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Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 30, 2011, 1:45 pm
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 30, 2011, 1:46 pm
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[center]What is the Best Guns N' Roses Album of All Time
Circa 1987
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 30, 2011, 3:07 pm
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[center]Guns N' Roses (Appetite For Destruction) 1987
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Inner Sleeve Side A & Side B
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Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
Appetite For Destruction at #61
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My Original Review
[quote]Funny thing. I wasn't a fan of GNR when the video for
Welcome To The Jungle first dropped on the airwaves of MTV. I
was still in the throes of the glam era of metal and this was
just to hardc*re for me. Haha. I'm kidding. These guys hit me
like a ton of bricks to the face, that's still being felt to
this day. This is the greatest debut of any artist in the
history of music. You will not find a better debut with such a
lasting impact than Appetite For Destruction IMO.
Every damn song has a purpose here. There isn't a wasted 3
minutes to be found. There's really nothing I can say that
hasn't already been said about this album, other than a personal
story about it. Back in the day, one of my friends
"hardest/heaviest" groups he would listen too was.....Huey Lewis
And The News. I s hit you not. He considered them to be a hard
rock band to the fullest. Enter moi. I turned him on to
Appetite. He converted. Suddenly he was obsessed with GNR and
then moved onto Metallica and others. My job was complete.
Hahahaha.
Personal Fave songs: Welcome To The Jungle, Mr Brownstone,
Paradise City and that uber power ballad Sweet Child O'Mine.
I've been playing this album non stop since the day it came out.
Can't believe its been that long.[/quote]
My Latest Review
Appetite For Destruction. Has there ever been a more cataclysmic
debut by anyone else in the history of the record industry? I
think not. Personally I think Appetite For Destruction is the
single greatest debut ever for any band. It's very rare you find
an album that is both commercially and critically acclaimed. The
album is the best-selling debut album of all-time worldwide,
totaling 28+ million units sold. :jawdrop:
There are so many great tunes on AFD that to me it's a Greatest
Hits set. From Jungle to It's So Easy to Mr. Brownstone to
Paradise City to one of the greatest ballads of all time, Sweet
Child O' Mine. I put this right up there with Motley Crue's Home
Sweet Home. Man, I remember first time learning the opening lick
to Child and thinking I was the coolest motherf ucker on the
planet.
Fave Songs: All of 'em Co-MVP goes to Welcome To The Jungle,
Paradise City and Sweet Child O'Mine
The album cover, no matter which one you go with is heads and
shoulders above most covers out there. I definitely rank it in
the top 10 of all time. Inner Sleeve Side A (The one on the
left) was the original cover, but due to it's graphic depiction
of robot rape, the record company settled for the eventual
replacement. And even the replacement is nothing to sneeze at.
Top 10 baby!!
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Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
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Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 30, 2011, 7:22 pm
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[center]Guns N' Roses (GN'R Lies) 1988
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GN'R Lies isn't what I would call a great record by any stretch
here. But it's not bad either. Originally I picked it up for
Patience. Sure it wasn't the best GN'R song ever, but I liked it
enough to go ahead and get it. Over the years the song just
keeps getting better and better IMO. Acoustic Guns is definitely
a 180 degree turn, coming off of AFD.
This record is basically 2 EP's put together. The first 4 songs
come off of their independent released EP Live ?!*@ Like a
Suicide. The other half of the album is 4 acoustic songs that
comprise GN'R Lies.
Fave Songs: Patience, Used To Love Her, You're Crazy and One In
A Million. MVP goes to...Patience.
Album cover is meh. But props to the inner sleeve.
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Mac Date: December 30, 2011, 10:36 pm
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[quote]What is the Best Guns N' Roses Album of All Time [/quote]
The one they never made.
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 30, 2011, 10:37 pm
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The one they never made.
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 31, 2011, 9:38 am
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[center]Guns N' Roses (Use Your Illusions I) 1991
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My Original Review
[quote]How the f uck does any band follow up Appetite For
Destruction? That's a damn near impossibility. I really didn't
know what to expect from Use Your Illusion I and II at all when
I went to pick it up at Midnight when it dropped.
As for this UYI I, it was a good album, just nowhere near that
of AFD. It had its moments, but the first half of the record is
just above average. It wasn't until the 2nd half that we got
some good sh*t, namely November Rain, The Garden, Don't Damn Me,
and probably the best cut on the album, Coma.
I seem to have a love/hate relationship with this one. Sometimes
I love everything about it and other times it just seems meh. At
least the first half of it anyways.
Personally I just prefer UYI II over UYI I as it has my favorite
songs from the double CD.[/quote]
My Latest Review
The above review pretty much sums it up for me. One thing about
going to the Midnight opening for Use Your Illusion, I think
this is the only time I have ever done so for an album release.
There may have been another one or two, but I can't recall at
the moment who they were. But for this one it was pretty cool
because I went straight to Tower Records right after work and
there were tons of people already waiting in line with a couple
of news crews filming and I ended up running into a long lost
buddy (Richard) of mine who I hadn't seen in years. We ended up
talking a lot about music while waiting in line to get into the
store. We talked a lot about Ozzy Osbourne and the No More Tears
album.
