The Spaghetti Incident?

Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

As punk albums go, The Spaghetti Incident? lacks righteous anger and rage. As Guns N' Roses albums go, it's a complete delight, returning to the ferocious, hard-rocking days of Appetite for Destruction. The Gunners play Stooges and New York Dolls songs exactly as they do Nazareth -- as straight-ahead, driving riff-rockers. After the epic Use Your Illusions, the band sounds like it's having fun, not caring about making "art" like "November Rain" or "Estranged." Unfortunately, the tacked-on Charles Manson song leaves a bad aftertaste, but not because of the song itself; the inclusion of the song seems like a publicity-seeking stunt, a way to increase their sales while trying to regain their street credibility. And as The Spaghetti Incident? proves, they didn't need to stoop so low.

Tracks

				Title	Composer	Time
		1		Since I Don't Have You	Martin, Rock	4:19
		2		New Rose	James	2:38
		3		Down on the Farm	Garrett, Gibbs, Harper	3:28
		4		Human Being	Johansen, Thunders	6:48
		5		Raw Power	Pop, Williamson	3:11
		6		Ain't It Fun	Chrome, Laughner	5:05
		7		Buick Makane (Big Dumb Sex)	Bolan, Cornell	2:39
		8		Hair of the Dog	Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet	3:54
		9		Attitude	Danzig	1:27
		10		Black Leather	Jones	4:08
		11		You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory	Thunders	3:35
		12		I Don't Care About You	Ving	2:17
		13		[Untitled Track]		2:34

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