Appetite For Destruction

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

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

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

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.

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

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'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.

Classic glam metal, saw them live a few years ago and they still rock hard, this album took me right back to that concert

'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.

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.

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.

One of my old favourites. I grew up listening to these songs.

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.

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

Arguably the best rock debut album ever. Definitely of the 80s. Amazing start to finish. Isn’t a bad song on here

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.

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'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.

Tiene taaaaantos megahits que no se puede dudar de que es vinilazo.

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

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 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.

Classic hard rock album

One of Greatest hard rock debuts, No questions asked, and no weak songs.

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.

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.

"..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 ».

man I've already listened to this, all time greatest hard rock album imo

Fantastisch, wat een tijdloos album!

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!

An absolute monster of an album

Great album, one of the best albums ever

Easy 5/5. Iconic.

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.

Hell yeah

Pure sex drugs and rock in roll. I’ll revisit again and again.

la jungla de cristal bebe

I maintain that this is probably the greatest debut album ever. Every song is great and filled with grit.

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.

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.

Not first listen, but some tracks really stood out to me for the first time. (“Anything Goes”, “My Michelle”) It’s comforting to know those couple weeks as a teen where G&R was my favourite band weren’t for no reason. 15/07/22

Good times. Great memories

This is Guns N' Roses debut album (duh) which became famous a year after its release. You know, I do remember hearing "Welcome to the Jungle" before this album blew up which I liked (and still do) quite a bit. And blew up, it did; you couldn't turn on MTV without seeing one of their videos within half an hour, they were constantly played on rock radio for the next ten years and at the college I was at, just about every local band I saw in 1988/1989 covered "Sweet Child O' Mine." Given all that, this album still rocks. It is firmly in the hard rock category but there are parts of certain songs that take it in a heavier, somewhat funky or more punk direction. The songs were written while they were on their LA club circuit and actually, a bunch of these songs ended up on future albums. The songs were written by individual band members, not as a group, and what is unique is when they name names they name actual real people names. Walk the walk. The album has a side G (Guns) which has songs about the inner city, drugs, getting drunk and the police and a side R (Roses) which has songs about girls, love and relationships. I did not know. I thought I might have trouble finding anything to speak of or even like given the iconic and over-played nature of some of these songs. I guess time heals somewhat; there's plenty to like. "Mr. Brownstone" is about the daily rock and roll grind and an increasing heroin habit. Slash wrote this song and Izzy's guitar riffs and Slash's solo are great. It also has a solid backing rhythm. Speaking of great guitar, "Paradise City" is probably my favorite GNR song. I can't believe I just said that. But, especially in the verses and the last part of the song, the band just kicks this into gear and you do hear the punk and metal influence especially in the guitar. The two song highlights from the R-side are both name name songs. "My Michelle" is about their friend Michelle Young who is basically a train wreck. The backing music is heavy, changes pace and fits the song. "Rocket Queen" is about LA underground scene leader Barbi Von Grief and there is actual sound footage of sex. An appropriate way to end this album. I was/am not the biggest GNR fan but found a lot to really enjoy in this album I had forgotten about. Note: I included both albums covers. The one on the left showing a robot rapist being attacked by some metal avenger was pulled prior to the initial release. They tried to use that cover again on a reissue. Again, pulled prior to the release.

I’d like to thank Gn’R - and this album specifically - for showing pre-adolescent me how to fluently drop F-bombs into your everyday vernacular.

fuck yeah my middle school jam

An exemplary Rock album.

Do you know where you are? You're in 90s rock nostalgia baby! Okay okay, it was late 80s, but who's counting?! Still rocks! 🤘

If you don't like this album you don't like rock.

"Hair Metal" with balls

One of, if not, the best debut albums of all time.

Maybe one of the best openings of all time.

Tiene taaaaantos megahits que no se puede dudar de que es vinilazo.

Amazing!

A game changer album from the 80s.epic

Pura energía y hard rock. No es un disco perfecto pero no tiene que serlo para provocar mover la cabeza y hacer la ocasional air-guitar. 4.5 que sube a 5.

Absolute classic rock album. They were so huge for a while.

Five stars. Killer songs from the 1st track to the last.

Classic

So good

Helpot 5*. Varmaankin jopa ykkönen kaikista levyistä ikinä jotka ovat vaikuttaneet omaan musiikkimakuun. Vielä 35v julkaisun perästä kuulostaa aivan timanttiselta ja useamman kerran päivän aikana pyöri läpi.

