Appetite For Destruction

contains certified classics

Yess!! Great album! This has to be the best debut album of all time, with their greatest hits on them too. Love it!

rock royalty

Haven't listened to this whole album in ages but it's a classic. Bangers all the way through. On Out Ta Get Me right now, and it hasn't slowed down once yet. A little bit AC/DC-ish in the bit of sameness from song to song, but man do GnR know how to execute. And a good reminder of why I always loved Slash as a guitar player. Yep, excellent album. Classic, loud, in your face rock music. Awesome guitar work, and tons of attitude. Glad to have a reason to revisit this one.

This is a 5/5 just for "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child of Mine". But this is truly all killer no filler. The album is chock full of testosterone fueled jams that rock my face off. "You're Crazy" is one of my favorite deep cuts.

Brilliant

Listened to it many times. It's a classic but not what I'm into anymore. That bad boy excess lifestyle rock is old news but not in a retro way.

I do not like 80s rock

Lil nicko would’ve gone sicko mode for it

Not my taste but I can see the appeal

I am not hair metal fan. I think they sound like a lot of other genre music that comes out of the 80s. The music reminds me of what my uncles would be listening to on a Saturday Night looking for something to do -- with mullets and mustaches and stale cigarettes, fake photo IDs, leaning on the bar, air guitar. Breakin' a bottle to start an unnecessary fight near the billiard tables. I can't relate. Probably revolutionary for the 80s, but did not age well? It just sounds like the quintessential sound of that period -- or maybe because I grew up around it as a kid, I just don't understand the appeal. Only songs I like is Welcome to the Jungle & Sweet Child O' Mine. Period. Because of childhood nostalgia and Rock Band.

This would be a 5 star album if it only consisted of welcome to the jungle, paradise city, and sweet child o mine. As it is, this is a 2 star album

Ehh? A few great songs but nothing all that special lyrically, or musically.

For a first album to have so many hits that still play 40 years later is impressive.

This is crazy. I hate to love it, but I do. This is all the best bits of the 80s metal scene in one album. But I know the lyrics are wrong. I know Axl has been a giant jackass. But it is a great bit of music. F*&^

Boa, übles Axel Rose Gejaule und Dicke Eier Gitarrenparts aufs Übelste. Tausendmal besser von Aerosmith, AC/DC usw. gehört. Bekommt nur 2 Punkte wegen Welcome to the Jungle/Sweet Child O´ Mine.

Interesting to listen to this straight after Aerosmith…and I think I prefer Aerosmith. I am betraying my demographic here, but I’ve never liked Guns and Roses. It might be that I really have never liked Axl Rose’s vocals, despite enjoying the music. I think this album just overstays it welcome for me….I mean ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ is great and ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ is terrific and earns it’s place in the Gen X Book of Standards, but why not just finish there? Three tracks of filler to finish off, couldn’t wait for it to finish. One star for ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and one star for ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’.

At the time I was in two minds. Yes it’s great. Sweet child. Paradise city. Welcome to the jungle. Mr brownstone. It rocks. It rocks hard. But was this the direction rock was going? Back to the future? Didn’t the stones already do this? Yet taken out of the context of its release time, it rocks. sure, Axl is … well, axl, and is slash a one trick pony, or one of the best guitarists of his generation? I’m still not sure. Izzy Stradlin is the glue and a better guitarist than Slash. Which is either not hard or an Incredible achievement. Duff rumbles effectively. Rumour has it it’s all machines except the voice and guitar. Maybe. Certainly Steven Adler was sacked for poor timekeeping, but we can point to many many drummers who record ok In all a great album. It’s not as great as Queen II or Aqualung, but it’s up there. Fight me.

