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''Appetite for Destruction'' is the 1987 debut album from Los Angeles -based Hard Rock Band Guns N' Roses , which combined elements of Heavy Metal , Punk Rock , and Blues-rock . The album was a #1 American hithttp://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do and is certified 15x Platinum.http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblDiamond Worldwide sales exceed 26 million. It is the fourth best-selling debut album of all-time in the US.http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003602582 ORIGINS While the songwriting credits are indiscriminately credited to all five band members, many of the songs were solo tracks that individual band members wrote in the pre-Guns N' Roses era. These songs include "It's So Easy" and "Nightrain" ( McKagan ), "Mr. Brownstone", "Anything Goes" and "Think About You" ( Stradlin ). "Paradise City" and "Rocket Queen" were unfinished Rose / McKagan and Rose / Stradlin demos respectively that the band fleshed out in its early days. 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 " (ironically, Axl Rose wrote the lyrics while in Seattle)http://www.tv.com/entourage/welcome-to-the-jungle/episode/1036057/summary.html 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". LEGACY The album is among the best selling albums in history; at least 15 million copies were sold in the United States alone. It is also the second best-selling debut album of all time. However, one year after it was released in 1987, the album had sold only 500,000 copies. http://www.antimusic.com/ksw/03/dec.shtml COVER ART The album's original cover, based on the Robert Williams painting "Appetite for Destruction", depicted a robot rapist about to be punished by a metal avenger. After MTV refused to play any videos by the band, they compromised and put the Controversial Cover Art inside, replacing it with a cover depicting a cross and skulls of the five band members, each skull representing one member of the band:
ACHIEVEMENTS In '' magazine recently compiled a 100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever list of which ''Appetite for Destruction'' was ranked #1.http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=964 Rolling Stone recently devoted their cover to the album's 20th Anniversary, July 2007http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/15690883 TRACK LISTING PERSONNEL
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