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All the same sounding L. It was not bad and some of the songs were very good -> sweet child of mine and welcome to the jungle.
Not my type of music. I recognized a few songs for sure.
Somehow even more lyrically shallow than I thought it was. Paradise City slaps, though.
A couple of familiar songs, but this was more my style when I was a young person. Now it reminds me of a screaming group of kids.
I’m glad Nirvana killed this genre. Even the skulls on the album are accessorizing. Two belts with skin tight leather pants? Prancing around in star spangled lulu lemons? Yuck. I can’t see into the future but I saw these guys as their current versions of themselves back then. LA junkies. The only thing that really is astonishing about this album is the guys review where his praise is so high he says Axl is charismatic. Jesus H Christ. An ashtray after a Steel Panther show has more charisma than this POS. I can see why people like it and I’m also glad I can easily see those people.
The hits of Guns & Roses are so omnipresent it's interesting hearing the lesser-played tracks. Not much else is unfortunately as amazing as their biggest ones, but a few ones are definitely worth adding into the rotation
PURE UNADULTURATED COCK. The late 80s were seemingly just a slot machine for music and what gets popular. In an alternate universe, this album and GnR fall into obscurity while some other random glam metal band takes up their place and literally nothing changes in the grand scheme of musical history.
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I don't hate Guns N' Roses. They're cheesy and kind of obnoxious, but I've never seriously disliked them when they've come on day-to-day. Re-listening to Appetite, the near hour straight of their goofy hard rock and Rose's shrieking vocals starts to test my patience though. It's like a caricature of rock. *Heard before.
Apart from the singles, poor! Cannot stand his voice, it's just irritating, but music is OK, especially the guitar
If you like hard rock it’s great. They have a few songs I like but I’m just not the intended audience… nothing at all like Nora Jones. Haha 2 of 5
If you are a 14-year-old white boy with a mullet in 1987, I’m sure you got a boner the first time you heard this album.
Hot take: Slash is a very good guitar player. Hotter take: this band needed a better front man and better songs. Unlike the Aerosmith album, there was something that redeemed this. Slash pulled this album up to a 2 single handedly.
The singles are Rock classics, no doubt about it. But if you wanna discover if there are some gem deep cuts inside, don't bother. Strong 2 to light 3
Lyrically hilariously bad. Music bonkers but it wasn’t too offensive surprisingly
This album tells you everything you need to know about itself, the band and where their career would go within the first two songs. Welcome to the Jungle is ripe to spill out of the open doors of every Trans Am, I-ROC and Mustang in the parking lot. You can hear how many thought they were the United States heirs to AC/DC: sex and indulgence obsessed. A dash of Aerosmith but harder as they put another button on their jean jacket and saved up cash from their part time job for tickets to the coliseum-arena show. And yet by the conclusion of It's So Easy any attentive listener is aware that Axl has enough casual misogyny and lyrical carelessness to go around that many of these songs will not age well. The more prescient among them might even be able to see that if given enough leash this dog is going to tie itself up and make a mess out of everything. And, while It's So Easy isn't as musically lazy as You're Crazy or Anything Goes it gives the listener an idea of where the floor of this album might be. I will try to not hold the diminishing returns of GN'R Lies, Use Your Illusion I, Use Your Illusion II, The Spaghetti Incident?, and Chinese Democracy against this record i.e. over the course of their career Guns N' Roses has proven itself to be nothing more than a one or two-star band. There is enough evidence on Appetite For Destruction alone to warrant the assignment of 2 stars despite a handful of era defining singles and the record being 18x platinum. There will be plenty out there who think that I'm wrong, but I write this review after listening to the record twice in a row today to give it my honest re-assessment and I admitting that when I first heard it coming out of the open door of my older sister's friend's Camaro at an impressionable and tender age I was absolutely thrilled.
r o b e r t s p o s i t iv e r e v i e w c o r n e r! lot of people have been saying thay iv been acting mean on these album doohicky reviews, but i just wanna set the record straight nd tel the folks that im a positive person! and i dont just mean hepatitis! therfore this will be only positive review! so no bad gravy. okay! good. i lieik guns n roses because this album has three really good songs on it i liked the album about spaghetti because the cover has a picture of spghwtti noodles on it i dont like any of the songs but thays okay i do love me some spaghetti! ¿¿With?¿ - garlic bread with - parmesan (mmmm) AND, dont froget, lots of love in ery bowl.)) now gnr lies had all those genuinely hateful and sincere n words and f slurs in it but they really made up for it with chinese democracy! everyone liekd that! we'll get em next time boys they said i like their greayest hits because 35.71% of the songs are other peopels songs so anyway guys that was my robert positive album review yaaaaay
Yup, this album totally bounced off me. It’s not *awful,* and I don’t begrudge anyone for loving it as many clearly do, but it repulses me more than it attracts. A combination of things… maybe it’s the lead singer, whose skrelt-y lines are a big turn off for me and make it hard to take this seriously. The general feeling of sleaze and excess you feel burdened by listening to this record… maybe I’m projecting that, and maybe I’m just stuck up, but it feels like that late-80’s turn where the arenas keep getting bigger and the songs get more excessive. I’m not even saying the music is overproduced, it just isn’t super exciting to me after listening for a while. Right around this year (88 or 89?) is where I start getting off the hard rock train and feel like things take a turn for the worse. I don’t think Sweet Child of Mine is even that great, or at least great enough for me to start having fun for any of the rest of the album. I might just be wrapped up in all the places I’ve heard Guns N Roses play, what I associate them with, maybe that’s what’s doing it for me. But other albums we’ve had have had me start out with extreme prejudice against, and they won me over! No, there’s just something I feel repulsed by, and I can’t explain it. Sorry it took me two paragraphs to come to that conclusion… 2/5
I see the appeal obviously, but GnR have never really done much for me. Apart from a couple of songs (Welcome to the Jungle and Patience) they mostly bore me. There is some good guitar playing on here and they certainly have energy, but nothing on this album changed my mind.
Could’ve been a 3 if not for all the weird moaning
It's good, just played way too much.
I knew the hits going into this, Sweet Child O Mine is one of the standouts to me but the songs are too long to me. And some of the lyrics are very lame. I also liked Paradise City and It’s So Easy but this didn’t make me into a GNR fan.
Screamy metal with occasional delights…but mostly screamy metal.
The big songs still hold up, although all of them are longer than they really should be (Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine). The deep cuts weren't revelatory at all, and by the end of this I was ready for it to end. A bit too much wailing, a bit too much riffing, a bit too much of everything. It feels excessive and verges on headache-inducing by the end of its bloated runtime.
