Appetite for Destruction

Appetite for Destruction

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A glimpse of the future, and not because of its huge influence and umpteen million sales. The poor-little-rich-boy protest "Out ta Get Me" intimates that Axl Rose's egotism and martyr complex were soon to grow bigger than his head; still, Appetite's night-train wreck of punk and metal sounds and sensibilities make it more than just an emblem of its time. Whether GN'R are dancing with Mr. Brownstone, penning a callow kiss-off letter to some chick named Michelle, or passing out on somebody else's sofa, this was and remains a savage journey to the heart of the American--or at least the Hollywood--dream. --Rickey Wright

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120 gram vinyl/original artwork. --This text refers to the LP Record edition.

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A glimpse of the future, and not because of its huge influence and umpteen million sales. The poor-little-rich-boy protest "Out ta Get Me" intimates that Axl Rose's egotism and martyr complex were soon to grow bigger than his head; still, Appetite's night-train wreck of punk and metal sounds and sensibilities make it more than just an emblem of its time. Whether GN'R are dancing with Mr. Brownstone, penning a callow kiss-off letter to some chick named Michelle, or passing out on somebody else's sofa, this was and remains a savage journey to the heart of the American--or at least the Hollywood--dream. --Rickey Wright

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120 gram vinyl/original artwork.

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Awesome!!!!!!!!!.......2007-07-25

Guns And Roses album Is the best GNRS Albums Yet!!!!!!!

Best Songs:
1 Welcome To The Jungle
2.Night Train
3 Sweet Child Of Mine!

GN'R made hard rock fashionable again in the late 80's.......2007-06-21

THE BAND: William "Axl" Rose (vocals, synth, percussion), Saul "Slash" Hudson (guitars), Izzy Stradlin - born: Jeff Isbell (guitars), Michael "Duff" McKagan (bass), Steven Adler (drums & percussion).

THE DISC: (1987) 12 tracks clocking in at approximately 53 minutes. Included with the disc is a 10-page booklet containing song titles/credits/times, song lyrics, all original album artwork, and thank you's. Recorded at Rumbo Studios (Canoga Park, CA), Take One Studios (Burbank, CA) and Can Am Studios (Tarzana, CA). Label - Geffen Records.

COMMENTS: Some good music was released by some well known bands in 1987 - Aerosmith (a nice comeback with "Permanent Vacation"), Def Leppard ("Hysteria"), Motley Crue ("Girls, Girls, Girls"), Dokken ("Back For The Attack"), and Whitesnake (self titled - featuring John Sykes), etc. But the one album that made the most impact was "Appetite For Destruction". Just another album from a glammy tattooed L.A. hair band? No chance. The music was instantly cool... fusing elements of hard rock, blues and metal into one... full of crunchy guitars, attitude, catchy hooks, and vocals like no other. GN'R's debut is the 4th highest selling album of the entire 80's decade (15+ million units sold in the U.S. alone... only behind Michael Jackson's "Thriller", AC/DC's "Back In Black", and Springsteen's "Born In The USA"); and Rolling Stone magazine currently ranks it at #61 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rose and Slash had a much publicized feud (and 20 years later are still at it)... and the band imploded in the mid 90's. A short life with one incredibly solid debut album, some odd leftovers on "GN'R Lies" (1988), two good albums in '91 with "Use Your Illusion I & II" (though had they taken the best songs from each and put them on one album - it would have rivaled "Appetite For Destruction"), and a bunch of covers on "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993). The band entered the music world with a ferocious bang, and the fizzled away without much noise. "Appetite" reminds me of one of my all-time favorite albums - Aerosmith "Rocks" (1976) - full of style, swagger, and simply great rock & roll music... destined to be a classic. The group successfully re-energised the genre in the late 80's with shameless gusto. The album gained momentum slowly - and exactly one year after its release, reached #1 on the Billboard charts. "Sweet Child O' Mine" became a #1 single and proved to be the album's selling point. "Paradise City" was the band's 2nd Top 10 hit. And after being re-released, "Welcome To The Jungle" achieved the same Top 10 status. As good as the 3 big hits here were, the rest of the album rocked on almost the same level. The 1st 9 songs are/were amazing and I put the deep album tracks right up there with the hits - "It's So Easy", "Nightrain", "Mr. Brownstone", "Think About You", and "My Michelle" are all classic GN'R tunes. Only 2 things negative regarding this album and GN'R - 1. the tail end of the album (specifically "You're Crazy", "Anything Goes" and "Rocket Queen") seemed to be a bit of a let down... I wish the album ended with a bigger bang; and 2. Axl Rose's antics on and off stage were disappointing. With that being said though, you simply can't deny the music on this album. A great debut - a classic! Very necessary in any rock library (5 stars).