Ahh the Gunners.... how can they be ignored? My 1st actual album listen. starts off sounding solid ... lets go trackj bvy track this time... 1. Jungle. I know this one. 2. "It's so easy" is an angry rape anthem. Nope. 3 &4 . "Night train" & "out to get me" are a copy of ACDC with a Kiss chorus. 5. Mr Brownstone opens like a Stone's track ,but then he starts to sing and it's over. Skip. 6. Paradise City. That's more like it. This is their sound. All energy. And great whaling. Easy catchy chorus. Good one. 7. My Michelle. Dumb/flat. 8. More filler.... flat/Skip. 9. Sweet child of mine. Ah! Iconic 80s big rock music ....instantly recognised. Signature track. The opening guitar, love it. How can lyrics that say so little imply so much? The defining song of the album. And the joy is prolonged by an actually *good guitar solo*. Top stuff I have mostly though of this band as "ok" etnertaining, Halloween fun with garish Costumes included. heavy rock people sing along to after a few drinks... Now that I have actually listened to a whole album, my opinion of them is lowered, they're ok ... but "Sweet Child of Mine" is very good as an 80s anthem that captures soemthing of the big carefree celebratory zeitgeit of big rock acts of the day. (But the debased portrayal of rapey sex and misogyny of some of the lyrics on other sings can't be ignored.) trivia: But they sold 100 millions albums (matching Fats Domino, how funny) , made the most expensive album in history (14 million) and the most successful tour by a US Band (dwarfed by U2 and Rolling Stones and even Ed Sheeran and Elton John). They sure left a mark. An icon. But...

Funny this comes straight after Aerosmith, cut of the same cloth, ploughing the same ground, two peas in a pod, bookends, maybe I'm trying to say that in a way they are the same thing. I loathe Sweet Child O Mine with a passion, hated it at the time and would not go back for a listen if Dimery paid me. Still, I got to hear "loaded like a freight train, flyin like an aeroplane, speeding like a space brain, eye,eye eye eyeeeeyeyeyeyeyyeyyeyyeyyeyeyeyey".. What's not to like?

I have never listened to a Guns’n’Roses album before. Pity. This was a real surprise. I don’t know quite what I expected, but above all, this is just really good rock’n’roll. I have a couple of their singles, including Sweet Child O’ Mine, which I always liked. And like anyone who was alive at the time, I was familiar with Paradise City, which I also liked. But there’s so much here that I really enjoy - the opening 2 tracks set a fierce pace &, really, it just rocks all the way. Slash is terrific. The music never gets boring. Who knew? Not me.

Man, I really want to hate this album... but it is a catchy hard rock romp. I mean, it's objectively terrible, but far and away best in class, and sort of fun. Marc Burrows in Drowned in Sound writes (in 2018): "There are several moments during Guns N’ Roses recent Download Festival appearance where the phrase ’The Most Dangerous Band In The World‘ pops into your head. Not because it’s apt, but because it’s hard to square that much-touted tagline with what you’re seeing – a three-hour plus set overblown with classic rock covers, fronted by a rock n’ roll Liberace, rings dripping from his fingers, fringed jackets swapped every three songs. But every once in a while, just for a few seconds, the polished surface cracks and you get a glimpse of the exhilarating scum underneath. A reminder of the band this once was. Every time that happens, without fail, it’s during a song from Appetite For Destruction. When GN’R crawled out of Hollywood in the mid Eighties they were fucking feral. Penniless gutter rats, three of them strung out on smack, all of them boozehounds, all of them messed up in some way. In LA’s thriving glam scene, amid the pretty-boys of Poison, Mötley Crüe, Ratt and Great White, GN’R were from another, scuzzier planet. … From the very beginning GN’R were a rare real-deal in rock n’ roll. A perfect storm of punk, metal and sleaze-rock with an unexpected sideline in epic ballads… Appetite for Destruction, their three-decade-old debut was the perfect representation of that band. You can taste the scum. " This reminds me of Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous (a clear influence). They have an amazing rock'n'roll outlaw swagger (that they backed up with some real life bad behaviour), but does anyone REALLY believe they are all that dangerous? And I never really bought the 'punk influences'; I mean, they covered a bunch of punk songs over their career, but their sound is consistently hard rock/lite metal. The rhythm section has a lot more swing than most bands of the genre, which I appreciate. Big choruses, catchy riffs, high energy and bit more authentic rock attitude than most of their contemporaries, this is an album I secretly enjoy. They later self-inflated into a bloated pomp-rock behemoth, which was occasionally amusing, but usually best ignored. But here, they are lean and mean, and (somewhat) dangerous to know.