Oof, I know there's a lot of hits on this album, but as a cohesive album, it didn't really capture my attention and seemed pretty phoned in
Didn't enjoy this much. Although I enjoy some heavy rock, this is a bit too heavy for me and I'm not a fan of Axel's voice.
yuck
It was great when it came out. Then it got overplayed a million times.
6/10 Ça crie, ça crie un peu trop pour moi 😉
Yeah, it's alright. I was never super into GNR growing up, but everyone around me seemed to be so I know most of these songs by heart. Listening to this again this week did nothing to endear them to me more. Can't really diss the guitar playing too much, it's about as good as this big rock style of playing gets, though it has a super dated tone, but man did I find the drums boring. So, I have nothing against it necessarily, but since I would never choose to listen to this again, it's getting a 2 from me.
Hard to take this seriously. He sounds so goofy and the music keeps doing unexpected things. Who’s singing kn track 2? Is that still Axl? “It’s so Easy” pretty terrible. Night Train is better. Bread and butter kinda song. Darkness vibes. Slash is a talented guitarist! Mr. Brownstone pretty fun. Paradise City is great. Much better than Jungle. The verses and bridges in these songs are like I’ve never heard them before. I guess they get used selectively in movies/tv. My Michelle has a great riff but it’s goofy as soon as he starts singing. Is this camp? Straight guys dig this? Think About You is straight up a Spinal Tap song. Sweet Child absolutely undeniable but what is up with these guys’ bridges. You’re Crazy is hilarious. I like when it slows down at the end. You’re fucking crazy. What an edge lord. Playing the squeaky toy in anything goes. Basically free jazz metal. Ok. I came around on Anything Goes. Fun song. Alright, last one. An interesting modern Christian groove to start. This one is very silly but they think it’s serious. Nevermind, morning and groaning. The upbeat coda is supremely silly but it’s my favorite musical moment on the album. Coulda played this at church camp. Overall, this is a surprising album but it’s just too dumb.
Beaucoup de bruit, pas mon style
i like some hair metal, but this is annoying 2
Bit too heavy for me.
Fine, it’s so easy stinks. Thought it’d be overrated going into it and still agree. 4/10.
Fav Songs: Welcome To The Jungle, It’s So Easy, Paradise City, Rocket Queen Least Fav Songs: Out Ta Get Me, Think About You
Ok but not good. I can’t really stand this combo of alt rock and hair metal. Thank god Nirvana came onto the scene and blew this shit away.
Some cool instrumentals, interesting to hear such a funk/alt metal influence overall. But man Axl Rose is annoying. 2.5/5
Filled with culturally significant tracks. Movie trailers would not be the same without this album, but it's just not my taste.
They play real well good. Arenarocknroll.
Lil nicko would’ve gone sicko mode for it
This would be a 5 star album if it only consisted of welcome to the jungle, paradise city, and sweet child o mine. As it is, this is a 2 star album
Boa, übles Axel Rose Gejaule und Dicke Eier Gitarrenparts aufs Übelste. Tausendmal besser von Aerosmith, AC/DC usw. gehört. Bekommt nur 2 Punkte wegen Welcome to the Jungle/Sweet Child O´ Mine.
Interesting to listen to this straight after Aerosmith…and I think I prefer Aerosmith. I am betraying my demographic here, but I’ve never liked Guns and Roses. It might be that I really have never liked Axl Rose’s vocals, despite enjoying the music. I think this album just overstays it welcome for me….I mean ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ is great and ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ is terrific and earns it’s place in the Gen X Book of Standards, but why not just finish there? Three tracks of filler to finish off, couldn’t wait for it to finish. One star for ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and one star for ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’.
Ahh the Gunners.... how can they be ignored? My 1st actual album listen. starts off sounding solid ... lets go trackj bvy track this time... 1. Jungle. I know this one. 2. "It's so easy" is an angry rape anthem. Nope. 3 &4 . "Night train" & "out to get me" are a copy of ACDC with a Kiss chorus. 5. Mr Brownstone opens like a Stone's track ,but then he starts to sing and it's over. Skip. 6. Paradise City. That's more like it. This is their sound. All energy. And great whaling. Easy catchy chorus. Good one. 7. My Michelle. Dumb/flat. 8. More filler.... flat/Skip. 9. Sweet child of mine. Ah! Iconic 80s big rock music ....instantly recognised. Signature track. The opening guitar, love it. How can lyrics that say so little imply so much? The defining song of the album. And the joy is prolonged by an actually *good guitar solo*. Top stuff I have mostly though of this band as "ok" etnertaining, Halloween fun with garish Costumes included. heavy rock people sing along to after a few drinks... Now that I have actually listened to a whole album, my opinion of them is lowered, they're ok ... but "Sweet Child of Mine" is very good as an 80s anthem that captures soemthing of the big carefree celebratory zeitgeit of big rock acts of the day. (But the debased portrayal of rapey sex and misogyny of some of the lyrics on other sings can't be ignored.) trivia: But they sold 100 millions albums (matching Fats Domino, how funny) , made the most expensive album in history (14 million) and the most successful tour by a US Band (dwarfed by U2 and Rolling Stones and even Ed Sheeran and Elton John). They sure left a mark. An icon. But...
I know there are people who worship this album. And I can see that. Sitting down to listen to the entire album, I attempted a mental exercise to embody someone who loves it. I overdosed on meth before the album finished. I wish I could go the rest of my life and never hear any of these songs again.
There’s such a legacy behind this album - commendable as a debut, and for a record to have so many hit singles packed in there only happens once in a blue moon. Can’t completely agree with this one though. The songwriting does seem corny and despite some skilful playing, that guitar sound I find kind of annoying. Maybe this is another version of all the hits being overplayed that I couldn’t fully be captured by them on this listen. Welcome to the Jungle is kind of a banger, even just for ‘shanananananananana’. Two and a half overall.
born to listen to kid rock, forced to listen to GNR
I came close to my perfectly acceptable ALL METAL IS SHIT approach, DO NOT LISTEN. But GNR always had a little more. I'm not sure what this is. All the usual metal tropes are there: screaming vocals, no soul, everyday sexism. It's only the singles that stand out for me. The rest is just noise. And pretty dumb stupid noise at that. No ta.
