Appetite For Destruction

Some good songs.

The big hits, “Welcome to the Jungle,” Sweet Child O’Mine,” and “Paradise City,” are pretty great but the rest is just your standard yawn-inducing buttrock.

i think there are a lot of good songs on this album, tons of classics, but i think that as a whole, dare i say, slightly overhyped

a true classic!! no complaints i feel like im on top of the world when i listen to this one

I heard more than enough of this in high school, but I suffered through the entire album anyway. Apart from the three hits, the tracks are completely indistinguishable. Each song sounds just like the last, and the lyrics are basic. I really don’t see how this belongs on any "best of all time" list. Glad to say I have now heard it for the first and last time.

Anything less is a crime. Banger after banger - no matter how overplayed.

High-energy, classic and fun. I liked it, will listen again

Great tunes and brilliant vocals but feel this work is a bit derivative.

Didn't like it

Music for dumb people

Excellent, raw debut album from Guns N' Roses. It blew the lid off of everything when it was released and cemented their place in music history. Wish the rest of their albums were half as good as this one...

Menevää meininkiä, todella korkea tuotantotaso ja erittäin seksuaalispainotteista kamaa :D. Tämä levy selittää monta popkulttuurimeemiä vuosien varrelta. Mieleen jäi parhaiten: Paradise City ja Sweet Child O Mine. Parempi kuuntelu mihin olin varautunut.

Hot garbage

This album is solid with a strong concept from beginning to end. I could do without hearing Axl engaging in actual or simulated coitus on the last two tracks, but I guess that fits well with the theme.

Так, я не люблю Guns n' Roses, хоча ні, не так, я терпіти не можу Guns n' Roses. Чому? Ну подивімося на їх найбільш успішний дебютний альбом (та що там - на один із найуспішніших дебютних альбомів взагалі) трохи уважніше та з'ясуємо що з ним не так. У 70-х існував прекрасний, сповнений артистизму та цікавих ідей жанр під назвою Glam Rock, а його найбільш яскравими представниками варто вважати такі гурти як T. Rex, Kiss, Sweet, Slade, Roxy Music New York Dolls, шикарний Ziggy Stardust від David Bowie та напевно що найбільш наближені до наших сьогоднішніх героїв - Hanoi Rocks. Це були справді гарні та цікаві гурти, що досліджувала нові межі музичного мистецтва граючись із театральними та епатажними артистичними образами. Guns n' Roses, яких часто записують в один ряд до відразного hair metal 80-х, якщо брати до уваги лише музику, мають до нього все ж опосередковане відношення. Вони як раз є прямими нащадками того самого глем року, але із більш hard rock-овим та рок-н-рольним підходом. Але що стосується загальної естетики, то це hair metal "чистої води". Їх тести - відразні, мізогінні та відверто сексистські, а "прямо лоба" іронія та кічеві, "ніби дотепні", образи виглядали просто крінжово. В контексті музики - вони цілком відповідали своєму "кічевому" образу - це не було цікаве переосмислення ідей рок-н-ролу минулого десятиріччя, вони просто брали найбільш впізнавані прийоми та ліпили із них шаблонні, нехай і хукові композиції. Кожну пісню на цьому альбомі, окрім хіба що Welcome To The Jungle та Sweet Child Of Mine міг би зараз із легкістю написати ШІ. Додаємо до всього цього неймовірно дратівливий та верескливий вокал Акселя та отримуємо "хіти на всі часи". Враховуючи, що Hair Metal був тоді на піку популярності, не дивно, що подібний "збочений гібрид" спадщини 70-х та моди 80-х дуже швидко та легко "проковтнули". І мене бісить найбільше, так це те, що альбом подавався як "справжній рок-н-рол, як він є", тим самим спаплюжив усю спадщину цієї прекрасної музики, який тепер у багатьох асоціюється із Guns n' Roses. Це звісно абсолютна дурість, адже та музика на яку вони спиралися та яку "пародіювали" - часто була набагато глибшою та розумнішою. І кращим доказом цього стало те, що заєбавший людей hair metal, відносно швидко "віддав Богу душу", а його місце зайняла альтернативна музика, виконавці якої справді вміли цікаво переосмислювати спадщину 70-х. Підсумовуючи - Appetite for Destruction це Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, а Guns n' Roses це limp bizkit свого часу - одна із найгірших речей, яка могла статися із рок-музикою у 80-х, перетворивши її на низькоякісний примітивний сітком.

Not as different to 80s hair metal as music historians would like us to believe, but if all of those other bands had the ears of Duff, Izzy, Adler and Slash then the 90s would have been a very different time.

Bangers front to back, though ya kinda have to be in a specific mood to want to listen to Guns N’ Roses

To start, let’s get them out of the way.. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and especially Sweet Child O’ Mine are great songs. Boldened by tight production and hooks at every turn. Are they the very best songs on the album? They’re certainly up there. But what I am certain of is that Slash’s guitar solo in Sweet Child O’ Mine is the album’s centerpiece, and what I consider the band’s signature moment. Moving away from the album’s biggest hits.. Some people might find it hard to believe, but the majority of this album is genuinely really fucking good. Some songs are catchy, thoughtful, and melodic (Think About You, the second half of Rocket Queen) while others are aggressive, curse-laden pitfalls providing a deeper view into some of the real experiences of the band and their contemporaries (It’s So Easy, the first half of Rocket Queen). Just about every track on this album is backed by a thick but unobtrusive rhythm section playing with unique charisma of their own and some particularly fat pockets on tracks like Mr. Brownstone and My Michelle. Duff McKagen is one of the real MVP’s of Appetite for Destruction and Steven Adler’s drumming is a performance worthy of a “Recorded Rock Drumming Hall of Fame”. Guns N’ Roses, like the guitar/vocal icon groups that laid the path before them (Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, the Stones) would not have been able to produce this magnum opus without the immense contributions of their overshadowed drum and bass department.. Appetite for Destruction was one of the first full albums I listened to by one of the very first musical ensembles I was ever intrigued by. As a result it’s a record I’ve returned to over the years with mixed feelings and to varying degrees of enjoyment. But with this listen and the few before it being overwhelmingly positive, I’m buying this album’s “classic” stock. 9/10

There is no doubt that Slash is up there with the great rock lead guitarists and there are 3 great songs on this album. Unfortunately Axls voice grates very quickly so I will stick to just listening to the odd track now and again and not the whole album.

Meh

I fucking hate this album with every fiber of my being

Not a fan of GnR

Hits different than any other metal album

She's got a smile that it seems to me reminds of childhood memories~~ Bangers

some bands would be lucky to have 1 song of the calibre of Sweet Child O'Mine, Welcome to the Jungle or Paradise City in their entire career

One of the best Albums ever made. From start to finish pure energy and aggressive sound, with some of the most iconic riffs you have ever heard. I have no Idea how this is not in the top list of best Albums in the list.

It just sounds really sexually aggressive and not in a consensual way. Just gross. The vocal is distractingly bad. I thought it suffers from being overplayed and hoped sitting through an album would unlock some charming b sides, but it's just 50 minutes of shit. Its a shame because I think I'd love the instrumental version. As soon as that nasal creepy whining starts I just check out mentally.

Some good songs, but feels old

Some people must like this,

Really more like a 3.5 that I rounded up for nostalgia sake. A lot more bland songs mixed in than I remember, Mr brownstone and my Michelle were ones I forgot about that I underrated.

Classic for a reason. I didn't know the song "My Michelle" and will have to bring that up to the Michelle I know. This album was ahead of its time and maintains its relevancy, energy, and overall vibes well into this century. I would enjoy having this on vinyl or something. I'm not sure how often I would listen to it though, even just on Spotify. You just can't be mad when this is on though. Another thing I enjoy about this album is that they are clearly very sexual but they're not like rape-y which unfortunately a lot of older bands and artists can appear as or just some things don't age. I don't find this overall cringey or anything.

3.5. Good album I've just heard it hundreds of times.

great

Classic album. But if I never hear "Welcome to the jungle", "Paradise City" & "Sweet Child O'Mine" ever again I will be a happy man.

