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I think like a butterfly metapmorphs into something beautiful and ultimately dies, I think my affinity of this album has done the same. This was one of my all time favorites from childhood, sweet child and paradise city. As I grew up and got a bit older Mr. Brownstone, Out ta Get Me, and Rocket queen became staples. But then one day it felt soft and all my love died for it at once. But we're just right back at the beginning again. This album is an absurd debut in a time where glam rock was getting gritty and hard again. Memory serves GnR was on the scene cultivating a following for a few years before dropping this album so it gave them time to sharpen this songs to razor like quality. They all cut so deep and hit like a mack truck. The riffs are filthy, disgusting and yet iconic. The backbeat izzy and duff seriously come up with some unique grooves and well Axl... hate him or love him he's one of the best frontmen in rock n roll. Nothing short of a perfect debut and legacy album, but I hate Axl quite a lot so I'm gonna ding it a star. But also upon retrospect the ballads weren't great on this one either. But they would release one of the best decade defining ballads a few years later.
Also a fucking classic
Biased rating, because this was a formative album for me (and many others as well)
Great guitar rock. Having not heard this thru in decades, it has aged well, even Rose’s vocals. Adler actually swings more than most heavy metal drummers.
For a debut album, you have to admit this is insane, especially given the number of songs which are staples in the metal and rock world. Even if overplayed, songs like Sweet Child of Mine and paradise city have me buzzing like crazy. There are some criminally underrated songs on this album like rocket queen and nightrain, with Axle's voice giving me goosebumps. One comment I will have is that when you have 12 hard rock and metal songs consecutively, it can really wear you out. Some of the best rock albums have ballads or softer songs interspersed to give the listener a break, as well as add a uniqueness and other meaning to the album. This happened at the end of Rocket queen which took a turn from its explicit sound to a melancholy ache which I thought was beautiful, if only this could have been done elsewhere.
Even though some of the tracks are a bit played out nearly 40 years later, this is still an exceptional album. Especially for a debut. Whatever you think of Axl in 2026, has on absolute top form here. So are the rest of the band. Easy 5*
Liebs
I liked it, but not too re listinable, found myself zoning out at times
Eh
One of the greatest hard rock albums of all time
they've done better
As definitive of a genre and era as Nirvana's Nevermind. An important record in hair metal that would cement GnR on billboards and MTV for a long time to come. But give me thrash any day of the week.
I think this would have been amazing when it first released, and I'd have been all over it in 1987
Tried to listen to it, but struggle, even with their hits.
ok
Ehh too scratchy for me.
mamamia 3.5
Fak, prou OŠ flashbacks mam. Ok. Ta album bo mogoč tricky. A je "Welcome to the Jungle" dejansko a banger, ampak je problem v tem, da smo ga vsi že miljonkrat slišali? (Sm pa že annoyed, da je čez 50 minut dolg album.) Ok. Alpa ne. Na tej točki ("Anything Goes") sm krepko ready, da bo konec. (O, sj je predzadnji komad thank fuck!) "Rocket Queen" je obnoxious.
I hated Guns N' Roses before it was cool, I continued hating them when it was cool, and I still hate them now when it's not as cool to hate them as it was before. All times of this glam hair metal slop pisses me off, realistically I hate Guns N' Roses no more than any other of those bands, but these guys are one of the most popular so it makes me hate them more. The screeching vocals along with the relentlessly loud guitar playing make this album absolutely unlistenable. It's so in your face for the entire runtime, it gives you absolutely no time to take a break between the most intense moments, and it just sounds awful the whole time it's doing it.
classic
classic
Possibly the best American rock album.
4.7
oh, them. I grew up in the target market for this kind of stuff: white-boy-camo-baseball-cap-wearing-rusted-pickup-driving-trailer-trash. I did not enjoy that culture. My childhood was unpleasant. I wish I could listen to this album without that baggage. It's ok musically. Lyrically it's mostly miss. I don't care at all for Axl Rose.
Such yum and yuck together on the same record. The misogyny on this thing is so gross. Slash’s guitar tones are transcendent.
No thanks
I’m so glad I didn’t have to be a rock fan in the 80s and thus somehow feel obligated to defend this garbage.
I have heard this album so many times, I did not listen. I hate this record - noisy, simplistic hair band drivel.
Hard Rock/Sleaze Rock Favorite Songs: Welcome to the Jungle, Nighttrain, Paradise City, Think About You, Sweet Child ‘o Mine Least Favorite Song: Anything Goes …huh…a rarity on the site. An album that has a higher rating on this site than either on RYM (3.45) and on AOTY (74). I should be really hating this album. I ****really**** should be hating this album. It’s this hard rock sleazy hair album that has this really dated lyrics about objectifying women and wanting to have sex with them. It’s this album that Axl Rose’s voice should be really annoying for me (and it kinda does, ngl). It’s the album where you would typically hear from your stereotypical white conservative dads who would blast this kind of music on the car’s stereo. I really should’ve hated this album… …and yet, I thought that the album’s great. I don’t know why, but I think sonically, it’s a lot more catchy, with a bunch of nice guitar solos thrown in there. It’s due to this that it wouldn’t make me a fan of the band, but this is a way better hard rock album than any of the AC/DC albums that I got so far. Probably gonna put this as my guilty pleasures. 8/10
Nightrain
i definitely definitely should not have been listening to this when I was 9-10 years old. that said, album rocks hard from start to finish. 4/5.
Appetite for destruction is the master piece of the 90’s rock. Alex rose voice is the piece that builds it all. Slash guitar is the cherry on top. The album is playful and attractive. The character of the rockstar that destroys hotels and has amazing wild sex is perfectly represented in this album. Wild and free. Also the rocket queen moan is crazy.
HELL YEAH! Give me more punk rock, brahhhhhh!!!
Gotta be up near the top of best rock debut albums ever. It's not a perfect album, there's definitely a couple skippable tracks here, but the bangers are good enough to still warrant 5*.
7/10
it's not the greatest album ever but it's fuckn fun ,and that what counts.
I wish I liked GnR. But I never have, and after thirty-something years, suspect I never will.
High school me would love this, but at this point I have heard the hit songs a few too many times.
Never a fan, but the hits are the hits and they are masters of their instruments.
Es un álbum mítico, el mejor tema por lejos es "Sweet Child O' Mine". Conocía únicamente dos temas de este álbum, pero al escucharlo completo fue fantástico, guarde todos los temas en mi playlist personal de Rock porque me fascinaron todos.
I really don't like the lyrics of a lot of the tracks cus they're for the most part sleazy and horny. But one cannot deny the sheer catchiness of some of the songs, there are some moments that shine in it as well. I just feel overall, it's just highly compressed sleazy metal/hard rock that falls flat in most parts. My favourite tracks: Sweet Child O' Mine Welcome to The Jungle Rocket Queen Think about you
a classic
Peak Guns N Roses. Some all timers, and the odd filler song. A great album.
icónico.
Sweet.
I remember loving this album as a teenager, does it hold up? And it doesn't seem to have aged to well. Still some good bangers on the album but not the masterpiece I remember it being. I feel like it really captured the sleaze of late 80's Hollywood but that hasn't aged super well. Still some great songs but definitely not what I remember it being.
Like most rock music fans at the time, I loved GnR when they debuted. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child of Mine were a constant soundtrack to our lives. I loved Nighttrain and Mr. Brownstone too. The album holds up pretty well over time, too. Better than the band has.
Their visuals are awesome; they have so much aura. However, most songs kind of sounds the same... Not in like a bad way, but in an I-might-get-slightly-bored-and-don't-know-which-song-is-actually-playing. Oh wait, that impossible, cause bro keeps REPEATING THE SONG TITLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT what a hell of a debut album
This takes me back to a school trip to Belgium in the 90s where 4 of us 11 year old kids bought GnR t-shirts at a market and wore them with pride with our shell suits and bum bags all week. Great debut, stack full of hits and the kind of energy and passion that seems to be lost from the mainstream. A great album and very much a flag bearer for it's time. Fwiw they should stop playing live now, let it go you old fucks.
Apart from the tracks that slap, this is pretty fucking dull for the rest of it.
It is possibly the purest rock album of its filthy era.
Dangerous, toxic, offensive, and brilliant rock n' roll.
This definitely deserves a place on this list simply because of the immense popularity of its numerable singles. Tracks like Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise, and Sweet Child Of Mine are inescapable but god, do I dislike them. I’m therefore balancing these two points and putting right in the middle with a 3.
It’s obvious why this is here. It’s got the bug hits and if you like this kind of classic 80s rock it’s great. The super produced stadium rock doesn’t do that much for me, so it’s just ok
I do really like their big hits but overall it was just OK.