So tired of about half of this album. The other half is okay. 2.5
2 Groan. Here we go. Probably the cock rock-iest of all the cock rock bands. If there’s any one frontman I would punch in the face… it’d probably be Gary Glitter. BUT, if we’re talking those without heinous sex crimes, it would be Axl Rose. The dude is a pompous diva, and everything he says and does makes me want to punch him in the face. As Kurt Cobain said himself, “The guy is a fucking sexist and a racist and a homophobe, and you can't be on his side and be on our side. I’m sorry that I have to divide this up like this, but it's something you can't ignore. And besides, [GNR] can't write good music." Honestly, where’s the lie? If you disagree with the claims of bigotry, look at One in a Million (Google the lyrics, don’t give this fool a Spotify play). Alternatively, look at any comment he’s made towards a woman. As far as bad music goes… well, Axl certainly is no Bob Dylan. Out Ta Get Me quite literally ends with the line “So you can suck me, Take that one to heart”. That being said, I realize that’s not what this album is about - it’s about sex, drugs, and rock n roll, and I can’t argue that the album succeeds in that regard. I mean, there’s a reason it’s considered a rock classic, especially with three of the songs here being staples of any rock radio station. The production is incredibly clean, the songs are both catchy and commercially palatable, and I’ll even admit I had Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O Mine on my first MP3 player… yet I don’t find myself listening to them (or anything else by the band) anymore. Maybe I’ve heard the songs too many times, but really I think I’ve just grown kind of jaded. The further into music I’ve explored, the more I feel like the band is the most superficial side of the art form, like they only learned their instruments to get girls. There’s no real substance here, and honestly, it’s really same-y, like every song that isn’t one of the big three is trying to sound like them. Also, I really don’t feel like there’s anything landmark about this album - just about every other hair metal band you can think of was doing this before GNR, and honestly are probably all better. I really couldn’t tell you what makes people put this band on a pedestal in comparison, but I guess there’s something about them that just really speaks to the kind of crowd that’s likely now drinking Miller Lite out of protest for Bud Light becoming “too woke”. I debated a 1, but I can’t confidently say this is a bad album. I can however say that it and the band itself are both largely over-inflated in musical history.
every guns and roses album ever made. s catchy but also why.
everything sounds the same
I'm not a fan of Axl's voice or lyrics. The riffs are skilled, sure, but also sound just okayish to me. So, I think, for what it is, and if not trying to be influenced by how popular it was, it's a strong 2.5 for me. I'd even call it a bit uninspired on its deep cuts.
This is a tough one to rate. Sweet Child O' Mine is fantastic, Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City are fun. Lots of misogyny sprinkled through the other songs and not really the same hooks as in the hits.
I am not a fan of classic rock, and a lot of the songs on the album are pretty lame.
This brand of edgebro 80s rock has really lost it's hold on me since my childhood, I gotta say! The closer is really cool though, never heard that one before.
I don't like this band
terrible lyrics decent-ish lickz couldn't finish listening
Axel rose is the worst, like listening to a prepubescent teen trying to fuck a cat. Rest of the band is good
The popularity and success of this band mystifies me. Sure, they put out a few decent singles, but this album is dull AOR with the guitars turned up.
GNR sound like the unintended consequences of a coke fueled orgy hosted by Aerosmith, and attended by AC/DC, Def Leppard, and a bunch of groupies.
Unfortunately, I came to this album with prejudice. I've had enough of that cover-friendly butt rock for middle-aged rockers with dubious body hygiene. And it was exactly that. I already knew the hits and none of the "lesser known" stuff really made me pay attention at all. I'd listen to Led Zeppelin all day before ever playing a GnR record. The only upside this record has in my opinion is that it came out in '87, thus filling a relative void in commercial rock.
Voice like nails on a blackboard
Reminds me why I didn’t like them then either
Alright I finally listened to it again after 25 blissful years of NOT. Honestly, this was peak dangerous rock and roll at the time. But it got dated fast, and has sounded nothing more than obnoxious ever since. It's... ok, but god damn those big hit singles were fucking terrible. I can't believe people ever bought into that crap. And still do.
Never really understood guns n roses, let’s see how this goes Welcome To The Jungle - absolute banger apart from OTT vocals and cheesy ending 8.5/10 It’s So Easy - decent intro, vocals too much in the opposite direction, boring. Steady on with the cowbell. Weak chorus, ok riffs and solo. “Fuck off” lol 5/10 Nighttrain - arsehole cowbell again. like the vocals here, nice thick guitars. Solid chorus. Best solo yet, awkward fade out 7/10 Out Ta Get Me - meaty intro, good vocals again, Iron Maiden vibes pre chorus, AC/DC vibes in chorus. More awkward fucks. Not bad, bit boring 6/10 Mr. Brownstone - nice drum intro, nice groove, bit funky this one. They’re doing the bo diddley thing. Shit vocals. Solid track 7/10 Paradise City - classic intro, superb. Headbanging time in the verse. Much better vocals overall. Massive chorus, such a good hook. Like the funky bridge and double time ending. Actually drags on a bit at the end. Kinda sick of it now 8/10 My Michelle - Like the sound of this intro a lot, something different. Oh nevermind, it’s just the same again. Nice enough riff. Cowbell again. Dog shit chorus. 5/10 Think About You - Honestly fuck off with the cowbell man. All sounds a bit flat. Clumsy vocals and lyrics. Fucking horrible guitar in the chorus, does not fit at all, horrific on headphones. See what they’re trying but no. Yawn 4/10 Sweet Child O’ Mine - never been a big fan but sounds incredible after the last couple of turds. Guitars fantastic, legendary riff, sweet bass. Still find vocals a bit grating. Chorus simple and to the point. Ending is class. Best yet, massive for a reason 9/10 You’re Crazy - fun upbeat track, one of the better vocals. Not much to say, good solid tune. 7/10 Anything Goes - sounds decent, kinda like the vocoder/talk box thing, must be where Dave grohl got the idea. Cool back and forth with the guitar solo. Another solid track, no problems with this 7/10 Rocket Queen- riff sounds a bit awkward and goofy. Gone a bit flat again, vocal effect sounds like shit in chorus. Not much of a closer. No need for the moaning, especially in a song this ugly. Jangly indie guitar actually works at the end here. Wtf this is decent why not make this a separate song? All over the shop 5/10 Still don’t get it. I can see why the big hit singles are so popular, and they were chosen as singles for a reason as nothing else stands out at all. A couple decent upbeat jams towards the end but pretty average overall. Not sure what makes them stand out amongst all the other bands that sound like this, and Axl Rose has a brutal voice. Some brilliant stuff from Slash and the rest of the band to be fair. Nondescript lyrics all round, nothing jumped out and not sure what any of the songs were about. Won’t come back to this, not my cup of tea. 6/10 because the high points are very good.
Listening to this record was like shaving your balls whilst drunk. Sure, some parts are smooth and satisfying, but mostly it's an absolute shitshow of blood and mangled pubes. After the initial euphoria has worn off, you're left with pain and itching and a mess all over the bathroom floor.
nikad ih nisam volio, nikad mi nisu pasali, znam da se ovo smatra klasikom, ali ne u mojoj knjizi.