Most of these songs have been waaaay overplayed over the years, but listening to it as an 'album' for first time in years, it again shows why it was a bit of a groundbreaker for the late 80's and a template for the dirty/grittiness to come.

A banger, no further comments

One star for Paradise City, one for Sweet Child. The rest of this is truly worse than I remember.

It has 3 classics and one good suprise but the rest is pretty bad. About 4/10

OK, all these years later, I can see how a lot of this is problematic. And, really, I could see it back then too. But it still friggin' rocks.

ROCK N ROLLLLL

Classic album, classic band. Can't go wrong listening to this.

They may have been the best hair metal band, but they’re still a hair metal band. …“a rose by any other name”, and all that.

Classic, I knew the most popular songs - found out some new pretty good ones. It's difficult to listen to Axel's voice for so long though without breaks.

A solid rock album with some of Guns N’ Roses’s best songs featured! I enjoyed this album and would recommend it to others!

One of my favorite albums from high school! Know this one by heart ❤️!

A banger debut album and one of my favourites. Got this on vinyl for Christmas and had it pumping! It has so many hits and bangers on it, an easy 5 star!

I mean, rock is not my genre. Not to say I hate it. This for me has been one of the more "complete" albums for me. Solid mixing, great performance musically. Pretty sound. I just think Rock is limited in what it can do, especially harmonically.

Pretty sick roadtrip and headbanging music. Not something I would listen to regularly

2.5/5 I love the hit singles here honestly. Theyre genuinely great tracks. The rest is so mediocre to me, a lot of great riffs wasted on boring songs.

This is one of those albums where even if you're sick of every song you can't deny it crushed it for what it was trying to do. The fact that it's a debut album is wild. If this was all that music was people would like it but it wouldn't be much of an art form. Doesn't change the fact that this is the top of this specific game. Not every song hits but the ones that do put a floor on how low I can rate this.

Another one that is so woven into the fabric of this reality that it makes it difficult to review. Has some obviously standout melodies and riffs. Lyrically not the strongest always. The big ones work. The start of Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child of Mine hook you. The other tracks get kind of carried by Slash and some just barely. I get a little exhausted by the end of this. It checks a lot of boxes as far as being a cohesive album with a certain level of quality. I could see this being a 5 for some not me

Quintessential GNR album - starts off strong with Welcome to the Jungle, includes Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine - classic hits.

Being a rock album, not bad. Enjoyable

This album is somewhat nostalgic because its one of my dads all time favorites and I get it, literally every song was a banger. 0 skips. I cant believe this was my first time listening to it but I loved it!

Amazingly important to my high school years. Still know every note by heart, and only sick of one song ("Paradise City" I never need to hear again).

Surprised by Axl’s vocal range. Not my favourite - may have to listen again sometime to enjoy it more.

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Mixed feelings of having seen my friends and myself to some degree shaped by this music, as it has become some of the most iconic music in the world, and recognising how brash and vapid it sounds to widened ears. Slash is good though.

meh

I decided to give this a listen, and it felt like a breath of fresh air. I try my hardest to listen to every single album on this generator, but some of these albums I've heard so many times over the years that I thought there was nothing left to get out of them. I assumed this would be one of them. However, I decided to play it on my way to work, and since it had been so long since I last heard these songs, I actually enjoyed them just as I did back in the 90s when I was a kid, hearing this stuff when it was new and fresh.

2 songs. Not so much for the rest of album. So many sound the same.

Classic.

Very similar vibe throughout the whole album. Some songs are certified classics.

3.5

10 ★★★★★

Axl Rose id an abysmal front man, and the music is not much better, apart from "Paradise City" which I like. 2 stars

This was a huge album for me when it came out in 1987. A lot of hard rock at that time had become pretty sanitized and formulaic, but I think GNR really sought to change that. The guitar parts and song structures were more creative, the lyrics were a darker version of the typical Sunset Strip party anthems you normally heard. Where Poison was singing "Nothin' but a good time", GNR were singing about prostitution, alcoholism, being strung out on heroin, and casually dropping f-bombs. They were like the Velvet Underground of hair metal. They also drew on a diverse set of influences, including punk and 70s pop, which was super cool for me at an age where I was just getting into music. Highlights for me are "It's So Easy", "Rocket Queen", "Mr. Brownstone", "Sweet Child O' Mine", and "You're Crazy". "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City" are definitely overplayed, but good songs if you haven't heard them in a while. The only real weak spot is "Anything Goes", but everything else is a jam. 5 stars.

3.5

Ultra classic, ultra blazing debut from the LA 5-piece with only about 30 million or so copies sold to testify for its popularity and endurance. Packs the best traditions of the Stones, Sex Pistols and Aerosmith with the sleaziest most thrilling and high-octane of 80s hair metal. Contains their greatest most legendary hits like Sweet Child O Mine, Paradise City and Welcome To The Jungle all in one place plus the songcraft eleswhere is simply super tight with so many other iconic riffs and lyrics. Musicianship, singing and frontmanship is blinding and sensational throughout with Axl Rose and Slash really at the peak of their powers here. Lengthy, multi-part, dark soap-operatic outro Rocket Queen is one of the songs that bangs relatively maybe not quite as much and still has Axl Rose banging the drummer’s girlfriend in the recording booth. That’s how high the bar is set for all of the songs on this record banging! So easily 5 stars.

Solid.

Late to the party

I mean you get what you expect of just the three hits and some filler hard rock that’s just some guitars being loud for 40 minutes. 3 stars

Средне. Очень плохо. Нормально. Хорошо

Has to be one of the most iconic opening tracks to any album ever. But let's be honest, GnR are whack. It's metal for people who don't like metal.

This album defined a movement in music, but I never got into this and still can't. Despite continuous airplay and Axel's voice, Jungle, Paradise and Sweet Child don't bother me.

One of the top ten first 30 seconds of an album of all time. And then it’s all gas, no brakes. I don’t love Axl Rose, but I do kinda love Axl’s vocals (in the early G N’ R days at least). And Slash’s wailing guitars. It’s not high-end art - it’s junk food. And we love junk food. We grew up on it. Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace, who named her band’s first album “Reinventing Axl Rose,” said "Guns N' Roses were my favorite band when I was a kid. The title was meant as a tribute in a way. It was also about destroying your heroes." Let’s give tribute to “Appetite for Destruction.” Let’s also let Against Me! destroy them. (That was a great start for Against Me!, but their albums “New Wave” and “Transgender Dysphoria Blues” are the 5-star albums that are some of the best modern punk.)

Kurt Cobain once said that his band was "not your typical Guns N' Roses type of band that has absolutely nothing to say." He isn't wrong, but there is a reason why this is the best selling debut album of all time. Superficial fun often beats thought provoking. I for one could use a little fun these days.

For the 1000+ albums, I was sure that I would rate this a 1. Why? Because Axl’s voice sucks and ruins every song except November Rain. Now that I’ve heard much worse vocals, my barometer has reset. Axl’s voice is OK. It’s easy to hear why these guys were yuuuuge in the 80s rock and metal scene. The music is a gluttonous journey of guitar riffs set to your teased hair on fire.

guns n roses halt idk

One of the greatest albums ever made

This is such a great record, ruined by a decade and a style. Slash is great; everything he plays gets to you. Axl has an excellent, if tiresome, voice. This record was made at a time of vice in LA, so it could have been a true representation of sin. But it's the lyrics that keep it from being good. Sweet Child O'Mine is excellent instrumentally, but o so terribly written. Same for Paradise City. And the production is so cheesy, so very hair-metal, each song somewhere between a corny ballad and a metal rocker. This record has all the right parts to work, but the way it's peace together fails.

I think Cobain said it best when he said that GNR had very little substance under maximalist hard rock. The legacy of this album is now captured in obnoxious and cheeky Marvel and Marvel-like movies.

