Top 15 Guns N' Roses Songs

It's the April Fools' joke that never was. Axl Rose, the new lead singer of AC/DC. In light of the news – or furore if you’re a Brian Johnson fan – it’s as opportune a time as any to revisit the catalogue of the controversial, world-conquering band he fronted when we were all kids (or younger adults).
Given Guns N' Roses' legacy it might seem surprising that they only released three 'proper' albums (G N' R Lies is a half-hour hodgepodge of live and acoustic tracks, The Spaghetti Incident a cash-grab, and the less said about Chinese Democracy the better), but in each they packaged in such menace and melody that it was near impossible to look away. Balladry or hard-rocking belters, it didn't matter: they were a band in complete control, and very much of their time. Appetite for Destruction was surely one of the all-time great debuts.
Axl was the consummate frontman; even devout AC/DC fans can’t dispute that. But should he be on board at AC/DC? Well, sometimes things should just be left alone.

 1. Estranged Use Your Illusion II
 2. Welcome to the Jungle Appetite for Destruction
 3. Sweet Child of Mine Appetite for Destruction

 4. Patience G N' R Lies
 5. November Rain Use Your Illusion I
 6.  Coma Use Your Illusion I
 7.  It’s So Easy Appetite for Destruction
 8.  Civil War Use Your Illusion II
 9.  Mr Brownstone Appetite for Destruction
10. Locomotive Use Your Illusion II
11. Paradise City Appetite for Destruction
12. Nightrain Appetite for Destruction
13. Knockin' on Heaven's Door Use Your Illusion II
14. My Michelle Appetite for Destruction
15. 14 Years Use Your Illusion II

Top 15 'Sweet' Songs

While not on a par with ‘love’, the word ‘sweet’ has become a saccharine lyrical constant in its own right, so much that when musicians use it – particularly in song titles – it can be hard to take them seriously.
Is she really sweet? Is life really bittersweet?
Here are 15 ‘sweet’ tracks not so mired in cliché. (Well, the U2 number is, but one guilty pleasure is surely allowed.) As always with lists, it’s subjective – although seriously, if you don’t have the same top five as me, what is wrong with you?

 1.  Sweet Thing Van Morrison
 2. My Sweet Lord George Harrison
 3. Sweet Lullaby Deep Forest
 4. Bittersweet Symphony The Verve
 5.  Sweet Child O'Mine Guns N' Roses
 6. Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
 7.  When You Were Sweet Sixteen The Fureys and Davey Arthur
 8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional / Fisk Jubilee Singers
 9. Ain't She Sweet Milton Ager and Jack Yellen
10. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone Aretha Franklin
11. Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground
13. Sweet About Me Gabriella Cilmi
14. The Sweetest Thing U2
15. Sweet Dreams Eurythmics