Words cannot describe how much I dislike guns n' roses' music. Their songs sounds like a fork scraping a plate. I'd rather listen to a baby cry for an hour than listen through this album again. The lyrics and vocals makee want to claw out my eardrums. The guitar and drums are cool tho. I made it about half way through before becoming overwhelmingly irritated by the shrill screeching that is this album. I like rock music, but not them. Maybe I could find myself enjoying one or two of their songs, but their overall discography fills me with rage fueled by the power of a hundred suns.
Meh. Didn't do anything for me, and I don't like Axl Rose's singing.
I should first mention, I do NOT like Guns N' Roses! I think they are one of the most overrated bands of our generation and I just can't see the appeal of this parody of a "heavy metal" band, if you even call them that. I don't have any issue with most of the band members, except Axl Rose, who is the definition of a douche, I can't stand him! As for the music, it's nothing special, Aerosmith pretty much covered this territory a lot better decades ago. If you are a fan or want to hear what the big deal is, Appetite For Destruction is their so-called best album and has their familiar tunes. I did listen to the whole record and though it didn't rock my world, it was at least listenable. If you haven't heard, Welcome to the Jungle, already a million times at sporting events or the radio, you are a very fortunate person. If you wear a Guns N' Roses t-shirt, do not talk to me and stay away, I've judged you already.
Har har. Got into this album at that tender pre teen age. It seemed angry enougth and was peppered with enougth swears and attitude. Listening today is a chore it all seems so obvious and well a bit slow. Even the big hitters of sweet child and paradise city grind on too long. I see this as kinda of a gateway drug leading on better more fucked up things!!!
Predictable and really a bit shite, but fun enough at the time I suppose
They mix Aerosmith boogie with Sabbath sludge and AC/DC brattiness. Dumb (not a bad thing) and provocative (a good thing). Though the latter's only because Axl is such a convincingly jacked-up threat to women. And because so many of the tunes slap.
Not a big fan of GnR but I get why people like them. It all sounds a bit the same to me.
Popular songs are good but a bit annoying. The unknown songs are obnoxious.
Couldn't get onboard, no room to think. Did enjoy the track 'Think about you' though.
I must have been present to hear this full album at some point when Appetite For Destruction was new. I had friends who loved Guns N' Roses. I had a hard time with the persona Axl Rose was trying to play. I guess I still do. Rose has talent, but I don't buy into the tough-guy persona. Having seen their videos doesn't help my distaste. Another detractor from Rose is his injection of additional sylables ("mow-ah" = more; "lie-ee-ine" = line). All of that distracts from the fun that Slash provides on guitar ("Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child o' Mine"). I don't like this album.
There's so much to like about GnR but I cannot stand Axel Rose's screech. Music is brilliant. Fun lyrics. Shit vocals. Embarrassing sex sounds
Some thunderous riffs and ultimate rock moments in this album, and it goes without saying that hand full of tracks are obviously classics. But there's no escaping how naff it can all get at times, is it the music? The lyrics? the delivery? I'm not sure. I won't be listening again to find out. 2/5 - Cheesy as fuck.
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Ich frag mich echt wie self-aware das ist weil die lyrics sind so unglaublich stupide. Also generell dieses ganze Genre basiert auf so idiotischen Ästhetiken irgendwie, weil unironisch „I‘m on the Nighttrain“ zu schreien und das badass zu finden ist einfach nur Ultra Level Comedy. Bei welcome to the Jungle funktioniert das noch einigermaßen, da kann man es zumindest auf die „Rockstar welt“ beziehen aber beim Rest ist das so dumm so Texte hab ich mit 13 mal geschrieben. Es geht echt um gar nichts außer ein seltsam mondänes Bild von Coolness zu produzieren und damit unfreiwillig lächerliche Momente zu erschaffen. Das sieht man ja schon in den Covern dieser Alben das es wirklich reine Ästhetik basierend auf alteingesessenen Paradigmen ist, was ja erstmal nicht schlimm ist aber die sind halt komplett uncool. Mir fällt rr keine andere Musik ein die auf so infantilen und albernen Grundlagen basiert. Also ka ob das nur retrospektiv so ist aber wie kann man diese Inhalte ernst nehmen, insofern MUSS da doch ne gewisse Self-Awareness dabei sein, weil dann wäre es ganz witzig. Manche Songs sind ganz cool musikalisch.
Add this to the list of massive bands I somehow missed when they were huge. I was in college when this album came out, yet I don't remember listening to any of their music until maybe 5 years later, and even that didn't happen often. So, weirdly, this is my first full listen-through of this album. It's...fine, I guess. Definitely has that big 80s stadium-rock sound, which even back in the 80s I mostly avoided, or at least selectively avoided. A few of the songs on this album got a lot of airplay back then on radio and MTV, so I recognized a handful of big hits. It's not bad, it just doesn't interest me much at all.
ganska kass va
"I used words like police and niggers because you're not allowed to use the word 'nigger.' Why can black people go up to each other and say, 'Nigger,' but when a white guy does it all of a sudden it's a big putdown? I don't like boundaries of any kind. I don't like being told what I can and what I can't say. I used the word 'nigger' because it's a word to describe somebody that is basically a pain in your life, a problem. The word 'nigger' doesn't necessarily mean black. Doesn't John Lennon have a song "Woman Is the Nigger of the World"? There's a rap group, N.W.A. – Niggers With Attitude. I mean, they're proud of that word. More power to them. Guns n' Roses ain't bad . . . N.W.A. is baaad!" "Rose initially stated that he was "pro-heterosexual" and "I'm not against them doing what they want to do as long as it's not hurting anybody else and they're not forcing it upon me"" Brain damaged rock for apes. Prefs: Paradise City, Sweet Child O'Mine, Rocket Queen Moins pref: Out Ta Get Me et Axl Rose en tant qu'être humain
Listened to it when it first came out and disliked it then, airplay of the popular tracks only served to reinforce that dislike. 34 years later my feelings still haven’t changed towards this album
Enjoyed it more than i thought i would, but still not much. Hair rock vocals do my head in a bit.
2.5
Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses (1987) One cannot decide if this appetite for destruction is a subliminal warning or a superliminal wallow, but in any case it cannot be both. It is stuck in liminality. It is incommensurable. But it still rocks. There’s an interesting coherence and organizing principle in this album, as the first side (Side “G” for “Guns”) is lyrically dark and dangerous, while the second side (Side “R” for “Roses”) is sentimental and lustful. It’s all unified by an overarching adolescence. Depravity protesting its innocence fittingly deserves a glance, as a listener can’t help but wonder where the artist finds contentment. Money, sex, booze, drugs, and the misogynistic infantilization and reduction of the woman to an instrumentality are all tried and failed. The failure remains unacknowledged. In “Mr. Brownstone”, the heroin addict regards his dependency as a nuisance that nevertheless has its positive side. And the pornosonic “Anything Goes” is expressive of the unending hunger for new sexual experiences. All this is well performed and recorded in the hard rock métier, but the compositions and arrangements are, disappointingly, rather standard. It must be said that lead vocalist Axl Rose has a fine rock voice, and lead guitarist Slash is supremely adept. But in the final analysis, this record amounts to a talented delivery of biker bar tunes. If that’s your thing. 2/5
Im not too big a fan of their music
Eg orkar ikkje.