Joka ei tälle viittä tähtee anna, niin täytyy vaan ihmetellä

They arrived with a massive explosion. There was some great rock around at that time, but it wasn't played on commercial radio. Instead we had that travesty known as "hair metal." Firstly, it wasn't metal, it was plastic pop with guitars. It didn't rock, it primped. I took one look at G'n'R and expected more of the same. Then I heard this! It just launches and never sets down. Usually I get bored with too much of the same, but they rock so hard it doesn't matter. Like every great band it begins with the rhythm section. Slash peels off solos that Page would struggle to equal. Like all the great leads, he is melodic, not just some boring shredder like Steve Vai. Axl doesn't have a great voice, but it suits the songs. This is one of the great debut albums, yet they went better with Use Your Illusion(s)...

algumas músicas lado B muito boas e algumas meio constrangedoras. Sweet child of mine realmente uma grande canção né

I'm not sure there's anyone over the age of...10? 12? who hasn't heard at least a few songs from this. I remember when this came out - there was a slow burn, people were sort of aware of it, then BAM it blew up and was *everywhere* - it was lumped in with the other longhair/spandex heavy rock of the time but is definitely different: greasier, dirtier, more raw - like the punk rock of hair metal. Due to the popularity - and it's gotten bigger over the years, too - I honestly never ever need to hear Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child again thanks to unimaginative and boring classic rock radio [or watch any hockey game and guaranteed at least 2/3 are played between plays], although to be fair in context they do sound great here. Some of the non-hits are absolute killers, especially the first half up to Paradise City; my highlight is that "Mr Brownstone" riff which has always been one of my favourites. So yeah - I hadn't voluntarily put this on in years but it's just a damn great angry punky stupid infantile amazing sounding album - emphasis on how cool it sounds; the dual guitars were/are nothing new but the way they didn't exactly match up and kept that perfectly-designed sloppiness in a Stones kinda way is probably what puts this album over the top. I'm not always in the mood for it and it's not necessarily my favourite kind of music [mostly please please look away from the totally 80s sexist-as-hell-at-best lyrics] but it's also arguably one of the 3-4 greatest debuts in rock history, perfect for the time, and I'm not sure could have been any better... if that's not a 5 star then what's the point... 9/10 5 stars.

I know before even turning this on its going to be 5/5. What a great album, so many hits and still so relevant today, 35 years later.

Had only ever listened to the 'hits' before, so this is my first time listening to the entire album. I thoroughly enjoyed it, I already knew I liked the hits and the Guns N' Roses sound. i also thought the rest of the tracks were a fun listen, especially "Mr. Brownstone" and "My Michelle". However, "Rocket Girl" was slightly odd.

A whole album of face melters.

An absolutely fantastic hard rock album and a classic for good reason. Fast and dirty, yet with enough technical appeal and interesting song writing.

Excellent rock album. Lots of hits - has me ready to blow thru a wall!

timeless classic, definition of the hard rock, 3 unforgettable songs, everyone knows them.

FUCKING LOVE THEM <3 Deffo 5/5

Já conhecia o álbum, mas ouvir as canções na sequência é uma experiência e tanto. Não preciso falar dos solos, não é? Tudo incrível! Álbum, de fato, memorável.

Not a bad song or a dud note, it screams with a high-throttle energy and the virtuoso of one of the all-time great guitarists.

A classic, truly awesome

Предисловие: О группе знаю давно. Раньше пытался послушать, но что-то не сошлось. Даю второй шанс Прослушивание 1: Обзор на треки: 1 Вот это я понимаю гитарный риф, однозначно лайк! Хорошее начало положено. 2 Это поёт тот же человек? Просто в прошлом треке был другой тембр голоса. Песня звучит как типичный рок того времени, но мне нравится 3 Хорошо. Больше слов нет. Трек никак не впечатлил. 4 Песня энергичная, но опять же однотипная. 5 Cнова замечательный гитарный риф. Заставляет пританцовывать, осторожно. 6 Так и не понял что хитого в этой песне кроме мотивчика. Просто отлично сделанная пенся, причём на целых 6минут, лайк 7 Какое атмосферное начало... пожалуй лучший трек с альбом пока что. Не понимаю почему так мало прослушиваний, по равнению с остальными трекам. 8 Сейчас бы сесть в девяточку малинового и поехать отдыхать под эту песню. Мне нравится, лайк 9 Трек слышал очень давно. Он у меня даже добавлен. Просто наслаждаемся шедевром... 10 Ритм шикарный, ща дотонцую и приду. Песня прекрасна! 11 Что за странные звуки в начале песни хахахахаха, похоже на резиновых уточек. Гитарист отжигает! Да ещё и губная гармошка тут! Самый необычный трек с альбома, добавляю 12 Что за барабаны, что за бас, что за ангельский голосочек, мама мия, либо я начал понимать этот альбом, либо он прекрасен под конец. Следующие прослушивания мне помогут в этом разобраться. Прослушивание 2: Похоже я начинаю любить этот альбом. Он явно останется в моем плейлисте, вопрос на сколько? Возможно я нашёл новую любовь, но загадывать пока рано!(p.s. я добавил все треки) Прослушивание 3: Всё, наши чувства однозначно взаимны, и я определился с оценкой альбома 100% Прослушивание 4: Нет слов, одни эмоции. Кстати, не смотри клип на 1 трек, вот это он кринж конечно.... Вывод: Да....не ожидал, что альбом так зацепит. 5 из 5. Альбом остаётся в моей медиатеке, и будет прослушан десятки раз.