The album destroyed all the rest for me in 8th grade
Appetite for Destruction is glam metal with a real edge, keeping the poppy hooks the genre is known for while adding killer guitar riffs and real sleaze in the lyrics. Most of it is style over substance - see the simple guitar melody on "Sweet Child o Mine" - but it mostly works. Classics like "Welcome to the Jungle" fit right in next to deep cuts like "Nightrain" and "Think About You." The problem? There is a lot of chaff here. "My Michelle," "You're Crazy," and "Anything Goes" litter the back half with subpar songs, and I'd even throw "Paradise City" in there with its midtempo chorus and overlong outro. The sleaziness can also be too much in places, where it sounds dead serious instead of stylized or done for effect. This rocks hard, and has plenty of great moments, but in the end the lesser moments outweigh them.
Everybody knows this is one of the greatest rock n roll records ever made. That said, here are my song rankings. Order For My Appetite: 1. It’s So Easy 2. Night Train 3. Mr Brownstone 4. Paradise City 5. Your Crazy 6. Rocket Queen 7. Anything Goes 8. Out Ta Get Me 9. Welcome to the Jungle 10. My Michelle 11. Sweet Child O’ Mine 12. Think About You
Album 325. Appetite For Destruction — Guns N' Roses (1987) Maybe I'm silly but I like this classic hard rock album so much 5/5 Liked: — Welcome To The Jungle — It's So Easy — Nightrain — Out Ta Get Me — Paradise City — My Michelle — Think About You — Sweet Child O' Mine — You're Crazy — Rocket Queen
A loud and impressive debut. Welcome to the jungle is such a great start to a good album. It’s raucous, with great riffs and singing. I have no idea how his voice survived singing like that. Had a great time listening to this, had a whole day of listening to rock inspired by this album.
Finally something good after a long run of mediocre albums, fuckin' Guns N' Roses are here to kick your ass. Loaded with hits and drenched in sleazy vibes, this record is honestly almost too good for a debut album. From the first blast of "Welcome To The Jungle," this thing is a total adrenaline shot. It completely ditches that polished hair metal vibe for something way grittier and more dangerous. Slash is on fire here, and tracks like "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are absolute anthems for a reason... the energy is just off the charts. That said, it’s definitely a wild ride with some rough patches. Axl’s screaming and sex noises gets a bit exhausting by the time you hit the end, and the lyrics are pretty toxic and haven't aged well at all. Once you get past the massive hits, some of the deep cuts kind of just blend together into filler. But even with the dated sleaze and the grating moments, you can't ignore how huge this record is. It’s a messy, loud, and iconic piece of rock history that’s hard not to respect.
Fucking great album, they would go on to do good stuff, but never anything this magical. This is a great fucking album.
Still sounds great ! amazing guitar work (by Slash) and sizzling vocals
It was two good songs
This isn't my favorite album, it's probably not one I'll go back to very often outside of the hits, but the power of those 3 big songs is so undeniable. It feels like the climax of this hair metal wave that had been building up for 10 years. From Van Halen and Aerosmith, to Motley Crue and Bon Jovi, this is where the sound hit its height. And it's their first album - their sound perfectly defined right out of the box. Being this streamlined and dialed in right off the bat is probably what doomed them to be forever chasing what they achieved here, but this album belongs in a special place no matter what.
heard this enough. for the genre, it's tops
Not the biggest fan but I recognize that they’re good
Vastly overrated
Hockey rink free-skate national anthem
They are Gun's N' Roses and they are iconic and they rock! Now a full album of them is a lot of rocking. The hits are great (Jungle, Brownstone, Sweet Child). The non-hits didn't do anything for me so its a solid 3
Axle Rose was a much worse singer than I remembered. But I like Slash's guitar playing.
The mega hits on here still mostly stand the test of time, especially Sweet Child O' Mine, but good lort his voice is annoying after almost an hour of it. He's so screamy and it's kind of painful. If I didn't know them and their hits, this might be a 2 based on Axl's vocals alone. The heavy metalness of it all gets old too, but it's Guns 'N Roses and they're just so classic.
Really strong guitars. The voice is a bit much sometimes but great energy.
A good balance of hard hitting tracks with a few slower meaningful songs thrown in there, as well as the handful of all time well known songs in there. I liked most songs on this but I wasn’t huge on Mr. Brownstone which is my only skip on the album. Guitar and drums stood out to me throughout the album on the production side.
It's tough to gauge 'Appetite for Destruction.' The album's singles are still overplayed radio staples and woven into the fabric of hard rock. In short, the album's ubiquitousness makes it like "Sweet Home Alabama" or 'Star Wars'--I often don't listen because I've heard it so many times without trying. Nevertheless, this is a masterful debut, even if cliché. Top tracks: "Welcome to the Jungle," "Paradise City," "Sweet Child o' Mine," "It's So Easy"
Sometimes you just crave the rarest, greasiest, sleaziest cheeseburger you can imagine. This is that cheeseburger
Unfortunately a gem
This is a dirt bags anthem. I was eleven even this come out. For Christmas I got this album and U2 Joshua Tree in CD. I’ve listened to this a bunch but even as a kid I knew this was music for dirt bags and never felt comfortable listening to it. It gave me the same feeling as listening to hip hop as a white guy. I liked it but I wasn’t the guy they were singing to. The music is great, the singing is fine, and the energy puts other hair metal to shame. Choice dirt bag lyric, “Turn around bitch, I got a use for you. Besides, you ain’t got nothin’ better to do. And I’m bored.”
Awesome end to end
Didn’t listen
Klockrent album. Ståkuk direkt med kanske den bästa förstalåten på ett album någonsin. Nästan bara bra låtar blandat med ett par riktiga världshits. Sjukt hur bar han sjunger!
Lite för lökigt för min smak plus svårt för Axl Rose men finns ju några riktiga klassiker (tyvärr inte så bra klassiker)
Musik som man vill lyssna till på så hög volym så att trumhinnorna sprängs.
En snare som drar en tillbaka till tidigt högstadium tillsammans med en toppad axl och slash kan det inte bli dåligt!
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses 1987 Genres: Metal, Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal 1. Welcome to the Jungle (★★★★★) -Contexto: Axl escribió la letra tras un episodio real que vivió al llegar a Nueva York desde Indiana, y también inspirado en su primera impresión de Los Ángeles. Retrata la ciudad como una jungla urbana peligrosa y seductora a la vez: un lugar donde cualquiera que llegue buscando algo (fama, drogas, sexo, perdición) lo va a encontrar, para bien o para mal. El propio Axl dijo que escribió "cómo se veía L.A." para él, y que si alguien llega buscando algo, "puede encontrar lo que sea". Izzy Stradlin la describió como una canción fiel a las calles de Hollywood. -Fav 2. It's So Easy (★★★★★) -Contexto: Nació como una idea de Duff McKagan (quien puso la letra) co-escrita con West Arkeen, amigo cercano de la banda. Es una oda cínica y misógina a la vida fácil que les daba la fama en el circuito de Sunset Strip: mujeres, drogas y sexo disponibles sin esfuerzo, narrado con el tono arrogante y despectivo típico del personaje que arma la banda en esa etapa. 3. Nightrain (★★★★☆) -Contexto: El título hace referencia al Night Train Express, un vino fortificado barato que consumía mucho Slash en esa época por no tener plata para otra cosa. La canción es una celebración descontrolada del alcoholismo y la fiesta permanente como forma de vida y de identidad de banda, tomando ese vino berreta casi como símbolo de orgullo callejero. 4. Out ta Get Me (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Habla de la sensación de persecución constante que sentía Axl por parte de figuras de autoridad (policía, padres, maestros, curas) desde su juventud problemática en Indiana. En un press kit de Geffen de 1987, Axl explicó que la letra habla de que siempre estuvo en problemas pero que sigue manejándolo, y que cada vez que te das vuelta alguien intenta perjudicarte financieramente o la policía golpea tu puerta sin motivo. Es un tema de paranoia y desafío: "no me van a atrapar porque soy inocente". 5. Mr. Brownstone (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Escrita por Izzy Stradlin y Steven Adler, es un relato directo y sin metáforas sutiles sobre la adicción del grupo a la heroína ("Brownstone" es slang para el caballo). Describe el ciclo de dependencia: empezar "solo de vez en cuando" hasta que la droga termina dictando los horarios y la vida entera de la persona. Generó polémica en su momento por hablar tan abiertamente de heroína. 