Appetite for Destruction

Hvis Axl Rose nu var en lige så dygtig sangskriver, som han er sanger, så ville albummet være væsentligt bedre. Det er simpelthen nogle latterlige tekster, sorry not sorry. Og ja, så kan man sige: "det er nok også meningen", "det er jo bare Guns N' Roses", "det er jo ligesom genren" - ja, præcis

2.4

Early 90s bogan rock, anyone? Although this does sound quite dated, they were the kings of the time in this type of music. Lots of Axl screaming, chunky guitars and riffs. There is some great songs on here - 'Welcome To The Jungle' still rocks, as do 'Mr Brownstone', 'Paradise City' and, of course, 'Sweet Child O' Mine'. A good nostalgia trip but not something I'd listen to all the time.

Three absolute stone cold classics hidden in a mass of sludge.

3.5
I still love sweet child o mine but honestly a bit tired of paradise city and welcome to the jungle and the rest of the album isn't quite on the level of those songs. Not bad or anything but not something I'd really chose to listen through as a whole again really

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

This album is so annoying. Apart from a couple of songs (welcome to the jungle & paradise city) it just irritates me with its fake rebellion of the status quo. Also Axl Rose has an annoying voice

I can still clearly remember hearing “Appetite for Destruction” for the first time when I was 11 or 12: that was the moment that changed my life—at least when it came to anything related to music. Guns N’ Roses sounded completely different from anything I’d heard before: complex and virtuosic, yet at the same time raw and rebellious—and in my opinion, there’s never been a combination like that, either before or since, that came anywhere close to that level. Since then, I’ve played every note of that album, and yet I still discover new details time and again. On the surface, of course, you notice Axl’s unusual voice and Slash’s solos, but it really gets interesting when you dig a little deeper: Slash impresses far more with his riffs, and the wild asynchronies with Duff’s bass create the ghost notes for a truly unique groove monster (note e.g., the different accents by bass and guitar in the "Rocket Queen" Main Riff); but in my view, what’s most underrated about this band to this day is their masterful use of harmonic complexities and key changes.
There’s a lot more that could be said on this topic, but my point is: despite their enormous commercial success, Guns N’ Roses are probably one of the most underrated bands in rock history, and it’s actually a shame that the “Use Your Illusion” albums (which explore the unique harmonic ideas far beyond what's shown here) didn’t make it onto this list.
Obviously off the scale, but I couldn’t find a way to rate it higher than five stars.

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

Much like Slippery When Wet, which I got a few days ago, Appetite For Destruction is an album that many people seem to have really mixed feelings about. Three of the songs on this album, Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O’ Mine are overplayed on most radio stations. But just because they’re overplayed doesn’t make them worse. I regularly listen to songs off of this album and I am going to give it 5 stars.

Cool for two weeks when I was 14.

Hell yea

Remember this reasonably well from the AM top 100. The three classic GNR songs off this obvs slap but there’s a bunch of other great tracks here too

Again, for the culture

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

Paradise City...Welcome to the Jungle...Sweet Child of Mine. Those are three monster tracks to have on the same album. The rest ain't half bad either.

Okkkk we got some classic rock. GNR definitely followed/updated the glam metal/rock template to a T. Probably a bit too much because they all sound the same. I think there's a reason why the two songs here are overplayed.

Yes these are some of the most overplayed songs of all time and they’re glorified cock rock, but they’re undeniably masterfully written and represent the logical culmination of 80s heavy metal. Still, I prefer Chinese Democracy. Fight me.

Having welcome to the jungle, paradise city and sweet child o’ mine on one album is crazy. Even if they’re not my thing. The rest of the album all blends into one though.

Ha. Good one, Generator.
I know what day it is.
This is an April fools joke right?

Now that's some *premium* boomer rock!! 🔥🔥
Even if my first reflex is to hate it, some songs have a secret sauce that I can't help but rock out to.......

Standouts: My Michelle • Sweet Child O' Mine • Anything Goes

Great album with classic songs