Is it just me or do these guys have nothing to say at all? Like, I know it's essentially just pop music mapped to "hard" rock, but how do they have nothing to say at all? At least one or two songs kinda rock, so I guess 1.5 rounded up to 2/5

No, I can explain what the difference is between good-corny (Paranoid by Black Sabbath) and bad-corny (Guns 'n' Roses). But this is bad. I thought maybe the classics would redeem it, but welcome to the jungle is just kinda gross (only Sweet Child is any good). 1.5 stars, thanks only to the strength of sweet child. But Imma round down because I did not enjoy this experience.

For something so aggressive, it is a shock that this is so aggressively mediocre.

I know this album is quite saucy for when it came out, though it sounds not edgy at all now. What I find good about it is actually the musicality to bring to it--many of these sort of 'heavy metal' bands tend to have a way higher music theory knowledge than some other genres. So I tend to still have a lot of fun with it, even if there wasn't anything about the whole album that was inherently gripping for me. Maybe some of it is just playing guitar hero too much in middle school lol

Crazy guitar solos

I was very sceptical at the beginning but it's been so much fun! IT must have been great partying to this in late 1980s. Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O'Mine are clearly the big hits and deservedly so (the latter is just incredible towards the end). There are some unintentionally funny/cringe parts with all the machismo (the unexpected whistle on Paradise City gets me every time) and the lyrics with vocals are probably the most annoying parts of the whole thing. But, the musicianship is great and tight and its just pure fun to listen to it. recommended for a heavy workout!

best from L.A. Guns and Hollywood rose, great album made of singles

Overall super solid but not my brand.

This thing absolutely cooks start to finish

Welcome To The Jungle // Paradise City // Sweet Child O’ Mine // 2.5/5

Argh, fine, it’s pretty cool.

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appetite for "skip track"

Nah... all noise. Some things are timeless, this is plain dated. Not my cup of tea.

Absolute classic

Still electric after 35 years to hear that riff open the album. These guys ruled the world for a few months and got out just before Nirvana extinguished them. It’s easy to forget how fucking huge they were. Then they (Axl) got weird and stupid, like so many bands do, but you just need one classic album to live forever.

The best!!!!

Not a huge amount to say. Top class debut for the last of the US Hair-metal bands. What is it about US rock bands that most of the debuts are already the complete article? Was there never anything to improve or are they all manufactured? Anyway this isn't meant to be critical, it's a great album. 4½

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I’ve heard these

Great

Listened to this one dozens of times over the years. A very solid album - probably the best of the “sleaze-rock” albums - falling somewhere between the glam-hair metal and thrash coming out in the mid 80’s. And it’s definitely sleazy. Ranks up there as one of the best debuts of all time (hit singles, sales). Sure, a couple of made for radio hits but also some deep cut bangers. Every song is solid. No filler.

I wanted to hate this I really did. Between the album cover keeping top shop afloat for a decade or the big 3 songs making GNR the Coldplay of 1987 I had judged this album being it even started. I actually enjoyed it. There I said it. I wouldn't listen again but it's a high 4.

1. Kicking this generator off with an album and band I know, but haven't listened much. 'Welcome To The Jungle' has sections where the main singer doesn't sing (atonality), and those are always unique IMO. Wondering if there'll be more of those in the album? The breakdown with the junglelike drums (bongos?) was nice. 2. 'It's So Easy', deeper vocals than the song before, at least in the beginning. The chorus with the slowdown is a nice touch. Atonality/speaking again with the singing, nice. Otherwise, not *too* special. 3. 'Nightrain'... This one sounds familiar, even though I've not listened to it before?? Probably through Vinesauce Joel (Vargskelethor). This vibes, more melodic than the other ones in a way. 4. 'Out Ta Get Me', hmm. At this point, the sameness of the album is hitting: It's good, but not special in a way, you know? Yeah. 5. 'Mr. Brownstone'. Ooh, guitar slides and funky drums: Groovy. And the vocals are different again, having a jazz tone to them. At this point, my favourite track. 6. 'Paradise City', the longest track of this album. Very 80s drums. Liking the dual vocals in the beginning. Relatively chill to the other tracks, and it took a pace after the whistle. Side comment - the main vocalist's high singing slightly reminds me of ACDC's vocals, which is something I don't like (hot take), but here it's fine. Jamming tune. Interesting breakdown's start, and then it again takes in pace! Nice. 7. 'My Michelle'. The intro sounds ominous. Upon picking pace, it gains a groove, which seems to be this band's thing. Another case of sameness, but better than 'Out Ta Get Me'. 8. 'Think About You' has a rockabilly vibe with its vocals, but much faster. Interesting mix of regular guitar in the chorus. Yet another case of sameness (I am used to artists/bands that change tone/tune in each song, like Death Grips). The slowdown at the end is nice. 9. 'Sweet Child O' Mine', this one I know (as it's also the band's most known song, at least when looking at Spotify play amounts). This is one of those cases where the most known song sounds "the best" because you know it beforehand. Breakdown ("Where do we go now?") is quite nice. After listening to the track above, I took a long break (10+ hours, sleeping in the middle too), and returned to listen to the last three songs. Waking up, didn't really remember any of them (given that I listened to other music as well). 10. 'You're Crazy'... but this song really isn't, there's that sameness again. Seems to be a trend with this album. 11. 'Anything Goes'. This one has a unique guitar pattern in the beginning, and sounds reminiscent of cockroaches (one of those wooden instruments where you scrape a wooden stick?). The guitar with phaser effects in the middle sounds neat. 12. 'Rocket Queen', the second-longest track in the album, and the last one as well. The vocals with the phaser effects are unique. Atonal guitar sounds at around 2:00-2:50 tickle my ears pleasantly. The moaning sounds are something, too (I don't generally like them in songs, they make me uncomfortable). THOUGHTS: This one's, music, if that makes sense. Something you put in the background since it's good, but not that spectacular - one of the reasons this one sold so well? Or so I feel like. Out of the tracks, my favourite was Mr. Brownstone.

Your in the jungle baby !!

Second Almost Famous reference in a few weeks… but Lester Bangs declares Rock and Roll dead but says “at least you’re here for the death rattle, last gasp, last grope”. This feels like a serious death rattle of rock. 87 and people are thirsty for some straight ahead rock, meanwhile grunge is taking off and hip hop is about to replace rock as the most relevant genre. Another album that at the time probably felt refreshing, pure rock and roll, but almost 40 years later it just sounds like recycled garbage. At times fun garbage. Slash is good, and I’ve heard good things about Adler. The hits are good. Sweet Child of Mine has… 2.1 BILLION streams.

Hard to review this because the best songs (Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child) are all songs I'm now, at 35, very sick of. But if I were hearing them the first time right now though I'd be blown away. Problem is the other songs are almost all filler. I can only rank this based on how I remember feeling one time, probably around 17 or 18 (perfect age for GnR) blasting 'Paradise City' alone in my car as loud as it could go and feeling invincible. Three 5 star songs and the rest are 2s and 3s. Rounding up to 4 because i like to rock.

Okay, this is probably reputation suicide in this group (based on how previous, similar rock albums went), but ill give my genuine take anyway. This is likely the one of the best "hard rock" albums that I know of (Van Halen's 1984 is close). The lyrics are exactly as disgusting as you'd expect them to be and Im ignoring most of that because this is "fuck you" rock n roll where the lyrical content should be treated like the trash that it is. Sometimes I just like to scream about hot women or record people banging in the studio (brings me back to Prince's 1999 -- Lady cab driver) or how the drugs aren't strong enough -- fuck me right? (jonah hill meme) -- I thought this was America? These songs sound 10x fresher than Motley Crue or any of the cringey hair metal that came just a few years before it (not a hater, but its worth saying that the 80s were corny in a lot of ways and this still hits). Being their debut album and a sleeper for the first year, this feels as genuine of a work you can get in this genre. Not all the songs are completely trashy lyrically either. I think Mr Brownstown & My Michelle were great songs about drug addiction and shitty fathers, but that probably gets lost in the noise & misogyny. Last deet. I think we can all agree that Welcome To The Jungle is an All Timer™. Listen to this origin story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMZgq3stgPY You know where you are? You're in the Jungle baby...

The hits are super fun - as is Rocket Queen - but the rest doesn't really do much for me. I find Axl's vocals a little annoying. Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars on this. Might need to go listen to some Maiden.