Appetite for Greatness.......2007-06-11

Appetite for Destruction - by Guns N' Roses - is one of the best Rock and Roll albums to be released in the decades before and the decades that followed. It was jolt of electricity to the Rock and Roll scene. There were songs here for fans of every genre as the hit Sweet Child O' Mine and Welcome To The Jungle were crossover hits enjoyed by metal fans and pop fans alike. The impact of these songs are still felt today, as Jungle is even played at NBA basketball games, and sports radio talk shows. But the real gems on this CD are the harder rocking offerings like It's So Easy, Nightrain, and My Michelle. If I have to put together my "stranded on a desert island list" this CD easily makes the cut. My personal favorites are Think About You and Rocket Queen. There is not a weak song amongst this group. The title is appropriate as the only thing that could derail this outstanding group was its own appetite for destruction, and new faces both literally and figuatively. I did have th opportunity to catch Guns and Roses in concert (with Metallica) in Oakland, and they were excellent.

If you are looking for the definitive post 70's rock and roll album, you have found it. Tremendous... 5 strong stars! Enjoy.

wow.......2007-05-20

At the age of 60 I have discovered Guns N' Roses. I had to go and buy all the other CDs as well. It's never too late to find a really good Rock and Roll band.

The Best Rock Album Ever.......2007-05-16

Appetite for Destruction is a definitive hard rock album from a legendary band. From the opening track, Welcome to the Jungle, through other hits such as Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine, this is Guns N' Roses debut album, and the album that moved them from being homeless musicians to multi-millionaires. Get this album, you won't regret it.

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9 years old
the best album ever made
The ultimate Guns N' Roses album
ONLY THE BOOKLET IS EDITED-NOT MUSIC!
Buy the unedited album.

Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
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9 years old.......2005-12-02

im 9 and gunss n roses rock. who cares if it is explicit. i love sweet child o mon

the best album ever made.......2005-10-17

if you like rock, then this is an album u havta have. If you like music, then this is an album u havta have. If you have a pulse, then this is an album u havta have.
Basically this album should be owned by everyone who likes music and appreciates the art form. This is obviously a classic album, yet is contemporary. You know its a good album when after x amount of years, and you still wanna listen to it. I myself am a huge gnr fan. I got into the music when November Rain hit the charts (I was a preteen then...oh and I suggest you do urself a favour and get those illusion albums). Anyways, AFD is the best album ever--I still listen to it till this very day, when I go out for my jogs. If you are not familiar w/ the group, let me explain some things: the music is catchy, deep, raw, intense, violent, sweet, dance-able, all wrapped into one. each and EVERY single track is an awsome song--it's like a greatest hits album! This was their debut album (1987) and it was a shot in the arm to the stale hair bands of the 80s. Trust me, you will like it, and appreciate it for all it's worth. All the members of the group played an integral part in the making of the best album of all time, and you will thank them for that!

The ultimate Guns N' Roses album.......2005-06-01

Appetite For Destruction (1987.) Guns N' Roses' first album.

The eighties were dominated by two major camps of musicans - synth-heavy new wave acts, and heavy metal. Most of the musicians in the heavy metal camp were the glam type, who wore make up and women's clothing for reasons only god knows. But there was more to eighties metal than first meets the eye. Guns N' Roses was one of the heaviest, fastest, and most agressive hard rock/heavy metal bands of the eighties, and of all time. Formed by Axl Rose (formerly of Hollywood Rose) and Tracii Guns (formerly of L.A. Guns), the group released a live EP in 1986 that would get them the recognition they needed from a major record company - and sure enough, they got signed. The band's first full-length album, Appetite For Destruction, came the following year. This has been hailed as the group's best album, despite being their first. Are those people who hold this album in such high regard right? Read on to find out.

