Reviews (page 5 of 16)
Jeg var klar til å måtte forsvare meg her, med at den er så harry og ukul og jeg er fra Finnsnes osv osv. Men dere er like harry, ukul og fra Finnsnes som meg, awww <3
En av 80-tallets beste rockeplater. Så mye gull.
9/10 Toppen av kjøttbonerock! Finnes det et debutalbum med flere hits? Hadde de sløyfa Anything Goes og You’re Crazy, ville det blitt 10/10.
Hørt på vei til jobb. For en pangstart på dagen. Litt harry med også ganske fett, haha.
Festrock. Hørte den to ganger på rappen. Klassiker.
Kind of amazed this was their debut album, didn’t realise how many of their big songs were on this. I do think this is ‘the’ album to represent 80’s rock and it is pretty astounding how many tracks we still hear all these decades later in general pop culture.
Classic rock, damn good
Favorite songs: Welcome to the Jungle, It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, Sweet Child o' Mine, You're Crazy
Great album
oooo suit chaild ou maineeee FAVS (top 3): its so easy, out ta get me, think about you mençoes honrosas: welcome to the jungle, nightrain, mr brownstone, paradise city, sweet child o mine, anything goes, rocket queen FODA FODA FODA FODA muito foda! foda.... nota final: 4.5/5
Last gasp of 80s hair metal, but a really great gasp.
Favorite tracks: Mr. Brownstone, Out Ta Get Me, Sweet Child O' Mine
What did I know about this album/artist before I listened? I know these dudes were huge in the hard rock/heavy metal scene of the late ‘80s. I’ve heard the singles a bunch and know about their personalities. I’m presuming that, as a whole, it’s not going to stray very far from what I’ve heard so far - I assume that the singles are very good indicators of what the album sounds like as a whole. What are my first impressions? “Welcome to the Jungle” is a great opening track. That guitar delay gets your attention and forces you to tune in, and by the time you know it, the entire band is playing and I imagine this sets the tone for the album. It feels both gritty AND over the top. What genre(s) come to mind as I listen? Are there any specific artists that are evoked? Hard rock, absolutely. There are parts of this that don’t sound very far apart from glam metal (“Nighttrain”), which I feel like would be something GNR would be mad about being associated with (if they even had an opinion about that kind of thing). “Paradise City” is like basically just Aerosmith. I never noticed that before. I would have slotted them to be a little more “metal” overall, but these riffs are filled with blues-based boogie that you don’t generally hear in metal. “Think About You” screams 80s new wave in the chorus. Is the production appropriate for the sound/era? I like the production. It sounds a little dirtier than a lot of the metal that was on the radio at the time, but it also fits alongside it very well. The clean guitar that kept popping up in the second half of the album was nice. A clean guitar playing a lick over distorted rhythm guitar is a sound that always sticks out to me, and I wasn’t expecting in that “Think About You” chorus, but it mixed the sound up in a way when the album really needed it. None of these songs needed to be 6+ minutes, let alone three of them. What did the lyrics evoke? What did the singer sound like? Were the lyrics more simple or clever, direct or vague? Axl has more swagger in his voice than I think I gave him credit for. He sounds build for radio rock, but also has personality and attitude in his vocals. That swagger allows him to get away with some grace notes in a few songs that clearly clash with the chords, but aesthetically work. The lyrics seem pretty straightforward, ruminations from a derelict who thinks he’s on top of the world now that he’s moved to LA. Let it be known that these dudes always said what was on their mind, consequences be damned (let’s not talk about “One in a Million” from the following album). What is your favorite track/why? Least favorite/why? Most - “Nighttrain”, “Paradise City” Least - “My Michelle”, “Anything Goes” What sort of situation/vibe would you find yourself playing this album in? Playability factor? I’d probably listen to this again, but to be honest, I don’t know when. Maybe if I need something at work that’ll keep me moving. Final summary? I think this is the kind of album that I like and appreciate more than I would ever specifically listen to. I enjoyed jamming to these singles again, and some of the deep cuts were fun, but I don’t really see myself returning to this album very often, if at all. I wonder if hearing a good chunk of this album on the radio for decades makes the rest of it feel anticlimactic in a way? Like, there were few surprises coming into this. It does the job it’s supposed to do. I’m sure this was a game-changer back in ‘87, but it’s hard to hear that now.
I would love to be cool about this and slag off this album. When I think of the biggest ‘cock rock’ tracks ever I immediately think of it’s mg life Bon Jovi and Sweet Child O Mine which is on this album. HOWEVER. Barring that what an album this is, it was my introduction to heavy rock and I think it is wall to wall rock riff artistry. It’s so easy & rocket queen are highlights for me.
Guns and Roses guys might be up there as the worst kind of heavy rock guys you can get. That aside, it has songs that are quite good and has a fair decent rep in terms of heavy albums for its time, so you have to give Axl his Roses. I do think that the big hitters here are the sort of rock that has aged terribly, with the kind of hits that you get on guitar hero or in the cheese room at pryzm. I guess I just don’t think time has been their friend somehow, and whilst I’m sure that guys like Dave Grohl and Josh Homme were influenced by them, I think they’ve probably managed to produce the Chad Kroeger’s of the music world instead.
What can I say.... this album is what it is. I understand that it is full of 'hits' which is pretty incredible for a debut album but for me personally, I just can't seem to like this band. Never have never will. Welcome To The Jungle is ok but that's as far as a I can stretch in giving them a positive review.
Debüt vom Allerfeinsten. Laut, kraftvoll, breitbeinig! Macht dem Genre alle Ehre!
An about banger of an album!!! I already knew some of the iconic songs, but never had listened to the whole thing. Incredible, I loved so much, the guitar solos, the screaming vocals. You just have to listen to this full blast, the louder the better!! It's definitely going to my favorites, 5 ⭐️
Kind of a classic dad rock album (which I guess tells more about my age). Still has enough a sleazy sound to add some transgression; which the lyrics don't really help with. Still has three of the greatest classic rock songs of all time on it, so that helps to balance out. However, outside of SCoM, PC, and WttJ, its just too much of the same and the songs sort of blend together.
Paradise city
surprised how many songs I already knew
Classic rock
Bangers
117/1001 Hard to hear some of these songs with fresh ears. They are so overplayed. Not an album I play often but there are no skips here for me. No ballads either. An all out rocker. A debut no less. An iconic cover and a wild alternative cover by Robert Williams. There’s so much more here than just the singles. A perfect album? Now that I really think about it. 10/10
Really good, kinda like back in black but better. improved on the formula.
Ridiculous.
Their sound, and production, is tight as hell, and the whole band were dialled in for sure. But it does just feel a bit boring at times, I don’t know if that’s because the obvious suspects have been overplayed beyond belief by the “real rock radio!!” types maybe? It does just run out of steam very quickly I found on a re-listen. That said, I love Nightrain, that’s a real powerful, take no prisoners track for sure. Also Slash will always have a place in my heart, his sound and style fully got me into playing guitar, the man is a legend.
