Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)
Tracklist front / back album covers
'G' side
1. "Welcome to the Jungle" 4:31
2. "It's So Easy" 3:21
3. "Nightrain" 4:26
4. "Out ta Get Me" 4:20
5. "Mr. Brownstone" 3:46
6. "Paradise City" 6:46
'R' side
1. "My Michelle" 3:39
2. "Think About You" 3:50
3. "Sweet Child o' Mine" 5:55
4. "You're Crazy" 3:16
5. "Anything Goes" 3:25
6. "Rocket Queen" 6:13
Total length: 53:52
Guns N' Roses Band Members / Musicians
W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, synthesizer on "Paradise City", percussion
Slash – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, talk box, backing vocals
Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals, percussion
Duff "Rose" McKagan – bass guitar, backing vocals
Steven Adler – drums
Mike Clink – production, engineering
Steve Thompson – mixing
Michael Barbiero – mixing
George Marino – LP, cassette mastering
Barry Diament – CD mastering
Dave Reitzas – assistant engineer
Micajah Ryan – assistant engineer
Andy Udoff – assistant engineer
Jeff Poe – assistant engineer
Julian Stoll – assistant engineer
Victor Deyglio – assistant engineer
Adriana Smith – background vocals on "Rocket Queen" (uncredited)
Ted Jensen – boxed set mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
Robert Williams – "Appetite for Destruction" painting
Michael Hodgson – art direction and design
Robert John – photography
Jack Lue – photography
Greg Freeman – photography
Marc Canter – photography
Leonard McCardie – photography
Bill White Jr. – cross tattoo design
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. The album was released to little mainstream attention in 1987. It was not until the following year that Appetite for Destruction became a commercial success, after the band had toured and received significant airplay with the singles "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child o' Mine". The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and became the seventh best-selling album of all time in the United States, as well as the best-selling debut album. With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Although critics were originally ambivalent toward the album, Appetite for Destruction has received retrospective acclaim and has been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2018, it was re-released as a remastered box set to similar acclaim.
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