6. Paradise City (★★★★★) -Contexto: Compuesta en la parte de atrás de una camioneta volviendo de un show en San Francisco, mientras tomaban y tocaban guitarras acústicas. Contrapone la nostalgia por un lugar idealizado, verde y tranquilo ("donde el pasto es verde y las chicas lindas", en la versión final de la letra, tras descartar una línea mucho más vulgar que a Axl no le gustó) con la crudeza de la vida real en la ciudad, llena de violencia y drogas. Es básicamente un anhelo de escape de la city. -Fav 7. My Michelle (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Dedicada a Michelle Young, amiga cercana de Axl y Slash. La anécdota real es que surgió después de escuchar "Your Song" de Elton John en la radio y que Michelle comentó que quería que alguien le escribiera una canción así de linda. Axl decidió escribirle una, pero en lugar de un tema romántico convencional terminó siendo un retrato crudo y compasivo a la vez de su vida real: la ausencia/adicción de su madre y el ambiente disfuncional en el que creció, mezclado con un cariño genuino hacia ella. 8. Think About You (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Compuesta originalmente por Izzy Stradlin, es la canción de amor más simple y directa del disco: habla del recuerdo de un buen romance, del "mejor momento" compartido con alguien, y de esa sensación que uno sabe que nunca va a olvidar. No tiene la vuelta oscura de otros temas del álbum; es la más ingenua y luminosa de todas. 9. Sweet Child o' Mine (★★★★★) -Contexto: Slash empezó a tocar el riff de entrada casi de chiste, como ejercicio de calentamiento, y a Axl le gustó tanto que insistieron en desarrollarlo. La letra la escribió Axl inspirado en su entonces novia Erin Everly, y es una declaración de amor genuina y sin cinismo, algo atípico dentro del tono general del disco: habla de encontrar en otra persona un refugio emocional (sus ojos le recuerdan un cielo de infancia nublado) en medio de un mundo hostil. Es el contraste más nítido entre el lado "Guns" y el lado "Roses" del álbum. -Fav 10. You're Crazy (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Nació como tema acústico lento y bluesero compuesto por Axl, Izzy y Slash, y luego se aceleró muchísimo para la versión eléctrica del disco (después volvería a grabarse en versión acústica original en "G N' R Lies"). La letra habla del hartazgo hacia una mujer que busca solo satisfacción física sin compromiso emocional real, tildándola de "loca" por ese vínculo desequilibrado. 11. Anything Goes (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Reescritura de un tema más viejo de la época de Hollywood Rose (una de las bandas predecesoras). Es una letra explícitamente sexual, sin ninguna narrativa emocional detrás: pura fantasía de deseo y dominación física, sin pretensión de profundidad. Suele considerarse el tema más flojo/menos trabajado del álbum. 12. Rocket Queen (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Empezó como un tema instrumental de Slash, Duff y Steven Adler de su banda anterior (Road Crew). Axl explicó que la escribió para una chica que quería armar una banda llamada "Rocket Queen" y que lo ayudó a sostenerse en un momento difícil; el cierre de la canción es un mensaje de esperanza y agradecimiento hacia ella o hacia cualquiera que necesite ese aliento. Es célebre (y polémica) porque en el puente se grabaron sonidos reales de un encuentro sexual entre Axl y una chica (Adriana Smith) en el estudio, algo que el propio Axl reconoció como "algo espontáneo pero premeditado" que quiso incluir en el disco. -TOTAL = ★★★★⯨ (4,08)
Ha one of my little Sisters favorite albums. Some good songs in this mix the album is a good listen
4/5
Oh my stars, I know a good number of people who really like Guns N' Roses. Do I like them? Sure, I do, I guess. They're not my favorites from their era, but I appreciate the influence they had on later groups and music projects. I used to listen to the big 3 of this album a lot back in the day, mostly when in the car with my dad; he appreciates some classic rock here and there with me. This album is solid hard rock. The guitars and vocals are top-notch, and it's a fun listen overall! 4.5/5 Too bad I can't give half stars on this site.
Predictable music, stupid lyrics; now I remember why I don't like Guns n Roses.
*Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle are all time greats.
I remember this being a bit better than it sounds now. But perhaps I only listened to the hits
Man, don’t know why but can’t get into this band haha. Think I dislike Axel’s voice a lot. Personal preference but have always appreciated the musicality - like Slash makes the music really good. Some notable ones for me were My Michelle and You’re Crazy
#97 Very strong for a debut album. The hits are definitely overplayed, but this is some of the better mainstream rock to come from the 80s. Best Track: Sweet Child O' Mine
Has not aged well. Not a satisfying listen from start to finish
As much as I enjoyed the hits I didn't care too much for the songs I didn't know. But welcome to the jungle is a hell of an opener and sweet child o mine is one of the best
I really don’t like this band.
Repeat listen
so crazy it's a debut album highlights: welcome to the jungle mr brownstone paradise city sweet child o mine
This album changed my life as a teenager — and you know what it holds up. Just ignore some of the terrible lyrics. You can really tell a lot about someone on their understanding of music of that time based on this album. If they see it as hair metal, they’re ignorant and don’t hear the obvious LA punk scene and Aerosmith here.
hit after hit after hit after hit. gosto muito.
Apenas ayer escuché este álbum completo, de verdad estoy comenzando a creer que me espían, no es la primera vez malditos. Ahora lo tengo que volver a escuchar porque mi capacidad de retención de información está frita, que bonito presente. No me llamaría fan de GNR pero si que me gustan mucho sus éxitos; si fuera fan fan seguramente le daría 5 estrellas sin pensármelo mucho. Me gusta la voz de Axl y esos momentos donde Slash se luce con la guitarra, pero en algunas canciones no siento la misma emoción, rock a secas, como si fuera relleno. Tienen mucha razón al decir que sus tres canciones están ultra re quemadas, personalmente, la repetición no es algo que me moleste si de verdad es algo que me gusta; aun así encuentro válido que muchos critiquen eso de GNR. Supongo que aún no llego al punto en el que me harte de escucharlos. Entre Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City y Sweet Child O' Mine, mi favorita es esta última. La forma en la que la guitarra parece cantar siempre me ha gustado mucho y el solo es bastardamente satisfactorio, todo bien. Segundo favorito es welcomtodeyongol por ser tan buena presentación para Megamente, me gusta esa parte de la película cuando Titan les lanza un edificio y suena el final de la canción, es tan hermoso. Paradise City en tercer lugar, es horriblemente pegajosa, me gusta. Buenas: Mr. Brownstone, My Michelle, Out Ta Get Me, You're Crazy, It's So Easy Menos favoritas: Nightrain, Anything Goes y Rocket Queen Me gusta opinar de las portadas, esta está chida... solo eso.
Hard pass
A ripping album. Welcome to the Jungle opens the album with a bang and GnR don't let up from there. Slash's playing is the highlight for me, especially on Paradise City. I loved the way that these guys sang about the dark side of life. This album was ferocious in its intent. Just brilliant
One of my all time favorites!
My dad loves this band, and I don’t blame him. I mean, we’ve all heard “November Rain.” As overplayed as it is, “Sweet Child O’ Mine” still bangs. And “Welcome To The Jungle” fucks HARD. I mean, come on. Appetite… for destruction. APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION! It’s menacing, it’s hard, it’s rockin’, the lead singer is a cunt and the lead guitar player is a Jew. That doesn’t really matter but as a Jew myself it’s fun. Anyway. Anthemic, surely, but consistently good less so. “It’s So Easy” sucks, and “Out Ta Get Me” is famously pretty bad. But once you get past the campiness and sleaziness of the music, it’s actually a pretty incredible album. Better vocals than AC/DC, and more progressive than a lot of bands in this same vein. I mean, these BPM shifts, outros that are practically a different suite, all the while sounding super super good. “Paradise City” is one of the best hard rock songs ever made, and I can’t believe it exists. “My Michelle” is a bit over the top for my tastes, but it still blows me away in some of the passages. “Nightrain” is a nice pillar of the first side, and “Mr. Brownstone” is similarly a bit over the top, but still great. Every note played, every distorted guitar sound, every wail of Axl Rose’s voice, I feel like a kid in the 80s hearing real rock for the first time. That sounds stupid but I can only imagine what it was like, to hear something that speaks to the mind so directly, with just the sounds it makes. It isn’t the apex of rock music, but it is obvious as to why it is beloved: because it feeds the kid inside of us that longs simple, heavy, AWESOME rock. 8.7/10 DOES IT BELONG ON THE LIST: YES REASON: Paragon of rock music. Essential listening for anyone with a love for rock.
Ugghhh it's really tempting to rate this 5 on the strength of the singles. I don't think I can quite do that but it's *right there*.
the singles do SO much heavy lifting here
Could be stronger lyrically, they were too caught up with being intentionally edgy with their words just because they could. With a little thought, the album could retain the same abrasiveness and elevate itself musically. Band is tight and the compositions are clean (or dirty, depending on how you want to describe them). Pioneers in rock & roll for an obvious reason, but caught up in the caricature of rock & roll from their era. Standout tracks: My Michelle, Think About You
highs are very high, unfortunately there are only 2 of them 7/10 best song - welcome to the jungle
The fart joke of rock music.
