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Great hits, not my favorite after that
So boring. This is the exact kind of "classic" rock that I just don't get the appeal of at ALL.
Full of classiiiicsss
Didn't grow up in a house that loved these guys... That being said I have come to appreciate them more and more. Still not my thing but a fun window to 80s hair metal and LA partying!
fuck this sucks
2023/03/02
The album was the bridge from hair metal to grunge for the mainstream.
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.
While sprinkled with iconic hits this album otherwise felt a little more hair-metal at times than I was anticipating. The vocals are impressive for hard rock/metal. Lyrics don't hold back from the "sex, drugs, rock & roll" theme and the guitar solos are prominent throughout, most highly featured in intro to the standout "Sweet Child O' Mine." Other hits are "Welcome To The Jungle" and "Paradise City."
I was familiar with a lot of these songs although I had not listened to the entire album previously. The album has some absolute hits. I did not know this was their debut album. They really knocked it out of the park. I dont know if I want to listen to the entire album again. I enjoyed it, but there are some songs that were just ok. It could have also been a little shorter.
6.5/10 notes in notebook
I've heard these songs so much already that its just lost what made it special in the first place.
spicy old men music
The bangers were banging and the rest were fairly unimpressive. Overall a let down while not being bad
You cannot deny that "Welcome To The Jungle," however overplayed, is one of the greatest openings for an album ever. The first minute of that song is so iconic, building and building to a musical explosion. Would I call this a perfect album? Not by a longshot. But that first track really gets everything going and sets the table for what is coming up. There are a few songs where you feel the explicit lyrics are there jus to shock, and not for the song itself. Reminds me a bit of the Sex Pistols in that way (but they definitely are way more skilled than them). This is Axl Rose in his prime, a force to be reckoned with. Slash's guitar work... wow. Sure, there are three songs on here that you probably never want to hear again because they were played all the time on the radio. But there's a reason for that. They're well-crafted rawk songs. (Yes, that is the correct spelling for them, definite stadium crowd-pleasers.) The other songs are... okay. Again, a few have Axl sewaring because oooooh, look how edgy he is. Still, everyone is firing on all cylinders on pretty much every song. And as much as I want to pick these songs apart, they are really well-done.
A massively rockin' album. The big hits are huge but the lesser knowns still rock big time. The lyrics can be pretty juvenile sometimes, but what do you want for 80's rock? It was all sex, drugs and rock & roll, and these guys nailed it on this album. It's kind of crazy to think how big they were thanks to this album, and they only did two more albums (only the double one is good) in the next 4 years before breaking up. So they were relevant for about 5 years, but super relevant. This album made them legends. They can thank Slash and his guitar playing for a lot of that (he crushes it on every track), but Axl Rose deserves a lot of credit for his showmanship, as much of a degenerate as he was/is. A true classic album.
“You know where you are? You’re in the Jungle now baby, You’re gonna dieeeee!” Fourteen-year-old me loved this album. It was (and still is) quite a rocker. I haven’t listened to it in decades, probably because I had the misfortune of seeing them live when they were opening for Metallica during their Black Album tour. They were awful live. Back to the album though. The tracks I remember enjoying most were still pretty cool. Side one is solid throughout with the standout tracks “Welcome to the Jungle”, “Mr. Brownstone”, and “Paradise City”. Side two though is quite forgettable except for the standout “Sweet Child of Mine” which has one of those classic guitar riffs that almost anyone who played guitar during that time tried to learn. I’m not sure if it deserves it but for me this is personally a 4-star album. Partly due to the memories attached to it and partly to the good songwriting on the solid tracks.
Let's start with the obvious - Axl Rose is a trainwreck. The lyrics are disturbing and no one should ever try to imitate the lifestyle they model. But man this album kicks ass. It was a kick in the teeth when it came out and is still a pretty strong album. Welcome to the Jungle is an awesome song right from those iconic first notes. Slash is on fire throughout the album. Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine were overplayed ad nauseum but are both great songs. I have to give it a 4 for two reasons: One, I just can't give a 5 to their lyrics (even though let's face it that's part of what gives GNR their edge) and two, the non-hits are pretty cliche 80s hard rock songs (e.g., It's So Easy, Night Train), even if they rock harder than most.
Hell yeah
all of my childhood in one album this album made my taste in music and who i am. a true masterpiece and exactly what an 8 year old me needed
One of greatest rock albums in the 80s... and history. All killer, no filler from the beginning to the end
A star given for ‘Sweet Child...’ Hugely overrated album to my ears. Rose’s voice quickly becomes unlistenable.
It’s an absolute rock classic and there’s a reason for that. From top to bottom every song has an adrenaline that is hard to emulate. A passion for music and writing that you can’t copy. Many have tried. A stellar debut from a legendary band.
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 simply cannot
Okay, here we go! I think this is the first time I've listened to a complete Gn'R album; my relationship with the band has always been complicated. For starters, they were verboten in my household, by decree of my mother, growing up (joining Snoop Doggy Dogg, MC Eiht and The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience.) An even bigger factor is likely the fact that I think Axl Rose is an absolute idiot! I also vacillate frequently between whether I love his voice or hate it. 😂 Regardless of my thoughts or feelings on Axl or his voice, he and it suit the music here very well and the music is mostly pretty friggin' awesome. Sleazy as all get out, but awesome. This album feels pretty much exactly how I would picture L.A. in the mid-80s - the real L.A. not the made-for-TV L.A. The violence, the grime, the sex, the drugs and the rock n' roll. I can see why my mother found this so alarming - I'm sure she came to it through extra-glorified media fearmongering too, which also tracks given the era. The album is definitely not without its cringy moments, but all in all, I enjoyed it far more than I expected I would.
I've never actually listened to this album in full before. I always forget this is a debut album and it so chock full of monster hits it's a best of. Slash's guitar work is what I want out of my hard rock.
Classic, still holds up to this day.
Some classics
Great album
i heard this album 123523434 but ok
For a debut album to be made up of multiple monumental hits is impressive, and pretty much the definition of blowing up. The music sounds awesome and badass - pretty dated, but still enjoyable. However, I've never gotten into Axl Rose's voice. The screechy voice is fine for a song or two, but not for an entire album. It reaches a point where, even with all the gymnastics, it sounds one-note. Shame because let's face it, most of these songs are classics. Standout tracks are the three big singles and My Michelle.
Overall 3.5. Fun to listen to the album other than just the typical hits you know
Did not know this was their debut, kinda crazy to have welcome to the jungle paradise city and sweet child o’ mine on your first album. Rest of it was forgettable
I don't like this band
terrible lyrics decent-ish lickz couldn't finish listening
Mixed feelings here. The band is so ridiculously tight on this album. I feel like the production is outstanding and that's not something I usually pay too much attention to. There are some radio staples here that still get played all these years later. Absolutely killer riffs to be found on them. But here's my problem, and it's a big one: Axl Rose sucks. I mean he really sucks at singing. I hate his cartoon high voice and that perfect for parody warble shit that he does (think of the "where do we go now?" part on Sweet Child of Mine) He brings down every song. Everyone else in the band is great. Aside from Axl's suckiness I found that the non-hits arent particularly memorable. Its a bit too long as well. Those classic riffs make me give this a 3, but I debated a 2 because it's really overrated. Did I also mention that Axl Rose really sucks?
I was honestly not expecting track 2 "It's So Easy", it's so far off of the sound that you normally hear from the radio for them. It honestly feels like it's trying to step into the Grunge genre. So far other than track 2, this album has felt like it's just themes on a single song. They're very tuned into what their "sound" is and they don't seem to deviate from it.