That Album is F-ing awesome

Great album. Can’t believe it’s 35 years old. Not a bad track on it. Easily best I’ve listened to so far and better than I’d remembered it being

Was delighted to see this come up. What a tornado of an album. A couple filler songs are astronomically offset by all-time banger after banger, crowned by my all time favorite tune Paradise City. I’m on the night train, so’s I can leave this slum… 10/10

I know this is overplayed but shit it's a good album & I love it!

One of the most enthralling, exhilarating, refreshing and outright rollicking hard rock albums of the 80s. Guns n' Roses put all of their eggs in one basket here and it produced brilliant results. No wonder why we all go back to it time and time again. Favorites: Welcome to the Jungle, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, Sweet Child o' Mine, Rocket Queen.

The first and IMO, the best!

Classic.

Good music for its time

Would get a 5 just based on the opening guitar riff. Classic album for me

i love

I never knew this sold poorly in the US - and took off here - hell, I had the cassette. To quote Kerrang "rock is at last being wrestled from the hands of the bland, the weak, the jaded, the tired, the worn". Yeh, rock on 🤘

This is an old, old favorite that I used to listen to on my walkman in college. Aside from a couple of lyrics that still make me cringe, this is a brilliant piece of work. Great songs, great riffs, great vocals. I will always love it.

I pretty much ignored this album when it came out. At the time I didn’t think I liked hard rock. Somewhere became then and now I became a fan of the genre and several songs on this album, but never went back to listen to this. I’m glad to have this come up! I went into this loving “Paradise City” and “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Sweet Child Of Mine.” So going in to this listen I’m already on board with a quarter of the album. Glad I finally got around to listening to the rest. There are a lot more songs on this for me. “It’s So Easy,” the first new-to-me GNR song I’ve heard in decades, had me at the first chorus. So much talent in this band... The vocal performance in “Mr. Brownstone” shows real versatility. I love the different sound. “My Michelle” was a pretty sweet (for them) love song leading into “Sweet Child of Mine” - a song that I’ve never tired of hearing. APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION is sex, drugs and rock and roll and I like it! This listen was long overdue.

Настоящая святая библия. Окажись я на необитаемом острове, я бы взял только этот альбом и ничего больше.

Absolutely storming

Sehr gut

+ 10 for the linear art and the boob I got to see as a 10 year old. I didnt understand all the stuff going on in the photo at the time. I just saw a boob. 5 - Nothing hits harder than Welcome to the Jungle as an opening track.

10/10

It was amazing.

Great album. Heard many times.

If I'm going to give 5 stars to Guns N' Roses it has to be for this album... so here it goes...

Absolute classic. Night Train my favorite. 5/5

Great album with a bunch of known songs. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O'Mine. 9/10.

Rabia. Rock en estado puro. Voz inconfundible y guitarras míticas. Auténtico disco de cabecera

Classic/10

Discazo

What can you say? I have listened to this album literally hundreds of times in my life and I can guarantee that I'll listen to it more. Classic hard rock album. One of the best.

Perfect

So many classics and a few forgotten gems

The greatest debut album from any rock band.

damn voelt als een best of album met al die hits denk dat welcome to the jungle mijn favoriet is. Ik geef het de classic status omdat dit voor mij wel echt de definitie van een rock en roll album. één klein minpuntje is dat ze soms wel de nummers wat te lang rekken; ik moet niet vijftig keer horen dat je op de nachttrein zit.