This has made me realize I can't stand Axle's voice. The only good songs on here have been overplayed.
One of the best albums to come out of the 80's. Rating: 10/10
I’m sorry I know this album is a big deal but other than sweet child of mine I just can’t with axl. The screaming, the car references. It isn’t FOR ME Having said that I must admit I cannot recall a time in life when I had never heard a guns n roses song (probably from this album) clearly they’ve seeped into my subconscious to the point that objectively reviewing is probably impossible
Going into this album after years of not listening was an interesting experience. Appetite for Destruction has aged like the 30 year old Miller Lite can in the back of your old man's fridge... but you know what? Sometimes it's ok to say fuck it and crack that ol' stale boy open. Initially, my hope was to go in with renewed virgin ears and a fresh perspective, but the grip of nostalgia this album has is too tight to escape. Truthfully, I couldn't care less if the content has aged poorly or if mechanically there is better skill to be found elsewhere. Slash shreds. Axl Rose's vocals here are classic, gritty, and timeless. From front to back this album is a great fucking time. Let your hair down and your head bang.
Ouvir esse disco faz cair por terra aquela velha história de que a banda foi somente os grandes hits. É óbvio que a partir de certo ponto eles realmente perderam a mão do que estavam fazendo, mas a marca na história do Appetite e do Use Your Illusion (1&2) são inquestionáveis. Esse é um verdadeiro clássico, memorável e uma grande referência pra muitas coisas boas que vieram depois, e a forma em que o Axl Rose trabalhou os vocais deste disco refletiu muito no resultado. A propósito, um dos melhores trabalhos vocais de rock já feitos.
There are three great songs on here and they are the obvious (and overplayed) ones that everyone knows. Honestly, I wasn't impressed by any of the other songs. They were just not memorable and it became clear why only those three songs have stood the test of time. I'm just not crazy about this rock music style either and find the lead vocalists voice really annoying. But still things to like here. Top Songs: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child o' Mine
Cool beans.
Have always loved the hits, the rest of the album is great too!
Boomer
An excellent debut album from this band. Great opening title song.
3.4/5
I’m being generous with the 3
This sucks. I don't like that kind of flashy bullshit rock, but I would say Guns N' Roses are the least musically talented of those shitty, well-known bands of that ilk. Stupid, self-indulgent solos, immature lyrics, very childish, like boys trying to be cool. Would give it zero stars if I could. FUCKING SUCKS!
people who call this album cheesy don't know fun.
When I was in High School, I loved this album. I mean, specifically, I loved Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine (and My Michelle, because it annoyed my sister), but the point is I used to be all for it. Now? I don't know, this isn't really my jam anymore. It's fine, but not really that interesting to me at all.
interesting. i love Sweet Child O' Mine and i've heard Welcome To The Jungle to absolute death like everyone else but i don't know that i'm familiar with much other Guns N' Roses. was there some kind of somethingawful post about the video for November Rain? i vividly remember reading *something* online that was funny about the cake jump, downloading the song off Limewire to listen to it, and not really liking it. whatever that's not even on this album this is irrelevant i'm trying very, very hard to be objective about Welcome To The Jungle. i don't even know if i 'dislike' it now, it's just a song i've heard so many fucking times and has been embedded in pop culture so deeply that i don't really know how i feel about it anymore. there are some parts of this song that kind of suck ass. but the parts of the song that aren't those are really good. in conclusion, Welcome To The Jungle is a land of contrasts. thank you i don't dislike It's So Easy but it's-- sorry-- making me think about that post about how you hear about how KISS is satanic and terrifying and they look Like That, and then all their songs are like 'we're gonna rock, rock with the rock, woo :)'. from a certain angle, man, music used to be incredibly uncool. despite having it on very good authority that they were all doing lots of drugs and having lots of sex. wouldn't know it from the music Nightrain sucks so good. the chorus is carrying this one Mr. Brownstone won me over with the rapid verse vocals, that's fun oh Paradise City is this band lmao. this is one of those things i've heard referenced ten thousand times but never witnessed the original. this song is Fine. i think the chorus everyone quotes is really the only noteworthy bit tbh My Michelle is not good. chorus isn't awful Think About You is lame but catchy. honestly, this album in general is kinda lame but catchy i love Sweet Child O' Mine. true story: for many many years i had a corrupt mp3 of it that turned into earsplitting static about 8 seconds in. so i still have an instinctive urge to fumble for the 'skip track' button when i hear that intro. i didn't *actually hear the song* for fucking YEARS. turns out it's good! probably the best on the album! Anything Goes is fun but i heard the opening 'i've been thinkin' 'bout, thinkin' 'bout sex' and did a spittake. 80srockandroll.mp3 (some very cool distorted guitar sound stuff here though) have sex noises in a song *ever* been good? i'm sorry this may be controversial but i think i'm on the side of no. okay Windowlicker by Aphex Twin might be my only exception. those are load-bearing. this is all to say i was enjoying the first third of Rocket Queen and then we went on a journey that i think went kinda pearshaped i think this might be archetypical buttrock. i can't really explain what buttrock is, but you know it when you hear it. if a guy yells 'HOOH!' you've got like an 80% chance of being in a buttrock song this is solid and catchy; some of the tracks are kind of forgettable but i think they universally at least have a very memorable pop hook in there somewhere. it's a little bit junk food but it's well-executed junk food, with a couple alltimer bits, and the remainder is however you feel about some... weird idiosyncrasies. i don't really like those idiosyncrasies but they don't ruin the album for me. (the 'talk-singing' is not good and he should do it less. some of it works but a bunch of it doesn't.) i think this exemplifies virtually all the complaints i hear about mainstream rock. i like it, though
I do not like this. Coming after Houses of the Holy really highlights the difference in songwriting abilities between Led Zeppelin and GnR. Axel Rose's voice eternally grates me, but added points for how timelessly awesome the Sweet Child of Mine rift is. Van Halen is better
Classic. Had that song with interiors on it. Amazing for debut
classiiiiiic
Não acho que Guns tenha um som ruim, muito pelo contrário, acredito que o Slash seja um gênio, mas essa banda representa tudo que o rock tem de ruim, especificamente nos anos 90. Nunca consegui levar a sério uma banda na qual o selling point nunca foi a genialidade do Slash ou as influências de Stones e outras bandas, mas sim, pois o Axl era bonito, ênfase no "era". A obsessão que Guns causou nas pessoas na época era nada mais do que um culto sexual ao Axl, tanto pelas mulheres, que o desejavam, quanto pelos homens, que queriam ser desejados assim como ele, e isso ganha ainda mais força com a faixa "Rocket Queen", na qual temos um audio sobreposto do próprio Axl transando com uma mulher na cabine de gravação. Com uma voz sem o mínimo de técnica e com o uso constante de drive, não me surpreende que hoje em dia sua voz pareça a do Mickey Mouse em shows (inclusive fui em um deles) devido ao desgaste. Sexo vende, e nesse caso vendeu muito, pergunte pra qualquer fã de Guns daquela época o que eles acham da música deles, e quase todas as respostas não vão ser sobre a música.
This has been so brutally overplayed that it's tiring to listen to.
Prime example of Hair Metal from the 80's. Also, this was their impressive debut album. Pitchfork: 10 (2017 - 30 year retrospective review) Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #62 Best Songs Welcome To The Jungle Paradise City Sweet Child O' Mine
This is a fun album, ive listened to it a LOT as it’s the album that got me into Guns N’’ Roses and I have seen them live twice since. I think there is a lot of overplayed tracks on this album but the songs are very catchy and really good overall.
Personally won’t ever be able to separate Guns N’ Roses from classic rock radio monotony, but this is still a good album. 2.5 rounded up.
Kinda relentless and a little exhausting but classic.
Time for a wee bit of roooooooock music (as Ms. XCX would say). Just bangers. Some album tracks are mid, others are great. The singles fuck hard.