As good as I remember, rock and roll at its finest. Great riffing, killer solos, and Axel's unique vocals make this one a win for sure. Even the less popular tracks rock, and the closer is one of my favorites on the album.
A mix of songs I really enjoyed with some I would leave off of a playlist. I knew beforehand that I like most of their radio singles, especially from this album. I also knew I didn’t like Axel’s voice much. I dig the instrumentation enough to mostly make up for my dislike of Axel’s voice. Just good old fashioned headbanging high gain rock. I like this more than most hair metal because it feels more loose and almost like punk hair metal, at least in attitude. Overall a good album but it’s unlikely I revisit it as a whole. I’ll hear the singles many more times; during any given football game I’m certain to hear the stadium play Sweet Child Of Mine (and We Will Rock You, Freebird, and Seven Nation Army) a dozen times. Apparently critics were ambivalent-to-neutral when this released. Always interesting to see what albums become classics after a rocky reception. Ended up as the 7th highest selling album of all time in the US.
5/12, 42%
Classic glam metal, saw them live a few years ago and they still rock hard, this album took me right back to that concert
I still think that Gun N' Roses aren't the best rock band of all time or from the 80's, but ill give them credit and say some of the stuff here ain't all bad, but I don't think I would still place them in my own top bands of all time any time soon.
Classic
Classic. I have to admit, there is a filler-ish quality to some of the songs on here. Songs like "Nightrain" or "My Michelle" can border on the boring, although Slash's virtuosity ultimately elevates them to a firm rating of solid. That said, when this album rocks, it rocks like no other. Some of my all-time favourite songs are album openers, and there are few openers as awesome and memorable as 'Welcome to the Jungle'. 'Paradise City' rocks so damn hard, preceded by the not-quite-as-great-but-still-fantastic "Mr. Brownstone". "Sweet Child O' Mine" has long ago joined the rock n' roll pantheon of "songs whose opening riffs are so seminal you're going to get made fun of if you play them in a guitar store." Kudos to the album for not peaking after "Sweet Child", as it immediately kicks back into the high-octane head-banger "You're Crazy" and comes to a respectable close with "Rocket Queen".
Axel rose is the worst, like listening to a prepubescent teen trying to fuck a cat. Rest of the band is good
Quizás el álbum más recordado de los Roses pero no soy tan fanático de el.
'Welcome To The Jungle', 'Paradise City' and 'Sweet Child O' Mine' are absolute classics, but the other tracks on the album are also good. Awesome guitar play by Slash and Izzy Stradlin. 5/5
Basically a perfect album (esp. musically), with only a little bit of Axl's burgeoning paranoia, instead of the mess that was Use Your Illusion.
The hits are great but I was disappointed by the other tunes on the album. I like slash’s playing. Axl Rose is a terrible person.
So cheesy, so ridiculous, so over the top. Pretty impressive amount of hits for a debut record. Needless to say pretty sick guitars.
I love this album. It is so clean and Axl Rose's vocals are so unique. It's pretty incredible that this was their debut album. Paradise City is so fun but I love all the songs.
Guns N Roses came late to the party. They didn’t bring much that was NEW to the table; the ground they trod had already been explored by previous bands like AC/DC, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Judas Priest, and maybe some of the hair metal bands. But the album is very quality rock, and does basically everything right. It’s good fun
Nostalgic, lots of great songs packed in here.
Damn, I really am gonna become THAT uncle; first I enjoy Iron Maiden, and now I think this was pretty good too. I do have a few problems with this album to keep it from that five star, though. First, some songs do tend to blend together, especially in the middle. Axl Rose's voice, while impressive in range, can get a little annoying when he is doing his higher range, and finally Paradise City. Just in general a bad song in my opinion. So, just a pretty good album with some issues, which I suppose is exactly what I expect from late 80's hard rock. Slash's guitar playing is crazy for a (famous) debut such as this. Sure, the hits from this album are annoying now, but it's still crazy the amount of songs from this one album that get that treatment. Even the big boys don't get that
One of those bands where I've only ever heard singles pass by on radio. I could never really get past Axl Rose's singing. But still gonna give this a shot. Musically this is great, the tight rhythm section of Steven Adler and Duff McKagan, killer guitar work by Izzy Stradlin and ofcourse Slash. But yeah, the vocals are a big gripe for me, I just don't dig them. But the songs are enjoyable at most, not a band I would fondly put on time to time, but that's okay. Key tracks for me: Welcome To The Jungle, Nightrain, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, Think About You, Sweet Child O' Mine, You're Crazy, Rocket Queen. 7.5 out of 10
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.
Very good, very iconic. It's not really my thing, it's so showy and not very deep. I didn't realize this was their debut, it makes me more impressed - I mean, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City AND Sweet Child O' Mine on their debut album?? Amazing.
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.
I mean, you can't argue with success I guess. Do I want to listen to it anymore? No but I had a phase. I think there are definite arguments for 4 or 5 but in terms of my enjoyment, it's just "meh".
Un 4, pero porque tiene Sweet Child Of Mine.
Nokkrir hápunktar, sérstaklega Sweet Child. Annars frekar meh.
Love it
There's some awesome tracks on here, that are well-known. Some of it is slightly over-egged testosterone tinged but it's a solid album. Slash rocks.
I get why this is on the list, and there are several great/iconic/blockbuster tracks on this album, but as an album it's grating and headache-inducing for me. Not enough variation in the loud guitar metal to keep me engaged, and lots of unmemorable filler tracks. For cultural import and good songs, I'm giving this a 3/5 although my personal review would be more like 2.5.
This album has basically defined my music taste. Before that I didn't listen much to music. I then fell in love with Michael Jackson and bought his CD's. For some reason I didn't listen to one of his albums in full. Somewhen, I started listening to GNR and then bought their greatest hits CD and then this album, which made me fall in love with this album. It made me fall in love with Rock music in general. This was the first album I listened to from start to finish. The Riffs are nasty, the solos blazing, the production superb. Axl Rose is one of the greatest singers to ever exist. I put him on par with Freddie Mercury and Layne Staley. Slash made me play the guitar, the moment where he steps out the church in the November Rain music video is the most badass moment in music video history. So if it ain't already clear Obviously 5/5, every track is a banger.
Nie lubie gunsów
More meh than I was expecting. Thought it would be more like an AC/DC level of rock, it was not.
Catchy rhythm. Cool chords on the guitar. Lyrics kinda cringe.
osea alguien esperaba q los guns me cambien la vida? 6.5/10
Eh
One of my old favourites. I grew up listening to these songs.
The one with "Welcome To The Jungle" and "Sweet Child O' Mine", and the album that "put the metal back into hair metal", as one other reviewer said... I'm a little confused, though... Is Guns N' Roses still "hair metal", then? Or just "metal metal"? Nah, they can't be "metal", they're just cheesy eighties hard rock. And that's still the definition of... "hair metal" to me. But maybe I'm splitting hairs here... Yeah, I know... Rimshot! 😁 What's *really* funny though, is the way that a lot of those 5/5 and 4/5 reviews point out that *Appetite For Destruction* actually has many fillers, especially on side two. My radar senses bad faith fueled by nostalgia, here expressed by that sort of 40-ish, 50-ish white male who would just shrug every time you would report stories to them about Axl Rose indulging in borderline-racist tirades or expressing his spite towards women. There's a good reason Kurt Cobain hated this band. Don't forget that, kiddies... I'm gonna drop the mic now, enough said. Well, I won't exactly do that the way Axl Rose drops the mic after a show, mind you. I don't want any of you to end up with a shiner on their face right after reading my review''. I imagine that when *Use Your Illusion I and II* pops up on the app, I'm gonna select those two as LPs that are at least "historically" important in terms of cultural impact. But honestly, it may seem preposterous to waste any more room on Guns N' Roses beyond that. I'm pretty sure there's a good "metal metal" band somewhere that Dimery and co forgot in their list. So maybe it would be a good idea to use that slot here given to *Appetite For Destruction* for them, don't you think? Number of albums left to review: 712 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 144 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 70 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important):79
Welcome to the Jungle is such a great opening song it has been used to open myriad events ever since. Hearing it at the Broncos-Jaguars game at Wembley a couple months ago took me right back home. An uneven album to be sure but the hits shine so bright.
