Appetite for Destruction

by Guns n' Roses

Appetite for Destruction cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 July 1987
  • Label: Geffen
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:46
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 18 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Resurrecting the dangerous, hedonistic spirit of classic hard rock, 'Appetite for Destruction' delivers an incredibly potent mix of punk aggression and heavy metal swagger. The record pairs Axl Rose's screeching, street-level narratives of urban excess with Slash's iconic, blues-inflected guitar riffing. It stands as one of the most commercially successful and culturally defining albums of the decade, effectively burying the sanitized glam metal of its era.

Genres

Descriptors: alcohol, drugs, melodic, party, hedonism, male-vocalist, punchy, rhythmic, vulgar

Tracklist

  1. Welcome To The Jungle (4:33)
  2. It's So Easy (3:22)
  3. Nightrain (4:28)
  4. Out Ta Get Me (4:23)
  5. Mr. Brownstone (3:48)
  6. Paradise City (6:45)
  7. My Michelle (3:39)
  8. Think About You (3:51)
  9. Sweet Child O' Mine (5:56)
  10. You're Crazy (3:17)
  11. Anything Goes (3:26)
  12. Rocket Queen (6:13)

Credits

  • Guns n' Roses - primary artist, written-by, arranged by, performer
  • Teresa Ensenat - a&r [coordination]
  • Tom Zutaut - a&r [coordination]
  • Michael Hodgson - art direction, design
  • Duff McKagan - band [guns n' roses is:], bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steven Adler - band [guns n' roses is:], drums
  • Slash - band [guns n' roses is:], lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Axl Rose - band [guns n' roses is:], lead vocals [all], backing vocals, synth, percussion
  • Izzy Stradlin - band [guns n' roses is:], rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals, percussion
  • Mike Clink - engineer, producer
  • Andy Udoff - engineer [2nd]
  • David Reitzas - engineer [2nd]
  • Jeff Poe - engineer [2nd]
  • Julian Stoll - engineer [2nd]
  • Micajah Ryan - engineer [2nd]
  • Victor Deyglio - engineer [2nd]
  • Boulevard Management - management [business affairs]
  • Alan Niven - management [career affairs]
  • Stravinski Brothers - management [career affairs]
  • George Marino - mastered by [album & cassette]
  • Barry Diament - mastered by [cd]
  • Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero - mixed by
  • Robert Williams - painting [front cover]
  • Robert John - photography by [back cover photograph]
  • West Arkeen - written-by [co-written with]
  • Chris Weber - written-by [co-written with]

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