Better than I remember. Great guitar riffs, but I can pass on Axle.

People talk a lot of shit about Guns N' Roses but it's undeniable; love them or hate them, they're juggernauts of the genre. This is their debut album and what a debut album it is. I'm not a great lover of glam rock but this is just a riotous good time from start to finish. That guitar intro on Welcome to the Jungle is on a whole other level. Of course, with songs like Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine, this is a fully loaded album, chock full of hits. The opening and closing songs hold together a consistent sound that is both timeless and boisterous, a classic rock and roll album. There are songs on here that will always be a favourite.

Hits in hits, sexual tension, talented hair metal. The only downside is the fact that this spawned butt rock.

nice

Fun. Disposable.

Super buzzy and high energy, paradise city a personal highlight Not something super memorable as an album but good if in the mood for it

Such strong 80's memories listening to this at scout camp with the big boys thinking it was height of rebellion. The singles are classic and still sound great.

Appetite for Destruction Questionable ethics and lyrics aside I love this album, the only hard rock album I actually like from start to finish. Obviously they are hair metal adjacent, but they always had some kind of alchemy that set them apart, the right blend of glam, punk, metal and blues with songwriting nous and a melodic ear. Rather than being slavishly devoted to purely metal influences their rock’n’roll bombast makes this a fun and exciting listen. Obviously Slash gets a lot of attention for his playing, but Izzy Stradlin is also great, his rhythm and occasional lead is such a big part of why this sounds as good as it does. McKagen is also a very good bassist with a nice tone and a sense of restraint. But I think Steven Adler is probably their secret weapon, he may not be the most technical, but he has a great swing to his playing, and he eschews ostentation or lumpen double kick drum metal cliche, giving the songs groove and motility, like the loping, broken pattern on Mr Brownstone or on Paradise City. Aside from the obvious bangers (Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child o’ Mine), there are other excellent tracks; It’s So Easy, Nightrain, Out Ta Get Me, Mr Brownstone, My Michelle and Rocket Queen. And while Think About You, You’re Crazy and Anything Goes may not be at the same level as those other songs they are still decent enough album tracks, and don’t lack for energy or lasciviousness, and keep the mood of unpretentious fearful and angry griminess. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child o’ Mine would be enough on their own for this to be a classic, but well supported as they are by the rest of the tracks, this can only be a 5. 🔫🔫➕🌹🌹 Playlist submission: Sweet Child O’ Mine

The original cover for the album was abysmal - those shit cartoon affairs that you find on the likes of Iron Maiden or Megadeth albums, announcing the arrival of tedious soft rock masquerading as hard rock. Thankfully it was quickly changed for the iconic cover. But that's quite a fitting turn of events - because half of this would fit on the hellish cartoon album of dull rock platitudes; and the other half fits the iconic rock cover. I suppose that balances to a three - but the rock juggernauts, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child, are so iconic this does scrape a four.

I'm old enough to remember when *Appetite for Destruction* erupted onto the scene in 1987, it didn’t just challenge the glam-metal glitter dominating the airwaves—it detonated it. Guns N' Roses’ debut album was a visceral gut-punch of raw energy, blending punk ferocity, bluesy swagger, and unapologetic rock 'n' roll. It is a rare debut that transcends its era. It’s a album of contrasts—brutal yet poetic, chaotic yet meticulously crafted. Over three decades later, its songs still ignite mosh pits and singalongs, a testament to GN’R’s raw authenticity. For newcomers and devotees alike, this isn’t just an album; it’s a rite of passage.

Fundamental.

I knew a few songs on this album already, I actually enjoyed the whole album

What a debut! A classic of the hard rock history

Solid rock&roll

Atrocious lyrics and annoying vocals, but it's alright if you're putting it on as background music at a bar

Dette er et legendarisk album med mange sterke låter. Welcome to the jungle, Mr brownstone, paradise city, sweet child o mine. Albumet - og hele GnR (særlig slash) - var meget formativt for 13 årige Wilhelm som kjøpte elgitar i London. Men det er jo unektelig masete og ganske slitsom musikk for meg nå.

1. Welcome to the jungle 2. Paradise city 3. Sweet child o' mine Banger første låt, så mye rusk. Only so much Axl Rose jeg tåler.

Surprised by this. I expected more junk nostalgia mix, as I’ve come to expect from the list. What I forgot was that these guys are nerds for music theory and technique, and that makes the best rock/metal. Good stuff

One of those debuts where the band comes out fully formed and swinging. To this day after a forty year long career, these are some of their most iconic songs. Love or hate the bad boy image they build, you can’t deny that they do it better than anyone else (in this album anyway).

Most of these loved-by-old-people rock albums leave a sour taste in my mouth but the metal mixed into this really made this quite good. I’ve never really given GnR a chance and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. Kudos to them as well for the self control with the guitar solos

I listened to this album all day! honestly, several bangers on this one

Great classic hard rock. Obviously some massive hits on this one. The rest of the songs were solid but didn't really stand out. Favorites: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine

About two years ago, of the first track, I remarked that “I have never and will never be a fan of Guns n’ Roses.” A bit harsh, but upon listening to the full near-hour of Appetite for Destruction, I’m hardly being convinced to rescind my statement. By Nightrain, you start to think that maybe this won’t be such a long 50 minutes after all - but that’s shattered by the grating triple feature of Paradise City, My Michelle and Think About You - among the worst that this sort of music has to offer, tailing off the stagnant 80s and still too early for the dirt and grunge revolution of the 90s. It repeats choruses that aren’t developed much further than a primary school music class, it squeezes in unnecessary expletives, it has that really rather horrible guitar and percussion double threat that plagues this breed of rock, and it’s just overall too drawn-out for its own good. I’ll bookend this with another quote from that Welcome to the Jungle review - that “Axl Rose can’t moan as well as Robert Plant.” Comparison may be the thief of joy, but here there isn’t all that much joy to steal.

Kinda standard-issue rock energy, not that I'm complaining. Some classics. I sometimes made the mistake of looking at the music videos of these tracks on YouTube, which are very silly.

Best intro to a rock album ever - this album broke us all out of the glam-hair-metal of the late 80’s and brought rock back.

5 - one of the greatest debuts of all time

The classic 99s album.

I don’t really dig this - the sound, the vibe, the attitude just aren’t for me much. Mostly it’s just Axl’s fucking raspy wailing, I just hate it. The album is very “rock n roll”, it’s grimey, rebellious, dirty, druggy, and sexual - just not in a way I find enjoyable. Musically I can dig some of it - Slash is a solid guitarist and McKagan is a more interesting bassist than I realized. They can get a loose groovy riff going. But then Axl’s voice just ruins my enjoyment. So not for me though I get why people like it.

Jaime: 3 Nuria: 4, manda Jaime así que un 3

This album makes me want to become a stripper. One of the greatest debut albums of all time. Turn it up & shake your moneymaker!

Banger after banger on this album. This will never get old

4.5.

This album was massive for me as a kid trying to piss off my parents. I still revisit this album, but I skip Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child of Mine every time. I hit my limit years ago. Beside’s Dale’s brother’s family sings it much better than Axl, albeit a bit flat. Nighttrain is my favorite song.

fya

This is the album that first got me into harder rock music, therefore it will always have a special place in my heart. I am aware it is not perfect, but for this reason I can't give it anything less than a 9/10. Fave track: Paradise City? It's so easy? IDK.

Loved: Mr. Brownstone, Sweet Child O' Mine (of course) Liked: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City (of course), Rocket Queen Didn't Like: Out Ta Get Me, My Michelle

Rock FM core. Tiene canciones buenas a las cuales ya me he hartado de oír, pero tampoco soy tan fan de esto como lo era de crío. Es buen disco, solo que los "Roses" tampoco me gustan tanto. Canción destacada: Rocket Queen

Rubbish

Not my style

Overindulgent and very poor imitation of Led Zeplin. Should never be listened to

Excellent first album! Welcome to the jungle, baby!