Historically Î understand this is the transition from hair metal to the harder alt rock scene of the 90s. At the same time, not my favorite. I do like Mr Brownstone tho.
a classic album - already knew a couple from here so was nice to listen to the full album. welcome to the jungle is such a strong opener
Ok a classic
Meh. I don’t love Guns n Roses. I don’t mind the ballads, but I like “nice” songs better. I like what’s his butts voice on those. The album is too ‘vulgar’ for me I guess? I sound like such an old prude.
It’s just not for me. I know GnR are massive and they have their lovers, and the album at the time was era defining … but personally I would say, it’s a lot of filler, chuff, and above all, copy and paste. It’s an undeservingly generous 3 out of 5 for me, based only on the hits, 1 single point for Welcome to the Jungle, another for Paradise City, and the final point for Sweet Child of mine … Naturally. Bang average.
Top 3: 1. Nightrain 2. Sweet Child O' Mine 3. Rocket Queen Least Favourite: Out Ta Get Me
3/5
Favourite album of my youth. Hit after hit, grimy, unclean lyrics mixed with some of best rock guitar I've heard that somehow is radio friendly and not suitable for minors. So many absolute bangers, some filthy lyrics and powerful vocals (albeit in a nasally range).
Excellent honest guitar driven Rock. Not much of it around in the 80s. Two absolute classics
Just yeah
you’re in the jungle BABAAAAYYYYY
-I don't like this band at all, but I understand why a lot of people do. They were able to transform the Sunset Strip sound (e.g. Crue, Poison, etc) into something a little less plastic. If the major labels never gobbled up the underground (i.e. Nirvana), this probably would have been the dominant sound of the early 90s and we would have seen a million photocopies. Thank G-d that didn't really happen. -Every song is an extremely competent stylistic impression of Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Van Halen, AC/DC, Ted Nugent, and/or ZZ Top. There's also a good dose of quasi-Stones/Dolls riffs played through a heavy metal rig. -Axl does his thing, which is really fucking annoying to me. -The guitars are mixed so loud it's like the amp is right next to my ears. Especially Slash's guitar, which is like a 2nd lead vocal on most songs.
Beyond the mammoth singles on this album there isnt a lot to listen to. The voice is grating and the playing is plodding.
3 stars: Sweet Child of Mine > Paradise City > Welcome to the Jungle. 2 stars: Everything else. It’s just not that good.
I have an appetite for destruction of this fuckin album off this list. Nothing about this band appeals to me. I don't like Axl Rose and his whiny little chipmunk voice. I don't like Slash and his stupid hat. I never enjoyed even playing their songs in Guitar Hero. And Guitar Hero makes any song as least 2x better.
actually hated this one lmao. the only redeeming song is sweet child o mine. hard to like guns n’ roses anyway
Amazing this is their first album. Yes there are some filler tracks but the rest is so transcendant, so genuinely sleazy and killer and fun, that I can't in good conscience give it anything but five out of five. Edit: ok five months later and I keep thinking about how I gave this a five and shouldn't have. So I'm revising my score. Still a killer album, but not quite a 5. See my review of Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" for more details.
Lots of great tracks in here. Some cursed stuff also. Guitar is great.
This is so fun to listen to. Sweet Child O' Mine is a very sick riff. Also some filler that was kinda boring. And every song probably doesn't need to be 6 minutes long, but I guess Slash needs his solo time somewhere!
Bello, repetitivo pero me gustó
I'm not the biggest Guns N Roses fan and usually view it as just another 80s "hard rock" band but this was better than I expected. I could hear that these guys actually did/do have some talent even if some of their songs ended up being overplayed and associated with drunk, overweight boomers "singing" at karaoke nights across the US. This had some really big hits, which I will admit is quite impressive for a debut album so kudos to them for that.
Nice start to my project! Fond memories of this whole album on repeat when it was released.
Basically GnR's greatest hits. Hard to judge because these songs have been on the radio all my life, so the songs seem dated and cliche, but I love how dirty their sound is compared to a lot of other stuff that came out at the time.
The vocals are awful and the instrumentals are super eh, I really didn't like any of it other than Sweet Child O Mine but that was also ruined by the vocals
No thank you
meio louco pensar q é um debut album
This album is massively carried by 3 outstanding songs and they are the 3 songs that everyone knows. The rest of the album is just slightly edgier, but ultimately generic 80s hair metal. There is no doubting of the ability on display here. Honestly those 3 songs are so good that it's a shame the rest of the album is (to me) so average. 3/5 stars, purely for those 3 songs, you know what they are, I don't need to say them.
9/10 Excellent production, surprised that I haven't listened to this album before.
I didn't listen to this as much as I would've liked. Based on the first song it would've been a great solid album, as it's a classic for a reason. The other songs served to fade into the background for me.
I'm of a generation where Gn'R were a constant presence in my musical life, at least from my tweens to early twenties. Never listened to an album, though, and on the evidence of a first Appetite listen, I don't think I ever will again. I don't know if it ever sounded like more than a hundred pale imitators and cover bands, but that's what most of it sounds like in 2026. A few shining examples of iconic songwriting aside, it's mostly just a plodding, expired mess of screech and blues rock
axl is a tard but man i love this band
Fire rock
7/10
Classic nostalgia. Still holds up.
I think this album was alright. I've probably just heard Sweet Child O Mine and Welcome to the Jungle too much, but the album didn't really hit me with anything I loved.
Not a huge fan of this form of rock. But for what it is it’s undoubtedly a great album.
I like them in spurts.
Good for gym
Classic
This was hit or miss for me but I’ve got more respect for Sweet Child O’ Mine and liked Think About You
Fuck yeah. Sometimes I’m a self admitted pretentious asshole when it comes to reviewing these records. This is not my time period or genre, but I don’t know how you listen to this album and not find yourself turning the volume up to 10. Is every song perfect? Definitely not. But the pacing of the record is great, the hits are all time classics, and overall just a great listen. 5/5
3.4 good album but thats easy to do when you make basically the same song 12 times over. faves: rocket queen, welcome to the jungle
I had no appetite for this album when it came out, and it’s aged about as well as a head of cabbage. You know where you are? You’re in one of the circles of hell if they’re making you listen to this. Thank god grunge rendered this laughably cheesy band obsolete. But Axl Rose is a good follow on social media.
This album, chef’s kiss!
Very, very low three star. I think of this as less an album and more a vessel for the singles by GnR that everyone knows. A few extra points for breaking into the mainstreams and creating timeless classics.
No skips
Didn’t expect to like this one so much. Talk about rock and roll turned up to 11.
annoying voice good songs
Guns 'n' Roses (along with Motley Crue and a few select others) were among the 80's hair bands that proved that you could still have big hair and makeup and be badass. This album especially showcases their harder edge with nary a ballad to bring it down. The closest thing they gave us to a ballad on this record was "Sweet Child o'Mine" and even that is a stretch. They lost a little bit of that edge on subsequent releases. Who knows if it was record company pressure, trying to keep up with their contemporaries, or what...but this is by far and away their strongest effort. It's a shame that they are one of "those" bands that never lived up to their debut, but what a debut it was. The whole album is like a greatest hits collection as far as I'm concerned. This is one of the albums that I would play for an alien race if they didn't blow us up immediately (honestly I wouldn't blame them) to say "this is rock n' roll".