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
Un classique ecoute 100fois. 5*
I love gnr, I don't recommended playing rocket queen around your parents though.
Immediate five stars for Paradise City alone as it's one of the great air steering wheel drum/air guitar/highway vocal tracks of all time. There is a looottt of dodgy filler in here though that would've hurt it otherwise.
Reminds me why I didn’t like them then either
i grew up listening to some of the best songs in the album, a friend of mine told me “listen to the whole album its good” it was not until way later that i gave this album a full listen and I was blown away. Welcome to the jungle is not even the best song its mr brownstone. I also had a friend playing sweet child o mine every time he picked up the guitar at practice so it became a meme at this point but im happy to relive these memories. 5 stars
Decent album, better than most “hard rock” music that I’ve heard.
Arguably the best rock debut album ever. Definitely of the 80s. Amazing start to finish. Isn’t a bad song on here
Solide premier album et leur meilleur.
Je n'aime vraiment pas Axel, mais je suis obligé d'admettre que cet album est efficace. Les meilleures pièces du groupe s'y retrouvent. Je crois que le plus surprenant c'est que ce soit leur premier album. On croirait plus à un groupe arrivé à maturité. Ça explique le succès phénoménal du groupe.
This is just brilliant. The epitome of Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll. I’m really not into this kind is stuff but how can you not love this album? It fun and serious. Hard but tender tender as fuck. It’s got my new favourite song about heroin addiction on it too. Yowsa!
Mais um fundamental, base do hard rock com sequência tremenda.
Can't deny it's quality, even if I can't stand Axl Rose
I have heard this record sooooo many times. GnR has never been a favorite of mine. But this record is a great one.
i don't love hard rock but this album has some undeniable bangers
I've heard this one before. The whole GNR thing isn't really my thing -- Axl Rose's voice grates on me, but I'll give this another shot. Dunno. Still not really changing my life...
Dad Rock, los bangers que tiene vienen dados más que nada por nostalgia más que por calidad
This album starts with an absolute banger of a tune and has some fantastic songs throughout. Just needed a little bit more to be 5 from me but a solid 4. Would be a 4 and half if I could give it.
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.
A debut album, no less, with some timeless tracks - truly great songwriting and exhilarating playing - all five artists shine throughout (accepting that Rose might not suit all tastes). Between the hits a few weak tracks but closer Rocket Queen is a hidden gem. The metal heads might balk at GnR but they kept metal going longer than it otherwise would have and pulled many an inferior band in their wake (for better or worse). And Welcome to the Jungle is surely the greatest opener to an album there’s ever been- also the greatest opener to a war movie or a high school movie or a jungle movie or possibly any movie .
I never would have listened to this much Guns N' Roses voluntarily because they remind me too much of my tacky ass swim coach who made us listen to them during practice, but the album was arite I guess. Top three tracks (in no particular order): Mr. Brownstone, My Michelle, and Paradise City.
Carried by hits, but is still a good album
I'm not the biggest fan of this band, but I can't deny that this must be one of the greatest debut albums of all time - so many hits that I have constantly heard throughout my life, and I think it would just be wrong to rate it any less than 5 stars.
I wasn't expecting much going in, because I don't think I like this type of music very much, but this was a very solid album, especially for a debut album. Axl Rose's singing range is very impressive. Going from his voice in Welcome To The Jungle to his voice in It's So Easy was jarring, obviously in a good way. I know it's a very mainstream song, but I've always had a soft spot for Sweet Child O' Mine. But, overall, solid album. My favourite songs were It's So Easy and Sweet Child O' Mine.
Je n'ai jamais accroché à Guns N' Roses, probablement parce que je ne suis pas fan d'Axl Rose, mais je me suis vraiment amusée à l'écoute de cet album. Force est d'admettre que leurs chansons sont devenues des classiques pour une raison.
A hard rocking fast fun album. This album has some of their best songs and this is easily their best album. The guitar riffs on this are amazing. The drum work is great. The only thing I dislike is the singers voice sometimes but this is an impressive album when compared to the other ones on this list. 8.2/10
A lot of the time, when I dislike an album, I question who it was made for. This time, I know exactly who this album is for and that somehow made it worse
The hits are undeniable bangers but the rest are vulgar and forgettable
Some absolute classics and pure hits of nostalgia on this one - ‘Paradise City’ was the soundtrack to a racing game I played religiously on the PS3. Fond memories aside, the gems do shine bright enough here to carry (but not cover up) how repetitive the rest of the track list is. It’s hard not feel a little disappointed when the absolute fucking ripper that is ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ segues into a tepid rock-101 track, especially as the lyrics start to tend towards overly edgy.
This is a pretty good album with some absolute bangers. You can turn it off after sweet child o mine. Bit too many similar fillers.
This was pretty fun, but it does quickly become more of the same. It also doesn't help that I am so sick of Paradise City - although admittedly that isn't Guns N' Roses' fault. I'm not likely to listen to this again, except maybe Welcome to the Jungle.
Ægte rock n roll, der bliver skreget igennem, men man kender dem jo godt
Three really great songs and you’ve already heard them.
Classic arena rock, slash carries the album
Classic rock album
Love Sweet Child O' Mine All songs were solid, no others were real memorable but I should probably give it another listen because I did like the vibe and was not listening as close as I should have
This is legitimately a 5 star album but I'm too much of a coward to display it on my account's HIGHEST RATED ALBUMS page.
Outside of the well known songs it's like a parody, I guess the well known ones are as well but they've become archetypes. 4.4 on the strength of 3 songs.
It has hits and people like it. I am just not one of those people 😂
Tired and old
Tiene taaaaantos megahits que no se puede dudar de que es vinilazo.
Heard it before?: Not in entirety but of course I’ve heard a few from this one Enjoy it: YES! It’s so unbelievably raw and the talent of each member is endless which all combined leaves you with one of the most important rock albums of all time, enjoyable and timeless Favourite song: so many to choose from but it will be, Track 3 - Nightrain
Great riffs, but completely over the top and overblown. Fun silly classics
I'm glad that's over. I don't do nearly enough coke to enjoy Butt Rock. I'll take AC/DC or Black Sabbath any day before G&R.
Great album! Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child of Mine. 4/5
Fun, but I already knew the hits and they’re the ones I would listen to again.