One of my least fav genres of music sorry it just reminds me of middle aged men and topshop band T-shirts in 2010s but saying that I did enjoy the hits and recognise that it is an objectively good album! Favs: Welcome to the jungle Paradise city - 5/5 luv this Sweet child o mine- meme but so good. Also thinking about the choir version that was on a bank advert or something

(PREFACE: as I have gotten older I do know OF COURSE the lyrics are gross sometimes) One of the best albums of all time - I still vividly remember finding this album properly on the plane aged 11. I still remember falling instantly in love w/ Paradise City but never being able to listen to it properly bc my brother kept changing the channel when it was on Kerrang. I remember playing Welcome to the Jungle on Guitar Hero for hours on repeat. I remember my brother surprising me with a Slash figure and me putting it on top of my CD rack bc he was the definition of music to me. AHHHH I LOVE THIS ALBUM WITH ALL MY HEART - alsooo this genre is everything to me, it is home in a lot of ways, it is one of the first rock sub-genres I fell in love with on my own, also I had sm piccies of Axl Rose on my Sony Ericsson (yet another long-haired man who changed my brain chemistry) - Love u forever Appetite For Destruction <3 <3 <3 (Also thank u to this album for accompanying me during my 3 month rebel phase when I actually sneaked out to go to a gig while wearing a leather jacket and black eyeshadow UGH I MISS BEING CRINGE AND 14). I'm not about to try and find standout tracks musicality wise, I am obsessed with every single track. BUT memories wise, the ones I hold closest to my heart are: - Welcome To The Jungle - Paradise City - Sweet Child O' Mine - Nightrain - Mr. Brownstone

Hät scho äs paar gueti Stuck uf dere Platte. Nach Jahre vom Zämespiele händs die usebraacht. Für das isches ebe doch nur Mittelmass. 1992 han ich Guns'n'roses im alte Joggeli gseh. Isch cool gsi, v.a. wellmer öppe z'Zähte ime alte Laschtwage anegfahre sind - über de Bözbärg - und de ganz Verchehr uufghalte händ. Äs hät Stunde brucht, aber luschtig isches gsii.

appetit fuer zerstoeerunggg welcome tot he jungle kenni norml, bin kein rieese fan, gitarre cool, axl sini stimm streeeng. gitarre bridge seeeehr geil. it's so easy singt nöd de axl? HUAH. glichi energy wie vorher und jo halt 80er rock. finds etz cool aber najaaa nightrain macht genaaau glich wiiter ich chum etz nöd meeega ine. out ta get me?? ok? afoch immer 3 gitarrespure glichzitig hä. her brrraunstein. meh gitarre als gsang irgendwie findi no speziell allgemein. de axl isch nöd so meeega im vordergrund. paradise city isch kinda en banger. au huuuere viel. my michelle ehner nervig. es tönt alles chli glich, finds fast chli basic. sweet child o min isch halt so öpis womer no geil findt wemmers zum erste mol ghört. und s zweite solo isch suuuper schön und melodiös. de harmonisch moll scheiss. anything goes talkbox solo seeehr geil rocket queen isch nöd so geil wnl. merci mueni wiedermol öpperem bim sex zuelose bi dene albe. brööder. yep sie hend actually sex gha im studio cool. so whack sorry. bi gad froh isch das album verbii.

weiss nöd öbi mi sött freue ahh welcome to the jungle kenni natürlich, sehr geil als ersts lied! hahah ich han de axl eifach nöd gern sie lieeebed cowbells sie hend ebe scho uuhuere vill berüehmti lieder ufem album, night train kenni au paradise city isch au daa druff??? insane michelle isch chli langwilig ja momentan isches entweder eifach es lied wo chli lauft ODER so es lied wo "mer" kennt sweet child o' mine als ihlaufmusig vo gc isch natürlich ih mis hirn brennt hahaha you're crazy isch eifach SO VILL jaa d stöhngrüsch sind nöd nötig axl imfall ich bin nachli überforderet, uf de einte siite het das debutalbum soo vill erfolgrichi/gueti lieder, glichzitig nervt mich de axl rose eifach

It's a classic. Not the best, not the worst.

Más divertido de lo que esperaba. Detesto Sweet Child con el alma, pero después no fue todo tan horrible. Ningún tema a listas pero igual. Nota: 2.9

You wanted the best, but they didn't fucking make it. So here's what you get. From Hollywood. Guns and fucking Roses! What an album. Pure rock and roll. Filth, danger, sex, swagger, groove, drugs, melody, hooks, sex, riffs, humour, drugs, sex, drugs, sex, sex, drugs, defiance, joy, sex, drugs and beauty all wrapped up in one iconic package. GnR grew to become a by-word for the sort of boring rock excess that they were sent to destroy, but this album is a record of them living in garages, squabbling with the law and screwing each others' women (resulting the album's best track) whilst loaded like a freight train and flying like an aeroplane. Favourite debut album ever. Favourite tracks: Rocket Queen, Out Ta Get Me, Night Train, Paradise City, Think About You, Sweet Child O Mine, Anything Goes, It's So Easy, Mr Brownstone, Welcome to the Jungle, My Michelle, You're Crazy

With the opening guitar riffs of "Welcome To The Jungle". Guns N' Roses ushered in the decline of 80s Glam Hair Metal Rock. The carefree celebration of rock 'n roll, filled with partying, sex, and drugs, was fading into the background. And it was being replaced with a primal, raw, gritty, and aggressive sound, reminiscent of early Aerosmith or AC/DC. Themes of decaying urban landscapes ("Welcome To The Jungle"), searching for an escape ("Paradise City"), and heroin addiction ("Mr. Brownstone") are central to the album. While thematically, it may not be groundbreaking, its lyrical and sonic qualities are unique. Axel Rose sang about fears and darkness, with an underlying vulnerability ("Sweet Child O' Mine."), wrapped in wailing high pitched anger. His distinctive voice is supported by the dynamic interplay of Slash and Izzy Stradlin harmonizing guitar riffs and solos. This album was released during my high school graduation year, and I clearly recall how it cut through the crowded pop music top-40 on the radio, being enthusiastically embraced by nearly everyone. At that time, I had no concept of the lasting influence this album would have. And while songs you've heard on the radio were played ad nauseum, they still stand the test of time. Most of the deeper cuts are also strong and still relevant, too.

Solid 80s rock 🎸

Man this really is just the worst genre of music. Sure there are some huge hits on here like Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City, and Welcome to the Jungle. But the rest is just so bad. Bumped from 1 star due to Sweet Child. That song is good. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)

Хайпово велком ту зе джангл

These guys are pedophiles

I think I've heard this before

A drug fueled rock n roll adventure with a few lightning in a bottle singles. Slash seriously saves the record and cements himself in rock n roll history with this album

Massively influential in bringing heavier music to a wider audience, it's just hard listening nowadays because of how massively overplayed this album is. Mr. Brownstone still goes hard, though.

Some bangers/classics, but the rest is just Axel yelling....

This is obviously Guns N' Roses at their absolute best - when I first listened to it years ago I thought "there's no way the whole album is as good as the Welcome to the Jungle" and it proved me wrong.

Love this album/ I hope people have watched steve Welsh’s 1 album 12 bands video on this. 5/5

Quintessential Jawn

Glaube macht Spaß wenn man sowas gern mag. Haben wenige gute Lieder

Classic album. Always loved playing this hungover the next morning.

An all time great rock album

Night Train remains an eternal banger. Timeless.

This brings me back to middle school. Man... some of these songs were on guitar hero so they were all I wanted at 13 or whatever. My tastes are not the same but I can help liking it even if it's 95% nostalgia. It's gotta get 3 just cause.

This is the "music for guys who think they're cool" final boss. Everything besides the singles (Sweet Child/Paradise City/Welcome to the Jungle), is just fine. It mostly feels like music from a fake band in a movie like Wayne's World or School of Rock. That said, it is exceptionally well produced and the performances are really solid. The songs are pretty standard rock/blues fare with not much more going on. It feels like the final nail in the coffin for Hair Metal before Grunge could really bear fruit. It's an album with some obvious talent behind it that somehow ends up feeling overtly stale. 7/10

I took the NIGHTTRAIN and met MR. BROWNSTONE who spoke of the magical PARADISE CITY. Initially, I thought he was OUT TA GET ME. But when we arrived, he proclaimed, "WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE!"