2/5 sanoitukset eivät miellyttäneet
I was so ready to hate this, I went in with such low expectations and enjoyed it a lot. I had to skip sweet child o' mine so I couldn't get an opportunity to change my mind
This was an interesting listen; I think I had only heard a little over half of it before but the half that I had heard as been burned into my brain. I've never been a huge fan of GNR but you have to respect how fully-formed of a debut this is. I can't imagine how this crazy would have sounded back in 1987.
Här radas det upp klassiker. Dessutom är både Axls röst och Slash gitarr ikoniska. En klassiker - femma!
Classic and great songs, but not stand-out enough for a 5
Vg
Gross man
It’s wild that this was their debut album with this many hits. Is it my jam? No. Will I ever listen to it again? Also no. Good for them though.
This is a great album but only about 70% of the songs really soar. The rest are just ok, highlights are Nighttrain, Rocket Queen, and then the obvious iconic singles
Listened to this while playing Cthulhu: Death May Die. I died. The elder ones usually have that effect on people. I did not expect to like this album as much as I did. I am actually shocked that I am compelled to give this a 5. Maybe it was the epic showdown against Cthulhu, maybe it was the killer soundtrack. I can't say for sure.
This is definitely one of the best rock albums ever made (if not the best). I love GNR and I love this album even more. They were in their peak, Steven Adler was still the drummer and they will still getting along (kinda). Every single song is amazing, seriously no skips. This album is a masterpiece
Def some iconic songs on here
Meh
Never cared much for GnR, and while I recognize the “importance” of this album, it’s still not for me.
All time classic
Haven’t listened to this album since years ago in college when I was exploring different genres of rock music. This is filled with well known songs that are all huge classic rock hits. Overall, that 80s heavy metal/hard rock isn’t my favorite but plenty of it is catchy. This seems better than a lot of other 80s rock. Some of still rocks and holds up. Kinda album where I love some of the songs, but then don’t like the deeper cuts. It all really rocks out and is really fun at times, but wish it was shorter. By the time You’re Crazy rolls around you feel like this should be the closer. It’s probably a solid 3, maybe can push to a 3.5/4, not sure. Just not my kind of rock really anymore.
A couple classics, but the others don't really do anything for me.
An easy 5
One of my all-time favourites. I especially loved getting reacquainted with Out Ta Get Me and My Michelle. Rocket Queen is still my favourite.
Literally amazing. Go IU. When people say white people have no motion peep this. Sweet child o mine … my fucking god. SIX (GOD) BOW!
Mr Brownstone My Michelle Think About You Anything Goes Rocket Queen
Welcome to the Jungle Nighttrain Out Ta Get Me Paradise City Sweet Child O’ Mine (classic) Rocket Queen
That’s a lot of hits on the debut, and maybe it’s the radios fault but I can’t stand any of these songs.
Hell of a debut album. No need to own a copy of this one because it seems like every Rock radio station seems obligated to play the shit out of these songs. 4.5⭐️
This shit rocks. Singles still hold up after all the years. Other songs like 'Mr. Brownstone', 'My Michelle', and 'Think About You' are damn good too. Just feels a little long....chop off 10-12 minutes and it might be a 5.
Listened to it many times; kick ass album, one that has given me many years of joy listening with friends. From the iconic Slash guitar licks and the distinctive voice of Rose, this is hard rock at it's most fun and I wouldn't be without it. Honestly, my favourite songs on this album are all the top ones in "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Paradise City" and "Welcome to the Jungle". Largely have video games, of all things, to blame for that.
Just okay.
Fuck yeah! Axl Rose’s voice is just so good at expressing emotion. His voice and Slash’s guitar elevates this to classic status beyond the genre.
This is nostalgia and raw energy rolled into one brilliant album. Fantastic ‘hit’ tracks but also a consistently brilliant collection of songs that feel impactful & memorable. The guitar work from Slash is second to none with endless great riffs, and the vocals from Axl are iconic & very of it’s time. It’s probably a 9/10 album but I’ve nudged it to a 10/10 for the pure nostalgic feel of it, taking me back to my childhood learning to play guitar.
GNR opened the door that Nirvana blew open, exposing glam rock as terrible music that is a huge waste of time. They may have started as a hair band, but quickly showed they were badasses with actual musical talent.
tengo un odio inexplicable a esta banda
i love it
album de welcome to the jungle, buena entrada, también está paradise city y sweet child o'mine
Always a great listen
It’s funny to me that the perception I have of Guns n Roses listeners are biker dudes and tough guys, because this album is actually quite flamboyant. So maybe I’m feeling generous but I did enjoy this - with its cheesy lyrics and fabulous moans and screams. Glam Rock is the kind of spectacle I can get behind.
Having never heard this entire album — or the entirety of any of the massive hits it birthed — I found myself captivated by their unique sound, and found the seedy subject matter to fit very well within it. It's easy to trace lines from them into the future and see how deep and wide their influence on all genres of music has been. As with many records on this list, it can be hard to contextualize and understand the impact of groundbreaking music from a distant future. But this one is self-evident: these musicians and their music were iconic straight out of the gate, and the success they've sustained on the back of this record alone is well-deserved. And what an album name.
Не люблю хэви-металл, но иногда нахожу для себя интересные песни. Этот альбом таковым не стал.
Idk how to do this. But if I'm personally rating this album, its 7/10. Other songs are just not in my type of music..?? but some songs are really like.. the vibe.
Hell yeah fuck yeah all the yeahs!! So damn good!! I wish I could rate this with MORE stars - it's that amazing. Decades later, it still stands the test of time and then some. And while I like to pick a "standout" song that isn't the most popular, it is really really difficult to not choose Panama City. I mean, come on, who doesn't rock the fuck out to that? And Sweet Child of Mine? CLASSIC. Anyway, I obviously loved this and these guys were absolute kings of their day - talented, passionate and life-changing. Standout (that is not Panama City or Sweet Child of Mine or Welcome to the Jungle): Rocket Queen :)
I unfortunately don’t like this type of music 🙁
HELL YEAHHHH, 10/10 love it , I already knew this album but it was nice listening to it
The bangers really bang, but the others fall really flat.
I have never been able to stand this lead singer's voice. I won't even listen
Good, great even but a victim of its own success that it gets ovrplayed to the degree that I’ve heard nearly all of an album I’ve never sat down to listen to.
Hammeralbum
Not my thing
If I could give the just Slash 5 stars I would cause that guy is fucking killing it. Even on the songs I wanted to skip Slash is over there just blowing it out of the water. Axl Rose's voice is too much like Geddy Lee of Rush and both make me want to pull my hair out. My friends older sister had their posters on her wall but she was in her prime when this came out. I've always found Axl kinda gross so it goes down to a 3 for me. 5 for Slash, Axl gets a 2 and the rest of the band holds it down so a firm 3.
