Album Rating: 5.0

Classic, there isn't a bad song on here; 3 passable ones? The radio deceives you! What'd this come out in '87? Still sounds great and I beg to differ, it's like listening to a greatest hits record and always has been.



Review ain't bad, but just because you don't like Axl's vocals don't act as if every other faucet of the music on here is just as bad without really explaining why; besides being annoying by it's success. You argue some of the music is repetitive and amateur in spots? I call it effective songwriting. That's the only fair criticism I'm reading. The reviewer doesn't like their style, image, lyrics, and massive audience they appealed to (which he should have just said out loud). To see Appetite Of Destruction held as such a classic made his panties uptight as well as the "otherwise rational music fans" he speaks of.

Album Rating: 3.5

Doesn't suck.



Was a 5/5 for me back in '88...time can be cruel, some of this (particularly on Side B) sounds like filler to me now



Everything up to and including track 7 is tight

no it sucks

Album Rating: 4.0

I've grown to appreciate this a bit more but it's still nothing overly special imo

Album Rating: 3.5

It was at the time, the fact they really were a band of filthy fucks and boasted a complete ego maniac of a frontman sold them so much more than just listening to this in the vacuum of the internet world now

Album Rating: 5.0

Absolutely Doof, I can agree with that. Times have changed, music has changed, which does play a role in how it's heard, but speaking just on the music being played; I think it holds up well for me and other fans of the genre. Then again, I'm older now and I was alive in 1987. I'm not holding any grudges here if people don't dig it as much as I did way back when and still do now; it's all good.



However, it does seem that the review was written by someone who isn't really all that much of a fan of the of music being played on Appetite Of Destruction, specifically the kind of music it is; which is where I do hold a little bias on their part because I get the sense they don't really know what they're talking about.



If you're gonna slam a record, you gotta really back up what you're saying. I don't think they did, it came off personal, no dice. The reviewer even makes it read like his personal taste in music is superior, that alone shouldn't be taken seriously. All in all, not a good review, good for a rant, but that's about it. Now I'm ranting oh lowd sorry folks!

Album Rating: 5.0

there are so many reviews on this site that are way off the mark, subjectively speaking

Album Rating: 5.0

I think it'd be cool if there was a highest rated positive review and than a highest rated negative review on the same page. So, you can kind of see where folks are coming from on both sides of the coin.

Album Rating: 5.0

basically, you're asking sputnik to evolve......forget it bro!

Album Rating: 2.0

That would be kinda cool. I dunno formatting wise though. Might be messy

Album Rating: 5.0

Just suggestions, I'm not sure how it would look formatting wise. I'm not even sure how main reviews get replaced by other ones (which kind of sucks) especially when it's an album you like. It would be cool to get the negative and positive verdict. No party will feel bad and people coming to see the reviews can really put together whether or not they want to listen/buy something.

Album Rating: 4.5

@Jeff go to the meds thread in the community part of the site and request a more well written review to be the new flagged review. They'll do it if you provide a strong enough reason if the originally flagged review is that of a staff/emritus, contributer etc; if the review you're requesting on behalf of has a much better pos to neg ratio than the flagged review then they're very likely to replace it

Album Rating: 5.0

@TVC15 Thanks bud, I'll have to check it out, but it seems awfully like a pain in the ass. I'm kinda just shootin' the shit here.

Album Rating: 5.0

lol

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm not that adamant on replacing a review. It's all good fun, I'm just saying I believe their could be a better system for readers/reviewers. I don't like the idea of picking one guy to replace one review by many reviewers and than have mods decide based on that decision.



I guess what I'm saying is I feel like it could be a community based voting system, so everyone feels involved whether or not something is negative or positive. It would be even cooler if you could get both kinds of review on one page for people to see as the featured review. No party is hurt, everyone's happy, and you get both sides; awesome, right?



I don't like Hierarchy lol!

Album Rating: 4.5

I get that but I just wanted you to be aware of that whole thing in case you weren't ;]



Also, the reviews on the side go from Staff to Contributers and after that it descends by the pos to neg ratio. So in a way I don't think it's totally necessary to have like to of the most well written or something to be simultaneously be flagged or featured because off to the side, the reader may be able to then read the next most well written negative or positive review



Also, doesn't need to be one guy requesting it. The last review I requested to become the new flagged review had two other people in there doing the same, although that was kinda more like sheer coincidence

Album Rating: 5.0

Gotcha, I was looking at main reviews for each album and thought it was just the one review people are seeing, I wasn't entirely sure how it worked outside the front page. I appreciate the info, thank you! ;-)

Album Rating: 5.0

*edit

Album Rating: 4.0

These guys are fun, but i really hate November Rain and fuck that cheesy ass solo, this album had far better Slash moments to be real.

Album Rating: 5.0

Slash is totally on fire on here for sure, actually the whole band is. Attitude, creativity, technical skills, energy - everything on here fits just perfectly. The perfect product if you ask me.