Appetite for Destruction

Appetite for Destruction
CD and digital cover
Studio album by
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. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
    Released: June 3, 1988
  4. "Paradise City"
    Released: January 1989
  5. "Nightrain"
    Released: July 1989
Alternative cover
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, 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.