Is there any doubt?

I had forgotten what a perfect rock album this is.

Great album 9/10

Absolute banger. Every song is good

Classic album. One of the best rock albums of all time easily. Arguable one of the best debut albums from any band ever. There’s not a bad track on the entire album.

One of the all-time great hard rock albums

As a statement of intent, it doesn't get any better than this.

Not the first nor last band to release a debut album, that they then never manage to top. 'Appetite...' is all stellar, sleazy hardrock tunes. Honed through .years of shows and recorded by an obviously hungry band. With riffs, licks and leads to conquer the world, there was never real competion to GnR Fave track; Mr. Brownstone, with the rest of the tracks coming in close second

Amazing.

So many classics: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O'mine'. Classic album. Easily a mid to high 4, bordering a 5. Rounded up to 5.

Brilliant

A timeless classic

Best album yet. An album to actually listen to before you die. Some of the others I would rather die than listen 🤣

Remains edgy and sounds fantastic 30 years later.

Stone cold classic

Probably my most listened to album of all time. I’ve never tired of it, still sounds fresh, all killer and no filler - a game changing album for me musically - I could rave on for hours about it - the easiest five stars I will ever dish out on this

<3

<3

One of the Best

the best-selling debut album of all time for a reason!

Très content d’avoir découvert ce petit band Underground! Non sans farce, j’ai vraiment aimé l’album au complet, surtout les 4-5 premières chansons. J’ai découvert des tounes moins connues une fois Welcome to the Jungle terminée. Bref, c’est un 5!

Classic

Great album, plays like a greatest hits album, awesome listening to it

Ace

5/5

Doesn't get more 5 than this

Funny that my mom said she "hates GNR" then when Sweet Child of Mine came on, she's saying "OMG who performs this - I love this song!" :')

pour les gun's sensiblement le meme commentaire mais j'ai déja joué leur version de knock on the heaven door en show et c'est un peu plus

Hell yeah

This is all good stuff

Love this album... hard to find a bad song on the whole thing. GNR at their peak and an album I need to put into the rotation.

Fantástico

What's to say? It's AMAZING

I love this album. Always have. Always will. One of the first albums I remember being able to listen to start to finish.

When they had it together, GNR were amazing. Great album.

Not listening, have heard it enough. It’s perfect, quintessential 80’s metal.

Echt tolles Album, und das Talent des Sängers (ist doch Alice Cooper, oder?) ist offensichtlich Bisher das beste Album.

peak classic rock

One of the greatest rock albums of all time. Big guitar sounds, every song is great

Testament to GNRs success that I knew most of this album just from the hits, but liked hearing some new things by them from this album.

I'd never actually listened to the whole album, but knew a few singles I knew I'd love. Solid album, some songs I wasn't too fond of, others I found I rather enjoy. Great choice!

Seminal rock album some absolute tunes, Axel Rose is still a prick

Good guitar band

Classic hard rock album. I think there’s a couple duds, but this was really a moment in rock, and even the songs I’m not crazy about have some kick ass-ity to em

One of the best debut albums of all time. One of the best hard rock albums of all time with many iconic songs that almost everyone on the planet knows.

Fun album. In my view this sound is the gold standard for hard rock as a genre. So many tracks with well-deserved classic status on this.

It is possibly the purest rock album of its filthy era.

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

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.

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"

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.

*Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle are all time greats.

#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

so crazy it's a debut album highlights: welcome to the jungle mr brownstone paradise city sweet child o mine

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.

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*.

Cool beans.

people who call this album cheesy don't know fun.

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

Classic. Had that song with interiors on it. Amazing for debut

classiiiiiic

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.

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.

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

На присягу Даника, ехал с неё дослушал, классика хард-рока, слэш как всегда шикарен

The hits are the hits

Fun 2nd time round.

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.

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

I’m hungry, hungry for some good fucking music. Hell yeah

It’s whiny, but it’s really good

Classic GnR, multiple singles. A little clichè [at least in retrospect] but definitely pivotal for hyping the genre as a whole.

Its a good album. Pretty good songs and I liked most of them. 4 stars

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

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

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

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

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

3점줄까 4점줄까 100번고민함

A very solid and quintessential 80s rock album which has some iconic songs

Paradise city will always always always take me back to 2013 at the redneck yacht club mud hole seeing boobs for the first time.

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.

Yeah, liked it more than I remembered. Plenty of bangers, a bit repetitive here and there, but good!

the only good one is hole

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

(8.5)

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.