Never really understood guns n roses, let’s see how this goes Welcome To The Jungle - absolute banger apart from OTT vocals and cheesy ending 8.5/10 It’s So Easy - decent intro, vocals too much in the opposite direction, boring. Steady on with the cowbell. Weak chorus, ok riffs and solo. “Fuck off” lol 5/10 Nighttrain - arsehole cowbell again. like the vocals here, nice thick guitars. Solid chorus. Best solo yet, awkward fade out 7/10 Out Ta Get Me - meaty intro, good vocals again, Iron Maiden vibes pre chorus, AC/DC vibes in chorus. More awkward fucks. Not bad, bit boring 6/10 Mr. Brownstone - nice drum intro, nice groove, bit funky this one. They’re doing the bo diddley thing. Shit vocals. Solid track 7/10 Paradise City - classic intro, superb. Headbanging time in the verse. Much better vocals overall. Massive chorus, such a good hook. Like the funky bridge and double time ending. Actually drags on a bit at the end. Kinda sick of it now 8/10 My Michelle - Like the sound of this intro a lot, something different. Oh nevermind, it’s just the same again. Nice enough riff. Cowbell again. Dog shit chorus. 5/10 Think About You - Honestly fuck off with the cowbell man. All sounds a bit flat. Clumsy vocals and lyrics. Fucking horrible guitar in the chorus, does not fit at all, horrific on headphones. See what they’re trying but no. Yawn 4/10 Sweet Child O’ Mine - never been a big fan but sounds incredible after the last couple of turds. Guitars fantastic, legendary riff, sweet bass. Still find vocals a bit grating. Chorus simple and to the point. Ending is class. Best yet, massive for a reason 9/10 You’re Crazy - fun upbeat track, one of the better vocals. Not much to say, good solid tune. 7/10 Anything Goes - sounds decent, kinda like the vocoder/talk box thing, must be where Dave grohl got the idea. Cool back and forth with the guitar solo. Another solid track, no problems with this 7/10 Rocket Queen- riff sounds a bit awkward and goofy. Gone a bit flat again, vocal effect sounds like shit in chorus. Not much of a closer. No need for the moaning, especially in a song this ugly. Jangly indie guitar actually works at the end here. Wtf this is decent why not make this a separate song? All over the shop 5/10 Still don’t get it. I can see why the big hit singles are so popular, and they were chosen as singles for a reason as nothing else stands out at all. A couple decent upbeat jams towards the end but pretty average overall. Not sure what makes them stand out amongst all the other bands that sound like this, and Axl Rose has a brutal voice. Some brilliant stuff from Slash and the rest of the band to be fair. Nondescript lyrics all round, nothing jumped out and not sure what any of the songs were about. Won’t come back to this, not my cup of tea. 6/10 because the high points are very good.
I'm down for an album length guns n roses best of... but an album was tough. I think everyone is allowed to like one glam metal band more than they deserve, and mine is motley crüe. Sorry Axl. But the highs are high
I heard the visuals at Coachella were so sick they made Ryan puke.
Some good some bad. 3/5
A perfect album. I know I’m labeled as the G n R guy but that’s mainly cause I don’t think they get the respect they deserve. They get grouped in with hair bands like Poison or Motley Crue and G n R are soooo much better than those bands. They have more edge. They’re not as cheesy. They’re songs are about the seedy underselling of the glam of Hollywood. The temptations of glitz. Whereas other bands promote the glamorous lifestyle of LA, Guns N’ Roses talks about the starlets that don’t make it. The lifestyle they endure. The eventual end of pursuing sex drugs and rock and roll. They’re almost an anti hair band. Not only is the subject a refreshing take on the sunset strip but they are also incredible musicians. Both Axl and slash are some of the best rockstars of all time. Both are included in any “best of” lists for their respective roles in the band. And this album is the ultimate celebration of their skills. Quite possibly the greatest first album ever released. This album is what the kids say is a “no-skips”. There is not one bad song on Appetite for Destruction. There are 12 songs on Appetite and half of em are absolute masterpieces, welcome to the jungle, night train, paradise city, sweet child of mine, rocket queen, Mr brownstone. This album is incredible
Well this is 5/5. There’s nothing like getting in your 87 Camaro top down with sweet child o man blazing and you roll up to the nudie joint with your buds. Ahhhhhhh those were the days
Strong 4, this seems timeless
Rock n roll
Welcome to the jungle: cool guitar and very cool opener. Great vocals and let’s you know what your in for. 4/5 It’s so easy: great guitar as per and instrumental but the vocals and idea isn’t amazing. 3/5 Night train: guitar tips and vocals just top it again. Back to the good stuff. 4/5 Out to get me: proper rock music. Great guitar solo and got me feeling some way. Again great does all sound similar but is good. 4/5 Mr brownstone: funky lyrics and funky guiatr but Not as good unfortunately. 3/5 Paradise city: good everything. Good use of a synthesiser. Love this song. Rocking guitar. Gotta be a 5/5 My Michelle: a misleading song at first. It’s good. Love his vocals on this. Possibly best on the whole album. Great lyrics again. Not a fan how fast it gets.3/5 Think about you:starts fast and is just cool. Bit soppy but we’ll forgive it for sounding cool. 3/5 Sweet child o mine: 5/5 Your crazy: a headbanger of a song a very cool song but sounds similar to the two before sweet child o mine. 3/5 Anything goes: a very cool song and just gets me pumped up!!!! 4/5 Rocket queen: another great song and a great way to end the album. I love the way it switched up slightly and the lyrics give an intimate touch. 4/5 Total:4.3/5
Welcome to the Jungle: love it. The delayed opening from slash creates the setting for the album. The solo may not be Slash’s most technical but puts his heart into it with a couple pinch harmonics. Backing vocals as well as Axl kill this. Drum beat throughout really welcomes you to the jungle (LA) the meaning of this may not seem deep at first but once you realise it makes the song even better. It’s so Easy: The beginning of this builds up to a riff that may let some down. Axl shows off the literal opposite of his WTTJ falsetto voice and drops to a baritone. The huge vocal range of Axl Rose is the strong face of GnR. The riff feels like if you gave slash 5 minutes to come up with something, he still delivered. So fucking easy. Nightrain: the opening of this feels amazing. All the guitars on the track allow for a huge presence. The solo is one of the best on the album and shows off ever slash has to offer. The song just makes you feel something especially at the end when a guitar solo is but behind an emotion filled chorus. Out ta Get Me: Izzy and slash pull off what they do best. The verses underdeliver slightly but the explosion into the chorus make it worth it. Classic GnR les Paul tone is the soul of the band in general. Mr. Brownstone: switched up the tone and Axl comes back with his deep vocals. It almost sounds like a different person. Other than that the song is nothing out of the ordinary for AFD. Good song but could be forgotten in the album. Paradise city: one of the best tracks in album. Infectious “Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty” solo takes the song to another dimension with a simple melody mixed with a hard rock guitarist. Change in tempo showed skill of Steven Adler. My Michelle: can’t believe the Beatles copied guns n roses with the lyrics! The song just makes you want to get up and jump. The verse makes you think it can’t get any better then there’s an explosion into “WELL WELL WELL MY MICHELLE.” Aggression roars in this song and I’m not complaining. Think About You: sled down just to pick it right back up. Feels like any generic song harder to pick out than the average song in the album. Got once the lyrics are quite nice though. Sweet Child of Mine: as overplayed as it is it’s still the best song on the album by a country mile. Slash’s best riff to date. Not just the initial part but the transition to verse blows anyone away. The chorus redoes the riff in a different way and it’s so refreshing still. Many top notch solos that are hard to be beat in the world of rock, I might go as far as to say one of the best ever. Axl is a bit of a hero here for singing like a devilish angel. The man literally makes his voice a riff at the end. His technique is unparalleled. Where do we go now? You can tell they knew this would be a hit by the level of production and layers for Axl. The song will for sure make you play this in your head on repeat. You’re Crazy: anything after the last song will feel like a step down but the band come in hot and go hog wild on all the instruments. It keeps you rocking. I do feel like it could be forgotten however the “you don’t want my love, you want satisfaction” line is to be remembered. Anything Goes: interesting riff choice and I enjoyed it to an extent but leaves a lot to be desired for most people. It’s a good song but perhaps not up to the high standards of Appetite for Destruction. Nothing really stands out and gives it its own identity. Rocket Queen: great song; could do without the strange moans. A long song and a great album topper. There’s not much to say about this besides the chorus really makes the song “here I am”
Listened to this many times at the end of high school. Great album.
