mine is fab. But the screechy vocals are wearing.

Christ on a stick I can't stand G&R. Never have. I'm down for inane rock and roll but good molly there's better inane rock and roll out there. The only reason I'm not giving it one star is the fact that Slash is undoubtably a guitar god. Just wish he played for a different band for this part of his career.

only giving this a 2 bc of welcome to the jungle which i did a dance recital to as a child

Not very good

UNCSLOP

Never really a GnR fan. SCoM brilliant. Rest shouty US soft rock.

Truly an album meant for 12 year olds. When you grow up hearing hair metal as the hardest thing you think GnR is a new face on the genre but hearing it again it just feels as stale as everyone else of that time. That's not to say it's all horrible - the musicianship is awesome and Slash is undeniably good. There's also hints of grunge and rock to come buried deep in the layers of the music. But between that and the god-awful lyrics this just can't hold up anymore.

Unfortunately, one great opening riff doesn’t make for a great album.

What can I say.... this album is what it is. I understand that it is full of 'hits' which is pretty incredible for a debut album but for me personally, I just can't seem to like this band. Never have never will. Welcome To The Jungle is ok but that's as far as a I can stretch in giving them a positive review.

Paradise city

-I don't like this band at all, but I understand why a lot of people do. They were able to transform the Sunset Strip sound (e.g. Crue, Poison, etc) into something a little less plastic. If the major labels never gobbled up the underground (i.e. Nirvana), this probably would have been the dominant sound of the early 90s and we would have seen a million photocopies. Thank G-d that didn't really happen. -Every song is an extremely competent stylistic impression of Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Van Halen, AC/DC, Ted Nugent, and/or ZZ Top. There's also a good dose of quasi-Stones/Dolls riffs played through a heavy metal rig. -Axl does his thing, which is really fucking annoying to me. -The guitars are mixed so loud it's like the amp is right next to my ears. Especially Slash's guitar, which is like a 2nd lead vocal on most songs.

Beyond the mammoth singles on this album there isnt a lot to listen to. The voice is grating and the playing is plodding.

3 stars: Sweet Child of Mine > Paradise City > Welcome to the Jungle. 2 stars: Everything else. It’s just not that good.

I'm of a generation where Gn'R were a constant presence in my musical life, at least from my tweens to early twenties. Never listened to an album, though, and on the evidence of a first Appetite listen, I don't think I ever will again. I don't know if it ever sounded like more than a hundred pale imitators and cover bands, but that's what most of it sounds like in 2026. A few shining examples of iconic songwriting aside, it's mostly just a plodding, expired mess of screech and blues rock

I had no appetite for this album when it came out, and it’s aged about as well as a head of cabbage. You know where you are? You’re in one of the circles of hell if they’re making you listen to this. Thank god grunge rendered this laughably cheesy band obsolete. But Axl Rose is a good follow on social media.

2/5 sanoitukset eivät miellyttäneet

Gross man

Meh

Just okay.

I unfortunately don’t like this type of music 🙁

The bangers really bang, but the others fall really flat.

Highlights: Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O'Mine Besides the hits, I feel like this record is just a bunch of slop. It all sounds the same and the vocals get annoying after three songs in a row. For instance "Think About You" was almost 4 minutes of pure ass with no artistic or any other kind of value. It sounded vaguely similar to something I heard just 15 minutes ago. I'm just not impressed and feel like I was justified for not listening to the record in its entirety up until this point. It was kind of funny the way the record turned sexual by the end. Didn't expect that.

Going into this, I thought I didn’t like Guns an’ Roses - now, I know I don’t like Guns N’ Roses. I can respect it for its cultural influence, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. Call me simple, but I like music that actually sounds good.

I wanted to like this and gave it the best possible circumstance for listening to it. I hated them in high school and was expecting this would be a revisit where I changed long held beliefs. Nope. All the bad parts of Aerosmith on steroids. Squeely lead singer? Check. Generic blues based soft metal music with pitch perfect sound? Check. Every now and again I'd lock into a guitar riff and think "hey, that sounds good." Then I'd think "Nope, that's a Heart riff" or "That's Ozzie" or "That's (Insert another super famous rock artist from the 70s/80s)". What's good is borrowed. What remains is annoying. Not a 1, but not much higher.

a classic - not sure it aged super well

Really good for the genre but maybe just wasnt in the mood for it. Hard to be objective so ill leave it at 2/5

I understand what it is but it’s not for me

crazy how uncs think that twink white boy was hard

oh no. This is bringing back memories of buying this album as a teenager. I will never forget the disappointment I felt after the high of Welcome to the Jungle wore off. 20 years has not helped me to enjoy this album more.

