Appetite for Destruction

For other uses, see Appetite for Destruction (disambiguation).

Appetite for Destruction
Skulls resembling the band members on an ornate cross on a black background. Above and below the cross are banners that read out the band name and album title.
CD and digital cover[a]
Studio album by
Guns N' Roses
ReleasedJuly 21, 1987 (1987-07-21)
RecordedJanuary 18 – June 23, 1987
Studio
Genre
Length53:52
LabelGeffen
ProducerMike Clink
Guns N' Roses chronology
Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide
(1986) 		Appetite for Destruction
(1987) 		Guns N' Roses
(1988)
Singles from Appetite for Destruction
  1. "It's So Easy"/"Mr. Brownstone"
    Released: June 8, 1987
  2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
    Released: September 21, 1987[3]
  3. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
    Released: June 1988
  4. "Paradise City"
    Released: January 1989
  5. "Nightrain"
    Released: July 1989
Alternative cover
An open-shirted woman leaning against a wooden fence after being raped by a robot which is about to be crushed by a dagger-toothed monster.
Original cover, which was replaced shortly after release

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. It initially received little mainstream attention, and it was not until the following year that Appetite for Destruction became a commercial success, after the band had toured and received significant airplay with the singles "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child o' Mine". The album went on to peak at number one on the US Billboard 200, and it became the seventh best-selling album of all time in the United States, as well as the best-selling debut album in the country. With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling albums worldwide.

Although critics were originally ambivalent toward the album, Appetite for Destruction has received retrospective acclaim and been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2018, it was re-released as a remastered box set to similar universal acclaim.


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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CHUCK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Blender Staff (May 2003). "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!". Blender. New York: Dennis Publishing Ltd. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 56.