To put it simply, eighties heavy metal (and I'm not talkin' the glam kind) doesn't get any better than this. If you were looking for REAL hard rock in the eighties, you'll agree - Guns N' Roses is the band that delivered it. The band's debut album is, without question, their finest hour. Three massive hits from the group came from this album alone - the straight-up, agressive hard rock stylings of Welcome To The Jungle, the pop-metal piece Paradise City, and the classic Sweet Child O' Mine, which has elements of a power ballad, but is still much too heavy a song to be considered such. These three songs almost instantaneously immortalized the band. But, like eighties metal itself, there is more to this album than would meet the eye at first glance. Every song on here is unique. Though a few songs do sound similar, they all have a sound all their own. And there are plenty of underrated masterpieces to go around - My Michelle, Nightrain, and Mr. Brownstone come to mind. If this album isn't in your heavy metal collection yet, you don't have an eighties metal collection.

There's really not much I can say about the editions of this album available. There's an explicit version and an edited version, and that's all there is to say. Both are readily available, and the sound quality on the album is good enough that there is really no need for remastering. Take my advice, though - get the explicit version so you can hear the music as the band intended. After all, edited albums are crap.

Guns N' Roses' 1987 debut album proved that they were here to stay. And they would be, for a few more years anyway. Four more Guns N' Roses albums would be released in the years that followed, but not one of them would measure up to the success of Appetite. If you're new to the band, start with this album - NOT that godawful hits compilation that the record company released. This ain't no greatest hits band. No fan of heavy metal should be without this album, period.

ONLY THE BOOKLET IS EDITED-NOT MUSIC!.......2005-05-20

Just to clear up some confusion, the booklet is what is edited. The unedited version, has a cartoonish picture of a woman who has just been raped by some kind of robot monster thing. The music is not edited. Pointless idea really! Just thought this would help someone out there.....music gets 5 stars, whosever idea this was gets 0 stars.

Buy the unedited album........2005-01-02

Appetite for Destruction is arguably the best debut album of all time. The "censored" version is not very good. Most of the material is very poorly censored and although I respect the idea of censoring the music, I don't support it - because frankly kids should not be listening to Guns N' Roses, and if adults have a problem with mild language (and it is quite mild here) they just shouldn't be listening to Gn'R! Sometimes profanity filters are good (such as the one I purchased for my television for family viewing) - but editing a hard rock CD isn't a good idea since the content to begin with is pretty hardcore. I mean, the very idea of censoring "naughty words" from ROCKET QUEEN is hilarious - forget about the recorded female orgasm that plays midway through, just make sure they don't say any bad words!

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Awesome!!!!!!!!!
GN'R made hard rock fashionable again in the late 80's
Appetite for Greatness
wow
The Best Rock Album Ever

Appetite for Destruction
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Album Description

120 gram vinyl/original artwork.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome!!!!!!!!!.......2007-07-25

Guns And Roses album Is the best GNRS Albums Yet!!!!!!!

Best Songs:
1 Welcome To The Jungle
2.Night Train
3 Sweet Child Of Mine!

GN'R made hard rock fashionable again in the late 80's.......2007-06-21

Appetite for Greatness.......2007-06-11

wow.......2007-05-20

At the age of 60 I have discovered Guns N' Roses. I had to go and buy all the other CDs as well. It's never too late to find a really good Rock and Roll band.

The Best Rock Album Ever.......2007-05-16

Xzibit - Appetite For Destruction [Mixtape]

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Xzibit - Appetite For Destruction [Mixtape]
Xzibit / The Strong Arm Steady Gang , 2Pac , Devin The Dude , Young Buck , 50 Cent , Nas , Truth Hurts , Krondon , Phil Tha Agony , and Mitchy Slick
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ASIN: B000RZ05HQ