SO GOOD; BEEN NEEDING THIS ONE 10/10
Can't stand singer's voice..some good guitar rifts and catchy tunes but not a fan.
Utter utter poo
I mean it’s fine
Highlights: Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O'Mine Besides the hits, I feel like this record is just a bunch of slop. It all sounds the same and the vocals get annoying after three songs in a row. For instance "Think About You" was almost 4 minutes of pure ass with no artistic or any other kind of value. It sounded vaguely similar to something I heard just 15 minutes ago. I'm just not impressed and feel like I was justified for not listening to the record in its entirety up until this point. It was kind of funny the way the record turned sexual by the end. Didn't expect that.
There were some really great songs on this album! But so many sound very similar so they didn’t always stick out to me. I enjoyed Mr. Brownstone as well as Think About You and Sweet Child O’ Mine the most!
Listen, I've listened to this record a thousand times. I can review it without another listen. But I did anyway! It remains a banger. Not a single bad track (though certainly some are better than others). Are GNR doing anything particularly special or original in this? No, not really, but they're playing some heavy blues rock exceedingly well, and I'll probably give this another thousand listens before I die.
Review - The big singles are pretty good but the rest of ihe album is a bit filler-y. I didn't know Axl Rose sings in a deeper voice sometimes, interesting that all the singles are his Bon Scott but falsetto-y style. Rating - 5.5/10 Need to hear? YES
Going into this, I thought I didn’t like Guns an’ Roses - now, I know I don’t like Guns N’ Roses. I can respect it for its cultural influence, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. Call me simple, but I like music that actually sounds good.
It is impressive that this is the debut album of GNR, including songs like Welcome to the Jungle or Sweet Child of Mine. It is hard to go wrong with a nice guitar rift and Axl's unmistakable voice. However sometime you can do too much (Paradise City) or too little (most of the album is filler, forgettable songs). Adding all that and you have an ok album, but not much more than that.
This is the cd I used to listen to to amp myself up before math club competitions
3.42
I was not fond of this album when it came out. My opinion changed during the years. Do not forget that this is not the original cover art. That is even better than this one. NINGHTRAIN! 4.5 points, lets say 5.
Lukewarm meat and potatoes rock music with tasteless, lumpy gravy and the gristliest, chewiest meat that may well be boiled raccoon. Axl sings like a wasp has flown into his Y-fronts.
A classic album that aged reasonably well, considering how cheesy it is and how insanely overplayed it has been for the last 40 years. It's full of bangers, and the energy level is through the roof. That being said, it doesn't hit as hard as it did back in the days. It sounds a bit cartoonish to me now, I've long since moved away from this kind of rock. Some of the guitar riffs that blew my mind as a teen are definitely shallower than I remenber. And even though it's a very good album overall, I can't understand why the list didn't pick "Use Your Illusions" instead - it's one of the most sold albums in history, and a titanic influence on the mainstream 90s music scene. With better production and an arm-long list of classics (including epic ballads and bluesy songs), it's certainly more historically impactful than this one. Once again, Robert Dimery seems to obsessively go for "first albums" regardless of any other consideration. Still, Appetite for Destruction is a lot of fun, as long as you don't take it too seriously. 8/10
The lasts of an era.
This album is too rock for me and it lacks a few melodious tracks to get a 4th star
Funny, I played this album to my daughter about a week ago, and it was the first time I’d listened to it in almost thirty years. Back then, Guns N’ Roses clearly ruled the glam rock / metal scene. The intro to Appetite for Destruction is legendary, and some songs like It’s So Easy still hit hard. The downside are most of the other songs, … well, overall it’s clearly not my kind of music. Still, as a genre peak, this album does the job, and with at least three massive hits, it leaves some pretty solid memories. But I don’t like Axl Rose’s voice and the many cheesy riffs though…
I don't like GNR, but this was hard to not like. Paradise City was stuck in my head for 12 hours afterwards.
Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine carry this album, but that's ok since all three are great songs.
I wanted to like this and gave it the best possible circumstance for listening to it. I hated them in high school and was expecting this would be a revisit where I changed long held beliefs. Nope. All the bad parts of Aerosmith on steroids. Squeely lead singer? Check. Generic blues based soft metal music with pitch perfect sound? Check. Every now and again I'd lock into a guitar riff and think "hey, that sounds good." Then I'd think "Nope, that's a Heart riff" or "That's Ozzie" or "That's (Insert another super famous rock artist from the 70s/80s)". What's good is borrowed. What remains is annoying. Not a 1, but not much higher.
Classic !
Great album, even though I find Axl a bit shrill I can see why this was a huge album
5. This album is one of the best debut albums ever made. Even before the band took off, that was already a fact. Ok, some of the songs became a little over-played but as a whole it is still a brilliant rock album. The band are a pale shadow of the band heard here, which is a shame, but they are obviously considerably older. That said, everything that followed Appetite ranged from patchy and poor (both Use Your Illusion albums) to downright awful (Chinese Democracy). Hearing this again though reminds you what they were at the time though, and it is still fucking magnificent.
Great first record, loved Slash sound when it came out, not really a fan of axl’s voice, good singles compilation but lacks a lot of depth (even for the hair metal era)
80’s Rock ⭐️Sweet Child O’ Mine
a classic - not sure it aged super well
Really good for the genre but maybe just wasnt in the mood for it. Hard to be objective so ill leave it at 2/5
Pop metal with an actual edge to it. All the instrumentalists can play well, and the vocalist has a very unique voice, for better and for worse. The hits are the hits for a reason, and all the other songs don’t hit nearly the same highs.
Крутое звучание, но не мой вайб
I don’t care for hair bands, especially not Guns N’ Roses. I couldn’t listen to more than three songs tbh.
I’ve been thinking about what a 5 star album is, and it needs to be something I would go back to continually. Which I have done for nearly 40 years, needs to be exemplary in its field- and this is genuinely in a field of its own and it needs to have a personal impact and this is the album that got me into music… yeah it’s misogynistic in places and Axl is an awful man but this is an album that captures life on the fringes of society and does it with the hugest choruses and finest solos. Platinum stuff
Actually a very sweet album. While the band name is akin to a 1999 AOL username (“choose something you like”, see mine: poniesdogs because horsespuppies was already taken). I enjoyed how it felt from the heart in certain songs.
(69/100)
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Wow, I forget what a big deal it was when they came on... They really had a distinct sound that hit big. I forget how beautiful a song Sweet child of mine is.
Another album I don't think I would have experienced without this project... I can recognize this is good, don't have particular strong feelings about this album, myself, though.... Finding myself really appreciating drums and the instrumentals 🥁 Paradise City was fun
some fun guitar solos, some lyrics r just so goofy standouts: nightrain mr. brownstone sweet child o mine liking this more than i thought i would, but probably wouldn’t put it on — kinda blended together at a point
Classic, epic opening to the first song. Pretty good overall.
This brought me back to 8th grade. I had this album on repeat!
Nostalgic & fun album.
