Wea Greece-7599-24148 1987

condition: Sleeve:EX+ Vinyl: EX++

the sleeve shows very light creasing and minor ringwear while the vinyl  got only very few light paper scuffs and couple of thin thin line scratches per side Vinyl Looks and  Sounds great

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Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Released in 1987 (see 1987 in music), it was well received by critics and topped the American Billboard 200 chart. As of September 2008, the album has been certified diamond (plus 18x platinum) by the RIAA,[2] accumulating worldwide sales in excess of twenty-eight million as of October 2008.[3] The album still remains the fastest-selling debut album in history. [4] Appetite for Destruction is considered by many to be one of the greatest hard rock albums of the 20th century.[5][6] It was ranked 5th by Blender Magazine among the 100 Greatest American Albums of All Time

[edit]Origins

Axl Rose stated in 1988 that many of the songs featured on the album had been written while the band had been performing on the Los Angeles club circuit, and a number of songs that would be featured on later Guns N' Roses albums were considered for Appetite for Destruction, such as "Back Off Bitch," "You Could Be Mine" and "Don't Cry"[7]

While the songwriting credits are indiscriminately credited to all five band members, many of the songs began as solo tracks that individual band members wrote separate from the band, only to be completed later. These songs include "It's So Easy" (McKagan) and "Think About You" (Stradlin). "Rocket Queen" was an unfinished Slash/McKagan song that was written from their earlier band Road Crew, whereasAnything Goes, written by Hollywood Rose and included in their compilation album "The Roots of Guns N' Roses", was later re-written for Appetite.

Other songs on the album reflect the band's reaction to the debauchery of the L.A. rock and roll underground, such as "Welcome to the Jungle" (Rose wrote the lyrics while in Seattle about an incident in New York City)[8] and "Out ta Get Me", as well as their assorted female companions, reflected in the songs "Sweet Child o' Mine," "Think About You," "My Michelle," "You're Crazy," and "Rocket Queen."

[edit]Album cover

The album's original cover, based on the Robert Williams’s painting "Appetite for Destruction", depicted a robot rapist about to be punished by a metal avenger. After several music retailers refused to stock the album, they compromised and put the controversial cover art inside, replacing it with a cover depicting a cross and skulls of the five current 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. The cover was supposed to be on the 2008 re-pressing of the vinyl, though the record label replaced it with the skulls cover at the last minute. The re-pressing of the vinyl, though, is the first Guns N Roses release to have the Parental Advisory label printed on the artwork; previously, like on the CD, this was a sticker on the cellophane wrap and later (on the CD and cassette releases) on the case itself.

[edit]Achievements

• In 1989 Rolling Stone ranked Appetite for Destruction as the 20th best album of the 1980s.
• The same magazine later ranked it at sixty-one on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[9]
• In 2001, Q magazine named Appetite for Destruction as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.[10]
• In 2004, Q magazine also named Appetite for Destruction as one of the greatest Classic Rock Albums Ever. [11]
• In 2003, VH1 named Appetite for Destruction the 42nd Greatest Album of All Time.[12]

• In 2002, Pitchfork Media ranked Appetite for Destruction 59th on their Top 100 Albums of the 1980s.[13]
• It was ranked 18 in Spin magazine's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005".[14]
• Kerrang! magazine recently compiled a 100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever list of which Appetite for Destruction was ranked #1.[15]
• In 2004 the album was voted number 1 by fans in Metal Hammer magazine's greatest albums of all time list.
• Rolling Stone recently devoted their cover to the album's 20th Anniversary, July 2007.[16]
• The album was ranked 32 on Rock Hall of Fame's 'definitive 200' album list, developed by the NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers.[17]

[edit]Track listing

All songs credited to Guns N' Roses; "It's So Easy" co-credited to West Arkeen, "Anything Goes" co-credited to Chris Weber.[18]

[edit]Personnel

• Axl Rose – lead vocals, backing vocals, synthesizers,percussion
• Slash – lead and acoustic guitars
• Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals
• Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitars, backing vocals, percussion
• Steven Adler – drums

• Mike Clink – production
• Steve Thompson – mixing
• Michael Barbiero – mixing
• George Marino – mastering
• Victor Deyglio – engineering assistance
• Dave Reitzas – engineering assistance
• Micajah Ryan – engineering assistance
• Julian Stoll – engineering assistance

• Andy Udoff – engineering assistance
• Jeff Poe – engineering assistance
• Robert Williams – paintings
• Michael Hodgson – art direction, design
• Robert John – photography
• Jack Lue – photography
• Greg Freeman – photography

condition:

Sleeve: EX++ 

 Only very light creasing, not cuts , no writing, no ringwear perfect spine.

Vinyl: EX++
Visual Grading underw 120 wats lights. Very few papers scuffs.

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