GUNS & ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION BANNED ROBOT RAPE COVER NEAR MINT

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GUNS & ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION BANNED ROBOT RAPE COVER NEAR MINT

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 to massive commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 and eventually becoming the best-selling debut album as well as the 11th best-selling album in the United States. With approximately 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling records ever. Although critics were ambivalent toward the album when it was first released, Appetite for Destruction has since received retrospective acclaim and been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time

Original Album cover

The album's original cover art, based on Robert Williams' painting "Appetite for Destruction", depicted a robotic rapist about to be punished by a metal avenger. After several music retailers refused to stock the album, the label compromised and put the controversial cover art inside, replacing it with an image depicting a cross and skulls of the five band members (designed by Billy White Jr., originally as a tattoo), each skull representing one member of the band: Izzy Stradlin, top skull; Steven Adler, left skull; Axl Rose, center skull; Duff McKagan, right skull; and Slash, bottom skull. The photographs used for the back of the album and liner notes were taken by Robert John, Marc Canter, Jack Lue, Leonard McCardie, and Greg Freeman.

The band stated the artwork is "a symbolic social statement, with the robot representing the industrial system that's raping and polluting our environment."

The original artwork originally planned for Appetite for Destruction cover banned

Studio album by Guns N' Roses Released July 21, 1987 Recorded March–April 1987 Studio Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, CA; Take One Studio, Burbank, CA; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA and Can Am Studio, Tarzana, CA Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, hair metal Length 53:51 Label Geffen

Mike Clink

Tracks

No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Welcome to the Jungle" ( listen (help·info)) Guns N' Roses 4:31 2. "It's So Easy" Guns N' Roses, West Arkeen 3:21 3. "Nightrain" Guns N' Roses 4:26 4. "Out ta Get Me" Guns N' Roses 4:20 5. "Mr. Brownstone" Guns N' Roses 3:46 6. "Paradise City" Guns N' Roses 6:46 7. "My Michelle" Guns N' Roses 3:39 8. "Think About You" Guns N' Roses 3:50 9. "Sweet Child o' Mine" Guns N' Roses 5:55 10. "You're Crazy" Guns N' Roses 3:25 11. "Anything Goes" Guns N' Roses, Chris Weber 3:25 12. "Rocket Queen" Guns N' Roses 6:13 Total length: 53:52

Personnel-Guns N' Roses

W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, percussion on "Welcome to the Jungle", synthesizer and whistle on "Paradise City", additional percussion
Slash – lead guitar, co-rhythm guitar on "Nightrain" and "Think About You", slide guitar on "Rocket Queen"
Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, co-lead guitar on "Nightrain" and "Think About You", percussion on "Paradise City", additional percussion
Duff McKagan – bass guitar, backing vocals
Steven Adler – drums

1987 lp Chart Peak
position Australian Albums Chart 7 Austrian Albums Chart 3 Canadian Albums Chart[ 7 Dutch Albums Chart 3 French Albums Chart 16 German Albums Chart 11 Irish Albums Chart 11 Italian Albums Chart 28 New Zealand Albums Chart 1 Norwegian Albums Chart 9 Swedish Albums Chart 22 Swiss Albums Chart 7 UK Albums Chart 5 US Billboard 200 1

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