Extremely overplayed, but classic

Love my classic jams

Better songwriting than I would’ve originally anticipated but still not something I’d go out of my way to turn on by the album

Love me some sweet child o mine

The most 80s sounding album that was kind of fun

three great hits that I've been sick to death of for over a decade. I'm sure I would have rated this much higher when I was 17. Similar to my feelings on AC/DC and Ben Jobi

Some real classics here. The others were a bit underwhelming. Big zep influences.

despite all his theatrics axl rose remains one of the most disappointingly one-dimensional rock frontmen of note...he doesnt sound at home doing anything thats not annoying and offputting sleaze, and even then he truly does have one of the all time Worst Timbres Of Voice On A Human Being. the surrounding record is melodic enough to be rewarding if ur into the aesthetic goals, which i am not, once the novelty is gone theres like nothing here lol. white dude Urban Mythology is so empty, man. slash is close to a saving grace because i cant deny that he's fun, but he's most fun when he just sort of ignores the song and runs off to do his own thing...generally a fine combination of melodicism and technical flash from him but he leaves very very little impression on me after the fact. whether he needs better songs or a better band idk, but honestly maybe his limitation is just that outside a couple weird outliers (like the borderline jangle poppy flourishes on think about you), everything just sounds the same...he doesnt have the breadth of sonic/musical vocab that jimi hendrix or eddie van halen had. just kind of an empty album all around, one ive heard quite a few times in my life but that has failed to make a meaningful impression on me other than an annoyance that has grown stronger over time

7/10

knew a few of the tracks. didn't hate, didn't love. exactly what I expected from Guns N' Roses tbh

All the stars. So much loud fun. Death to hair metal. Chaos. Pure rock.

Lots of rock on this list huh. Not for me but I think if I hadn’t heard Paradise City or Sweet child o mine I would have at least thought they were interesting.

like with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the music is serviceable, but then the frontman opens his mouth and wrecks the vibe. unlike with RHCP, I'm much more actively annoyed by GnR's frontman. boomers will complain about not being able to understand a rapper on TV, then crack open a Budweiser with Axl Rose screaming in their ear on their home stereo, and not see the contradiction. a couple of these songs have a somewhat interesting structure, particularly opening track "Welcome to the Jungle," but beyond the singles, there's really not much to write home about here. it's the same group of stock hard rock riffs I've been hearing dozens of bands use over and over again, across decades of music history. the band portray themselves as being far more controversial than their music would actually suggest. light 3/10.

classic

20/1089 - I liked this more than I thought I would. Chromatic riffs were cool and the backing instrumentals had a great sense pocket. Wasn't a fan of the sex moans/noises or Axl's lower range. I really liked "Think About You." The new-wave-y chorus guitar on that one is a great sound.

The singles are ubiquitous for a reason.

Simplemente uno de los goats

Some really great classics here, but also a lot of filler. Many songs and the whole album could have been shorter and tighter to make it less tedious and more enjoyable. That's always been a problem with GNR for me.

sorry boy...

Great album - though this may be the first time I'm listening to it all the way through, I definitely just listen to the hits. It's such a solid rock mood booster album. Great to listen to in the background as well.

If you listen to one of their singles 12 times, you’ve heard Appetite for Destruction. Good but super repetitive

It is really solid music for the genre, and the well-known singles certainly are classics, but in general the sound doesn't appeal to me on a personal level.

A real standout in this era of 80s metal music. Most of the tracks here are genuinely well made and performed, with the guitarwork being a treat throughout the arguably overextended runtime. Tracks like Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine obviously still hold up today, but there were even a few deeper cuts I found myself enjoying like Rocket Queen and Mr. Brownstone.

One of my favorite “hair metal” albums. In a genre where most of it is complete crap, the guitar work and vocals here really shine and never really seemed as “corny” as a Bon Jovi or a Def Leppard. Best songs here are Nightrain, Mr Brownstone, Paradise City, Sweet Child O Mine, and Rocket Queen.

Trying to put myself into a place to think what it would be like hearing this album for the first time. From the opening welcome to the jungle through Mr Brownstone and sweet child of mine. Now classic it’s hard to imagine how hard they would have hit the first time. Even after repeated listenings throughout my life they’re still great if not a bit overplayed. Solid album.

Axl might be a dick but Appetite for Destruction is straight-up flawless. This isn’t just a great debut album; it’s one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded. It’s loud, dirty, unhinged, and absolutely bursting with energy from the first riff to the last scream. Guns N’ Roses sounded like a band with nothing to lose and everything to prove — and they proved it in 12 tracks. “Welcome to the Jungle” is a masterclass in opening an album — explosive, menacing, and iconic. “Sweet Child o’ Mine” brought melody and vulnerability without losing any of the band’s grit, and “Paradise City” is a full-blown anthem that somehow gets better the louder you crank it. Then there’s “Nightrain” — a whiskey-soaked, riff-heavy banger that perfectly captures the band’s reckless charm and relentless drive. Even the deep cuts go hard. “Mr. Brownstone,” “My Michelle,” “Rocket Queen” — there’s not a weak moment on the entire album. And let’s not forget Slash’s guitar work, which is nothing short of legendary throughout. Axl may bring the drama, but he also brings the fire. Appetite for Destruction is pure, unfiltered rock and roll — dangerous, unpredictable, and absolutely essential. Favorite song: Nighttrain

Super effective at being what it’s trying to be—music for teenage boys of a certain era—even if it does very little for me.

Can I just listen to Sweet Child O’ Mine 12 times in a row? No? Okay, this will have to do.

Actually good.

A rock classic

very cool, my mums fav band!

Quite a debut album and I recognize why it's on this list.

It may have been 20 years since I last listened to this album, and it was never really my thing. It’s ok, but nothing more.

This was my chill out record in the late 80's, in between all that thrash and death metal, which I find hilarious. I know this album quite well, only Lies EP exceeds the amount of listens this has had. I forgot how laid back rock 'n roll this actually is. The lyrical themes are all drugs, booze and debauchery, but the music is just rock 'n roll. Having just read Sami Yaffa's memoirs, I can understand what he is talking about when he mentions G'n'R.

Fun

I was a pretty big fan of Guns N Roses back in Highschool, which meant that I only listened to the singles so this is my first time listening to this album as a whole. First off, I just can't stand the singles anymore. Whenever I turn my car on it defaults to the radio before my phone connects and I swear 50% of the time it's one of these 3 singles and I just can't stand them anymore. Especially Sweet Child O' Mine; I'm going to lose it if I hear another cover band play this song. The deep cuts are fine, but don't really change my opinion on GnR. They are one of the best Hair Metal bands, but I just can't stand Hair Metal anymore. This would probably be a low 4 if I wasn't so sick of the singles. It's also funny how almost every single 5 I see talks about how they listened to it as a teenager, or how it is nostalgic to them. Mid 3.

10

Excellent album that I listened to when I was growing up. A lot of great songs and Sweet Child O Mine is still great even though I have heard it a million times. This album really rocks but has a few lame outliers in my opinion.

Merits a 5 for the quality of some of the songs and their longevity.

Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-knees, I love it. I won’t lie and tell you I was a huge fan of GnR back in my teenage years, I was more into Nirvana and MetallicA. But this is a top album. Sometimes Axl’s voice grinds me and the dead awful dancing in their videos is cringe worthy, but you can’t take that away from this ground breaking record. Slash paved the way for many guitarists and remains to be one of the must influential pros out there. His blues prowess gives their tracks some really oomph, his solos are not to be sniffed at. The sound and energy is ace. With so many top hits in one album and all songs being enjoyable you really can’t give this less than a 5, whether you’re a fan or not. Come on!