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.

Literally my childhood. Such a good album, but unfortunately I think the back half falls off a lot compared to the front.

Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O Mine are incredible songs. The rest of the album didn’t grip me.

Echt een goed album moeilijk om het maar 4 sterren te geven.

pretty great, enjoyed it more than expected actually ! really catchy stuff, pretty redundant topics though lol

Lots of hits. Mostly consistent.

Any album with Sweet Child of Mine on it deserves at least 4 stars

Disco cheio de hits, ainda mais sendo o primeiro disco de uma banda.

Ah, GNR, a staple of classic rock, especially in the 80s, with this album being named as their best record. Personally, I thought it was pretty good. The main draw for me on this album is Slash’s guitar playing. He really shows why he is considered one of the best guitar players of all time, especially through such iconic riffs as Welcome To The Jungle and Sweet Child O’ Mine, two of my standout tracks and two of the biggest hits off the record. His guitar playing is also shown on other songs off the album such as Nighttrain, my third standout track, and a really impressive fast paced rocker of a song. Axl, whatever you have to say about him and his many…incidents, is a powerful singer, and really gives his all on songs like the six minute epic Rocket Queen, my final standout track. Pair that with Izzy, Duff, and Steve’s powerful rhythm section, and you have a solid rock album. However, the album can tend towards having songs sound the same due to the fact that most of the songs besides Child are fast paced rockers, which can end up causing song to blend together. However, even with that, it is still a powerful record, and although it may not be a 5 in my book, I’d still recommend it to fans of heavy rock, you may find something you really enjoy.

classic

My head dropped when I saw Guns and Roses Axels whiney voice and all the over the top cliches. However this album took me back to all that was good about them. Great riffs vocals drew me in instead of repeling me nice drumming some classic rock anthums mixed into the lesser know stuff which was interesting and a little underrated.

A debut that came along and defined a genre

Gran gran álbum de rock. Tremendo.

increíble como el primer disco de una banda puede sonar así

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sick album, sweet child of mine is an all timer

album #92 an absolutely insane debut album. whether you like the album or not, the lasting impact this has had cannot be denied. it's unapologetic in it's messaging and raunchy approach - it's fun and musically competent. i grew up listening to this type of music, and i know that paints my view of it. regardless, the album has several bangers. also, the cover of paradise city with slash, fergie, and cypress hill is so, so cool. ꩜ average track rating: 4.3/5 ꩜ favourite track(s): mr. brownstone, sweet child o' mine, paradise city ꩜ least favourite track(s): rocket queen ꩜ album rating: ★★★★⯪ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 997 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 44 (+1 Appetite for Destruction) ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 20 (+1 Appetite for Destruction) ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 72

This shows how heavy metal can be listened to when the vocalist does something other than scream

Sweet Child O'Mine and Welcome to the Jungle are the popular, stand-out tracks, but a great album all round. Slash's guitar and the voice of Axel Rose create this instantly recognisable sound. Is Sweet Child O'Mine the most covered song of all time?

It's a classic.

- Perhaps the most "hard rock" of bands playing their quintessential record? Guns N' Roses has a handful of tricks (Axl's multi-octave vocal power, Slash 's iconic guitar work, and invigorating beats), but damn are they masters of them. - The non-greatest hits are solid, though they do not stand out as much. (I actually prefer a couple to "Paradise City," which I have never completely loved.) - "Sweet Child O' Mine" is one of the (if not the) best rock ballads of all time. - I appreciate the honesty with which Guns N' Roses handles their own lore. They were just constantly fucking around and landing on fun riffs.

The hits are insane and the rest is solid

Classic. Aside from the three mega hits on this album, I also really liked Rocket Queen. The remainder were alright. (3.5)

Happy 250th to 'Murica. Good album for it. Three of the most played songs on rock radio of all time + a bunch of pretty solid deep cuts, My Michelle being my favorite of those. It's cheesy at times but in the best way.

Still a bit traumatised due having to watch approximately a thousand shitty teenager bands trying to sounds like Guns n' Roses on youth centre gigs during the glamrock revival boom back in the mid-00s. Luckily I'm mostly over it and can say that this is one bloody good rock'n'roll record. Being a non-native speaker you don't really care all that much what the lyrics actually say, particularly when it's music like this but fucking hell, are they awful at times now that I actually listened to them. Oh well, that's part of the thing, I reckon. Three stars feels a bit too low so I guess I'll have to go with four.

