Article: "Guns N Roses: Ranking Their Albums From Worst To Best"

[D-GenerationX]

this is a stupid list. I mean, really? Live Era is a live album (they could include Appetite for Democracy as well), TSI is a cover album... in fact, GNR only released AFD, UYI1+2 (really hard to consider these separate albums, altough formally they are), ChiDem and Lies EP. only a stupid journalist could get an idea to make a rank off these.

But do you disagree with the slotting here?

[zombux]

no, but still, such lists make sense at bands like AC/DC, Iron Maiden or Motorhead, who release dozens of albums. at 3 of them, it's useless

[ITARocker]

1-AFD
2-UYI 1
3-CD
4-UYI 2
5-Lies
6-Spaghetti

[Wooody]

1-AFD
2-UYI 1
3-CD
4-UYI 2
5-Lies
6-Spaghetti

1-UY2
2-AFD
3-UYI
4-Lies
5-CD
6-Spaghetti

[gunslipk]

Talking about music:

1 - UYI II, CD
2 - UYI I
3 - AFD
4 - TSI
5 - Lies

[Continental_Drift]

Not a terrible ranking- though some of the commentary leaves a bit to be desired (e.g. no idea what he's talking about with "Rocket Queen", my experience most casuals still love that song- "Anything Goes" meanwhile- though kind of funky sleaze rock- probably screams 80s a LOT more I would think)- and I don't see how Live Era ends up on the list as live albums (and compilations, EP's, etc.) are generally treated very differently I believe.

That said- love 'em all- but personally- I would go with:

1. Chinese Democracy
2. Appetite For Destruction
3. Use Your Illusion II
4. Use Your Illusion I
5. GN'R Lies
6. "The Spaghetti Incident?"

[Spirit]

I was gonna write my own list, but I saw that it matched the one from the article actually.

A little unsure about where to place Live Era though.

[Thorned Rose]

The live album being included is cool, but it can't be compared to the other albums in a list. It is a selection of live cuts. So in theory it is better than either UYI or AFD right? lol

Live album is different, and you can't rank it against studio albums.

Guns N' Roses only have 4 albums really.

AFD, UYI I and II, CD

Spaghetti is covers... doesn't really count as original stuff and Lies is not a full length official thing really.

1. AFD
2. UYI I
3. UYI II
4. CD

That is how I rank them. If you counted Lies, and I guess you could make a good case to include it... it would come in at #5. To include TSI an Live Era for me... would be a "your favorite album" list and not a "worst to best". Cause in reality how could Live Era rank last in worst to best? It's basically a greatest hits/best of live album

[axlvai]

1. AFD
2. UYI 1
3. UYI 2
4. LIES
5. CD
6. TSI
7. Live Era

[HBK]

01. Chinese Democracy
02. Appetite For Destruction
03. Use Your Illusion I
04. Use Your Illusion II
05. Lies
06. Live Era
07. Greatest Hits
08. The Spaghetti Incident?

[Thorned Rose]

I know it is your opinion, but I just don't see how CD ranks #1 on anyone's list.

Why? It is easy.

The album took years and years to make. Had like tons and tons of people on it... and was pretty clabbered up.

AFD took like a month or 2? And is better I think. From a certain point of view it is nuts to think Chinese Democracy is their best album. It might be more unique or more fresh sounding today, but it took like 10+ years.

I hold that against it when ranking Gn'R albums. That is my opinion... since we all have one. 

[GNR4L]

1. AFD
2. Chinese Democracy
3. UYI I
4. UYI II
5 Live Era
6. Lies
7. Spagetti Incident

[Lord Stan]

There are only four albums and there's not much point in listing them in any particular order. All of them are very, very good

[HBK]

There are only four albums and there's not much point in listing them in any particular order. All of them are very, very good

Good Point

 

[Sosso]

1. CD
2. UYI I
3  AfD
4. UYI II
5. "TSI?"
6. Lies

[Bodhi]

It really is hard to rank these albums because I love them all in different ways.  However I can list them in the order in which I listen to them the most.

1. Live Era
2. Use Your Illusion 2
3. Use Your illusion 1
4. Chinese Democracy
5 Appetite For Destruction
6 The Spaghetti Incident
7, Lies

[//JK75]

People usually slams The Spaguetti Incident, but people don't get it is just a punk cover album, and as it is.... it's just perfect.
Personally I love the album. But I would not rank it with the other albums, because it's not fair... For me, the original GNR material will always be on top.

[adman2374]

Exactly correct. "I" is better. "II" great as well and sold more because of main stream appeal for "Knockin" cover. "Chinese Democracy" is #1, Use 1 is #2...

I would flip the UYI albums on this list.

UYI II has more of my alltime favorite songs, but UYI I is stronger top to bottom, in my opinion.

[Bodhi]

no, but still, such lists make sense at bands like AC/DC, Iron Maiden or Motorhead, who release dozens of albums. at 3 of them, it's useless

Wouldn't an AC/DC album list be something like a 17 way tie? 

[Wooody]

The spaguetti incident is awesome. I also don't understand why people don't like it.