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Xzibit & The Strong Arm Steady Gang Are Back At It Again! This Limited Edition Mixtape Features Rare Cuts & Exclusive Material Found Nowhere Else, So Don't Sleep! Any Fan Of Xzibit, Or West Coast Rap In General, Needs This One In Their Collection. Bump That S#!t! [18 Tracks] ********** 01. Intro ********** 02. Grown Man Business ********** 03. Ride & Smoke ********** 04. Gangsta S*** featuring 50 Cent ********** 05. Hood Life featuring The Strong Arm Steady Gang ********** 06. Yo' Hood featuring Young Buck ********** 07. Hey Now (Mean Muggin') ********** 08. Steady Menace featuring The Strong Arm Steady Gang ********** 09. What It Is featuring Krondon ********** 10. Black Rabbit featuring Truth Hurts ********** 11. Get F***ed Up ********** 12. Muthaf***a ********** 13. 4,3,2,1 ********** 14. I Can't Believe featuring The Strong Arm Steady Gang ********** 15. Matrixxx featuring Phil Tha Agony ********** 16. U Can't Stop Me featuring The Strong Arm Steady Gang ********** 17. Some Of Them featuring Devin The Dude & Nas ********** 18. Take 'Em Out featuring 2Pac ********************

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Appetite for Destruction

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ASIN: B0002ZEUD6
Release Date: 2005-09-27

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Limited edition Japanese pressing. This is a glimpse of the future--and not because of its huge influence and umpteen million sales. The poor-little-rich-boy protest 'Out Ta Get Me' intimates that Axl Rose's egotism and martyr complex were soon to grow bigger than his head; still, Appetite's night-train wreck of punk and metal sounds and sensibilities make it more than just an emblem of its time. Whether G'N'R are dancing with 'Mr. Brownstone', penning a callow kiss-off letter to some chick named 'Michelle', or passing out on somebody else's sofa, this was and remains a savage journey to the heart of the American--or at least the Hollywood--dream. 12 total tracks. Geffen. 2005.

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The Endless Appetite
Smallpaul
Manufacturer: Unfun Records
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ASIN: B000A2GZY8
Release Date: 2005-08-16

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This is the second full length by Smallpaul which features a great Nerve Agents cover at the end. The album features original members and also help on the track March of Cataclysm by the band Judgement Day. Recording done by Steve Jeuck and mastered by Mike Keller. Artwork and layout also by Mike Keller. The track hemlock kiss goodnight leads the album out with a distant piano piece. For fans of Thrice, AFI, Death By Stereo, The Nerve Agents, Converge, Avenged Sevenfold, and Nirvana.

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The Last Great American Rock Band Ever.
+ 1/2. Good Variety and Sound, but Stop, Look, and Listen
Classic eighties hard rock never sounded better

Appetite for Destruction
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The Last Great American Rock Band Ever........2006-07-27

This is really the last and final truly great american rock band in music history, guns n roses defintely brought rock and roll to a whole new level, unlike most of the bands at the time, welcome to the jungle is a classic and everything else is all classic, axl rose can sing his a** off and the rest are the band are magnificent.

Forget nirvana and the other junk, this is the last truly great rock band ever.

+ 1/2. Good Variety and Sound, but Stop, Look, and Listen.......2006-07-14

Here is perhaps the most well-known and best-selling album in all of GNR's career. This selection contains twelve tracks with various styles, themes, and tempo; yet the background musical instrumentation and the lead singer's voice provide the indication that all of these songs belong to GNR. Each one of these tunes is performed with genuinely expressed feeling and determination, which sets the mood for that particular song.

Fast-beat and high-energy tunes are "Welcome To The Jungle", a vivid illustration of the tough life in the inner city, and which was one of the singles (in the USA) released from this album; "Nightrain", a portrait of a man depending on booze to help him experience the wild nightlife; "Out Ta Get Me", a story about a boy who is determined to avoid arrest because he is convinced that he is innocent of any wrongdoing; "My Michelle", a song presented to a girl whose father is involved with pornography and whose mother died of a drug overdose; "Think About You", a love song; "You're Crazy", in which the boy criticizes his girl for wanting to leave him; and "Anything Goes", a piece with a very explicit description of man/woman interaction. The last track on this album, "Rocket Queen", starts out fast, hot, and heavy in expression, but slows down midway through the song and becomes relatively mellow sounding, where the guy is more romantic, gentle, and understanding of his girl.

Somewhat less forceful in vocal volume and drive is "Mr. Brownstone", a story about a guy addicted to drugs; and "It's So Easy", an illustration of a young man who is quite rough with his girlfriend. In these two tracks, Axl Rose sings in a smoother, calmer voice which is in contrast to the screaming or shouting in some of the other songs.