Nope

Welcome To The Jungle - 5/5 It's So Easy - 4/5 Nightrain - 4/5 Out Ta Get Me - 4/5 Mr. Brownstone - 5/5 Paradise City - 5/5 My Michelle - 5/5 Think About You - 4/5 Sweet Child O' Mine - 5/5 You're Crazy - 4/5 Anything Goes - 3/5 Rocket Queen - 4/5 Total score: 4.3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hanoi Rocks walked so GnR could run

Infectious energy and includes several big hits - Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine are great. Lots of albums throw together a bunch of distinct, unrelated songs, or they are filled with very similar songs that get repetitive. I think this album finds a good middle ground though.

My kinda rock & roll

not a big GnR fan but the amount of hits on this album cannot be denied. if you want fm radio/dad rock this is the peak.

I’m not sure how I’m meant to feel when I’m listening to this. Like it’s sort of angry songs in a major key? There are exactly three catchy songs on here and we’ve all heard them a million times. The rest are pretty turgid. I don’t know how they’re summoning all this energy to pour into these boring songs. Neil Young was doing a lot with a little yesterday, and these guys are doing the opposite. Like, it’s not even especially imaginative? The musicianship is very good but the songs all sound the same and the chord changes and arrangements are all just the first thing you would think of. Pretty amazing for a first album but I would be fine never hearing this again.

Loved it growing up and still love it! A classic. 🎩🎸

Nowt to shout about apart from welcome to the jungle and sweet child of mine

The hits are huge. Inescapable. I do really like Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O'Mine. I got really into classic rock as a teenager, and these songs definitely made the playlists. At one point I did decide to check out the full album, and I remember I didn't really like it that much. I feel the same way this time. The musicianship is there, but are the actual songs that good? Not in my opinion. If this album was stripped of those 3 songs, what remains would be a 2 or even a 1. So I'm going with a middle of the road 3 on this one.

Day 22: Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses. Guns N' Roses Album 1/1. Here we go with another really fun album! Guns N' Roses made a great introduction to themselves in their debut album by opening it with the fiery number, Welcome to the Jungle. Over the course of the album's 53-minute and 29-second runtime plays various catchy hits to give one a good time. I don't particularly find this album to be a must-listen, and it is somewhat corny, but I did enjoy it very much. I am quite biased towards hard rock and heavy metal. Although, Axl Rose's vocals can be an acquired taste, and their music may feel overplayed if you've spent a long time listening to rock music on the radio. I recall that my father loved Guns N' Roses. You may love them. You may hate them. Their music has an essence to it such that it simply feels great to listen to it every once in a while. This album is a very good way to mark one's debut into the world of music. Personal Enjoyment: 5/5. How Much It Belongs Here: 3/5.

Some great songs, some ok

The highs are real high, but there’s a fair amount of padding here. Plus anything they can do AC/DC already did better.

Good album

Okay. Look. I'm 50. Appetite entered my ears at precisely a critical period in my young life as I made the journey into high school and whatever that period of pre-adulthood that entails. The lyrics, the content, and certainly the behaviors of the band members tack incredibly problematic. Nevertheless, this album is seminal for so many, and it arrived like a sonic nuclear bomb. It changed things. I cannot separate myself from this album and really can't judge it objectively. It arrived four full years before Nevermind, though it didn't HIT (e.g. MTv) until 1989 or even 1990 for some. But *it* came first. Not Nevermind. Nevermind finished the job of "killing grunge and hair metal," but Appetite cracked open that door. To my experience and knowledge.

All the classics are here 4/5

This album is so hard to rate. I mean it's amazing that this is a debut album when almost all the songs are still playing all the time on classic rock radio (for what that's worth). I feel like the music is undeniably good and different enough from the other similar bands of the time to be notable. However, having heard this album over and over, usually not by choice, I think I'm kind of over it. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I mostly don't want to hear the same songs over and over. I think the problem with this is that it was too popular and too commercially successful. And there are two problems with that - 1) it's massively overplayed even today, and 2) because it was such a strong debut record, they would never be able to live up to this with whatever they put out after. Maybe only November Rain was as good as any of this. So I guess as far as a rating, I'd give it like a 3.5 and begrudgingly round up to 4/5.

Ugh.. so cliche

Even back when this album came out, I wasn't a fan. The hits are far more fun to play than to listen to, and the deep cuts don't do much for me.

What cocaine sounds like.

Excellent. Haven’t heard it since the early 90s.

and to think that I didn't like this band when I was younger. I consider this album even better than Use Your Illusion. It has all the elements for a great hard rock album. It's not for nothing that Guns N' Roses is an iconic band in the genre.

Didn't care for it

One of my favourites when I was a teenager

Not sure if it's really that good or it's just the nostalgia talking

It was good but not one I will go back to I think

I don't need listening notes for this, since it has been a favourite album of mine since it was first released.

Good old rock n roll

10/10 - have not listened to this whole album in decades, my bad! No weak spots. Up there with any album ever. Too bad they couldn't keep it up.

Lovely album, full of recognisable bangers. Very good for livening up a journey to work. From what I’ve heard recently Axl has ruined his voice from years of harsh vocals. Would listen again

Didn't think an album could start as emphatically as "Nevermind" by Nirvana, but this gives it a run for its money.. and the fact I've been corrected on this point immediately with the next album suggests I actually know fuck all about music. For me the good songs were really good, but a few too many tracks just felt a little flat or like filler and I did drift out from time to time.

starts off as perfectly as one could hope an album could. Imagine being at a gig and thats the opening song? Fucking mental. Unfortunately that feeling didnt last, it was like that abit too much for me. Bangers standing out for me were the familiar ones… Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City & Sweet Child O’ Mine. The rest of it was good, but I felt like it needed to slow down in places so that I could feel the speed increase when it came. Rather than the foot just being down to the floor the entire time. Torn between a 3 & 4. Will give a 4 because of how good the good bits are, and its short comings aren’t that the other songs are bad , just abit much to listen to all the way through.

Welcome To The Jungle is sensational. What a powerhouse of a song, easily my favourite of theirs. Great big dick swinging, explosive, stadium banger. I love those little notes in the bridge that sound like Slash letting off a Roman Candle. It just makes me want to do the Axl snake hips dance, but alas, I can't do it. It's So Easy, too much cowbell. Nightrain and Out Ta Get Me are a bit too ACDC for me, not my bag. I know Slash had to channel all of his magnificent testosterone somehow, but most songs are overloaded with epic riffs which I believe were played by Slash's cock. Mr Brownstone is alright to bob your head to, until you realise it's entirely derivative of Welcome To The Jungle. Paradise City is a country infused, call to Americana that bleeding heart Midwesterns can all be proud of. Another belter. Slash wanted the lyrics to be “where the girls are fat and they have big titties”, I'm with him. I watched half of G+R at Leeds Festival in 2010, it was basically only Axl in that lineup, I could hear them playing this over LCD Soundsystem, about 13 minutes of huge firework cannons blasting off with every chorus. I drifted off after Paradise City and I'm including Sweet Child O’Mine in that stint, it's been so overplayed and covered, I don't think I can hear it objectively anymore. There was something electric about this debut, sleazy, sex crazed, scruffy yet preened image, symbolic cover art, it all comes together in quite a cinematic way. I always associate G+R with 80s and 90s blockbusters, not just for soundtracking Terminator and Interview with a Vampire, but also because this style of music was used widely across the Action genre at the time. I think the weaker songs only earn this album a 2, but I'm bumping to 3 because of Slash's big cock, I mean hat.

These guys can certainly write a much better song than their contemporaries, to be fair though that’s not that hard when your contemporaries are mötley crüe and poison. Not to say they’re not good songwriters, they make that pretty clear, even with some sleazy lyrics. It’s solid, rock on and so forth

Sería interesante llevar el récord de cuántas veces al año escuchamos los grandes hits de este disco. Jungle, Child y Paradise son parte ya de la vida misma, y los hemos escuchado tantas veces que hasta pueden resultar algo cansinos, pero por algo se volvieron los hits que son. Muy buen disco, pero menor a los dos Illusion, a mi parecer.

One of the greatest debut albums of all time.

Absolute banger

No me interesan. Gran éxito que no comparto

I mean, what is there to say about this album? The best selling debut album of all time, one of the best selling albums of all time, you know most of the songs. It's ubiquitous. It's the evolution of bands like AC/DC and Aerosmith. It's not complex, it's rock n roll, and it's some of the best ever put to tape.