Yeah, might've been different if you asked me like 4 years ago. Just don't really care for this aside from the insanely overplayed (but still good) Welcome To The Jungle and Sweet Child O' Mine. Not much else compelled me here Already Saved: Welcome To The Jungle; Sweet Child O' Mine Saved After Listening: Out Ta Get Me*
Quite a bit of swearing, but good riffs.
Overrated
Still no.
There are only 3 decent songs on this. The rest is bang average 80s bloke rock. the good songs are good though. 2/5
At this point the GNR logo looks about as corporate to me as Oral-B and Dove. But it doesn't sound like I would expect an album from either of those companies to sound. No, this brand campaigns for grumpy teenagers' rights, and distributes tinnitus to all those who need it. Despite this being very loud and fork-scratching music, the thing I like about this album is the rythmic sluggishness within the pure energy, which is on almost every track.
Some classic songs that I liked, but mostly not my type.
boring
Meh, its not really my type of music. I can appreciate how it has contributed to culture. I hadn't listened to this since high school
Sounds the same as the last G and R album
Nogal wild. Niet iets voor mij
Aw it's just far too much all the time but SLAESH
Mye småkult. Noen bangers, men ikke nok for å holde en interessert. paradise city og sweet child of mine er tøffe.
Mange kule ikoniske rockesanger her som påvirket mange av de som kom etter. Tar man bort de få klassikerne, er det ikke mye bra her. Ganske kjedelig og repetitivt. Bedre enn mye av den andre standard rocken fra 80-tallet, men likevel for monokromt for min smak. Ingenting som stakk seg ut.
it's just as bad as i remember it being. fuck, i hate axl rose.
Pretty awful. I'll give it 2 stars just because I think the guitar work is not bad.
Sounds like two cats in an alley. Sounds thin. I will give it another attempt one day though.
Too hard rock for me
His voice is so whiny. A few classic songs that I like probably because I've heard them so much. If I heard this without knowing how popular it is, I probably would pick out the 2 good songs and move on.
It's just not my thing. While G&R were better then most hair bands of the 80s, it's still butt rock. And I don't listen to it much these days.
meh pop rock
Two
When I was seven or eight years old I had a Lightning McQueen MP3 player loaded up with classic rock songs. “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Sweet Child o’ Mine” were probably the coolest songs I’d ever heard. Put enough drinks in me nowadays and I still might sing along. But the rest of this album sucks, man. Pure white hot drug-fueled rock ‘n’ roll excess. Macho in all the wrong ways. Maybe that’s your thing, but it ain’t mine.
Nkt my thing
not for me
Please, God, let it stop.
Ughhhhh. God no. I get that it was a cool debut or whatever but it’s so bad. I didn’t like any of it
I just hate it.
Absolute shit
I do not like this album. I guess no fault to them, but I hear these songs constantly at sporting events and don’t love listening to it as an album.
Det finns en sångare jag absolut inte klarar av, som är värst av dom värsta, som kan förstöra vad som helst. Det är Axl Rose! Det finns säkert en del bra rocklåtar här, mycket tyder på det. Men det spelar ingen som helst roll. Jag kan inte lyssna på Lars Roos kokainhajpade bror. Det är fysiskt omöjligt! Freddie Mercury kom tillbaka allt är förlåtet.
no me gustó
DONT love rock
can i evaluate without prejudice what ive been calling crap my whole life? theres always a first time for everything turns out i was: right i dont fw all this want to look cool by trying so hard to be bad vibe, the music dont really help either i just dont connect with any aspect of this and everything comes too uninspired to me, i dont think i will remember any of these riffs tomorrow, i was calling the drum fills as they happened and that mfrs voice irritates tf out of me i could keep going but that would be just mean, hope i made clear that i dont like this
Bit too theatrical for me. Excellent if you’re from the USA, I bet
What an abomination of an album, and the human race that was alive in 1987 should collectively have had their heads examined for allowing this garbage to become popular. Axl Rose is a little bitch, and no matter how much posturing he does to try to convince us otherwise will never take away from the fact that he's just a little bitch. The music is cookie-cutter and formulaic, and listening to this I can't help but come away convinced that Slash might be one of the most overrated guitarists of all time. There's absolutely nothing redeeming here, even the best song is still one that I wanted to skip halfway through its runtime. God, Axl is such a little bitch.
Hard Rock isn’t really my thing, couldn’t listen to the whole album. It’s also not my generation, so it doesn’t hit the same „rebellious” nerve for me that it might’ve hit back then. Also the Wiplash from seeing vague social criticism back to back with Axl Rose moaning in the Welcome to the jungle mv was too much for me lmao (I like the sha-na- na-na-na-na- knees part tho) Favourite Songs: Out Ta Get Me, Sweet Child O’ Mine
50
Nope
poslušao u više navrata jer je bilo mučenje... znao sam da će biti loše, ali nisam mislio ovoliko... vokal mi je u sjećanju bio trunku podnošljivije i pjesme su mi sve u svemu bile kraće, ovo je strašno
Stupid cock rock or songs I've heard a million times at sporting events
Started listening to this even though I knew I hated them just in case I had been too harsh on them. Less than half way through I realised I had been too generous.
Hard rock
Fine, the guys were fun but this rest of this just sounds the same.
No es para nada mi estilo. No conecte.
Yuck
These guys really seem to hate the life they're living. Their music drips with contempt for their surroundings, their peers, and of course, the women who fuck them. That contempt initially gives the album a propulsive force that tricks you into thinking the music might be good, but it's so empty that half way through you just want it to end. Having enjoyed GNR at parties or on the radio, I was surprised how difficult it was to get through the whole album. This music is made for radio (where the emptiness can't catch up with the rawness) or an arena show (where the hormonal stew of all the headpushers and the girlfriends they hate get you temporarily drunk). Oh look, I can be contemptuous too! Mr. Brownstone was kind of interesting, the second half of Rocket Queen is legit good, and the guitar work on all the big hits is fun, but the rest is such a slog that I can't recommend it at all.
Ha. Good one, Generator. I know what day it is. This is an April fools joke right?
Now I feel bad for giving Black Crowes 1 star. This is equally as derivative but shittier in execution. If you want blues-based hard rock, listen to 70s Aerosmith. If you want Sunset Strip sleaze, listen to Motley Crue.
Still love Sweet Child. Otherwise still find this unlistenable.