Had hier geen zin in

rate: 2/5 fav song: think about you I can understand why it’s such an iconic album, however it’s unfortunately not my cup of tea. obviously know sweet child o mine and paradise city but they just don’t massively do it for me. i did enjoy think about you though. also enjoyed rocket queen until the lady started moaning?? mr brownstone also deserves a mention though i need to listen to it a bit more to work out my opinion of it.

it was just okay. the gap between the big hits to it's lesser songs is quite big. The album does not flow well either. Not to take away from their hits, but this album is just meh.

Why is this up here??? It’s got some classic songs and has an unreal intro track. But I really wanted to skip through the rest of it

Wasn’t a fan in 1987. Still not.

paradise city … where the grass is green and the girls aren’t pretty - dad’s lyrics. i’ve heard this song my whole life 😭

just finished listening to the whole album, i only liked a few songs, good music just not my favorite, overall rating 6.5/10.

I have always had a strong dislike for this band. This is just not the type of music that I will ever be able to enjoy. The screeching vocals drive me nuts, the sleazy songwriting makes me nauseous, and the instrumentation is generic. I can at least recognize the commercial prowess of the album though. To have this many hits in a record is impressive.

Imponerande att kunna låta så töntiga och coola samtidigt. För några låtar och hitsen är det uppe på höga betyg. Men att höra ett helt album där varje låttext känns som en mellanstadiekille med dampmössans anteckningsblock blir lite väl mycket. Föll ner från en trea till en stark tvåa för mig.

Kul att återkomma till mitt favoritband i mellanstadiet. Kanske mest nostalgi som luras men hitsen kan jag digga. Dock låter hans röst rätt jobbig nu. Resten är inte så bra, lökigt och tråkigt.

this band is awful. there's so many radio hits on this album, and they're awful. some of them are dumb in a way that's a little bit funny. the Disturbed ooh wah ah ah ah of 1987. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

My wife is a reformed Guns N Roses fan, and luckily for me we had an hour’s drive yesterday so she had to listen to it with me. She said fairly confidently, “This is really their only good one.” She seemed to know all the words to all the songs. It was something to behold. Anyway if this is their only good one, I don’t think they have any good ones.

Even the hits are annoying. 2/5

nostalgia card declined: prendo paradise city, me la infilo sotto la felpa e me la do a gambe. almeno quella, in onore di quando ero alle medie.. la realtà è che non mi sono mai comprata la loro maglietta per paura che qualcuno mi fermasse per strada e mi chiedesse di dirgli dieci canzoni dei guns. conoscendone solo sette mi avrebbe certamente strappato di dosso la maglia e derisa pubblicamente.. sai, come di solito fanno i passanti qualunque..

Firstly, Axl Rose's voice is intolerable. Secondly, the big songs have been overplayed to death. Thirdly, the majority of the album tracks did absolutely nothing for me. Some good moments of interplay with the bass and guitars, Welcome To The Jungle, despite overplay, is still a banger. Other than that though, did not enjoy this and was bored by the end.

Couldn’t escape this record in my childhood and still find it very grating

This gets two stars just for having "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child" which are GREAT songs but the rest was not for me.

Better than expected some decent song writing but it’s still metal even if it’s metal lite.

Couple of good songs I like. Not my type of music though. 2/5

Guns n' Roses is a band that was hugely successful, but unfortunately for me it's to their detriment. Appetite for Destruction is heavily reliant on its singles, but I have a hard time enjoying any of them because they've all been played to death. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child o' Mine are decent enough hard rock songs, but they're just too everywhere. The rest of the album isn't great, a lot of fiddling with a very generic screams-of-the-80s sound with a lot of uncomfortably sexual songs that just don't do it for me. While I don't love the sound they're going for, I'll defend it a little from an engineer's point of view. It's very well produced and I think in terms of hard rock everything sounds punchy and full. That being said, it doesn't make up for the fact that the only three songs worth a damn on this whole record have been forever ruined for me by the MLB and 94.7 FM Dad Rock Radio.

Hard rocking and not very deep... but a good vibe overall. Spent many hours listening to this after it came out and remember getting pumped up by most of the songs. It hits different decades later. Less straight up rock, more posturing and pretentious. I can still sing along but don't feel much for it anymore.

Although I consider myself somewhat of a metal fan, there is something I really dislike about 80's heavy metal bands. This is no exceptions.

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.