Il faut bien reconnaître qu'en matière de déflagration commerciale et de raz-de-marée générationnel, Appetite For Destruction reste un monstre sacré. En 1987, les Guns N' Roses ont débarqué sur le Sunset Strip en dégageant d'un revers de manche le glam metal poudré pour lui injecter une bonne dose de venin punk et de sleaze rock. Le disque est une véritable collection de tubes imparables qui ont tourné en boucle sur toutes les radios de la planète. La frappe de Steven Adler, la basse élastique de Duff McKagan, le groove acéré d'Izzy Stradlin, les feulements suraigus d'Axl Rose et, évidemment, le chapeau haut-de-forme de Slash balançant des solis désormais gravés dans la mémoire populaire : la formule était calibrée pour tout écraser sur son passage. L'album tourne autour des dérives urbaines de Los Angeles, de la paranoïa de la survie dans la jungle californienne, des descentes d'héroïne et de liaisons toxiques. C'est du hard rock brut, vicieux et suintant la poussière des bas-fonds américains. C'est précisément cette urgence névrotique et cette insolence qui ont propulsé le groupe au sommet des charts mondiaux. Axl Rose posait d'ailleurs le décor d'entrée de jeu, hurlant dès les premières secondes : « Welcome to the jungle, we've got fun and games We got everything you want, honey, we know the names » Mais si je pose deux minutes le cerveau et que je regarde cet objet avec un peu de recul critique, l'évidence me saute aux oreilles. Malgré sa puissance tellurique indiscutable et cette énergie viscérale qui vous pousse irrémédiablement à secouer la tête et taper du pied, mon ADN musical bloque et refuse de monter plus haut qu'un 3 sur 5 bien tassé. Car passé l'impact frontal des gros classiques ultra-diffusés, il faut bien avouer qu'une certaine monotonie s'installe. Malgré la production musclée de Mike Clink, on se retrouve rapidement coincé dans une boucle où l'on a la fâcheuse impression d'écouter le même morceau étiré sur douze pistes, articulé autour des mêmes tics d'écriture et de riffs calqués sur la même cadence. C'est percutant, c'est efficace pour remplir des stades, mais sur la longueur d'un album complet, l'exercice de style montre vite ses limites structurelles. Mais bon ne boudons pas notre plaisir car Appetite For Destruction reste un classique radiophonique indéniable, et malgré qu'il ne soit pas le chef-d'œuvre de diversité absolue que la légende voudrait nous vendre.
Hell yeah. One of the greatest rock records of all time. I don't recall a skippable track across this record, but it's been a while since I listened to it. It's not hyperbole to say that Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine are three of the greatest hard rock tracks ever written. Hell, almost every track on the record has it's own Wikipedia page. It's really damn hard to think of a better side than the G side, across all the music I know. Honestly... what could this band have been without ego? Cool that Slash and Duff came back. I just hope Chinese Democracy made it into the 1001 alb... bahahahaha.
You know what it was dead fun listening to this. Love the energy Not my normal vibe but good nonetheless
Pretty cool Standout tracks: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O Mine
MARCOU MINHA INFÂNCIA TANTO QUANTO O ROCK DOS ANOS 80-90. VIVO E MORRO POR ESSE ÁLBUM
A classic rock album
Some unbelievable tracks on this album, yet I feel the rest of it didn’t stand out, it all sounded too similar. That’s not a bad thing, it was a great sound. But it felt like it’s lacking the detail for it to be a 5/5.
На присягу Даника, ехал с неё дослушал, классика хард-рока, слэш как всегда шикарен
Just not my tempo. Liked it slightly more than I thought....maybe...
Favourite Track(s): Paradise City Think About You Sweet Child O’ Mine
The hits are the hits
Super fun and and incredibly impressive debut. Yeah a bunch of the songs are overplayed but there’s a reason for that. The opening riff to welcome to the jungle might be one of the greatest artist introductions ever. 5
This is difficult to rate. Iv never been a Guns N Roses fan. Iv don’t enjoy Axl Roses voice and Iv heard the majority of these songs overplayed on the radio. Just not my style of music although I apreciate the talent and the hits, especially for a debut album, quite insane. Always also had abit of a soft spot for paradise city. Just not massively my thing.
I love rock music, preferably 60s and 70s, with my whole heart. GNR has Slash, who stands out amongst many guitarists, but the riffs and songs themselves are subpar to the bands that preceded them, whom they were trying to imitate to a degree (mostly Aerosmith). Take these influences and suck out any depth or dynamics, replace it with a facade of 80's attitude and screeching singer, you get GNR. One of the most overrated bands/albums of all time.
One of the best debut albums of all time. Paradise city, sweet child of mine and welcome to the jungle, I mean seriously what a feat to have 3 timeless rock songs on a debut. Shame the rest of the album doesn’t stand up to the greatness that was achieved with those 3 songs. Anyway, still rocking and still fun
Fun 2nd time round.
I feel like every Guns N' Roses song I know was on this album, so I can see why it was ruled significant enough to be on this list. I'm not big into Guns N' Roses but they aren't bad, I knew what to expect at least and it met those expectations without overdoing it.
I love early GNR, and this album had me rocking out this morning, which was needed to get me motivated to get some yardwork done.
Cock rock bs. Only redeeming quality is the music it launched in retaliation like riot grrrl and grunge. Aerosmith basically
It’s kind of wild for an album to have this many hits. Hard rock will always be slightly a hard sell for me but this is up there as one of the best and it’s quite clear.
I like this better than Van Halen. This is a burst of energy, but still feels dull.
# Album Name: Appetite For Destruction # Artist: Guns N' Roses # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: What a belter. Great album. Nothing else needs to be said. # Top Tunes: Whole damn album # Would I listen to it again? Yes
5/5
LRHS weight room. Old car stereo head unit rigged into the wall with crappy speakers. This cassette on perma-rotation. Finish a set, flip to side B. A guilty pleasure, cheese factor is real but hard to imagine a more powerful and impactful debut. Still sounds good to me on slightly better speakers while working out. 4.4
Ive never liked guns and roses vocals much. but man does that guitar never cease to riiiipppp
I’m hungry, hungry for some good fucking music. Hell yeah
8/10
5/5 one of the best debuts in rock
This was fun, but isn't really my scene
It’s whiny, but it’s really good
The fact that this is a debut album is absolutely fucking insane. I would've expected this to be the 4th or 5th album by very seasoned professionals in the industry. It gets a five for that alone, and also it's just a great album.
Solid album all-around. Definitely some low points, but for a debut album, spectacular.
Maybe one of the worst albums of all time by definitely a bottom 5 band of all time
Overplayed singles and disappointing live shows can't knock it from where it deserves to be.
Crazy that this was their debut album with so many hits on it. Could listen to the big 3 and skip the rest but honestly the others are all pretty good too. Just because they’re overplayed on the radio etc doesn’t make them not good. Hits
1987 was a bleak year 2/10
4/10 = conflicted between hating or kind of liking ish, whenever the singing slows down and the genre almost shifts i really like it especially when the progression goes down butttt the constant screech just isnt for my ears yet, sweet child of mine lowkey guilty pleasure flames
2.5
Listened before? Not the full album Familiar with the artist? Yes, have heard the hits a million times on the radio Thoughts: Ehh... Musically I get why it's here, but it doesn't do anything for me, especially lyrically. Other than adding the big singles to an 80s playlist I doubt I'll ever listen again. Favorite track(s): Sweet Child of Mine Least favorite: honestly everything beyond the 3 big hits just kind of blends together.
I mean they're obviously crushing it, but this is really overplayed and I'm just kinda sick of it Favorite Songs: Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City
gruwel. zijn het echt wel bangers ja absoluut maar god zo grijsgedraaid aan alle kanten dat er niks meer aan is
Holy shit Axl Rose can not sing. The songs that had a promising instrumental were immediately obliterated by Axl's pseudo-singing
Classic GnR, multiple singles. A little clichè [at least in retrospect] but definitely pivotal for hyping the genre as a whole.