Got some good classics on it. Can't say I like all the songs, but generally enjoy this album and understand why it's so well liked.
Never have been a huge fan, but still slaps
7/10 decent album, love the vibes - basically good music but it gets a little bit repetetitve for me
not my style
This came out when I was in my mid 20s. GNR were huge. Many good songs especially Sweet Chill of Mine and Paradise City.
This rock was a little too hard for me
I like g&r (that stands for guns and roses; im just using slang) I only knew a few songs going in but I actually thought the whole album was decent and had a similar vibe which I like
I understand what it is but it’s not for me
crazy how uncs think that twink white boy was hard
My predictions: Julia: 3 Rachel: 2 Steven: 2 Patrick: 4 Paul: 4
секс, наркотики и однообразное звучание. ничего интересного. почему такое вообще становится легендарным
Geiler Sound, geile Gitarre, geile Solos – einfach ein überragender Vibe und geile Musik. Für mich wahrscheinlich das Album mit den besten Intros überhaupt. 🥇: Welcome To The Jungle 🥈: Paradise City 🥉: Rocket Queen HM: Nightrain, You're Crazy, Think About You, Out Ta Get Me Eigenes Rating: 9,8/10
new york classic
Legendary
Nearly every song is perfect. This is both the handbook of 80’s rock and roll and how to live life as a terrible person. As long as you can overlook the one the other is quite enjoyable.
I hadn’t listened to this album front to back probably since grade school but i forgot how much it slaps. So many mainstream hits much of which i think stand the test of time. Musicianship is pretty tight. Faves are “welcome to the jungle”, “paradise city”, and “sweet chile o mine”
I have mixed feelings about this record. Once upon a time this was everything I hated about mainstream music. I'll give it credit that it has an edge, and they get some cred from having Duff in the band. I think at times Axl is the weak link to their recorded output, with the screeching and whatever else he does. But I get that he's necessary for the mystique of the band. A good mix of real Glam, Aerosmith, and The Stones. When they get it right it’s enjoyable, but that’s few and far between. Ugh Welcome to the Jungle, pass. It’s So Easy is so good. And should have been the opener. My standout track for the album. Night train is just ok. Out ta Get Me/ Brownstone/ Paradise is a killer for me. OTGM is very forgettable. Brownstone is the worst of Aerosmith ripoffs, and Axl’s mumble vox are not good. It's too peppy to be about heroin. Paradise City is a song I could go without listening to again. Side two does more for me than the first. Nice groove riff in My Michelle, Think About You gets it right. Sweet Child is another overplayed single, but the solo is pretty good. You're Crazy can stay. Another filler track with Anything Goes, Rocket Queen closes strong, I love how it slows down at the end to wrap it up. 2.5, rounding up because It's So Easy is a great song and side 2 pulled me back in. Not enough to keep it in the collection though.
6/10 Favourite: Sweet Child O' Mine Least Favourite: Out Ta Get Me
The monster debut album from GnR, who would for a short while there become the biggest rock band on the planet. This is all dirty riffs, drugs, Jack Daniels and shagging groupies but before the excess of the Use Your Illusion albums four years later. It's easy to see how this stood out among the 'cock rock' hair bands of the time, they had the attitude and the songs and gained a huge following before grunge came along and did the same. Some of this has clearly inspired the likes of early Alice in Chains when you listen to it, but they draw their influences here from AC/DC, Aerosmith, Motley Crue and the New York Dolls. Later on, Axl Rose would make no secret of his love for the likes of Queen and Elton John and they took a different turn. Everybody knows Welcome to the Jungle (all-time great intro to an all-time great opener on a great album), Paradise City and the majestic Sweet Child O' Mine but the adrenaline of Night Train and Out ta Get Me, the ode to heroin that is Mr Brown stone and the underrated My Michelle more than hold their own here before Rocket Queen ends in style. This album has enough diversity to make it interesting but does not abandon its core theme. One of the best rock albums of the era, easy 5 stars.
7/10… glam metal / hard rock / *1987
Welcome to the jungle- Already knew this song, super iconic. Not my favourite as its very repetitive. 3.5/5 its so easy - different vocal performance than what I associate with acdc. Really shows their versatility early in the album. nightrain - Paradise city: Fucking fire. absolute banger and really fun to listen to. 4/5 My Michelle - Felt the first big vibe change here and yeah it was a decent song, pretty catchy, not super special tbh 2/5 Thinkin bout you - Haven't heard a super rock-ey ballad before. Fun switch up. 3/5 Scom - super hypocritical but I love this song even though its so overplayed. The electric solo intro with the slow incorporation of the lower guitars really just feels refreshing. 4.5/5 you're crazy - cool song Anything goes - fun, sexy song, feels the most like im at a dive in the 90s. Rocket queen - cool vocal filter, the breakdown at the bridge was so good, definitely my favourite part. Good song to end the album on, the outro does feel like I'm walking into the sunset waving goodbye at all the friends I made along the way as credits roll. Definitely not close to being my favourite album but I'm just not the target audience! Will say that I have major respect for the fact that this was a debut album, and it holds a pretty consistent standard. I really respect their whole "we wont rewrite a song for anyone" attitude because that is where true art comes from! You couldn't get an album this genuine from some fuckass steamrolling production company.
I have to give this album a high rating, because it was one of the most listened to albums throughout my middle teens, and I still enjoy listening to it now. Yes the lyrics are misogynistic and yes some of the tracks have been overplayed, but Sweet Child O Mine has one of the best ever guitar solos that I never tire of hearing. I listen to music to feel something and listening to this I feel nostalgia and amusement (particularly at some of the lyrics). It’s classic 80’s metal, but musically interesting too, with some interesting key and time signature changes - i.e it's not all one tone throughout. So many great tracks that I get excited to hear the open bars of. It’s true I have had a long break from listening to it but yeah I’m more than happy to listen again and enjoy it.
Absolutely massive album in terms of success. But I’ve long since outgrown it
Yes yes yessssssssss!!!!!!! Finallyyyyyy Welcome to the jungle - โคตรมัน sha na na na na neeeeeesh neeeeesh Nighttrain - มันอีกละ หัวโยก Out ta get me - ฟีลคล้าย scorpions เลย แต่มันก็ยุคๆเดียวกันอะเนอะ Mr.brownstone - rock n roll ดีว่ะ Paradise city - มันว่ะ Sweet child o’ mine - เพลงฮิต จะไม่มันได้ไงวะ Anything goes - ดูท่าทางจะชอบเพลงโทนนี้ว่ะ ติด rock n roll หน่อยๆ ไม่ชอบตะโกนเสียงแหลมเยอะๆ Rocket queen - สังเกตว่าเกลียดเพลงต้นบัม แล้วจะชอบเพลงท้ายบั้มตลอดเลย เพราะว่าเพลงท้ายๆมันจะดูผ่อนคลาย55555 อย่างเพลงนี้ถือว่าชอบสุดเลยในบรรดาที่ discover มาในวันนี้ รวมๆ ชอบ โคตรจะ 80s
oh no. This is bringing back memories of buying this album as a teenager. I will never forget the disappointment I felt after the high of Welcome to the Jungle wore off. 20 years has not helped me to enjoy this album more.