Difficult to give this album a rating. One part of me wants to give it a 2 and complain about how I've heard these damn songs on the radio for 30 years. How Axle can't sing, and it's garbage music. But then I hear Sweet Child O' Mine and something tells me to give this album a 5. How they managed to fit all these bangers on their debut album is really incredible. So I transport myself back to 6th grade, and think how I felt hearing Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City. They captured lightning in a bottle on this album.

I know there are people who worship this album. And I can see that. Sitting down to listen to the entire album, I attempted a mental exercise to embody someone who loves it. I overdosed on meth before the album finished. I wish I could go the rest of my life and never hear any of these songs again.

I had this tape as a 7th grader, it was great then. Since then Axel's vocals just didn't do it for me but you cant deny this albums greatness.

well made but also super cringey I love how they just randomly drop “fuck” once in like half the songs to sound all cool and hard

Maybe i'm a little bias because I grew up with a lot of these songs, but this album was a great listen from front to back, even if it did sound a bit similar at times, it kept me engaged and felt shorter than its runtime, which usually is a good thing, and it definitely was in this case. The classic hits still hit just as hard as they always did, such as Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine, timeless cuts like those never lose flavor. And even deep cuts such as It's So Easy, Nightrain, and Rocket Queen stuck with me after the full listen of this album. Overall, a very pleasing listen and definitely a staple album in the genre (despite me not being familiar with the genre itself, this surely has to have some mark or staple on it, surely.)

Not much more to be said than it’s a shame they didn’t write more music

5! Never started a review with the score. It’s so easy! This is easily one of my top 3 albums all time. Hands down, no debate, the greatest rock album of all time. Will never be beat. One of the first albums I rated every song, every song is an absolute banger. This album is so special to me to how it has been in my life through movies, video games, and general listening. I love this album with such a passion. It’s a true ultimate masterpiece. There are a handful of albums so far where it’s an automatic 5. This is one of the easiest ones. TBz 1. It’s So Easy 2. Welcome To The Jungle 3. Paradise City 4. My Michelle 5. Sweet Child O’ Mine 6. Night rain 7. Rocket Queen 8. Think About You 9. Mr. Brownstone 10. Out Ta Get Me 11. You’re Crazy 12. Anything Goes

There is so much that is tiring and uninspiring about the rock from this era, yet I found this just a bit more nuanced and powerful than similar albums from this time. Don't get me wrong every song had something that grated me, but every song also had a chunk I quite enjoyed, and overall I think it worked as an album. I think this would have been pretty awesome when released, this style of rock has just aged so poorly. Fav track: It's so easy

Pretty annoying album, but leaps and bounds more interesting and exciting than Van Halen, I generally found at least something to enjoy in each track. It all just blends into one for me. The standout tracks I think are only standout because I've heard them so many times. Lyrics are similarly inane to the other classic rock weve had and way too gross to get into. A few foot-tappers, and I can see why it crossed over. Two and a half. Fave track: Welcome to the Jungle

There’s such a legacy behind this album - commendable as a debut, and for a record to have so many hit singles packed in there only happens once in a blue moon. Can’t completely agree with this one though. The songwriting does seem corny and despite some skilful playing, that guitar sound I find kind of annoying. Maybe this is another version of all the hits being overplayed that I couldn’t fully be captured by them on this listen. Welcome to the Jungle is kind of a banger, even just for ‘shanananananananana’. Two and a half overall.

born to listen to kid rock, forced to listen to GNR

I was really expecting this one to be the hits and a bunch of crap but it was actually a really good and energetic listen

Just pure bangers

Pound for pound, this is my favorite album of all time. There's nothing else to say. This will always be a 5/5 to me. I must have listened to this album 1,000 times, to the point that I've committed every note, every riff, and every beat to memory.