3.5

Listen to this album many many times and it’s obvious that Rocket Queen is the best track on the entire album, followed by My Michelle. It’s classic GnR, at the peak of their powers

It is a classic. It's slightly below other rock classics because it's a little silly in parts.

This is hard hitting repetitive sounds that work together like magic and just make sense, typical 80’s that is timeless. fifty percent of it is iconic.

Great listen.

Excellent. A pillar of rock…and I get that this comments has a looking for Chinese food at an Italian restaurant vibe, but the fucking misogyny that’s sprinkled over this record makes me crazy…best shown by the lyric “turn around bitch I’ve got a use for you. You’ve got nothing better to do and I’m bored.” Blech.

"Paradise City", "Welcome To The Jungle", "Sweet Child O' Mine" Full of (head)bangers Unfortunately, I prefer softer stuff. Still a crazy album

I would put this album into the "Dad rock" category but I do like it significantly more that some of the other "dad rock" albums that I have been served so far. I like the heavy sound and the vocals. I love a guitar solo. The hits on this album are WAY over-exposed but are(were?) hits for a reason. One review I read talked about this being music you play while drinking beers in the garage after hitting on a waitress from Applebee's and yeah that's about right. I don't approve of harassing the waitress but you could catch me listening to this with older relatives on a dock on the fourth of July and I would be happy to be there.

🤘💀

Sounds like high school. The range of songs here is crazy!

It's hard to be cynical about this one, even if this isn't quite my style. It's an explosive rock'n'roll journey with a lot intensity and passion behind it. It's large, energetic and over the top. The overplayed songs are overplayed for a reason. The quality of some of these songs have stood the test of time. Every song sounds distinct, and feel very much like they belong on the album. I'm just sick and tired of so many of the songs on here, but I don't feel as if it's a fair criteria to rate it by. It's definitely influential, iconic and beloved by many, and in a vacuum if I've never heard those songs before I'm pretty sure I'd also like them. Good record, a charitable 4/5.

listed to this album quite a few times b4 defo one of my favourite GNR albums absolute classic :) own it on CD

This album is the truest test of the question “Is it good or do I just already know it?” Paradise City is truly an excellent song, Welcome to the Jungle is a testosterone fueled romp, but the rest of it came off pretty corny. Still fun, but for an album that was a formative part of my discovery of my own music taste, it’s not actually as good as I remember.

It completely encompasses what it was like to be a rock band of the time. There’s an element of lawlessness that completely comes through in the album.

You could go on and on about how this and that or you could just sum it up simply. Its not a masterpiece unless it holds some emotional space in your life, it is however an incredibly solid album with only a couple of clunky moments. IMO Mr. Brownstone and Rocket Queen are better than any of the singles. About as close to 5 stars as you can get without quite getting there.

I don't particularly love these "big stadium" rock artists, cause they are very repetitive. But I'd say this album has enough bangers to get a 4

This album rocks. A lot. Maybe the last true rock band in the classic sense to exist. Terrible personalities, actions, and stories after the fact. The songs have endured, they’re full of young, raw, male energy and kill it. Make you want to run through a wall.

Holds up

Great album...

Classic rock album I grew up hearing all the time

Perfff prtty solid, reminds me of megamind.

This album is great but all the popular songs have been overplayed to the point where I hate them.

Me admira o quão variadas são as músicas do Guns, mesmo dentro do mesmo álbum. Uma banda que merece o reconhecimento.

Just because it was very important to me as a kid. I couldn't get through more than 4 songs this time around.

Not a fan but can't deny the quality and overall importance.

4 de 5 Uno de los mejores y más explosivos álbumes debuts de rock en la historia. Combina guitarras afiladas, riffs brutalmente potentes y ritmos vigorosos con una producción bien ejecutada. El talento individual resalta en cada pista, destacando los legendarios solos de guitarra y la intensidad vocal, las letras retratan la vida cotidiana, la juventud, los excesos y la crudeza de las calles, donde la banda vivía al límite. A destacar: Track 1 - Welcome to the Jungle Track 2 - It's So Easy Track 5 - Mr. Brownstone Track 6 - Paradise City Track 9 - Sweet Child o' Mine Track 12 - Rocket Queen

I like some of the songs in the albulm

2- oooohhh gun n' roses! Finally an excuse to actually listen to an album from them. I downloaded the album directly. May listen to it later during lunch and omw to the library. Very liking it so far I liked welcome to the jungle and realised I already sweet child o mine I sadly didn't get more time to appreciate it better :(((