The hits are iconic.

Haven't listened to this all the way through until now. It's a great wave of music. The hits are great, some of the best hard rock anthems of all time. Artistically I don't think this is revolutionary but culturally it was sort of the last of the old guard to fall before alternative rock and grunge became the prevailing force. It's a great project for hard rock, even if the vocals are a little silly.

I have an oversaturation problem with Guns N Roses, which might be related to listening to the radio too much in my car commuting days. I view them as a "safe hard rock" band that what used to be classic and hard rock stations would play constantly. Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City are good songs, but I have heard them so much in my life that I am entirely sick of them. They make me have a visceral negative reaction. The other huge offender is "Sweet Child of Mine" which has always sucked, thankfully. There are plenty of great songs on this album that aren't the songs I mentioned though. Nearly every other one is actually. Slash isn't "underrated" as it were but he really is an excellent guitarist. "Nightrain" and "Mr. Brownstone" (the latter a big single in its own right, but not nearly the offender the other three are) are complete 80's headbangers, "Out ta Get Me" has that awesome descending guitar flourish in the verse and a killer solo, etc, etc. There are a few stinkers toward the end - everything after "Sweet Child" is purestrain butt rock. You can smell the marlboros and bud lights from here. The only songs I hated were the three I mentioned and it's not because they're bad songs. There are three divisions to this album: overplayed nonsense, genuinely excellent 80's hard rock, and largely forgettable beer drinking music. I can't remember the last time I listened to this all the way through and it was nice to remember that it's actually a pretty ok album. It's not great but it is exemplary of the genre and there is a time and place for all of this. It's a bar you have to drive to in the midwest, unfortunately.

The guitars are great, the songs are interesting, and there are a lot of classics on this album. I cannot get over how much I hate Axle's voice. I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate his voice.

At least we got femboy hooters

For the fact that it produced 2 all time massive hits Sweet Child of Mine and Parade City I'll give this a 3

Good

Wat ik had verwacht, typisch zulke rock, hoge stem, gitaar die in 3 seconden elke noot speelt die bestaat. Niet per se mijn muziek, kan zien waarom mensen het leuk vinden, maar zelf heb ik het bij de meeste niet. Zou het niet zelf aanzetten, ook niet als achtergrond muziek. 5/10.

Dont care

Outside of the 3 hits the songs sounded good but nothing really stuck with me. Slash was shredding though.

Pretty clear why guns n roses are as big as they are, but I dont think this is very exciting. I thought the beginning was good but it was boring by the end and not bc the songs were bad just bc the genre doesn't have much to it

6/10 - There were some decent songs. All of the songs I knew I at least sort of enjoy listening to. I think if I had never heard any of theses songs then I would have rated it lower.

I’ll set the music snob shithead part of my personality aside here and concede that this was a fun album

Amazin

Gott rokk. Smá þreytt, en samt alltaf solid.

Yes

Guns N' Roses represent 1980s hair metal, Slash is a gifted guitarist and Axl Rose has an instantly recognizable voice but this entire era of music leaves me generally underwhelmed, even when I was a child at the height of its popularity I always thought that there was something cringe-inducing about the videos on MTV. "Welcome To The Jungle" was ubiquitous, "It's So Easy" with Duff McKagan on lead vocals was surprising but not consistently interesting, "Nightrain" is dull. "Out Ta Get Me" is melodic and engaging but that industry insiders are masquerading as outlaws in leather jackets is laughable. "Mr. Brownstown" sounds like "I Want Candy" (perhaps intentionally?) until it doesn't, decent ode to heroin addiction. "Paradise City (is seven minutes long?!), this is "Sweet Home Alabama" for California motorcyclists, every generation has its music of adolescent rebellion. My Michelle, cowbell! "Your daddy works in porno/ Now that mommy's not around/ She used to love her heroin/But now she's underground/ So you stay out late at night/And you do your dope for free/ Drivin' your friends crazy/ With your life's insanity" Sounds like every LA story in the 1980s and the genre's justification for continuing to have sex with every adolescent groupie from a broken home. "Think About You" is almost a tender transition song for "Sweet Child O' Mine" which is a great song. "Rocket Queen" is incredible!

6.5/10

I don't like this band, at all. Bad rec for me.

I had a GNR phase growing up but the hits off this are so burnt out. I'm very tired of their sound at this point but the deep cuts were more enjoyable and the album is a good package.

Somehow every song on this album seems to have the catchiest guitar riff you've ever heard. It's incredibly fun to switch off your brain and play air guitar to. Would be a 5, except that if you make the mistake of actually listening to the lyrics (which seem like they were written by a horny 14 year old) you'll want to cringe out of your body. If a instrumental version of this album existed it would be one of my favourite of all time

It's got some great singles. Great sound. 4.5 out of ten. Gonna round down though

Este es un álbum muy difícil de reseñar para mí. Por una parte, estoy harto de él. No hay cadena de radio de "rock" que no ponga canciones de este disco 50 veces al día. Casi la mitad de los temas, especialmente "Sweet Child O' Mine" y "Welcome to the Jungle", están hasta en la sopa. Además, la actitud hedonista de las hair bands de los 80 también me aburre bastante. Por otro lado, es un discazo. Rebosa energía, la voz de Axl Rose es una pasada, y qué decir de los solos de guitarra. Pues eso, puro hedonismo llevado a la música. Un álbum que me retrotrae a mis 15 años. La verdad es que, si lo intento escuchar alejado de esas emociones ya preconcebidas, sigue siendo un disco excelente. Así que, siendo objetivos, merece 5 estrellas. Aunque, visceralmente, me gustaría darle 3. Vamos a dejarlo en 4.

Very good, but the lyrics are ass if we’re being honest. Too many hits though so gotta give it five stars.

Yeah they kick ass, but I can’t stand Axl’s upper register. The hits are hits for a reason, the other songs are very much worth forgetting unless your coked out of your mind at a rock club.

der anfang eines guten jahrzehntes, in welchem guns‘n‘roses in sachen krachender rock wohl das mass waren. und bleibende monumente der rockgeschichte schufen.

Eines der besten Hardrock Album, ever!

Not usually a fan of heavy metal, but I sure do have a sweet spot for Guns N' Roses. Would I like this album if it didn't include Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine? It doesn't matter, because it does include these three masterpieces.

not really my style, but Slash’s guitar playing is INSANE so i gotta give credit for that

-this is not really my number one choice in music. that being said. it has some very impressive vocal work and some of the songs hit sooo hard -my god Welcome To The Jungle… phenomenal anthem. makes me want to run people over with a motorcycle -Favorites are Welcome To The Jungle, Out Ta Get Me, and My Michelle

Good guitar playing, terrible vocals on

Exactly what I expected from a GNR album. Knew around half the songs but the rest of the album doesn't mix it up all that much. I'd be happy to listen again but don't see myself seeking it out too often.

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Nice classic rock. Amazing guitar riffs and Axl's iconic singing voice is unmatched. Lurv.

take me down to the paradise city

Classic 80's metal, fun good music. I love the lyrics to a lot of their songs. Mr. Brownstone and My Michelle were highlights for me 4/5

G&R gives me big American vibes. Sex, rock and roll and not giving a fuck.

I really don't like GNR. Never did, and maybe never will.

I always wonder how I'd rate old albums if I heard them for the first time in 2024. I can't be objective about this one: I remember how I felt when I first heard it, and I can't get past that. I'm tempted to give it five stars, but there are a few weaker tracks on it (My Michelle, Out Ta Get Me, Anything Goes), so down to four it has to go. Still, Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle, Nightrain - absolute crackers.

This has a few too many outstanding songs to give it an average score. But the ones that aren’t outstanding are very average!

Pros: Attitude, snarl, sound, band vibe; guitar playing and vocal gymnastics. History: put Hair Metal in the rearview mirror. Cons: songwriting, misogyny, stupidity, Steven Adler (terrible drumming), and a couple of obvious filler tracks. It’s a shame because this should be a record I go back to. But I won’t.

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