listening to Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction, and i get the sense that there is greatness baked into the essence of each song (take for example the anthemic “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, which brims with kind of triumphant thumping that would easily soundtrack any moment of jubilation; or the raucous of “Welcome to the Jungle”, and opening song that so clearly affirms the album’s mission statement, directing the flow of emotions long before the record even settles into itself), and yet, when taken together, it just feels… burdensome? of course it’s the kind of burden that positively overwhelms: these are expertly crafted songs, and Axl Rose manages a contagious ferocity. every song is so insanely familiar, and now — almost 40 years later — it is such a glaring disadvantage. there is so much life to be heard here: the individual songs are overflowing with it. but then you make one journey through the album, and suddenly the songs begin to cancel each other out, each song snuffing the life out of the one before it; and so it goes that six songs in, the monotony in style, tempo, and theme becomes overbearing. but tear them apart, however, and the richness begins to shine through.

I came close to my perfectly acceptable ALL METAL IS SHIT approach, DO NOT LISTEN. But GNR always had a little more. I'm not sure what this is. All the usual metal tropes are there: screaming vocals, no soul, everyday sexism. It's only the singles that stand out for me. The rest is just noise. And pretty dumb stupid noise at that. No ta.

Reminds me of university. I can hear how professional it is, still not sure how much I like this version of rock.

First one star rating. "Welcome to the Jungle" is okay, but not even that's a redeeming quality to save it from a low score. The rest of the album just sounds really generic, and many of the tracks are so overplayed on the radio that I just get sick of them.

Some really big hits on here like Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine. Outside of those it is pretty mid.

Full of classics. The high points are bangers, the mid points, are, well, mid. Kind of surprised they were actually able to catch lightning in a bottle 3 times on a single album. Never listened to any of their other albums (specifically that double album, of which the name is eluding me), so it's hard to do a relative comparison. Honestly a 4 just on the strength and reach of its hits, with some nice surprises tucked in between. Standouts: Welcome To The Jungle, Nightrain, Paradise City, Think About You, Sweet Child O' Mine

Fun trip down memory lane. I'm sure one of my friends had this on cassette back in the day. Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine are still great. I do also like Mr. Brownstone.

I didn't much care for GnR at the time - too much cock rock, not enough metal - but I can definitely appreciate this album these days. Plus, the big singles make great karaoke tunes! Fave track - "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O Mine" both have lots of fond memories of whole rooms fulla people screaming along!

Great representation of rock in the late 80's. Raw and disciplined at the same time.

Yes, it's classic, but the best song is the one their surprisingly die-hard fans hate the most (with possible exception of "Patience"). What does that tell us? One thinks they should also be held to account for making so many people hate rock music and charge many fans and critics with being rockist.

I was never a fan of this band. Except some singles I couldn't care that much for them. Now I listened to my first Guns N' Roses album and I was positively surprised. There is some direct approach that is quite refreshing. It works all very well together, especially the guitars in contrast to Axl Rose's voice. Am I going to listen to more albums? Probably not. But it was a nice detour nonethless.

Uno de los discos mas iconicos de la hsitoria del rock. Una actitud desgarradors que te invita a tener un real apetito por la destruccion. Los solos, las lineas de bajo justas, las inyecciones de energia en la bateria, los riffs, las letras, LA VOZ, la actitud/mood del proyecto nos dan una de las mierdas mas desgarradoramente buenas de la epoca. Ademas saben coquetear con las baladas y se usa muy bien el sonido latoso de la guitarra, uno de mis discos favoritos 9/10

Most of the songs sounded the same and seemed to apply the same "bass-snare-bass-snare" rock drive. The guitar was impressive and professionally played but I found the style repetitive at times and that had me longing for more of an aesthetic change. The drums were basic but solid and the bass was played simply to match the drum beat. The stand out tracks are great. They are the obvious ones: "Welcome to the Jungle", " Paradise City", and "Sweet Child O' Mine".