9/10 Guns N’ Roses came more or less out of nowhere, having only really attracted local interest prior to the release of this record which, after a slightly slow launch, went on to become one of the biggest selling albums of all time. It’s fantastic enough achievement for any record, but to have done it with your debut is absolutely remarkable. On listening today, you can really see why it took off and reached such heights. In some ways, this record feels like the crowning glory of the glam metal craze of the 80s, despite the fact that it’s not really a pure glam metal album. Guns N’ Roses took the bombast and excess of those bands, blended in the attitude and swagger of a punk band and built the songs around the pulsating power and riff building of hard rock. It’s a heady blend of styles, and when you throw in the hooky melodic writing they show great aptitude for, it was always destined for greatness. Steven Adler and Duff McKagan lay down rhythms that are variously heavy and groovy, with an infectious and driven punch that keeps a forward momentum throughout. Slash and Izzy Stradlin’s sometimes duelling, sometimes harmonious guitar work creates an outrageously thick and chunky core around which the songs can flourish, while also showcasing deftness and nuance in equal measure. And Axl Rose delivers incredibly engaging, wide open and soaring vocals with a power and finesse that’s hard to deny. But the best thing about every performance is how much personality and attitude they manage to deliver. Every single part of this record sounds undeniably like Guns N’ Roses and nobody else. Of course, Axl has a very unique voice, but it’s everything from the riffs to the grooves that has such a robust identity that stamps their personality into every note. And it’s so much fun, too. Yes, there are the pretty stunning collection of hits - I doubt many albums can boast a single track that is played as frequently as any of Sweet Child o’ Mine, Paradise City or Welcome to the Jungle - but even the rest of the tracks are all infectiously entertaining in their own right. For me, the record does feel a tiny bit weaker during the middle of the first half, but it roars back into life in the second half, which is absolutely all killer and no filler. This record really feels like lightning in a bottle and was a high that was as good as impossible for the band to recapture, no matter how hard they tried. In some respects was the peak and also the death knell of the excesses of 80s rock, with grunge not too far over the horizon. But what a way to go out. Welcome To The Jungle - Well it’s certainly an iconic intro, and quite the way to announce yourselves to the world. There’s so much punch to the drum sound and the dual guitars give such a thick and textured tone. It’s riff city throughout and the vocal is melodically hooky and delivered with an off the cuff swagger that’s incredibly charismatic. The developments to the vibe that happen during the middle eight give this more range than it’s probably credited with. Just a damn good hard rock song. It's So Easy - And now we get Axl exploring the lower end of his vocal range. It’s less melodically poppy and leans more towards a punky tone and attitude, but has a great swing to the groove, while also delving into sections with a slightly more dreamy sound that almost sounds similar to where Soundgarden would go into the 90s. There’s plenty of bite and drive to this, and it showcases the range that the band are going to explore across the record. Nightrain - A solid, driven bluesy rock effort now, that recalls AC/DC. The drums are super punchy again, and there are some engaging, roaming riffs from the guitarists. It pounds along at a solid pace and there’s some really fun guitar soloing in there too. It’s less hooky than the more radio friendly singles on the album, but the grubby hard rock aesthetic is still great. Out Ta Get Me - The swagger and groove to this are solid and there’s a great deal of attitude and personality to the guitar work in particular. It pulses along with strength and power, and while it doesn’t really locate a particularly strong chorus, the aesthetic and delivery make it an excellent album track. Mr. Brownstone - Similarly to Welcome To The Jungle, we get given a slice of interesting guitar work to ease us into this and then the groove is pretty damn funky. The interplay between guitars and rhythm section here is pure GnR; heavy, punch and groovy in equal measure, while Axl bounces along atop the groove in his unmistakeable style, giving it rangy vibrato and punchy staccato in equal measure. Great. Paradise City - Another overplayed but excellent classic. The change in emphasis and rhythmic focus of the guitars between verse and chorus gives this a solid, organic flow. The bass line, particularly during the chorus is really good, and the dual guitar lines roaming around each other give it such a thick and musically interesting quality. Axl is at his charismatic best, and again, there’s so much personality in Slash’s guitar playing. The added pace and drive later on just throw an added dimension to what is already an excellent song. My Michelle - More great riffs, more swagger and groove. The switch up of pace into the chorus is an interesting songwriting device and it throws the groove into a completely new place, which is cool. The songwriting and performances are just so much fun. It’s bombastic and melodramatic in some respects, but they sell it with absolute conviction, so it works. Think About You - We’re back on a visit to riff city and this collects up a lot of the best bits of glam metal and rolls them up into a cheesy heavy metal package. As with much of the album, they perform this with such a sense of fun and conviction that it’s hard not to get swept up in the momentum and charisma of it all. There’s more overt melodic and harmonic work on this that gives it a lighter texture in places, but it still drives like a bastard. Sweet Child O' Mine - So many classics on one record. Duff McKagan’s bass line is the under-appreciated star of this song. Yes, it’s melodically excellent and the lead guitar line absolutely sings, but underpinning it all is a bass line that drives it along, gives it punch and has so many great little runs and fills to give it flavour and movement. There’s great groove to this, with suitable swagger and attitude, but also an openness to the vocal that works really well. Great guitar solos too. It’s just a brilliant song. You're Crazy - Now we get a balls to the wall rocker that leans more into pace and power. The drumming and bass line thunder along on this and the complimentary guitar lines give it plenty of range and lean even further into the gritty pace. Axl’s attitude meets that gritty core well, but floats above it all tonally to give it such a full spectrum sound. Again, it’s just a great deal of powerful fun. Anything Goes - Back to something with a bit more of a swaggering groove and more superb riffs and attitude. There are some great bluesy riffs, but the centre of this is more of that trademark layered groove work, power and personality in performance that instantly establishes it as a GnR track. It’s melodically excellent, full of attitude, and as I’ve said so many times, fun, fun, fun. Rocket Queen - It’s no wonder Guns N’ Roses never really matched this album. I think they may have used up nearly all of their riffs on a single album. The pace of this drops back a little, but there’s more epic guitar work, drive and power to it regardless. Again, it does call back to some of the best elements of hair metal, and coat it in a layer of grit and punk attitude that gives it greater credibility and honesty. It’s not the strongest song on the album, but it’s still very good.
listening to this back to back with yesterday's limp bizkit album makes this sound like freaking chopin. it was just a relief to not hear fred durst. which is really saying something because it's not like axel rose has the most relaxing voice on earth either. this is just not that interesting to me but sweet child o mine is a good song even though i don't like listening to this version...but the song itself is good (as evidenced by sheryl crow's version).
Guns N’ Roses. Doing gun things and roses things. Not gonna lie, it does exactly what it says in the tin. It’s fucking rocking. Axl’s voice is outrageous, the band are tight as fuck. It’s a must have album for anyone! However, it’s one that I rarely listen to.
Great album
Perfect.
Its a good album. Pretty good songs and I liked most of them. 4 stars
It baffles me how this became such a big thing.
i'm torn between 3 and 4 on this. the album is honestly boring and at times offensive without having any talent to back it up outside of the singles, but the singles are so transcendently good that you understand how they got famous even though axl rose is a stochastic terrorist. i'm giving it a 3 but TRUST it has a couple of 5 moments
This album is a ride. The hits are great but some of the others sound too similar or just don’t go as hard. Pretty incredible for a debut album though!
Have you ever eaten Whoppers? The chocolate covered malt balls, usually found at the movie theater or on the grocery store aisle next to the Worthers caramels and butterscotch? If you've ever had them you know where this is going. The first couple pieces are great, they're rich chocolate and nice crunchy malt foam in the middle, by about the 4th or 5th one your stomach starts hurting, it's too sweet and there's a layer of thick tacky sugar coating your teeth, you dont want to eat any more but they came in a really weird package that you can't close. Each bite gets worse and then you bite into one where the foamy malt never developed, it's just a hard tack in the middle of a giant fake chocolate chunk, it just about cracks your tooth but you manage to stop biting before you ensure your dentist visit. By the end of the box, you have a stomach ache, wondered why they still make these candies, and are disgusted with yourself for even endulging in them. This album is like that. With maybe 2 songs that stand out as great GnR songs, you can't help but hear the age and it all goes down worse knowing who Axl Rose has become and what he to his band members during and after the life of this band. Fuck GnR and fuck Axl Rose. 3/10
me not hungry
i lost my appetite
Not really my genre but way nicer and more interesting than expected
Need to be in the mood
hell of a debut album
As well as being one of the best hard rock albums ever written, this is a great lesson in songwriting. WHile Axl's chainsaw vocals command your attention, he's competing with Slash's riffs and Izzy and Duff's hooks to maintain it. Every second is an assault on the ears, and it never quite repeats itself. Comedian Tommy Tiernan once described the feeling of being a child, running at full tilt down a hill that's too steep, and you know that only gravity is in control, and you can't stop, and you're going to die.... but you can't stop laughing. That feeling is embodied in Slash's solos - particularly Paradise City. It's a joyous thing, and sounds like he's on the absolute edge of his playing ability and maybe a little bit over the edge. 5 stars, only cos I can't give it a 6.
Pretty freaking solid. Obviously, two of these songs have remained in the cultural headspace since release, but there are some heavy hitters in here as well.
Was okay not too big on this type of musica but it was still enjoyable
Excellent listen. Very 80s rock that made me feel like a biker or something.
Had never come to this album, but have heard large parts of it on greatest hits compilations. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O Mine are good. The rest are okay.