As for Use Your Illusion I, the problem with it is that it's way
overproduced and that all falls on Axl's shoulders. And the mix
is another thing that did (still does) bother me regarding Izzy
Stradlin's guitars which are non-existent. Also, the overall
feel and style of this one is a drastic departure that
allienated a ton of fans. I for one have just accepted the fact
that AFD was a one in a million album and no matter how hard the
band tried, would never ever be able to equal it. So I just
accepted UYI for what it was/is. I do think that UYI I is the
ugly stepchild of the two albums. Others may disagree.
Fave Songs: Live And Die, Don't Cry, November Rain, The Garden,
Don't Damn Me and Coma. Co-MVP goes to November Rain and Coma
Album cover is meh. It's easily recognizable for sure. But they
could have put a little more thought into it. This was after all
their first full album to follow their mega hit AFD.
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 31, 2011, 1:18 pm
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[center]Guns N' Roses (Use Your Illusions II)
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My Original Review
[quote]A lot of people for some reason prefer Illusion I instead
of II. Not me, I find this one to flow better and have better
songs. It might be that II was "bloated" and that long time fans
gravitated to the other one because it was as close as it was
going to get to AFD. As for Illusion II, it was and is over
produced with epic songs that to the average listener would say
are way too long in run time: Civil War, 14 Years, Estranged.
Not to me. I love that they are longer than the normal song. I
don't want 2 minute songs. Leave that to the Ramones.
Personal faves: Civil War, Yesterdays, Knockin On Heavens Door,
Don't Cry and my all time fave for both Illusions...Estranged.
Side note: This was the first and last time I ever went to Tower
Records (or any other record store for that matter) at midnight
to get the first copies sold to the general public. It was fun.
A lot of people showed up. It was very festive, party-like
atmosphere. The local news was covering the whole thing. Need to
find VHS tape of me on the news.
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Latest Review
Use Your Illusion II was released at the same time as I. Both I
& II is basically a double album...sold separately. Where UYI I
was written before Appetite For Destruction, UYI II was written
during and after AFD.The main selling point for me to pick this
up was soley for the song You Could Be Mine. I was salivating
getting the song ever since I first heard it used in Terminator
2: Judgment Day.
As mentioned in my original review, I tend to listen to this one
more than I do the other. Sure, it's nowhere near that of AFD,
but I have accepted it for what it is. I get why both albums are
not held in high esteem because I don't hold either one up to
the level of AFD. Having said that, there are still some great
songs on here. More so than UYI I. As great as AFD is though, I
will say that Slash has some of his best solos found right here,
saving his best for Estranged. Gotta give props to Get In The
Ring. When I'm feeling pissy and need something get me going,
this one does a damn good job. If there is one song I would drop
all together it would be My World. Never have liked it and I
find it pointless.
Fave Songs: Civil War, Yesterdays, Knockin On Heavens Door,
Don't Cry, You Could Be Mine, Get In The Ring and Estranged.
<------MVP
Same opinion about Use Your Illusion I applies here.
For those that have seen Arrested Development, there's an inside
joke about both these albums that always gets me laughing
because it's pretty damn funny. Read below...
[quote]The title of the album was the focus of a joke on an
episode of the sitcom Arrested Development that aired well over
a decade after the CD's release. When magician Tony Wonder
(played by Ben Stiller) had to come up with a name for his home
video, he decided to name it Use Your Illusion II, citing that
Use Your Illusion I had already been taken, apparently unaware
of the fact that Use Your Illusion II is also the name of an
album. In the end, he used the title Use Your Allusion.
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 1, 2012, 10:34 am
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The Spaghetti Incident is a album made up entirely of cover
songs. It's the last album to feature Slash, Duff McKagan and
Matt Sorum. And it would be the last "Guns N' Roses" album till
2008. This is the least played album for me. I hardly ever play
this one. I picked it up mainly because of the music video for
Since I Don't Have You. The album is ok. Nothing great but
certainly not bad. The covers basically are punk and glam tracks
that the group grew up listening to. The one big thing about
this album is the hidden track that contained the song Look at
Your Game, Girl by Charles Manson.
Fave Songs: Since I Don't Have You, Ain't It Fun, Buick Mackane
(Big Dumb Sex) and Black Leather <----MVP
I hate the album cover. Horrible. Pfftt. But the story behind it
is so entertaining...
[quote]The title is an inside joke referring to a food fight
between Axl Rose and Steven Adler involving spaghetti. Much was
made of this food fight during Adler's resolution lawsuit with
the band in 1993, in which Adler's attorney referred to it as
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Re: Guns N' Roses - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 1, 2012, 10:38 am
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This is a Guns N' Roses album in name only. It has nothing to do
with any of the original band members. This should be called The
Axl Parson's Project if you ask me.
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The only time I ever heard Chinese Democracy in it's entirety
was during release day and MySpace was having a listening party.
At the time I thought the album was ok. It certainly didn't live
up to what I had been building up for the past 15 years. But it
wasn't a complete disaster either. I do remember liking a couple
of songs. But that was so long ago that I really don't remember
much of any of it at all. The only song that I do know really
well is Shackler's Revenge, and that's only because it's on Rock
Band 2.
I had every intention of getting the album the next day, but I
just completely forgot all about it. Most likely will never pick
this up now.
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