3.5, got bored
I listened to it a lot when I was 10~12. Now i find it a bit juvenile (the lyrics). I had a nostalgic listen. I still like the sound of "Paradise City".
Rating: 8/10 Short Review: As someone who listens to quite a bit of music, I can indeed confirm this is rock music.
3.5⭐️/5 01.06.2026
Music to kiss your dad on the lips to.
Couple of 4 star songs does not make a 4 star album.
Great!
Genuinely made me sick to my stomach. If I never here this album again in my life it would still be too soon
Knew sweet child of mine
3.1
bagus, tapi jujur gak ekspek sama lagu yang rocket queen
Hier ga ik dan wel een stuk beter op dan die gezapige Metallica plaat, maar ook dit is buiten de giga-hits om toch wel een beetje mwah
Wat een geschreeuw. Echt niet voor mij
Nee bedankt
Had hier geen zin in
Paradise City is de meest overbodige plaat uit de geschiedenis en de rest van deze nummers is helaas niet veel beter.
Please make him stop singing
Borderline insufferable. It’s giving “I’m trapped in the car with new people, and I don’t have control of the aux”.
How do I put my thoughts into words here? On one hand, the braggadocious, sleazy, misogynistic attitude of five loaded 20-year-old dickheads out in LA is one that (thankfully) hasn’t aged well. On the other hand, that very attitude was a straight injection of metaphorical methamphetamine to the Sunset Strip music scene. While their glammed-up contemporaries alluded to excessive drugs and sex using cheeky innuendos, GnR didn’t mince words. They fully drew back the curtain on what all these plastic rock n roll figures in the late 80s were, themselves included—huge pieces of shit. They had the music to back up the attitude. As opposed to the LA rock music of the day, which was polished, poppy, and pristine, Appetite for Destruction was raw, abrasive, and messy. The guitar duo consisting of Slash and Izzy Stradlin was a loose cannon, where established riffs were only a suggestion and the two add their own flourishes and variations, one acting as a foil to the other. The underlying rhythm section is driving and aggressive, bringing almost a punk energy to the gritty blues laid down by the guitars. It’s all to build up a rancid, rotting podium where Axl Rose, maybe the biggest affront to any new listener, shrieks his tales of tragic love and debauchery. Considering the above, I subjectively hold this record in high regard as a musical accomplishment. I also cannot forget the first time I heard Welcome to the Jungle as a budding new guitarist. I had never heard anything sounding remotely like Slash’s playing, and instantly wanted the tone, the chops, the top hat, fucking everything (minus a crippling heroin and alcohol addiction). Many today would understandably find this record annoying, excessive, and silly. But I just can’t help but get stoked when I hear it.
No es mi estilo :?
Very popular songs, some were not really my style that's all, but overall great songs
good classic rock
Personal favourites: sweet child o mine (of course), night train, paradise city Though its not my go-to genre I generally enjoyed it
Good rock sound, good musicians.
Awful - mediocre at best
Flora und Schießeisen
Du de di do di du de du Du de di do di du de du
It was quite good and i liked that even tho it was on the metal/rock style, as expected, i felt like it wasn't too heavy and i managed to finish my drawing in peace while listening to it. rating: 8.75 / 10
Solid album of hits like sweet child of mine. Liked you're crazy but after a while is sometimes grating
Loveeee guns n roses
rate: 2/5 fav song: think about you I can understand why it’s such an iconic album, however it’s unfortunately not my cup of tea. obviously know sweet child o mine and paradise city but they just don’t massively do it for me. i did enjoy think about you though. also enjoyed rocket queen until the lady started moaning?? mr brownstone also deserves a mention though i need to listen to it a bit more to work out my opinion of it.
At first I didn’t know what to expect with Welcome to the Jungle but then I got to It’s So Easy and I was like okaayyyyy yay ! I like this album, I wouldn’t say I LOVED it but yeah it was grand. I did save a couple of songs into my playlists : Out to Get Me, Paradise City and My Michelle. So that’s a good sign. Overall, it’s a nice rock album. 6/10
i listen this album a long time ago
Remarkably bad
Pure shit. Normally I could just sit here in silence but I actually have to listen to something good now to cleanse my brain.
Definitely a good classic, and I love some of the songs on there. Overall not too much for me, but still great.
GnR's debut set a bar that the band never achieved again. In an era of emerging hip hop, dying new wave, hair band tomfoolery, and soulless techno (which I loved anyway), Appetite for Destruction was a breath of fresh air. It was old school hard and yet, foreshadowed the alt rock of the next decade. GnR's best music, especially Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine, and the lead off Welcome to the Jungle, are full of good old-fashioned rock and roll energy without the prissiness of the hair bands. Appetite for Destruction turned GnR into superstars. Unfortunately, the pressure of being rock gods was more than the band, especially lead singer Axl Rose, could handle. They continued to pump out a few more albums, none of which could match their debut. For a moment though, they were amazing and this album is that moment.
His voice still grates but have to admit the quality of this album. Paradise City waaaaay too overplayed but there were better tracks on here I’ve not heard before.
I have zero desire to listen to any of these songs again
ассоциации с холт хайдом из monster high. альбом понравился и появился интерес к прослушиванию других треков группы
Maybe I should have guessed this ahead of time but I'm only a few albums in and already feeling like this list is actually "1001 overplayed albums that no one on god's green earth ever needs to hear again." I can see why Appetite For Destruction may once have had a reason to exist, but that time has long since passed. To be avoided, if only that were possible.
it was just okay. the gap between the big hits to it's lesser songs is quite big. The album does not flow well either. Not to take away from their hits, but this album is just meh.
Why is this up here??? It’s got some classic songs and has an unreal intro track. But I really wanted to skip through the rest of it
Fast, loud, fun - everything you want from 80s hair metal. These guys set the standard.
Great Album
Hard to not give this 5 stars. Even the (few) non hit songs on here are great. Has to still be one of the best debut albums of all time. Highlights: "Welcome to the Jungle", "Mr. Brownstone", "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O' Mine"
I don't particularly enjoy it, at least not a full album's worth all at once. But there's no denying this is a fukkn classic. Honestly I wanted to speed thru and give it a bad review, but there's so goddamned much here that I can't. Not in good faith anyway. Was this their peak? I don't know, I'm honestly asking. If it wasn't it has to be damn close. It is what it is. And for what it is, there ain't much better. I hope the listen won't fuck my algorithm, but I gotta admit it was fun.
released 1987. their debut album but also the highest selling and most critically acclaimed. hard rock/metal genre songs i already knew: welcome to the jungle, paradise city, sweet child o mine songs i liked: its so easy fun facts: members came from bands Hollywood Rose and L.A Guns to form the new fusion band. they became known as the ‘most dangerous band in the world’ fo their heavy partying and drug use. during song rocket queen featuring adriana smith, lead vocalist axl rose had sex with her in the studio during the guitar solo
Every song rly good with very standout moments. Lacks with variety a tiny bit that keeps it from being perfect but overall amazing.