Very soldier like, feels like it was written around war

Ugh. This album came out when I was college. I probably enjoyed some of these songs in college, until a roommate decided to play this album 2-3 times a day, just about every day and now the sound of the lead singer makes me sick. I don't even want to type any more about these guys. Will not listen ever again. Hopefully, this is the first and last of these guys. -1

So tired of about half of this album. The other half is okay. 2.5

2 Groan. Here we go. Probably the cock rock-iest of all the cock rock bands. If there’s any one frontman I would punch in the face… it’d probably be Gary Glitter. BUT, if we’re talking those without heinous sex crimes, it would be Axl Rose. The dude is a pompous diva, and everything he says and does makes me want to punch him in the face. As Kurt Cobain said himself, “The guy is a fucking sexist and a racist and a homophobe, and you can't be on his side and be on our side. I’m sorry that I have to divide this up like this, but it's something you can't ignore. And besides, [GNR] can't write good music." Honestly, where’s the lie? If you disagree with the claims of bigotry, look at One in a Million (Google the lyrics, don’t give this fool a Spotify play). Alternatively, look at any comment he’s made towards a woman. As far as bad music goes… well, Axl certainly is no Bob Dylan. Out Ta Get Me quite literally ends with the line “So you can suck me, Take that one to heart”. That being said, I realize that’s not what this album is about - it’s about sex, drugs, and rock n roll, and I can’t argue that the album succeeds in that regard. I mean, there’s a reason it’s considered a rock classic, especially with three of the songs here being staples of any rock radio station. The production is incredibly clean, the songs are both catchy and commercially palatable, and I’ll even admit I had Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O Mine on my first MP3 player… yet I don’t find myself listening to them (or anything else by the band) anymore. Maybe I’ve heard the songs too many times, but really I think I’ve just grown kind of jaded. The further into music I’ve explored, the more I feel like the band is the most superficial side of the art form, like they only learned their instruments to get girls. There’s no real substance here, and honestly, it’s really same-y, like every song that isn’t one of the big three is trying to sound like them. Also, I really don’t feel like there’s anything landmark about this album - just about every other hair metal band you can think of was doing this before GNR, and honestly are probably all better. I really couldn’t tell you what makes people put this band on a pedestal in comparison, but I guess there’s something about them that just really speaks to the kind of crowd that’s likely now drinking Miller Lite out of protest for Bud Light becoming “too woke”. I debated a 1, but I can’t confidently say this is a bad album. I can however say that it and the band itself are both largely over-inflated in musical history.

every guns and roses album ever made. s catchy but also why.

Überragendes Album, schon ewig nicht mehr gehört. Bis auf die von der 107,7 verkrüppelte Songs. Die Hurensöhne, das Solo ist Pflicht. Allein schon weil fast nur Klassiker drauf sind muss man gut bewerten, aber es gefällt mir alles nach wie vor.

welcoe to the jungle

Sweet Child of Mine slaps, but on first listen I found everything else to be sooooo annoying. I made a playlist of the songs I found least annoying: It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, and You're Crazy. I'll be spending all day trying to appreciate them. End of day update: Mr. Brownstone is good, the other two I can stand

everything sounds the same

A modern rock classic. 5 stars.

It holds up! Though I was born 14 years after the album was released this is one of the albums that is quintessential to my musical journey. In middle school I attached myself to this album and yes admittedly more the three all time classics than anything else on it. It is the album that first got my into slightly heavier and louder music, which is a far cry from my typical daily listen these days. But it was also the album and more specifically the song "Sweet Child O' Mine" that made me want to learn to play guitar. Though I never have learned that damn solo I still play and am constantly thankful that this album got me started in playing music. Of course "Welcome To The Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are by far the best songs on the album, but "Nightrain" and "Mr. Brownstone" are also amazing songs. Realistically I do think this album falls more in the range of a 4 for me, but it's importance to my musical journey makes it hard for me to not bump it up to a 5.