A memorable and popular track is "Sweet Child O'Mine", a love song which sounds quite melodic, and demonstrates the singer's vocal range. Another highlight of this album is "Paradise City", which has a nostalgic feel to it; the lyrics, the melody, the harmony in the vocals, and the background music give the chorus in this piece a semi-country flavor. Both of these items were released as singles in the USA and became quite well-known on the general pop radio stations and on the music charts. They appealed to a wide audience, not just those listeners who only like hard music.

Overall, this is an excellent piece of work that shows the talent of the singer and the band. The songs are well-performed and the words are generally well-written in many of the songs. These are the strengths of this album, which probably contributed to its exceptional sales numbers and nearly classic status (in the USA, at least).

However, there are some features here that may be of concern to many listeners, or to the parents of younger listeners. First of all, some of the songs (not all of them) in the original unedited version of this album contain a "bad" word that may offend some listeners and cause them to "hate" this record and not acquire it or keep it in their possession. It certainly may motivate some parents to forbid their children from purchasing the CD, or prompt them to insist that their youngster immediately return the product to the store. In response, the record producers came out with a "clean" version of this album to please those who do not like the bad words. The other issues that bother some listeners are the reference to drug addiction or alcohol dependence (in "Mr. Brownstone" or "Nightrain", respectively), physical and verbal abuse of a woman (in "It's So Easy"), and the raw explicitness (as in "Anything Goes" or the earlier part of "Rocket Queen").

If it weren't for these issues, this album might have had even better sales and higher reputation than it already did. Then this album might have attained rankings among the super popular and well-known albums produced by some other groups. For example, some of the very explicit songs on AFD could have been reworded in a more metaphorical way, sort of like in one of the songs from an extremely popular and fast-selling album by another hard-rock band from another country. That other album made it into the top 5 selling albums of all time; and GNR's AFD album could have become equally or almost equally popular if the lyrics in a couple of their songs were more subtle. At least in the USA, many people have felt bothered by references to drugs, violence, and innuendos in songs like GNR's.

Probably, the other factor that kept this otherwise great album out of the top ranks are the reputation of the band and its members. Personal conflicts among the band members caused them to split apart, and this prevented them from continuing making albums, which could have reached high status. The lead singer and other members also had to deal with "issues" that may have led to some turmoil on and off stage. Otherwise, this band may have had a much better rating and popularity among the general listening crowd.

Overall, this album deserves about 3+1/2 stars. If detailed ratings were possible, the subject variety would get 5 stars, music quality and sound get 4 stars, but the indecency of language (in the explicit version) and behavioral conduct displayed in some of the tracks receive only one star. If it were not for those last issues, this album would have earned 4 or 5 stars.

Classic eighties hard rock never sounded better.......2004-12-21

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The Real "Rock"

Dead Man's Vitatmin
Red Halo
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Release Date: 2003-07-29

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Former Brother Cane (Birgin) singer and Virgos Merlot (Atlantic) guitarists unite to form Red Halo. Damon Johnson got the call from guitarist / songwriter, Jason Marchant and days later the band was formed. Deacon Ledbetter and Billy Wilkes complete the four piece line-up. Straight ahead rock at itâs best RED HALO.

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The Real "Rock".......2005-06-02

Former Bro' Cane frontman Damon Johnson and ex-Virgos Merlot guitarists Jason Marchant and Deacon Ledbetter combine to create a solid blend of earnest sincerity and old school rock attitude on Dead Man's Vitamin. Johnson's world-weary, yet melodic vocals are contemplative and burning on the reflective "Gun To My Head" and the quasi-psychedelic "Ballad Of The Lost." In contrast, Marchant and Leadbetter's gutbucket riffage raises the stoner anthem "Amphetamine" and the almost Motley Crue sounding "Why Fight It" to fist pumping heights not heard since the heyday of G'N'R. Think of it as 90's rock with a jolt of 80's swagger for good measure.

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Appetite for Destruction

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Release Date: 2006-10-03

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Appetite for Destruction
K.B.
Manufacturer: The Orchard
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Release Date: 2006-12-05

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