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: #760 in Music
• Released on: 1999-03-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 53 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
This is 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

CD Description
Debut album by succesful LA rock act who were formed by AxlRose and Izzy Stradlin. The UK top 10 singles 'Paradise City' and 'Sweet Child O' Mine' are included.

Customer Reviews

The best
I'd give this album twenty stars if I could, it's that important to me.

With the ubiquity of music TV these days, it's actually quite hard to remember that heavy metal was hard to get a hold of in the late 80s. Pop and dance ruled the airwaves, you only had TOTP, The Chart Show and The Tube (I hadn't heard of Later, or The Old Grey Whistle Test; was but a nipper in those days). I hadn't even heard of MTV - that was an American thing. But one day a music shop opened in my little hometown, which showed MTV, and that's where I first heard and saw "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O' Mine". A real epiphany; nothing was the same for me ever again, after getting in in 1988 for my 9th birthday. (The only real comparison has been hearing The Beatles' 67-70 album, and "Smell Like Teen Spirit"). I'm 27 now and have never ever tired of it.

GN'R might have lived the life, but musically they knew exactly what they were doing; they knew their musical history, and had a breadth of taste which "Appetite" only hinted at. Their forebears were, as they well knew, were Aerosmith, so much so that they explored Aerosmith's own influences, so that they are far more than 'Smith ripoffs, even on their first album.

GN'R were melded together in the deperate struggle for recognition and success that was the LA rock scene. Then dominated by Motley Crue and lesser bands like WASP and Ratt, GN'R came along and blew them away. Where Motley Crue had acheived success by having a crossover appeal (covering "Helter Skelter", a Beatles song, even on their heaviest album, "Shout At The Devil"), GN'R did it by tapping into an older, heavier tradition. They weren't pop-rock, they were hard-rock - much more visceral, with punk-rock's attitude, rock music's musicanship and with a live show of extraordinary magnetism.

"Appetite" is their purest statement. "Paradise City" is a metaphor for their ambition to be the biggest band in the world - "Take me down to the paradise city". "Sweet Child O' Mine" might have been their crossover moment, but rather than being a schmaltzy soft-rock anthem (as Poison etc had managed), it's a yearning, tender opener which modulates to a storming finale, with I think the most hair-raising guitar solo eve recorded. "It's So Easy" is the ultimate expression of young-man arrogance and testosterone, with Axl singing at the bottom of his range and the riff exploding out at you like a Molotov Cocktail of belligerent intent. "Nightrain", a song about a cheap tonic wine (like Buckfast) tells you about their days - "Said I'm a mean machine, been drinking gasoline and honey you can make my motor hum". "Rocket Queen" is a superb closer, starting with a brilliantly sleazy riff (and supposedly verite sounds in the middle), but ending on a storming, rousing, optimistic closer.

Axl sings brilliantly throughout, Slash's solos are magnificent, Duff's bass sounds much better than on "Use Your Illusion" - but the songs are never dominated by one band-member as they are on UYI. It's always a coherent, band album. It's the greatest metal album I know, and I've been into metal ever since I got this album.

The best debut album in the history of ROCK
This is one album I nver get tired of listening to. All the songs kick some serious ass. Kerrang had its top 100 rock albums of all time, and this was #1. the grand daddy of all the hard rock albums. The only album which comes near to it is back in black. Every song is a rock masterpiece. go and buy it now.

In effect the best of Guns N Roses
This for me is the very best album i own and i would advise anyone to get it. There simply isnt a bad song. Its badass rock n roll at its bestkiller riffs from slash N Axls awesome vocals shine and the quality of the material is fantastic. This and lies for me is the best of GNR with this being the best they have ever done. Axls ego hadnt yet kicked into overdrive spliting original members apart leading to the monstrousoty in 2002 and they were not yet falling apart due to excess but reveling in it. They sticked to what they were good at rather than trying pure crap like My World in the illusions. There is NO filler and every song is 9+ for me. The best songs would have to be Mr Brownstone, Paradise city, Sweet Child and Night Train yet the albumns throughout high quality could allow any to be your favourite depending on taste. If you love music youll love this album.