Product Description

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Track Listing

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr. Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11. Anything Goes
12. Rocket Queen

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #784 in Music
• Brand: GUNS N ROSES
• Published on: 1987
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.com
A glimpse of the future, and not because of its huge influence and umpteen million sales. The poor-little-rich-boy protest "Out ta Get Me" intimates that Axl Rose's egotism and martyr complex were soon to grow bigger than his head; still, Appetite's night-train wreck of punk and metal sounds and sensibilities make it more than just an emblem of its time. Whether GN'R are dancing with Mr. Brownstone, penning a callow kiss-off letter to some chick named Michelle, or passing out on somebody else's sofa, this was and remains a savage journey to the heart of the American--or at least the Hollywood--dream. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

The peak of 1980s metal
There will be little that is remembered about the 1980s LA scene 20 years from now except Guns N' Roses. This was a young band with fresh ideas and a very strong rhythm section. 'Welcome to the Jungle' 'Out ta get me' 'Sweet Child o Mine', 'Mr Brownstone' and 'Paradise City' were all instant classics. Rocket Queen becomes one on repeated listening.

The guitar soloing on this albumn is outstanding. Slash was influenced by many of the greats including Hendrix and Clapton, but ended up with his unique "double stop" guitar riffs, very reminiscent of Jimmy Page, but also with a nod to punk idol Steve Jones. Duff McKagan was more a product of the punk / alternative scene, and the bass lines reflect the same pumping energy of early punk. Izzy Stradlin is a strong songwriter, and his contribution to the bank was largely in securing the rhythm section while Slash went ballistic. In some ways his contribution to the band has been downplayed. Steven Adler was the best GNR drummer. While not as precise as Matt Sorum, on this album he played with an energy and intensity rarely felt.

Last, but not least, I turn to Axl Rose. This album tended to polarised opinion in the media given his unique voice. Given it is not necessarily the most accessable aspect of the band, I would say this is the area which would put you off if you describe your style as "adult contemporary". However, he is scarcely better than on this album.

If you knew the band the first time around, there is nothing I can now say to change your opinion. For those looking for classic rock, look no further.

Appetite for Awesome!
Far and away GnR's best album, this highlights all of what's best about the band. Not content with being hard rock or metal, they explore bluesy territory here, never forgetting the rock part. I typically listen to this album from beginning to end, not skipping a track, and that's hard to say about anything. They wrote this before they got really big, and it lacks the overproduced frills of the Use Your Illusion duet. Stripped down, but still complicated, this is what Rock music is all about. Bad attitudes, drug and alcohol use, longs lines of dumped women... and even occasional true love. For some reason, the cover art features a cross... yeah, now this is what I like about Christianity...

Rightly deemed a classic
Wow, this is the third gunners review I've written in a row and I'm starting to feel like a cheerleader for the band. Not that I'm an uncritical fan (hey, wait til I review The Spaghetti Incident and Lies) but it's just that this band put out three albums that are pretty much essential listening for anyone with a plectrum sized piece of metal in them.

This debut full length is the catalyst that sent the `most dangerous band in the world' into the stratosphere. Produced by long term producer Mike Clink and a serious machine in Geffen behind them the band have here created an album that captures the sweaty zeitgeist of the times perfectly. Every single aspect of the late 80's glam/hair metal explosion is here and amplified so it's no longer cheesy or fey, just very committed, very serious and very much in possession of a certain air of authenticity. The difference between the men and the boys so to speak.

It's hard to pick highlights from this album that treads so exquisitely that space between hard rock and metal, utilising the more communicative blues based structures of the former and marrying that to the more meaningful, somehow more unclean aspects of metal decadence and total acceptance of the seedy downside to the drink/drug/girls spiral that most other bands couldn't wait to sing the praises of. And that perhaps is why you can still put this on with less of a feeling of partaking of a guilty pleasure after all these years. Where so many other bands of the time you sort of feel like looking over your shoulder to see if anyone is seeing you put the disc into the stereo. Not naming any names of course!

As for lowlights there aren't really any. When you delve beyond the chart hits like Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle and past the more obvious pieces of metal magic like Rocket Queen and the more seedy triumphs such as My Michelle the lesser heralded numbers like Think About You and Anything Goes are still top notch tunes that would of been standout tracks on most other albums from the Sunset Strip circa 1987. Respect.

If your one of the few people on the planet who don't own this album you really need to buy it. Now. What are you doing still reading this? I said buy it! I'm not going to tell you again!