I would be the most annoying person on the planet if I could shred on the guitar like this. This is a punchy album and very inappropriate lyrically haha. Favorite Tracks: Mr. Brownstone Think About You Sweet Child of Mine
Where The Grass Is Green And The Girls Are Pretty 1001 Albums Generator 328 (8/16/2026) If you hate your dad, this album sucks. 5/5. Favs: Welcome To The Jungle Out Ta Get Me Paradise City Least Fav: You're Crazy
This album is when Guns N' Roses were at their peak, having most of their best-known songs. As you'd expect, it's an excellent hard rock album full of raunchy, dirty rock tunes. The songwriting is great, with excellent hooks married to catchy riffs and choruses. Lyrics aren't very good, but this is a 1980s hard rock album. The important part is that the album's sound is very well suited to the genre, with high-range vocals and guitar heroics well suited to late-1980s hard rock. This is an absolute classic of the genre with how many of its songs still get played today on rock radio, and while its genre isn't for everyone, it is most certainly for me. This album is ranked #2 of 25 albums for 1987. Other 1987 albums rated by me: Bad(1/25)-4 Document(4/25)-4 Sign o' The Times(5/25)-4 Strangeways, Here We Come(6/25)-4 Music for the Masses(7/25)-4 Darklands(9/25)-4 You're Living All Over Me(13/25)-4 The New Tango(19/25)-2 Warehouse: Songs and Stories(21/25)-4 Opus Dei(24/25)-4 Scum(25/25)-5
Not bad
This a tough one to rate. The hits alone should make it 4 stars, but unlike the other 4 star albums on this list I feel less likely to listen to GnR's other albums. I think the hard rock duel-guitar style is awesome when its well arranged but sometimes it feels too chaotic and overwhelming. Similar to other 80's Glam-Rock/Hair Metal type bands, the songs lack much versatility in theme or style. But Welcome to the Jungle, Nightrain, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine, cmon.
Not really my thing but the stadium singles are undeniable
1. Didn’t appreciate how influenced by Aerosmith they are until this particular listen through 2. Was that an acoustic guitar or harpsichord in “think about you?” 3. “Rocket Queen” always rules
Their greatest. Amps me up every time.
Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O'Mine make it a 3, no question. The rest didn't stand out to me.
Pretty fuckin good.
listening to this blaring out of my iPhone speakers while using a drill was the perfect set and setting for this album. welcome to the jungle might just be the best opening track of all time. name one better.
I don't want to give it a 4. I lived through what this wrought. But I think it deserves it in the grand scheme of things.
its extremely GNR but it's also full of straight up hits, probably their best record
Kind of crazy how hard this goes for a debut album. Contains the Big Three GnR songs, and really the only three hits by them that I care about. The notes Axl hits are super impressive. I found myself actually really getting into the "rhythm" of the album by the tail-end, which was more than I expected I would. Love or hate them, you cannot deny the riff in "Sweet Child O' Mine" is absolutely addicting. Fav Tracks: "Think About You", "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Anything Goes".
Good rock album but not an all timer album at this stage for me, some great songs, 3/4 that I could happily never hear again, You're Crazy and Anything Goes sound so mid coming between Sweet Child and Rocket Queen. 7/10
True classic. Axel Rose's voice is annoying
"Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child O'Mine", and "Paradise City" remain all-time bops... but the rest of the album is only okay.
I loved this album as a teenager, but listening again as an adult all the rock out moments can't disguise it's puriele obsession with sex, death and power: the original cover art that shamelessly depicted a rape victim. And even when it does go hard, it sounds pretty derivative to the modern ear.
The singles are all so good. The others, not so much.
*65 Der er store slankere, herunder især åbneren hvilket i sig selv er imponerende for en debut… men i det store hele er det lidt samme suppe, der bliver kogt på.
Ja der er bangers på. Ja det bliver også ens - og så er jeg nok ærlig talt også bare ved at blive lidt spademæt i den her playliste. Jeg kigger pt. med meget store øjne efter det Sade album, som jeg også mangler at høre O_O
Hvis Axl Rose nu var en lige så dygtig sangskriver, som han er sanger, så ville albummet være væsentligt bedre. Det er simpelthen nogle latterlige tekster, sorry not sorry. Og ja, så kan man sige: "det er nok også meningen", "det er jo bare Guns N' Roses", "det er jo ligesom genren" - ja, præcis 2.4
det kan godt være, at hvis man kobler idéen om Guns N' Roses fra musikken, så ender det faktisk med at være lidt intetsigende (omend dygtigt) rock n' roll - men det er til gengæld fuldstændig umuligt for mig. Alene den stemme. Hold kæft hvor var Axel vild. Og Welcome to the jungle må simpelthen være et af de fedeste åbningsnumre nogensinde. I det hele taget sindsygt at have så mange bangers på et debut album. Det sagt så er det ikke hele pladen der står lige skarpt, så selvom nostalgien er virkelig stærk her, kan jeg nok ikke komme højere end 4 stjerner
An absolute classic that deserves a spot on the Top 1001! I've gone 2 wks without reviewing an album that should be included on this list so this was a welcome treat. It's all been overplayed, and that takes some of the luster off of absolute beast songs like "Welcome To The Jungle", "Paradise City" & "Sweet Child O' Mine" but if you heard them in 1987 you were blown away by their sound and their approach to hard rock. The listener counts for those 3 tracks is insane at 1.7B, 1.5M and 2.9B respectively. Every other track has at least 40M+ listens. Hugely popular, even today. It's the glue songs that make this album what it is though. "It's So Easy", "Nightrain", "Mr Brownstone", "You're Crazy" and the stellar two part "Rocket Queen" are all good enough to be on the radio, and are. They were each good rock n' roll musicians and Axl's voice fit perfectly. 5 stars. There really aren't any throw away tracks. It's cohesive. This album was influential, chock full of hits, stands up today, radio staple, legacy, etc. Top 20 rock album of all time.
Really fun album. Although it doesn't hit me *that* hard, there are some really great hooks on the singles. Slash is fun to listen to despite the whole "Seinfeld is unfunny" trope. If I heard this in the midst of the glam/sleaze metal craze of the 80s, it would certainly stand out. I think lots of folks see the 80s as a low-point for heavy guitar music, but as far as 80s goes, give me hardcore/alternative/college rock any day (Black Flag, R.E.M., Jane's Addiction, etc.) • 7/10
5/5 bangin!
I love this record. Sure it’s not trying to do too much, but the hits are great. Slash has some of the best leads here. It’s just a fun rock and roll album. 5/5
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Didn't finish listening but I dislike most of Guns'n'Roses
This kind of music smells like cigarettes and mouth rot to me, I'm sorry. The vibes are so bad it's hard to enjoy. And it really isn't anything groundbreaking, I have never cared for this band. There were songs I already knew going in of course. Welcome to the Jungle gets on my nerves, Paradise City makes me cringe, Sweet Child O' Mine has fond memories because my grandma loves it, but really their music just bores me. It is one band I have never tried to get into. And I'm scared as I listen that those songs, being their hits and all, are going to be the highlights of the album. Update after listening: it was slightly better than I thought with my least favorite tracks being the ones listed above other than Sweet Child O' Mine. That is probably the best song on the album despite his obnoxious voice. That being said, I still didn't like it. It's not for me.
A very solid and quintessential 80s rock album which has some iconic songs
Thought I'd enjoy this more than I did. Singles were decent, rest was kind of boring.
This is not the sound of music I like
Crazy work fellas
Number: 213 Familiarity: Aware (2) Rating: 3 ======= I was never a huge a fan. I think during this time I was probably listening to a lot of Style Council, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and stuff like that. As far as what Guns N' Roses was doing, it seemed kind of main stream and not very innovative. I mean, in my opinion at that time, all this had already been done by many bands before, so what's the point? I rate it a 3.0 based on my personal opinion.
insane hits ratio
The biggest hits are iconique, but the rest is all kinda mid for me, except maybe 1-2 tracks I enjoyed a bit more.
Hell naw. This shit slaps if you’re 10 years old.
more glee
Buns. Has two fun songs
Its just not for me i hate Axel’s voice
Paradise city will always always always take me back to 2013 at the redneck yacht club mud hole seeing boobs for the first time.
It’s alright Growing up being into rock and alternative music in the 90s and early 00s you couldn’t really avoid this lot. So the songs are etched into my subconscious. It’s fine, but it doesn’t hit for me in the same way it does a lot a people. Plus Axl Rose is a bellend. Favourite track: Paradise City
There are some good bits on here, but most of it is too raucous and cacophonous for me.
Dated. Mostly unlistenable. Slash's hat and whatever the lead singer is called and his late 80s flamboyance make the whole thing unpalatable.
I hate guns n roses
Obviously it’s problematic at points. The Sunset Strip scene that this emerged from hardly produced many admirable male role models for the world. But art-not-the-artist demands that I overlook my personal feelings about Axl (I haven’t read enough on the subject to know how despicable the rest of them were). So to the music. Banger after banger after banger. Plenty of cringe in the lyrics, but everyone knocks it out of the park. I don't know how they got away with it. They embraced every cliche known to soft rock that had so recently been lovingly lambasted in 'This Is Spinal Tap' and displayed little more than primal musical instinct in the place of intelligence. But through all the drugs and what have you, they could still play their asses off and no matter how much of a dick Axl was, he could really sing. G'n'R took on the entire world with the help of MTV. Appetite for Destruction is the reason they succeeded.
Classic! Favorite track: Paradise City other picks: sweet child o mine, welcome to the jungle, it's so easy, out ta get me
This is a great album and one which I've loved since I was a teenager. Is it the best debut album of all time? Maybe. Would I happily go another 20 years before I hear Sweet Child O Mine and Paradise City again. Definitely. Still excellent though.