I feel like my rating for this album is probably influenced by Axl Rose being a dick but whatever. I don't like this album that much regardless. 3 stars
Maybe I'd give it a 4 if I hadn't heard many of these songs played to death on the radio?
I groaned when I saw this pop up but it's really not that bad. I think it's the hype that follows it that repels me. Tight and supremely produced with great musicianship. It's not just the big hits but also the other tracks too showing a variety and inventiveness that suprises me. In summary it's very impressive from one of the biggest bands ever. The only thing that stops me from playing this regularly is my reservations on their image. The music is epic though. It really is.
This thing fuckin rocks. Slash was my favorite guitarist as a kid and this project has him at his absolute best. The classic hits are great, but some of the lesser known songs are bops too. I just had a lot of fun listening to this and pumped me up to get shit done. Definitely parts of it could be better, but they’re far and few between and the good outweighs the bad.
The guitar is iconic and the vocals work within the genre. A majority of the lyrics can be pretty dumb. But if that's what you want you got it.
rock
I've heard the singles off this record so many times it makes me want to vomit. Trying to be open-minded about the other songs, we'll see how far I can make it... Update: Three tracks in and I cannot do this. Shitty lyrics, cheesy riffs, and over-indulgent guitar solos. I struggle to understand why this is so "acclaimed." An actual line from a review: "rock is at last being wrestled from the hands of the bland, the weak, the jaded, the tired, the worn, and being thrust back into the hands of the real raunch rebels." Oh thank god at last rock will be in the hands of horny white dudes who think rebelling means hitting on the waitress at Applebee's and then chugging beers in the garage while this plays on a piece of shit boom box.
Classic hard rock album
Great album
Classico.
Perfect running album.
One of Greatest hard rock debuts, No questions asked, and no weak songs.
Classic rock album Loaded with hits One of the best debuts Sound original and hungry
Not too much to say about this. Punk meets hair metal meets classic rock. Not the greatest debut album of all time (that goes to Meatloaf probably) but close. Unfortunately they flattered to decieve, as nothing else by them even remotely comes close. I was slightly confused by the album cover shown as my copy has the metal avenger and robot rapist - which is an image more appropriate to the album.
A couple huge hits, some oddly aggressive lyrics, many tasty licks. Not bad.
I already know and love welcome to the jungle and sweet child o’ mine. I feel like it’s really difficult to never hear those songs because they’re just so popular, and for good reason. For some reason I wasn’t expecting all the swearing. Maybe I’ve just never paid attention to the lyrics before. I also kind of recognized paradise city. I was doing some research on the band though and I’m a bit confused about the current lineup. Why is there a girl who is 30 years younger than the other members there? Obviously not relevant to this album, but I think it’s weird that that’s what they’ve resorted to at this point in time. I’m surprised that sweet child o mine has more streams that welcome to the jungle. I would have guessed that it would have been the other way around. I also hate looking up bands like this and seeing how old they are now. Obviously that’s what happens, but it still kind of creeps me out. Anyways about the music of this album… it definitely didn’t live up to my expectations, but I feel like since it’s not music I listen to normally it would probably take me multiple listens to grow to like these types of songs anyways. I looked up online at all the really great reviews of this album and how it’s like the greatest debut album of all time. I also didn’t know it was their debut album, which is impressive even if it’s not quite my style. For some reason I thought that they debuted a lot earlier. The beginning of you’re crazy sounds a bit like welcome to the jungle to me. Unfortunately I didn’t find any new songs to add to my playlist this first listen-through. I like that squeaky balloon sound at the beginning of anything goes. Okay I take it back I added anything goes to my playlist.
Nothing but bangers. L.A. sleaze with more danger than hairspray. Classic.
See, I haven't even started listening to it TODAY but I already know this album fucking slaps. Nowhere near as heavy or monumental as I remember it being when I first heard it, but loaded with bangers. Sweet Child O' Mine absolutely still hits the right notes at every moment.
I remember when this came out and how quickly it grew on me. I tried to not like it because I was all about thrash metal back then, but I couldn't help it. For a debut album it sounded fresh edgy and completly rock and roll. They skyrocketed to fame soon after. Rightly so. Not sure they managed to produce anything as gritty as this afterwards though (except perhaps gnr lies)
"..shun-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n, knees, knees!!!"" The best album ever!!! 5 Stars!! It's full of energy all the time ***** Every single song is cool and magic ***** Even the love song, "Sweet Child o' Mine", is punchy and kicking till the end. ***** I learned to play the guitar with this. Love at first sight.
Inizio strepitoso, uno dei migliori della storia del rock.
Probabilmente uno dei migliori dischi di debutto di sempre.
Poche band possono vantare un album d'esordio che sia di per sé un best of. Ecco, i Guns sono una di queste band.
Pour tous ceux qui auraient raté l'émission de la semaine dernière, il s'est produit un grand moment de télévision. Les Guns'n'Roses se sont présentés à Baltard avec leur album Appetite For Destruction et ont totalement retourné le public et le jury que je formais avec eltrapeze, Todd Rundgren et Manu Katché. La conclusion : quatre bleus de notre part. « C'est du très très grand Baltard, commença Todd. Vous savez à quel point je suis proche d'eltrapeze, et à mon avis, il a dû beaucoup apprécié votre performance - Oh que oui mon Todd, enchaîna eltrapeze. J'ai tout simplement adoré cette perf'. D'ailleurs, j'ai une pensée pour le père de roblitière qui a du se régaler devant son écran. - Eh oh... l'interrompis-je. Plus que jamais vous devez tapez 2 si vous voulez voir les Guns'n'Roses en finale chers téléspectateurs. - Je fais de la batterie, conclut Manu Katché ».
Les Guns N Roses viennent s'imposer en tant que bande de joyeux gueulards numéro 1 du générateur, pour le plus grand plaisir de nos oreilles. Je tenais à vous mettre en garde contre mon camarade d'écoute roblitière: ce dernier est actuellement en train de se rapprocher de son père par le biais de reviews hypocrites. Ce dernier n'a en effet pas su apprécier à sa juste valeur cet album des Guns N Roses, mais devrait vraisemblablement lui accorder une grosse note afin de séduire son propre père. Cela ne prendra pas, malheureusement pour rob, qui reste la honte musicale de la famille litière.
It's an iconic sound, but a very repetitive one at that.
Nope
so gross and vulgar, aping the worst of their influences
S Tier = Welcome to the Jungle; Sweet Child o Mine A Tier = Mr. Brownstone; Paradise City B Tier = Nightrain; Out Ta Get Me; My Michelle C Tier = It’s So Easy; Rocket Queen D Tier = Think About You; You’re Crazy; Anything Goes
man I've already listened to this, all time greatest hard rock album imo
Came for “Welcome to the Jungle”, “Paradise City”, and “Sweet Child O’ Mine”…stayed because I had to hear the rest of the album. While this wasn’t a usual listen for me, I could see the appeal throughout the rest of the songs found here. It’s hair metal at its best, and it’s fun to hear Axl shred lyrics, while Slash equally shreds on the guitar. Though outside of the three big hits, the other songs are more on the “meh” side of things. Fun fact, this takes me back to working at Walmart almost 20 years ago, where a coworker who worked electronics would play a greatest hits daily on loop. I hated Guns N’ Roses hard after a week or so of this. Years later, I almost understand what drew him to this tour de force of a band.
Great, oldie but goldie, one of the best
notes - i cant stand axl rose’s voice - everything about this album is “shrill” - this album is basically the opposite of what i enjoy - fav song - think about you - i liked the acoustic guitar touch in the chorus - the lyrics were not as cringe inducing as most of the other songs least fav - nightrain - awful chorus - some of axl’s most annoying vocals - BONUS: anything goes counting down the seconds till the album ended, 1/5
Good
Fantastisch, wat een tijdloos album!