Liked sweet child of mine Little too rock for me
3.5/5, good classic rock sound and I like their hairstyles
Wasn’t a fan in 1987. Still not.
Welcome to the jungle and Sweet child of mine still hold up really well tbh. Track 2 is also really good and sounds like it might have influenced stone temple pilots and I also think I heard some QOTSA in there but I might be crazy. The rest of the album kinda fell flat for me and sounded like the same thing. Paradise City doesn’t hold up for me. Kinda goofy.
The three best tunes they ever put on record, but not much else has aged particularly well.
A lot of songs that bring back memories of Early HS years. As much as I want to hate on it because if Axl Rose i Can't its really good
Really strong debut, almost 5 start
4.5. This was good
Absolute classic
neslysela jsem cele, ale par prvnich pisnicked i loved
Fantastic album. Have heard many times before.
Satisfying, energetic riffs. Feels like the origin of corny lyrics though Fave tracks: Nighttrain, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Rocket Queen
paradise city … where the grass is green and the girls aren’t pretty - dad’s lyrics. i’ve heard this song my whole life 😭
I had high hopes for this album that weren't met. The hits from this record are timeless, and can really display G&R peak lyrical and musical abilities (Sweet Child of Mine is the clearest standout) but so many other tracks are mindless, poorly written or just bloat the runtime. If this was a 35 min album comprised mostly of key tracks this score would have been higher. 3/5
Can be fun every once in a while but a little too Man With a Lot of Confidence for my vibe usually. Overall is fun, great guitar, obviously.
just finished listening to the whole album, i only liked a few songs, good music just not my favorite, overall rating 6.5/10.
Pretty good, most were a little too rock for me.
This was an interesting one to get for 100. It's crazy to me that "Welcome to the Jungle" "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are not only on the same album, but that it's their debut album. "It's So Easy" and "My Michelle" are also alright, but holy fuck these songs are overplayed. This isn't really my style of music, but I'm not gonna pretend like these songs aren't at least decent, but goddamn it's been almost 40 years I think we can stop playing these songs on the radio.
I have always had a strong dislike for this band. This is just not the type of music that I will ever be able to enjoy. The screeching vocals drive me nuts, the sleazy songwriting makes me nauseous, and the instrumentation is generic. I can at least recognize the commercial prowess of the album though. To have this many hits in a record is impressive.
Pumps me up in the gym. Not a huge fan of Axls voice.
How many guitar solos does one album need? Honestly, give me the hits from this bad boy (and there’s a lot of them!) and nothing in between. What an album to knit to.
Definitely some weaker songs here, but this is such a fun guitar album - I think the riffs and solos carry even the weakest songs like they were KG dragging the Wolves to the conference finals.
Imponerande att kunna låta så töntiga och coola samtidigt. För några låtar och hitsen är det uppe på höga betyg. Men att höra ett helt album där varje låttext känns som en mellanstadiekille med dampmössans anteckningsblock blir lite väl mycket. Föll ner från en trea till en stark tvåa för mig.
Klart det är en rökare, lyckas nästan(!) bli 12 igen när jag älskade det här. Har albumet åldrats dåligt? Vet inte. Har jag åldrats dåligt? Vet inte. Hitsen gör iaf att det landar på en stabil 3a.
En no skip trip. Helt perfekt hårdrocksplatta. Full pott så det skriker om’et.
Kul att återkomma till mitt favoritband i mellanstadiet. Kanske mest nostalgi som luras men hitsen kan jag digga. Dock låter hans röst rätt jobbig nu. Resten är inte så bra, lökigt och tråkigt.
Sånt jävla tryck! Är inget större fan, men här har dom skapat något fantastiskt.
Zwei dinge: Fergie > Axl Welcome to the jungle-trailern för GTA: San Andreas 😮💨
3a pga vissa bangers
Finns väl inga andra som låter så här? Riktigt bra GTA-musik
A lot of good, some bad. This isn't my favorite flavor of Guns n Roses, a lot of it is kinda dumb and trashy... But at the end of the day I still kinda love it? Maybe I'm just in a generous mood today.
Unexpectedly I liked this better before I listened to it for the list. It's really just Sweet Child O' Mine and maybe Mr. Brownstone that hold up to what I remember and the rest is...pretty bad outside the singles. Went in expecting this to get a high rating but I don't think it will. this is unfortunately not trying too hard Guns n Roses, it is sewer people Guns n Roses already in collection
Another absolute classic. Paradise City gives me chills in the best way possible. What a memory lane.
3 classsic Rock songs on this. Slash is an incredible guitarist and axel’s vocal range is pretty incredible. I like more song then I thought I would, but the songs sounded similar.
this band is awful. there's so many radio hits on this album, and they're awful. some of them are dumb in a way that's a little bit funny. the Disturbed ooh wah ah ah ah of 1987. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
My wife is a reformed Guns N Roses fan, and luckily for me we had an hour’s drive yesterday so she had to listen to it with me. She said fairly confidently, “This is really their only good one.” She seemed to know all the words to all the songs. It was something to behold. Anyway if this is their only good one, I don’t think they have any good ones.
