Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction was
rock and roll band
Guns 'n Roses' breakthrough album. Beginning with the hit "Welcome to the Jungle",
Appetite for Destruction added a new element of lower-class American sleaze to
hair metal, using influences from then-groundbreaking
thrash metal bands and classic, anthemic choruses. The album was a #1 American hit.
"Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child of Mine" are both enduring songs, highly characteristic of Guns 'n Roses and influential in the American popular music scene, as well as frequent covers.
Track Listing
- Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N Roses) - 4:32
- It's So Easy (Arkeen/Guns N Roses) - 3:21
- Nightrain (Guns N Roses) - 4:26
- Out Ta Get Me (Guns N Roses) - 4:20
- Mr. Brownstone (Guns N Roses) - 3:46
- Paradise City (Guns N Roses) - 6:45
- My Michelle (Guns N' Roses) - 3:38
- Think About You (Guns N Roses) - 3:49
- Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N Roses) - 5:54
- You're Crazy (Guns N Roses) - 3:16
- Anything Goes (Guns N Roses/Weber) - 3:25
- Rocket Queen (Guns N Roses) - 6:14
Personnel
- Robert John - Photography
- Izzy Stradlin - Guitar, Percussion, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (bckgr)
- Steven Adler - Drums
- Michael Barbiero - Mixing
- Mike Clink - Producer
- Victor Deyglio - Assistant Engineer
- Greg Freeman
- George Marino - Mastering
- Duff "Rose" McKagan - Guitar (Bass), Vocals (bckgr)
- Jeff Poe - Assistant Engineer
- Dave Reitzas - Assistant Engineer
- Axl Rose - Synthesizer, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Micajah Ryan - Assistant Engineer
- Slash - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
- Julian Stoll - Assistant Engineer
- Steve Thompson - Mixing
- Robert Williams - Paintings
- Andy Udoff - Assistant Engineer
- Jack Lue - Photography
- Michael Hodgson - Art Direction, Design
Chart positions
1988 Sweet Child O Mine The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
1988 Welcome To The Jungle The Billboard Hot 100 No. 7
1988 Sweet Child O Mine Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 7
1988 Welcome To The Jungle Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 37
1989 Nightrain The Billboard Hot 100 No. 93
1989 Paradise City The Billboard Hot 100 No. 5
1989 Nightrain Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 26
1989 Paradise City Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 14