Yeah, liked it more than I remembered. Plenty of bangers, a bit repetitive here and there, but good!
Never heard the full project before, but it was a solid listen. Just a great, cohesive piece of music with some awesome highs.
Classic album and while some songs were incredible, other songs were forgettable
Their hits aren't bad, but overall GnR is so lame.
the only good one is hole
It's nostalgic album, I used to listen it when I was a 7 or 8 y.o. child.
This album came out the year I was born. But I remember buying it when I was in high school and it was on heavy rotation while I cruised around in my 94 Pontiac sunbird. Ahhh to be young and dumb.
classico
Ik heb eigenlijk nog nooit zo veel nummers van GNR achter elkaar geluisterd en ik snap nu ook waarom. Er zitten natuurlijk echt goede nummers tussen en het is behoorlijk knap dat een debuut album zoveel hits heeft. Daarom geef ik het 3 sterren. Ik denk niet dat ik het album zo snel opnieuw zal luisteren.
I really don't care about GnR
3/5 piola nada mas que decir.
I mean you know what you’re getting but they’re so good at it that you don’t mind. Rock anthem stuff, starts with a certifiable banger and thankfully Sweet Child of Mine as a rearguard classic keeps you hanging on. In between it’s a fair amount of bluster but always with the awesome riffing of Slash keeping you tied in. Apart from some loopy vocal effects on occasion and some other instrumental aspects thrown in it’s a lot the same kind of stuff, but they do it well. An album that had to be on a list like this.
I do naturally gravitate to GNRs bombastic style and energy. I can't help but be suitably amazed by Slash and his riffing every time. This is a classic stadium album which is blazed by Axls vocal range and sometimes raging screech. This album invites you to sign along and enjoy the show as you keep getting mini epics thrown at you. Just a refreshing pull back to youth and not much care. It's a bit silly and over the top at times but a pleasant easy escape with a consistent quality. "Sweet Child O' Mine" talking of stadium rock specifically is probably one of the very best examples out there.
High quality classic stadium rock. I enjoyed it all the way through, but then I am inclined towards the genre. This album is a bit of a one trick pony, but they do what they do very well. The sound is very similar to a certain flavour of Led Zeppelin, particularly in Axl Rose's vocals. The difference being that there is far less variety and rhythmic complexity. There are a couple classics in here, but also a couple of less well known tracks that I enjoyed, like "Nightrain" and "Think About You". No surprises here. Guns N' Roses serving up steak and chips but doing it well.
Guns n Roses can simply fuck off. Axel's stupid whiny nasal stinging has always irritated the bollocks off of me, which is a real shame as the rest of the band are clearly talented.
I didn't realize how many iconic songs were on this album!
It’s amazing when you consider that GNR managed to survive the hair metal/ballad rock phase they emerged on the heels of. This album was huge, but having never listened to anything but the hits my whole life I’m amazed they did last. The songs that weren’t hits on here were very bland and sound the same. The hits are legendary which is why this did have such lasting power.
Best metal-ish album of all time? Even today I don't think there is an effective two guitar band out there. GnR had a good run all things considered but they never came close to recreating this magic. Banger after banger.
This is he heaviest metal I think I can enjoy. Axl Rose's voice is classic. Three big hits: Welcome to the Jungle. Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine.
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This album is something special. It combines really good vocals with amazing guitar performances. With 3 stick out tracks, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine. Digging deeper into this album you may feel like some of the in between tracks seem like they blend together in some ways, with none really sticking out all that much. However upon my 2nd listen I realized that every song is absolutely unique and different from one another. This album truly is a banger and amazing to throw on when you are feeling that 80's-90's rock feeling.
Great band. Good tunes. A little to loud for my taste. A good album.
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Classic!
I grew up with this album. The hits were hits for a reason but about half the album is throw away tracks
I get to rock out! And for the first time in 23 days, an album that will get over a 3. In fact, just the second in 23 days over 2. 4.0. Yes the hits are overplayed, but that is not their fault. It is because people still want to hear it almost 40 years later.
Perfectly fine 80s rock and the bangers are absolutely great. However, a whole album was all a bit much.
Iconic 80s album. Aside from the hits I didn't really resonate with other songs.
Great album for a workout. The first half (or the "G" side) is incredibly strong, and the ending with Rocket Queen is a masterpiece. The latter half, though, is only good (and I fucking HATE Sweet Child O'Mine, annoying as fuck.
This album is bombastic as hell. The hits, despite having played continuously on DC101 for 40 years, still kick ass. The guitar sounds fucking sick. But just about everything else is Too Much. Take it down a notch, everybody, you'll survive. I guess that would make it a different album, but hell, I did not recall the end of Paradise City being so...overextended? This album is that Coco Chanel quote about taking one thing off before you leave the house. But then, it would probably just be your standard 80s rock album. When it hits it's great but it sure spends a lot of time missing by inches.
A debut album! Got some good stuff on here. Don't think I've ever listened to this all the way through before, may not do it again, but what a way to start the day!
Perfect Friday album and one of my longtime favs
(8.5)
Apparently this album wasn’t particularly successful on first release, but evidently Axl Rose pulled off some sort of monkey’s paw type deal because the trifecta of hit singles from this - Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child O Mine - became some of the defining sounds of the era. n fact, they reached the point of cultural ubiquity for me because I have heard them so many times now, from game soundtracks, to adverts and even getting played regularly on Radio 2 in the UK, which is supposed to be the channel for easy listening and golden oldies. Trying to be objective with this is difficult. Aside from the previously mentioned tracks, none of the other songs stand out enough that would make me want to go back and listen to them again, and the others are permanently lodged in my brain as ear worms. Three stars, for old times sake.
lead vocals are quite impressive, lead guitar is pretty solid, and there's some good hook writing, but the bulk of the arranging is pretty boring, and the lyrics writing leaves something to be desired
When I was at 6th form, I had a lovely friend who was obsessed with G N' R and listened to this album every single day. Yeah it's clearly naff, but brings back happy memories of being 16 in the common room
Oh this is just crap and has dated terribly.
FFS…among the very worst music ever created by human kind, one star. Tom.
Early 90s bogan rock, anyone? Although this does sound quite dated, they were the kings of the time in this type of music. Lots of Axl screaming, chunky guitars and riffs. There is some great songs on here - 'Welcome To The Jungle' still rocks, as do 'Mr Brownstone', 'Paradise City' and, of course, 'Sweet Child O' Mine'. A good nostalgia trip but not something I'd listen to all the time.
Overplayed to the point of annoyance by everyone, including teenage me, but doesn't that just prove it's a banger?
Clairement néophyte de la discographie des Guns dont je ne connais vraiment que les tubes. Cet album m'a agréablement surpris dans son ensemble et j'ai pris du plaisir à découvrir des morceaux que je n'ai à aucun moment eu envie de skip.
Absolutely brilliant
Literally my childhood. Such a good album, but unfortunately I think the back half falls off a lot compared to the front.
Album 51/1001. Listened 7/23/2026. A couple of bangers/hits, but 80s hairbands aren't really my jam. Might listen to one or two again, but not the whole album.
Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O Mine are incredible songs. The rest of the album didn’t grip me.
Ok
love guitars
3.5/10 - I don’t like these guys. Same vibes as Aerosmith. High School douche bags. This only escaped one star because “Sweet Child of Mine” is attached to one of my favorite sport seasons.
I don't like this album at all. The "classics" of this album are annoying and the deeper cuts are no better. I don't like Axl Rose's voice and there isn't really anything interesting about this. 3/10
Musically there are a handful of proper bangers on this album. Having these highs on a debut album is an insane feat, yes, but does it make up for the not so good songs on the album? The music sounds good, and you can have a wonderful time singing along to it in the car, or at a party, but in the end that handful of good songs on this album are the only few good songs Guns N Roses ever produced. Besides that, they’re also all complete assholes.
I would’ve considered myself more of a Metallica and alternative person, but since I only got one (One lol) album and it was not among my favourites, so I think this was the best album I got so far. It was about time to put some metal on my profile after this site made me a soul fan. And I can say it also helped me discover more of Guns N’ Roses, and although this album doesn’t have my favourite track from them, it’s hits are eternal, and even the ones that aren’t the well known I absolutely loved. I think there were just 2 more mid tracks towards the end, but in rest it was legendary, so it wins with consistency, hits, metal. Also they used to change the mainstream rock scene from glam and alcohol and sex, and I thank them for that (I wish I lived in either of these phases, anything but what I get today). Oh yeah and GTA SA. 5/5 certified
This shit lowkey ass. I'm paraphrasing someone on here about Queen but the problem with GnR is that their hits are overplayed and the deep cuts are soulless garbage