Appetite For Destruction
Produced and engineered by Mike Clink
Mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero
2nd engineers: Andy Udoff, Micajah Ryan, Jeff Poe, Julian Stoll, Dave Reitzas, Victor "the fuckin' engineer"
Deyglio
Recorded at: Rumbo Studios, Take One Studio, Can Am Studio
Original cover painting: Robert Williams
Released: July 21, 1987 (USA)
Facts:
"Appetite For Destruction" reached #1 on the Billboard charts on the 23rd of July 1988.
Charted #1 for five weeks in USA.
UK chart peak #5.
GN'R were presented with the Diamond Award from the RIAA, commemorating the sales of 15 million copies of
"Appetite For Destruction" in USA on March 16th 1999.
The original cover art by Robert Williams was banned.
Greatest Guitar Album Ever - Total Guitar June 2003
Greatest Metal Album - Spin magazine July 2003
#1 on HMV, Metal Hammer and Classic Rock Poll October, 2002
#1 in the Hard Rock category in Kerrang!'s 110 Essestial Albums list, March, 2004.
#3 on MTV2's 22 Greatest CDs December, 2003
#30 on USA Today's Top 40 Albums December, 2003
#61 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums November, 2003
Includes three US Top 10 singles "Sweet Child O' Mine" (#1), "Welcome To The Jungle" (#7)
and "Paradise City" (#5).
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