I was prepared to cut it some slack because Slash gets some respect and it sounded ok in 1988 (that is, better than Crüe), but no, it's garbage.
not a fan
lame
I hate this so much. Cringy and terrible when it came out and somehow even more so now. I don’t understand how people enjoy this. I wish it would disappear so I wouldn’t have to hear it again but it always seem to pop up.
Due to the era I grew up I knew all of the singles off of this album which was a large percentage. I hated them so I was really bummed to have to put this on. After listening all the way though I can say with more confidence that I just don't like Guns N' Roses. I think it's a cheesy manufactured edge. There's no dimension or component to their sound that can't be found in a more interesting or competent act sometimes a whole decade or more before this was released. My favorite part was the song where Slash or whoever is using a talkbox and Axl Rose is making is little stuck pig sounds and there's a brief period where it gets hard to tell which one is which.
I really hate this
I ain't listening to that.
"Body parts don't have sounds" ASS:
would have rather watched paint dry than listen to this
BAD.
i have a cold and somehow this is far worse
Vague atmosphere in this I guess ? That's about as much kind as I can say about it and it's an atmosphere I don't find pleasant so.
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
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
tengo un odio inexplicable a esta banda
I have never been able to stand this lead singer's voice. I won't even listen
Can't stand singer's voice..some good guitar rifts and catchy tunes but not a fan.
Utter utter poo
I don’t care for hair bands, especially not Guns N’ Roses. I couldn’t listen to more than three songs tbh.
not my style
Genuinely made me sick to my stomach. If I never here this album again in my life it would still be too soon
Wat een geschreeuw. Echt niet voor mij
Nee bedankt
Paradise City is de meest overbodige plaat uit de geschiedenis en de rest van deze nummers is helaas niet veel beter.
Borderline insufferable. It’s giving “I’m trapped in the car with new people, and I don’t have control of the aux”.
Awful - mediocre at best
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.
I have zero desire to listen to any of these songs again
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.
Bad
Nope! Next
Garbage music. Would much rather hear Van Halen
Just not my thing. In all honesty I didn’t even listen to the whole album because it annoyed me so much. Axl’s singing style just doesn’t work for me.
List of things I like about gnr: Slash is a good guitarist, and most of the band is very technically talented List of things I dislike about gnr: Axl rose is a horrid vocalist, bottom 5 of all time Lyrics are terrible Music is boring and sounds the exact same flavor of boring throughout the course of this hour long album How is this dog shit album so universally beloved?
Nah
I had to skip some songs half way after I couldn't stand anymore. I can't stand that voice and the squealy guitar.
Tsk er ikke så vild med Guns n’ roses. Undtagen sweet child o mine, brings me back til hotel på Tenerife hvor den blev spillet dag og ud og dag ind😍
peak shitty dad rock (although have a soft spot for Sweet Child of Mine)
Not my thing. Sounds one dimensional.
Puke.
Boring and over rated.
Não gostei 👍🏾
fuck off
Can't stand his voice. Band is amazing. Different singer differend rating. Myles Kennedy would have slayed these songs. The little pompous weasel suck.
Two dressed up clowns ruining an Ex-Punk band‘s otherwise solid songs with their uninspired guitar soli, whiny singing, and racist lyrics. Should have died from heroin 💉
Never liked this band. Still don't. Rose is a terrible singer.
It was nice that the members of Guns n Roses put all their hits on one album. If they split them onto multiple albums , I fear the creators of this list would have felt inclined to force us to listen to 2 of their albums.
One dimensional band
🖕GNR
*No music, loud banging drums, squealing guitars, screaming people. All tracks sound alike. NOT easy listening!
No. Just no. It's making me cringe so hard. It's peak boomer rock and I can't listen to it. Couldn't finish it. Bleh.
Surprisingly bad given the prominence of the singles.
That's terrible.
It insists upon itself
Good if you like listening to songs written with the emotional depth of a 3 year old and sung by a howling banshee. Paradise City is just about bearable.
G'n'R just sounds like a last attempt to rectify the dying Hair Metal genre... Axl is no fun (such an 80's nickname).
6/24/25. Some classics on here including Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O'Mine, however the full album doesn't resonate with me at all. Maybe just a bit bland for my taste.
Jedinica iz principa. // Bila bi dvica jer ima dobre (ali iritantne) muzičke pratnje a glas je najgori u historiji svijeta.
Fuck guns and roses
This is the hundred thirty third album I’m rating. I've never been a big fan of Guns N' Roses but maybe they'll prove me wrong with this album. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - Welcome to the Jungle, It's So Easy, Nightrain, Out ta Get me, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, My Michelle, Think About You, Sweet Child o' Mine, You're Crazy, Anything Goes, and Rocket Queen. Welcome to the Jungle - I hate this song. It's really really overrated. Extremely overplayed too. All in all I liked 0/12 songs. The 80's had some of the worst music. There was a really weird gap between the 70's and the 90's where they started to make awful music like this.
Couldn’t finish!
At the end of the day, few things stick out about this record. 1. It’s REALLY difficult to listen to the entire album. 2. Nightrain is the only song that is better than just ok (and it’s actually much better than ok, it’s pretty damn good). 3. The huge hits on this record are insanely overrated. Poorly written rock songs for rock fans who were unable to climb beyond the lowest branch of the rock n roll tree. Axl’s Rose’s vocal range is impressive when you ignore the fact that he couldn’t use that talent in an impactful way in terms of song writing. One of the most overrated bands ever.
Did absolutely nothing for me.
Noise. Even the classics
mullet shite
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.
Didn't like it
Music for dumb people
Hot garbage
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.
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.
Nah... all noise. Some things are timeless, this is plain dated. Not my cup of tea.
💩
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.
Overindulgent and very poor imitation of Led Zeplin. Should never be listened to
These guys are pedophiles
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
sorry boy...
Nope
Didn't care for it
I really don't like GNR. Never did, and maybe never will.
The only thing worse than guns n roses in 1987 is guns n roses in the modern day. Axl Rose is the single most arrogant, untalented, and frankly embarrassing vocalist that’s ever recorded an album. He’s a stain on the music industry as a whole and the world is certainly a far worse place with him in it. His singing is annoying and unlistenable. The riffs on this record are boring and predictable. Slash’s talent is entirely just the fact that he memorized a basic pentatonic scale and used it for every single solo. The drumming is absolutely standard and also very boring. The bass is so low in the mix it’s hard to tell if there even is a bass guitar. There hasn’t been a worse album on this list yet, and I really don’t think there will be. Down with guns n roses. 0*.
i have a black denim guns n roses jacket i thrifted years ago with this huge embroidered design on the back. i love this jacket. so guns n roses brought at least one good thing into existence
Not sure I can finish this. This has been the real test of how much I actually want to do this
Horrible.