Moet altijd aan Bolle (Arjan's broertje) denken, die dit net voordat wij zelf moesten spelen aan het playbacken was in Nijmegen :D Verder natuurlijk een geweldig plaatje, maar objectief gezien is dit gewoon zielige 80s hardrock met een smerige krijsstem, maar daar moet je effe 'doorheen luisteren'.
Vet!!!
Oh yeah! Hier begon het voor mij allemaal zo'n beetje mee. Van Top40 muziek naar grote-mensen muziek. Ik was echt zo enorm fan van Guns N' Roses, dat het een soort obesessie genoemd mag worden. Dit album is van begin tot eind een soort op hol geslagen trein die maar door blijft denderen. Wat een energie!
Geinig om weer eens te horen. Staan wel een paar stampers op, maar een beetje verjaard is het ook wel.
An absolute monster of an album
Lots of hair metal meets hard rock here. Definitely see some early hard rock DNA in here that would go on to influence modern bands.
Great album, one of the best albums ever
Not as bad as I thought but also his voice is so blegh
3.5 definitely
Easy 5/5. Iconic.
Yeah, this is class. Doesn't quite make a 5 because there's a bit of filler in there, but it'd have to be quite bad to stop an album with Welcome To The Jungle, Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City (my personal favourite) getting a 4. Their ballads are much more hit and miss - My Michelle works but a couple of the others don't really. That said, it's a long album at 53 minutes so does need some variety. Would probably have been better at a tight 40 mins with 3-4 tracks fewer, but even as is it's a comfortable 4.
3 definitely thought it would be a lot worse. Holy fuck am i sick of these hits though
Sweet child o mine is the best. Paradise city is iconic because it brings me back to simpler times as a kid. Can't Hardly Wait is the movie I think about. Nighttrain is good and first Guns N Roses album I listened to and Axle Rose's voice is simply unique and amazing.
80s rock in all its excess. There's no mistaking that Guns n Roses sound. One of the best rock vocalists and lead guitar.
Well that was bloody splendid. Loud, screamy, brash and with shredding guitar solos.
7/10 Quem nao conhece Guns, fica o dia todo fechado em casa atras de 4 paredes ou é surdo. Qualquer das formas, não oiço muito rock, não é doso meus estilos de música favorito mas este álbum é icónico. Muitas boas memórias que tenho a ouvir estes sons seja videojogos ou com o meu pai, paradise city e sweet child o mine.
重金属音乐
if you'd asked me what i think of appetite for destruction before i'd started this list i would have said its top drawer without having listened to it for years. now that i've had to endure loads of hair metal thanks to this list i have developed an aversion to cheesy squealy cock rock. some huge tracks on here but a full album is too much.
Listening to this record was like shaving your balls whilst drunk. Sure, some parts are smooth and satisfying, but mostly it's an absolute shitshow of blood and mangled pubes. After the initial euphoria has worn off, you're left with pain and itching and a mess all over the bathroom floor.
Ergh...so like am I supposed to listen to this seriously? It does have 3 absolute monsters on there. Whether that's good or bad, I don't know.
Meh. Welcome to the jungle is obviously a banger. It's so easy is bad. I feel like there are four good songs on this album. The rest get by on Axel's unique voice.
My favourite and probably only album by Guns N' Roses that I've listened to in entirety beforehand even though I've loved the band for years.
It has been ages since I've listened to this album and it is amazing how great it still sounds. One of the best debut albums from a band ever. Energetic, fun. Only one skip (I Think About You doesn't do it for me) on this classic. It's amazing Axl can even talk any more after his banshee hollering on this album. I love it but it has got to be awful for the vocal chords.
I did not like this album or GnR when it came out. Took my probably at least 10 years after to release to listen and like it. I will admit I love the solo on Sweet Child, and I like Rocket Queen and My Michelle but still absolutely despise Welcome to the Jungle and Parisade City.
Pretty straightforward rock & roll. Good guitar solos and licks, with SCoM being the standout. Progress from the 80’s hair metal, adding some grittiness. Not a fan though.
Some real highs and lows. Sweet Child, Welcome to the Jungle, and Paradise City still hold up. the rest of this album feels like filler. Maybe in 87 it didn't sound like bloated garbage.
I have heard this album so many times. I had a roommate in college that would literally only play GnR and Smashing Pumpkins. I got real tired of both of them after a full year of it. But it's been a few years since I heard this all the way though. And it's really good. Some mega hits of course, amazing that so many big hits were on a debut album. It may be a while before I listen to it again, but I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Sweet child o mine es una de mis canciones favoritas del mundo. Todo este álbum me recordó mí adolescencia, un recuerdo agridulce jaja.
Hell yeah
Pure sex drugs and rock in roll. I’ll revisit again and again.
la jungla de cristal bebe
Heard it
As good as this mostly loathsome genre can be. There are some great melodies and a few great tracks, but much that's meh, too and a lot of sameness (both in sound and content) in the harder-edge tracks. "Welcome to the Jungle" is a great opening track, setting the dark and gritty tone and "n. "Sweet Child" is a stone-cold classic, instantly recognizable and seriously addictive – to the extent that one wonders just how much the die-hard fans really hate it for being mirepresentative. The unit seems perhaps over-rehearsed and fused by an intense focus to get it right and be, you know, huge. Later records would show just how delicately balanced this was and probably revealed their true colors.
I maintain that this is probably the greatest debut album ever. Every song is great and filled with grit.
It’s appetite of destruction
Time for an very colored opinion. If I hate any band it is this dumb, fake, macho band called Guns and Roses. All image, no contents. Their worst crime is their rape of Knocking on Heaves Door, having two hits that you keep on hearing everywhere, Paradise City and Sweet Child of Mine, is their second worst crime. Best thing: tomorrow's album will be 100 times better.
What great singles, and what forgettable deep cuts. This is an album that I always think more fondly of until I actually go and listen to it, and find out all over again how boring and repetitive many of the songs get. It's a shame considering how good Duff and Slash are, but at least I get to listen to the genuinely amazing songs from here on their own.
Sex appeal of the Late eighties. Very strong set of tracks, I don't know if they need another album beyond this though.
This album just fucking rocks
For a debut album, this is pretty amazing. Overall it's a solid and good rock album with quite a lot of hits that almost 40 years after are still going strong. Some people might overlook it because of this, but it's definitely worth the listen.
nikad ih nisam volio, nikad mi nisu pasali, znam da se ovo smatra klasikom, ali ne u mojoj knjizi.
The hits hit hard! The non-hits are cringy are times. Overall, quite enjoyable.
Sure. If I was planning an 80s themed pool party I’d play this. But I can’t fully endorse hair metal in general when I know they were such misogynistic assholes. (The Motley Crew movie is my evidence)
One or two of these at a time are awesome. Not a surprise that his voice gets grating all at once though. By the middle of My Michelle I had to take a break. 3 stars for good headbangin’ rock straight through, and an extra star for the first 45 perfect seconds of Sweet Child alone.
I never realized I hadn’t heard the end of a lot of the songs I knew from this album. “Welcome to the Jungle” is a definite nostalgia trip because that was our intro song for every home football game in high school.
It's Appetite for Destruction. 4 of the greatest hard rock songs ever and some padding that goes from adequate to great, but it really doesn't matter, because Paradise City, It's So Easy, Welcome to the Kindle and Sweet Child of Mine justify the five stars, the rest (especially Nighttrain) make up the numbers and do a job!
A fuckin' rock masterpiece. This album stills sounds as sleazy 'n' greasy and downright menacing as it did when it came out. Whereas other bands from that era (see Poison, Motley Crue, RATT, Skid Row etc) sound like boy bands with squealing guitars.