It's kinda of funny, but I've never really considered Guns N' Roses a hair metal band. I know, genre labels can be pretty arbitrary, but I'unno. They just never felt like they belonged, y'know? For one, they all have long hair, but they never did it up like any of the other big hair metal bands of the time. They sure as heck didn't wear any make-up or tight leather, either. And beyond aesthetics, hair metal tends to largely be pretty poppy. I mean, you go listen to Poison's "Unskinny Bop", right? I like that song a lot, but there's no teeth to it; you take away the guitars and replace 'em with synths and no one would guess otherwise. They never truly had any edge — unlike Guns N' Roses. Guns N' Roses, going by this album anyway, come off like a band of street toughs. The way they play and sing about life in the city and sex and drugs, you'd swear they'd kick your ass seven ways to Sunday if you looked at 'em a little weird. And that's even **with** the poppier songs that're on here, like "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Think About You". That's just their power — put against their contemporaries, they feel like they're a different genre entirely. But, indeed, they **are** hair metal. And lemme tell you, this is some of **the** best hair metal ever made. Maybe not **the** best ever, period; in regards to the traditional stuff I'd still tip the hat to Bon Jovi's 'Slippery When Wet'. As far as hard and heavy music goes, however, Guns N' Roses are right up there with the absolute best. Seriously, 'Appetite For Destruction' just does not **stop**. From the moment it kicks off on "Welcome To The Jungle", all the way to the end of "Rocket Queen", there isn't a single second wasted. And given that that's a stretch of 54 minutes, that's impressive as hell. Off the top of my head, I can't really think of another band who could've rocked this hard and long besides this combo of Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steven I feel like I could write a 2k word review about this album, like I've done for 'Sgt. Pepper's' and 'Songs In The Key Of Life'. That is truly how much I enjoy this thing and how much it excites me. I could go deep describing every little thing I love about Axl's unique vocal style, or Slash's simple-yet-effective-as-hell guitar playing, or how damn good Izzy, Duff and Steven do filling out the sound. I could honestly go track-by-track like I did with 'Purple Rain' and point out every moment I love, like the "FUCK OFF" on "It's So Easy", or Axl's flow on "Mr. Brownstone", or how the riff for "Sweet Child O' Mine" was originally just an exercise, or just the entire back half of "Rocket Queen", which is truly my favorite part of the entire album. I don't think I really need to, though. And I don't mean for that to be a cop-out on actually going into detail; it's just that my love for this album is that simple and doesn't require a million words. Like, all I really need to do is just say that despite how much I've heard "Welcome To The Jungle" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" in my life, I'm not sick of them. Not even close. I still love to hear them, wherever and whenever they show up. And if I'm the kind of person who can get past the hurdle of overplay, you can only imagine the affection I have for the rest of the album. Frankly, the only complaint I really have about this album is that there's a couple of songs on the back half that aren't **quite** up the same snuff as the songs up front? "Anything Goes", "You're Crazy" ... I get my kicks out of them, but they've never felt as special as songs like "Nightrain" and "Rocket Queen". They're the "minor rockers" on this album, for sure. But I'm gonna act like they're **too far** below everything else — it's more a case where everything surrounding them is so incredible and iconic that songs that're merely damn good fun can't help but pale a little in comparison. 'Appetite For Destruction' is an absolute blast, simple as that. Maybe a little cheesy, sure, but given how much cheese I've eaten in my life ... goodness, why stop now? It's one of the best hard rockers and debut albums I've ever heard. And despite how much I've already said about it, I'm not gonna force myself to drag it out any longer. Truly, I think the electricity, energy and excitement speak for themselves. If hair metal died not too long after this album came out, I can't think of a better album for the genre to go out on. Guns N' fuckin' Roses, man. I tell yah.
One hell of a way to make a first impression. Solid 5 Stars.
It’s a 10. It’s probably way higher. I mean, “Welcome to the Jungle” is just so ubiquitous in all of pop culture that it’s easy to forget it’s the very first song on a debut album. It might be the greatest first track on a debut album ever. It sets such an incredibly high bar that the rest of the album feels like a challenge to top it, and somehow, by the very end, it feels like they’ve managed to go to the moon. We’ve gotten a good chunk of hard rock albums like this where I’ve entered a total zen state, fully in sync with the band, and yet I’m convinced after a first listen that this is the very best of those albums. “Highway to Hell” was probably the gold standard going into this, and given how much this album shares its DNA with that one in terms of keeping up an insanely paced energy, I’m not surprised at how similar it felt. The difference between this & “Highway to Hell” is that there are 3 incredible all-timer tracks that I already knew about going into this; somehow, hearing them & their placement in the album as a fully structured & paced out project with two distinct sides elevated them all even higher. “Paradise City” as the closing track to the first side of the album works hand-in-hand perfectly with the thematics of “Welcome to the Jungle” & all the tracks in between, showing just how much of a bitch city life can really be. I guess I should’ve paid more attention to realize “Paradise City” is more of a “get me back to God’s country” sort of thing, but they spell it out in spades when you’re actually paying attention to these lines. The back half of the album is all love songs, to a degree, and they all flow perfectly. I don’t think I can praise “Sweet Child o’ Mine” enough as the climax to the whole album, but the way it contrasts its flowery prose-filled representation of beauty in love works really nicely with how straightforward “Think About You” is right before it. OK, well, I guess “You’re Crazy” is a hate track, but I do kind of love a confrontational track being placed in the middle of all this. The fact that the whole album ends on a track where Axl Rose literally has recorded sex (don’t check what “Axl Rose” is an anagram for) before doing a whole speech about devotion is pretty funny, honestly. He’s totally earnest too. It’s a brilliantly structured record, given the “G” side & the “R” side being thematically distinct yet all blending together via their soundscapes & energy. Since each track feels like it’s doing its own thing, it all sticks out more memorably as a full set of tracks as opposed to the total ball of energy of “Highway to Hell” as one long blended kick-ass thing. I really can’t praise this album enough, but any more words I type would just be repetitive. Ultimately, it’s one hell of a Christmas present to get this. The whole album is a front to back masterpiece of hard rock, and I can’t imagine we’ll get one in this style that surpasses this, at least for ones that I’ll end up in total sync with. It’s a 10, if not way higher.
Bad
Hell yeah. 5/5
Nope! Next
Even the hits are annoying. 2/5
Liked it much more than I was expecting. The hits from this are iconic. Mr. Brownstone and My Michelle were my favorite songs I hadn’t heard. Some songs did go a little long. Will definitely listen again though. My first full album from this band.
3.5 some all time great songs but also some that felt forgettable to me
There's a lot to be annoyed by (and some to be offended by) but the work by Slash here is iconic.
Excellent album. Soundtrack to my last year in Uni. Great tracks throughout, especially Welcome to the Jungle, Mr Brownstone, Paradise City and Sweet Child of Mine.
Lots of energy and great guitar riffs, enjoyed most tracks and absolutely loved "Sweet Child o' Mine", which ups the rating for me!
Reminds me of high school
It's a lot of fun with some great tunes, although the harder they try to sound cool and dangerous, the funnier they get. Is it just me or does the swearing on this sound weirdly self-conscious?
Garbage music. Would much rather hear Van Halen
just not my typa music
Greatest album of all time. Totally bias. I love this album. Guns N' Rosea has been my favorite band since I can remember.
nostalgia card declined: prendo paradise city, me la infilo sotto la felpa e me la do a gambe. almeno quella, in onore di quando ero alle medie.. la realtà è che non mi sono mai comprata la loro maglietta per paura che qualcuno mi fermasse per strada e mi chiedesse di dirgli dieci canzoni dei guns. conoscendone solo sette mi avrebbe certamente strappato di dosso la maglia e derisa pubblicamente.. sai, come di solito fanno i passanti qualunque..
When people talk about music being fatiguing this is what they must be talking about. It's such an effort to listen to and at the same time super boring. I find very little interest in this despite its fame, I can't seem to access why any of the stand out tracks are worth repeat listens and I can't see myself listening to them more than once unless forced to. If I was forced to, it wouldn't be torture but I wouldn't like it.
Mrh
Elite dance and groove album
My first Guns N Roses! Definitely a powerhouse album- so many hits, amazing technical skill and Axel has a powerful voice. For a debut album, they immediately solidified themselves as hair metal gods. I throughly enjoyed it. Overall- i think it's a 4.5/5 for me. Given the permeation of the hits and it being their debut album, I think it can be upgraded to a 5
banger
E X C E L L E N T
I agree with what some other reviewers said about this album. I’m so sick of some of these songs from the radio overplay they got. So glad I don’t listen to the radio anymore. There’s so many hits! It’s crazy, quite a few underrated once’s as well. My Michelle example one. I just can’t bare myself to rate this as a 5, but if you were a 13 year old listening for the first time you’d be in for a treat.
Legendary