One star for sweet child o mine being able to instantly transport me back to 1989, when this song was inescapable. A very Proustian moment. The rest of it, ugh. All that testosterone, long sweaty hair, preposterous rawk n raunch, oh those LA bad boys. Plus, Axle is a complete arse.
i'm going to shit myself and die
Welcome To The Jungle is pretty great tbh, shame this album then outstays its welcome by about eleven songs. I was going to give this 2/5 but then I heard Anything Goes which finally destroyed all respect I had for the obvious musicianship on display here. I will very happily never hear another album track by this band ever again.
Every time I dread listening to a certain album I’m usually pleasantly surprised. NOT the case for this album it is awful
I rolled my eyes when this showed up. I've never been a fan and have never understood the passion people have for this band. But whatever, I went in with an open mind. "Welcome to the Jungle" in undeniably great. It's such a perfectly crafted pop song with all the trimmings—hooks galore, great performances, great energy. 10/10 no notes. The second song I'd never heard before and I would have never guessed it was GnR, it sounded so different. So props for that, but major minus for the aggressive misogyny. Then... well, then it pretty much went to shit with the nonstop hard rock cliches and godalmighty but Axel's vocals annoy the hell out of me. And yeah, OK, Sweet Child of Mine is solid, but by that point I had given up. Fuck Guns and Roses and that disgusting brew of toxic LA-hard-rock masculinity.
irritating
i fear i am the exact opposite audience for this! a little samey all the way thru :/ sorry #boys
Oooof! Thought maybe I would like this because the first song is pretty fun but that second song is dire. Pretty much disliked the vibes of this throughout. Yuck!
Jeg bliver stresset og træt samtidig!
There aren't many bands I have an irrational dislike of, but guns n roses are one of them! I'm not sure exactly what it is that makes me dislike them, but it all just feels so fake. More of an act to be perceived a certain way and liked by certain people than anything else and it really gets to me. Baby's first stadium rock band. Doesn't help that welcome to the jungle, sweet child of mine and paradise city have been played to death at every rock club and seem to be adored by most. Not for me. All that being said, I've never listen to an album so I tried to listen to this with an open mind..... It's crap and my irrational dislike is slightly less irrational now. I hate all the hits and the album tracks did not suprise me in the slightest. 1. Would like to say I never need to hear them again, but I know I'm going to have to
I hated it
No. In 1987 I went to an amusement park and hundreds of people there were wearing Guns-N-Roses concert tees—I guess there had been a concert there night before. The shirts came in two flavors, censored and not censored. The not censored one depicted an unconscious girl sitting in a dirty alley learning against the wall with her blouse pulled open revealing her tits and her panties around her ankles. On the wall, graffiti read “Guns-N-Roses was here”. I haven’t looked up this shirt to see if my memory was correct, but I saw them enough while waiting in lines full of families as the band’s troglodytic fans wore this rape fantasy obliviously or on-purpose but by all means proudly. I had never heard of the band before but I thought, these guys suck to have thought that shirt was funny or clever. Almost 40 years later, thanks to this site, I have finally listened to them and discovered to my zero surprise, that every song on the album other than the ones written for the radio sounds like it was written by a manchild who thought depicting a rape victim dumped in an alley with graffiti that reads “Guns-N-Roses was here” was funny and clever. Fuck off, Guns-N-Roses and Guns-N-Roses fans.
This was just noise to me.
White mediocrity at its finest. Not even Welcome to the Jungle is anything special to me. In fairness, I liked Paradise City and Mr. Brownstone caught my attention. Sweet Child O Mine kinda goes too. Everything else blows, especially that weird one about the “daddy does porno now that mommas gone” cause wtf was that.
Unangenehmer Schweinerockimpetus. Angeberhafte Attitüde und unoriginell, bzw. da gibt es Ähnliches, was mich nicht so dermaßen abstößt.
Not to my liking, the lyrics are banal.
nope
Nope
Bon Jovi for girls who hate their Dads.
I wasn’t looking forward to listening to this and then I looked at the track list and realized I hear just about all of these songs against my will on a regular basis. I don’t hang around GNR fans, that’s just how annoyingly ubiquitous Sweet Child Of Mine is. Fuck this music and anyone over the age of 14 that listens to it on purpose.
I've heard them before. Had rh album, listened to it. Couldn't connect. It's not my thing. I know others who love it. They are not my tribe. It's not my preferred album. I couldn't be bothered trying to unpack it. I did a couple of stanzas and I just thought, it's all so same ... So same ... 1 star.
Not a huge fan. The album is full of energy, and definitely kind of fun, but it really isn't my kind of music. Lyrically felt pretty simple for the most part. Mildly explicit. Sound was okay, but much of it felt very repetitive. Wouldn't be interested in listening again. Favorite song: Sweet child of mine
Nur teils meine Musik
No.
My god I hate this band... I'll go as far to admit that there's some catchy jams and Sweet Child O Mine is a definite ear worm, but Axel has one of the most annoying voices and absolutely ruins everything I hear him in.
You need a truck thats built just like you... Buy the new Ford F 150!
i can't tell if it's because i have been inundated with these songs my entire life or if i genuinely dislike this stuff so much, or both. but i'm sorry, this sucks so bad. i usually do not mind non-conventional singing voices but axl rose's voice is so shrill and awful. the music is so beyond cliche and the production is so flat. the only people who are into this are teenage boys and middle aged men longing to be teenage boys again. no in-between. i can't imagine listening to this and thinking it's awesome. it just is the antithesis of what i like in music. no thanks.