What a pleasant surprise
An absolute classic classic rock album. Despite it dripping in arrogance you can hear why as it's so well made.
There are some releases that both define an era and also transcend it. For hard rock in the 80s it was Appetite For Destruction. For all the focus on Axl, this is a tremendous guitar record and the twin attack of Slash and Izzy Stradlin holds up decades later. Not to mention that as a hockey fan, I hear songs from this release every game (only AC/DC can also make that claim). A masterpiece of the genre.
This is the reincarnation of Aerosmith, only better. Loud, rowdy, raunchy and purely American rock and roll.
This has to be one of the greatest debut albums of all time. What an entrance this band makes (too bad they could not really follow it up). Welcome to the Jungle is a powerful statement of who these guys are and might be the second best introductory track ever, after Good Times Bad Times. Here, Guns N Roses takes hard rock and makes it palatable through great melodies, exquisite guitar playing, and soaring vocals. Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine would both be some of the best songs by most other bands. I have not hear this album in a while but I was very impressed.
One great album of a genre that I generally despise. There are some undisputed classics on this though, as well as some tasty deep cuts like Nightrain and It's so Easy. But this album has also its fair share of fillers, much more than what I remembered to be honest. The B-side is basically useless, save for the overplayed Sweet Child O' Mine and Rocket Queen. So yeah, it's a classic and it's by far the best Gn'R album, but its impact is greater than its content.
Yeah yeah, it's objectively a good album, but I just can't like it anymore. Please, can I just live the rest of my life without listening to Sweet Child O Mine one more time?
Kind of album you would scream in a karaoke. Remind me the movie rockstar with Mark Wahlberg. Would be nice to listen to it with friends and plan a drinking game. I always wanna laugh when axl rose sing high pitch.
This is one of the best hard rock album ever. I hate it.
Not first listen, but some tracks really stood out to me for the first time. (“Anything Goes”, “My Michelle”) It’s comforting to know those couple weeks as a teen where G&R was my favourite band weren’t for no reason. 15/07/22
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll...and little else...really that's it
The 80s were draped in excess, and no band really indulged quite the way that Guns N' Roses did. For fucks sake, there's a woman being fucked on the bridge of one of these songs ("Rocket Queen"). It can be a bit formulaic (aside from the ballads), but it's still just as adrenaline-surging as always. There's a reason Axl Rose is such a known figure, and why Slash has launched so many kids to check their local Guitar Center. Favorite tracks: "It's So Easy", "Sweet Child O' Mine", "My Michelle", "Nighttrain"
Welcome to the Jungle is one of the best opening tracks to an album. All the hits like Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City, and WttJ are true classics. It's So Easy was easily my most disliked track. Sounded like a different band.
Good times. Great memories
Fun album, high energy throughout.
Words cannot describe how much I dislike guns n' roses' music. Their songs sounds like a fork scraping a plate. I'd rather listen to a baby cry for an hour than listen through this album again. The lyrics and vocals makee want to claw out my eardrums. The guitar and drums are cool tho. I made it about half way through before becoming overwhelmingly irritated by the shrill screeching that is this album. I like rock music, but not them. Maybe I could find myself enjoying one or two of their songs, but their overall discography fills me with rage fueled by the power of a hundred suns.
Meh. Didn't do anything for me, and I don't like Axl Rose's singing.
Painful. The hits I knew from millions of plays on radio, parties, boganfests and anywhere kids like to act tough. The filler tracks were lame . Lyrics are peurile, delivery over the top.
Some classic tracks on here of course. It can get a bit much listening to a whole album of it, but still pretty enjoyable
Solid 80’s rock
I’ve never been a big Guns n Roses or classic rock fan but this album is real good. The standout tracks gotta be Sweet Child O Mine, Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle, and Out ta Get Me. This is the first album of my list so I look forward to expanding my library and taste
7/10. Maybe even an 8, this had several solid inclusions, and none of the songs were unpleasant to listen to, excepting any sex noises in the background.
Hard to deny the talent of Axl Rose and the ability of the group to make hits. 8/10
Hair metal is corny and overrated imo. but I guess you can't deny the legacy of this band and this album.
Balls out straight up rock music. This is good!
Pretty fun
Simply thrilling. So much better than most other Heavy Rock.
This is Guns N' Roses debut album (duh) which became famous a year after its release. You know, I do remember hearing "Welcome to the Jungle" before this album blew up which I liked (and still do) quite a bit. And blew up, it did; you couldn't turn on MTV without seeing one of their videos within half an hour, they were constantly played on rock radio for the next ten years and at the college I was at, just about every local band I saw in 1988/1989 covered "Sweet Child O' Mine." Given all that, this album still rocks. It is firmly in the hard rock category but there are parts of certain songs that take it in a heavier, somewhat funky or more punk direction. The songs were written while they were on their LA club circuit and actually, a bunch of these songs ended up on future albums. The songs were written by individual band members, not as a group, and what is unique is when they name names they name actual real people names. Walk the walk. The album has a side G (Guns) which has songs about the inner city, drugs, getting drunk and the police and a side R (Roses) which has songs about girls, love and relationships. I did not know. I thought I might have trouble finding anything to speak of or even like given the iconic and over-played nature of some of these songs. I guess time heals somewhat; there's plenty to like. "Mr. Brownstone" is about the daily rock and roll grind and an increasing heroin habit. Slash wrote this song and Izzy's guitar riffs and Slash's solo are great. It also has a solid backing rhythm. Speaking of great guitar, "Paradise City" is probably my favorite GNR song. I can't believe I just said that. But, especially in the verses and the last part of the song, the band just kicks this into gear and you do hear the punk and metal influence especially in the guitar. The two song highlights from the R-side are both name name songs. "My Michelle" is about their friend Michelle Young who is basically a train wreck. The backing music is heavy, changes pace and fits the song. "Rocket Queen" is about LA underground scene leader Barbi Von Grief and there is actual sound footage of sex. An appropriate way to end this album. I was/am not the biggest GNR fan but found a lot to really enjoy in this album I had forgotten about. Note: I included both albums covers. The one on the left showing a robot rapist being attacked by some metal avenger was pulled prior to the initial release. They tried to use that cover again on a reissue. Again, pulled prior to the release.
Used to love this album as an early teen. I’m not a fan now as I listen to much different stuff but still have a lot of respect for it! Was my fav classic rock band and probably still is. Didn’t really enjoy listening to it as it’s not my thing anymore but some nostalgia there.
timeless, does anyone not like this?
I’d like to thank Gn’R - and this album specifically - for showing pre-adolescent me how to fluently drop F-bombs into your everyday vernacular.
fuck yeah my middle school jam
Memories of school, jean jackets wreaking of palmals with ballpoint pen inscribed band logos... I didn't like the people back then that liked this music, but I liked the music.
Andy informed me that Slash was 22 when this album came out and now I am devastated.
Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child Of Mine are all fantastic era-defining anthems, but the rest of the album is kind of mid. Same kind of thing as Slippery When Wet
Dominating in my late teens. Listening to the full album for the first time in many, many years it was interesting to note that a fair bit of it was not quite fully professional... The polish a tad patchy, some slight flubs. When it's on point it is quintessential American heavy rock. A bit meatheaded as most of its genre is but smarter and wittier than most.
I can’t believe this was 1987! So many tracks that carried through to this day and beyond.
