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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This Album Will Satisfy Any Appetite, May 27, 2001
Epic and essential. Guns and Roses' first major label release, "Appetite for Destruction" was released in 1987, and quickly became one of the best selling albums ever-something like 25 million copies sold worldwide. This album is very hard rock, and for it to have become such a commercial success, you have to trust that the album sales are an accurate reflection of its quality. Axl's characteristic screeching voice, and very deft lyric writing, coupled with one of the greatest guitarists, Slash, of the late 21st century, make this an extremely well-composed and energetic album. "Welcome to the Jungle," "Sweet Child of Mine," and "Paradise City" absolutely tore up the charts when they were released as singles; standing alone, they would make this one of the top 20 rock albums ever, but they merely scratch the surface of tremendous musical creativity and power. "Rocket Queen" is one of the very best songs the band ever wrote. It has a very solid, bass heavy introduction, with lyrics wreaking of a ... depravity, before segueing into the second part of the song, perhaps one of the finest ballads the band has written. Other standouts include "Mr. Brownstone," with Axl assuming a detached vocal inflection only to be eaten up by his heroin addiction by the song's end; "My Michelle" is a heart-racing, fast paced journey through the life of a young girl (apparently a "true" story), and "Think About You," a well-crafted ballad that was perhaps a little too fast for a radio release. This album is worth every penny. In a way, it is also a piece of history-a definitive album for the time when hair bands ruled the earth. One cannot understate its importance…if any band has the capability to bring rock and roll back to the forefront of modern music, it is Guns and Roses.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good, hard rock, great album by a great band., April 23, 1999
By A Customer
Listening to this album reminds me that some people can actually still play their instruments. The trully inspired guitar playing of Slash drives this album, if you haven't heard him play you really should (he was voted greatest guitarist in the world several times). Axl Rose is one of the greatest front men of the last twenty years, and his vocal range shows in this album. "It's so Easy" is a good example of this. This is trully one of the bets rock and roll albums ever, definetly worth 5 stars. The hit singles, "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Welcome to the Jungle", and "Paradise City" are all excellent songs and can be found on this album. "Night Train", "My Michelle", and "Rocket Queen" are also worth looking into.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great music, although it has less intensity than th original, June 24, 1999
By A Customer
When the editors take out certain words from a song, it takes away from the intensity of the song.The writer put those words in there for a reason.The song still has great music,though with less intensity. If I were you I would buy the un-edited version.
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