It's been a while since i've really heard an album I hated. That's mostly because i've listened to a lot less music that's new to me this year, and when I do i've stayed in familiar territory. Unfortunately I decided to start listening to more music again and started the 1001 albums list more seriously. Good because I get exposed to more music I like, bad because there are some real significant hitters that I know I hate and don't want to hear. I got this one after an eight day streak of good albums, as if my luck was tempting fate and I had to be batted back down into submission. I've obviously heard this album before, and besides that I, like anyone else vaguely familiar with popular music and a general interest in rock music or anything pushing heavier, have heard the bigger cuts from this a good thousand times. I don't think I ever really loved, or so much liked this band, despite enjoying Sweet Child o Mine back in the day, but that was probably more thanks to having started learning guitar than having any huge interest in the worst end of "hard" rock. Nowadays, though i've been on a drought of it for a while, I love heavy metal and old people rock, though i've still got a little distaste for the weaker hard rock elements in those early trad albums. This is barely hard rock, definitely not metal, and lacks pretty much all of the elements of the good attempts at both those genres. I don't think i've heard an album as lyrically embarassing as this. I mean it's hardly the first rock album with a lazy single-minded focus on sex and women while half-heartedly attempting to look "cool", but i've not found too many that really take this much of the cake. If i'd written "It's So Easy" i'd have burned the paper it was written on to save myself the sheer embarassment of even the idea someone else would read it. I've scarcely seen a lyric as bad as "I see you standing there/You think you're so cool/Why don't you just fuck off". It's not the only forced swear attempt that just comes off as a 12 year old's first day knowing the word fuck. "Out ta Get Me" for example is one of the better actual songs on the album (not that that means much) but mars itself with more embarassing lines like "I'm fucking innocent" and "'Cause I got something I've been building up inside/For so fuckin' long" and the extra-gold "So you can suck me". That's not even touching on Axl's vocals which are really poor. They make no real impact, aside from grating, they're vaguely high-pitched in the vein of some great 80's metal vocalists but with absolutely zero of the actual worth or intrigue of those (thinking Bruce Dickinson or King Diamond). Instrumentally there's mostly nothing going on. I think the best stuff is the guitar on Sweet Child o Mine, which is also probably the best song here, but even then it's running too long. The last minute of that song is them singing "Where Do We Go?" repeatedly, as they know as much as anyone how go-nowhere the songwriting is, and how artificially extended each song is. Why is "Paradise City" nearly 7 minutes long? Who on this planet needs to hear 7 minutes of that song? Also just to top off the lack of ideas, two songs here with moans in, and both male and female just so they can fill the market of both male and female listeners who enjoy sexual moans permeating their music. At the end of the day it's a very popular and successful album so i'm clearly not the majority opinion, and that's fine, so long as that majority keep this album away from my ears for the forseeable future.
Honestly really lame except for welcome to the jungle. But otherwise really secular and not my jam
Repetitive, very generic. Guitar riffs are forgettable. The best thing I can say about Guns N' Roses is how good they are at tricking people into thinking screeching counts as singing.
Not for me.
Someone please tell me that the world will never again have to experience the true awfulness that is an 80's hair band.
Woo, they sure are rocking aren't they. Good for them.
Nah, couldn't finish this. Just dreadful.
Heard before: yes I try to be as unbiased as I can when I start listening to these records. But I could not wait for this to be over. Sure, it’s a really skillfully made record. I just hate this band, and they make me feel like a worse human when I listen to them. So I guess, mission accomplished, eh boys? Top tracks: Sweet Child O’ Mine, Paradise City, Mr Brownstone
Zero stars. Axl Rose's voice is awful.
I find him to have one of most insufferable voices in popular rock n roll, maybe only better than Brian Johnson. I would like to please never hear their overplayed hits ever again.
Funny this comes straight after Aerosmith, cut of the same cloth, ploughing the same ground, two peas in a pod, bookends, maybe I'm trying to say that in a way they are the same thing. I loathe Sweet Child O Mine with a passion, hated it at the time and would not go back for a listen if Dimery paid me. Still, I got to hear "loaded like a freight train, flyin like an aeroplane, speeding like a space brain, eye,eye eye eyeeeeyeyeyeyeyyeyyeyyeyyeyeyeyey".. What's not to like?
Ugh. This album came out when I was college. I probably enjoyed some of these songs in college, until a roommate decided to play this album 2-3 times a day, just about every day and now the sound of the lead singer makes me sick. I don't even want to type any more about these guys. Will not listen ever again. Hopefully, this is the first and last of these guys. -1
So boring. This is the exact kind of "classic" rock that I just don't get the appeal of at ALL.
fuck this sucks
A star given for ‘Sweet Child...’ Hugely overrated album to my ears. Rose’s voice quickly becomes unlistenable.
I simply cannot
Dad Rock, los bangers que tiene vienen dados más que nada por nostalgia más que por calidad
Tired and old
Nope
so gross and vulgar, aping the worst of their influences
notes - i cant stand axl rose’s voice - everything about this album is “shrill” - this album is basically the opposite of what i enjoy - fav song - think about you - i liked the acoustic guitar touch in the chorus - the lyrics were not as cringe inducing as most of the other songs least fav - nightrain - awful chorus - some of axl’s most annoying vocals - BONUS: anything goes counting down the seconds till the album ended, 1/5
Time for an very colored opinion. If I hate any band it is this dumb, fake, macho band called Guns and Roses. All image, no contents. Their worst crime is their rape of Knocking on Heaves Door, having two hits that you keep on hearing everywhere, Paradise City and Sweet Child of Mine, is their second worst crime. Best thing: tomorrow's album will be 100 times better.
Painful. The hits I knew from millions of plays on radio, parties, boganfests and anywhere kids like to act tough. The filler tracks were lame . Lyrics are peurile, delivery over the top.
Das war so scheisse und beschissen, ich kann nicht glauben dass das als "Kult" gilt oder so. Dem hätte schon geholfen, das als instrumental rauszubringen, aber dann würde wohl noch mehr auffallen wie flach und eintönig alles ist 2/10
Boah ne hau mir ab
Hilfe. Das geht echt gar nicht. Dieses Gekreische mit den kitschigen Texten gibt mir rr Kopfschmerzen. Hab das vorm einpennen gehört und richtig mies geschlafen.
Absolutely not. Refuse to even try it. I hate gnr and this album
One good thing about this project is that it has forced me to confirm things I’ve thought for a long time, in this case it’s that I really don’t fucking like GunzNroses. The backing music is fine I guess, but pretty repetitive. After a few songs you’ve basically heard all of their tricks and flashes. Then there is Axel Rose, who continues to amaze me at how overrated he is as a vocalist. I find it sounds like listening to a baby wailing and posturing as a tough guy who fucks.
Pitié
Rock in this form is lame. L
Dumbass American rock.
No thank you. I've heard as much of this band as I ever care to.
Awful. "Sweet Child Of Mine" is their only good song
Not a fan
Not a heavy metal fan. The only one I liked was “Sweet Child of Mine”. I felt like the first 5 just ran into each other. Couldn’t tell tell when one stopped and a new started. Too screechy for me. But great album cover for 2 days before Halloween 🎃
me niego a escuchar guns n' roses
sucks and boring and macho and a tired subject mattter and bad and bad
К пятому треку альбома становится не вывоз, голос Акселя писклявый бесит (хотя с мотли крю такого нет) Секс, наркотики и рок круто, но не так Будто грязными патлами потрясти захотелось
Unpopular opinion but this is really just not for me in any way.
Ewwwwwww
listening now, feeling extremely meh about it
This is lowest-common denominator rock. Very simple sing along-y choruses and lyrics. One cliché piled on top of another. At least Iron Maiden were smart enough to make the lyrics garbled & unintelligible. The guitar playing is good but this music was so in the rear-view mirror in 87.
I can’t believe this is on the list. G&R epitomize the cliched overblown 80s hair band. Every song sounds the same and his voice is annoying AF