Appetite for destruction was one of the albums at the start of exploring my own taste in music and defininely is at the basis of my preference in music nowadays. GNR created my love for guitar fronted rock and Slash created my love for the high sustained and full bodied sound of the Les Paul. Very nostalgic and this must be the first album that drove my parents crazy. Just awesome!

Love this album, it has a ton of attitude (it's more than their cover of the song attitude imho) and the guitars and vocals are all on point. I think some of my favourite slash guitar work is on use your illusion but the playing is simply stellar, hard to find a debut album I like as much as I like this

Has some classics and some really nice parts, I do get a bit tired of the voice after a few songs but overall still ok

Fun but not mind blowing

One of the greatest albums of all time. There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. 10/10

I'm not a fan of Axl's voice or lyrics. The riffs are skilled, sure, but also sound just okayish to me. So, I think, for what it is, and if not trying to be influenced by how popular it was, it's a strong 2.5 for me. I'd even call it a bit uninspired on its deep cuts.

Malgré que je ne suis pas fan de GNR, je m'attendais à être un peu plus impressioné par les deep cuts de cet album. Mais c'est un style de hard rock que je trouve lassant à la longue. C'est pas mauvais, mais c'est très safe pour un album qui essaye d'être "hard". 6/10

Nothing insane. Just a really solid rock album. Some absolute classics on it like Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City but the track between those highs were generally uninspiring. Not bad but nothing revolutionary and some of them sounded a little cookie cutter. Still solid enough to be an 8/10 but there isn't much to say about thins album besides that.

axl, slash, izzy, duff, and steven, known collectively as “guns n’ roses” would take the world by storm in the late 1980’s with their debut album: appetite for destruction. here is my review: “welcome to the jungle”- what can be said about this song that hasn’t already been said? this was the world’s introduction to gnr, and they weren’t ready for it. solid lead song for the album. “it’s so easy”- another great song with a driving beat. great bass line and signature axl attitude. “nightrain”- catchy song about getting loaded and not worrying about the consequences. “out ta get me”- a song about being mad at the world and wanting to fight. signature axl braggadocio. “mr. brownstone”- has there ever been a catchier hard rock song about heroin addiction? i think not. “paradise city”- catchy and fun. “my michelle”- sad song about a woman with a tragic past addicted to drugs with seemingly no future. however, the chorus is catchy as hell. “think about you”- i hate this song. most of the other songs on this album is about how much of a badass axl is and then they throw in this sweet sappy song about “loving that will last forever”. it sucks. and speaking of songs that don’t really fit in on this album… “sweet child o’ mine”- i’m sorry, but it needs to be said. this song is terrible. every time it comes on the radio, i can’t switch it off fast enough. another sappy song, but this one was a radio hit (for some reason) with a cheesy riff. “you’re crazy”- back to axl with attitude, complete with a few uses of “fuckin’ “ as an adjective. “anything goes”- catchy song about axl being horny and having wild sex with his girl. good times. “rocket queen”- legend has it that the woman heard moaning about halfway through the song is actually steven adler’s girlfriend who axl got on tape while he was having sex with her. wild stuff. it’s no wonder this is one of the greatest selling debut albums of all time. at the time of its release, there was nothing like it in mainstream culture. it definitely wasn’t hair metal (at the height of the hair metal movement), it was more bluesy hard rock with a punk attitude played by guys that you probably didn’t want to meet in a dark alley.

I didn't get a chance to listen to this yesterday, but I've listened to it many times. Even My Michelle which is my least favorite on the record is honestly a great song. Mr. Brownstone was my fav on the album for a long time. All time great album. Can't recommend enough.

It’s been a bit since I listened to this from start to finish. One of my favorite albums ever and one of the first I really got into. My first 5⭐️.

Had this on vinyl, read the lyrics over and over. Great record.

Own on Vinyl

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4.5 stars. Some amazing songs

Pretty good. It’s got their 3 best songs on it. The rest is decent too. 8.5/10.

The singles are good, but the rest is a bit much. Unless you like that sort of thing.

Classic. Loved it back then, still love it now.

🤢

Significant album, just not my thing.

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.