I should first mention, I do NOT like Guns N' Roses! I think they are one of the most overrated bands of our generation and I just can't see the appeal of this parody of a "heavy metal" band, if you even call them that. I don't have any issue with most of the band members, except Axl Rose, who is the definition of a douche, I can't stand him! As for the music, it's nothing special, Aerosmith pretty much covered this territory a lot better decades ago. If you are a fan or want to hear what the big deal is, Appetite For Destruction is their so-called best album and has their familiar tunes. I did listen to the whole record and though it didn't rock my world, it was at least listenable. If you haven't heard, Welcome to the Jungle, already a million times at sporting events or the radio, you are a very fortunate person. If you wear a Guns N' Roses t-shirt, do not talk to me and stay away, I've judged you already.
An exemplary Rock album.
Genre: Hard Rock 3/5 Guns n' Roses, a group that simultaneously conjures up images of strip clubs as well as BBQs and television commercials, released their best album they ever made, Appetite for Destruction, in 1987. Utilizing tried-and-true hard rock arrangements and instrumentation, GnR made a few HOT singles, 3 of the best songs the decade has to offer (Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child o' Mine). However, the rest of the album plays out about as you'd expect, raunchy and energetic, but not very interesting. The 3 singles from this album, though, are all great tracks. Overplayed in their own right, as they've become cultural touchstones, but they are undeniable hard rock classics. Axl Rose's voice is in peak condition here, and Slash's lead guitar playing is as good as it ever was. But songs like My Michelle or You're Crazy are total duds, reminiscent of filler you'd find in a lot of 80s rock and roll albums (Def Leppard, Scorpions, Thin Lizzy), but way worse and way more bland. Give 'em credit for 3 great tunes, and the rest is generally skippable. Not bad.
05/16/22
Great vocals, great guitar playing, great production but overall only ok-ish songs. The well known singles 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Paradise City' and 'Sweet Child O' Mine' are easily the standout tracks.
Har har. Got into this album at that tender pre teen age. It seemed angry enougth and was peppered with enougth swears and attitude. Listening today is a chore it all seems so obvious and well a bit slow. Even the big hitters of sweet child and paradise city grind on too long. I see this as kinda of a gateway drug leading on better more fucked up things!!!
Predictable and really a bit shite, but fun enough at the time I suppose
MORE COWBELL!
Do you know where you are? You're in 90s rock nostalgia baby! Okay okay, it was late 80s, but who's counting?! Still rocks! 🤘
This album has some of the best rock songs of all time like welcome to the jungle and sweet o child of mine, so I appreciate it for that.
Great stuff even if sweet child goes on a bit
Nice
En fait c'est mieux en compil
bien que je n'aime pas les guns n roses pour des raisons de chanteur qui me brise les tympans, j'apprécie quelques unes de leur chansons dans le cadre de reprises.
If you don't like this album you don't like rock.
"Hair Metal" with balls
Oh, how I used to love this album! So many old favourites! So many classics! But that's the catch, though. That past tense. I still think it's an excellent album, but I cannot deny I don't turn to it like I used to. Or as frequently as I used to.
One of, if not, the best debut albums of all time.
Maybe one of the best openings of all time.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard this one in full, it’s a good record and the classics slap hard, there is some “guitar jerkin” but I mean, it’s slash so it’s ok I guess. It is quite long, but any 80’s record without synths is a win
They mix Aerosmith boogie with Sabbath sludge and AC/DC brattiness. Dumb (not a bad thing) and provocative (a good thing). Though the latter's only because Axl is such a convincingly jacked-up threat to women. And because so many of the tunes slap.
Je n'ai pas embarqué dans Guns N' Roses à l'époque. En fait c'est le premier album du groupe que j'écoute en entier. Je connaissais bien sûr les gros hits du groupe et on en a quand même 3 sur ce premier album. Je n'aurais pas pensé que c'était leur premier album. Quand même réussi, toute l'essence est là. Tout de même pas un album que j'écouterais régulièrement, mais quand même agréable et efficace pour rocker la place. Pièces préférées: Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City
Tiene taaaaantos megahits que no se puede dudar de que es vinilazo.
Un 4, pero porque tiene Sweet Child Of Mine.
It's got some really impressive hits, no joking about that. However, I feel Axls voice super fucking grating. To the point I found it hard to make it all the way through this one.
Not a big fan of GnR but I get why people like them. It all sounds a bit the same to me.
Idk 3? Probably 4, but goddamn have I heard these songs a lot of times. Great energy though. It's not popular for nothing.
Hard-core dude
Amazing!
Dancing with Mr Brownstone... Probs their best release.
Tenacious D should sue these guys for ripping them off.
4.0 - This record was another staple among the cool kids at my elementary school, which made it suspect in my eyes. But like it or not, GNR has been a mainstay in the soundtrack of my life. Wherever people are having fun, "Paradise City", "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Welcome to the Jungle" are bound to be playing. As I finally give this album a fair listen, I actually think they've pulled off something heroic. They've wrested control of rock 'n' roll from the terrible and tired rock acts that were crowding the radio. I was expecting to hear big synthesizer fills, multi-layered vocal harmonics and typical cocaine-driven studio overproduction. Instead I hear a sound that is raw and stripped down. Axl Rose commands with a single, powerful voice. Slash comes through with blues-inspired licks, unfettered by studio fuckery. This is sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll set against the Sunset Strip. Pretty damn classic.
Everything about Appetite for Destruction, from the skulls on the cover to the solos on the album, is incredibly dated. You couldn't have made this album a few years earlier, or a few years later. As such, it exists as this near-perfect time capsule of 1987 cock rock. It's also the best example of the genre - I've always had more time for this album than anything by AC/DC or the like. "Sweet Child O' Mine" does absolutely blow everything else on the album out of the water, though.
Popular songs are good but a bit annoying. The unknown songs are obnoxious.
Very good for a hair metal album
Solid
Really enjoyed this album
Couldn't get onboard, no room to think. Did enjoy the track 'Think about you' though.
Beyond the 3 staple tracks, there isn't much here beyond generic rock. Some of the numbers almost sound like production library tracks and although the staples are now way overplayed, 'Paradise City' is still an absolute tune.
A game changer album from the 80s.epic
I must have been present to hear this full album at some point when Appetite For Destruction was new. I had friends who loved Guns N' Roses. I had a hard time with the persona Axl Rose was trying to play. I guess I still do. Rose has talent, but I don't buy into the tough-guy persona. Having seen their videos doesn't help my distaste. Another detractor from Rose is his injection of additional sylables ("mow-ah" = more; "lie-ee-ine" = line). All of that distracts from the fun that Slash provides on guitar ("Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child o' Mine"). I don't like this album.
I'm a bit indifferent to GNR and their particular brand of cock rock, but most of their biggest (and I'd argue all of their best) tunes are on this album. The album tracks are more killer than filler, too - just about. A slightly overly long time, but a good time.
There's so much to like about GnR but I cannot stand Axel Rose's screech. Music is brilliant. Fun lyrics. Shit vocals. Embarrassing sex sounds
Pura energía y hard rock. No es un disco perfecto pero no tiene que serlo para provocar mover la cabeza y hacer la ocasional air-guitar. 4.5 que sube a 5.
Qué buen disco. Quizá nunca le he tenido fe a Axl Rose ni me ha caido bien, y tal vez no soy fan de su estilo de cantar y los gemidos que hace en los puentes, pero es que si dejas pasar eso, el disco es una tras otra de buenas rolas de rock. Además de los tres obvios trancazos que trae: Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle y Sweet Child O' Mine, pero la verdad es que otras muchas del disco son muy buenas aunque no suenen cada viernes en cada bar de rock a lo largo y ancho del mundo. Mr. Brownstone, Think About You y Rocket Queen, al menos, valen la pena. Es en definitiva una ventana al porque esta banda llegó a ser tan importante…
Absolute classic rock album. They were so huge for a while.
Five stars. Killer songs from the 1st track to the last.
Después de años lo escuche completo nuevamente. Lo recordaba mejor.