However, plans for the release fell through, as original guitarist Tracii Guns left the band, being replaced by Slash. ![]() Guns N' Roses' first recordings were for a planned EP in March 1985, shortly after forming, with " Don't Cry", a cover of " Heartbreak Hotel", "Think About You" and "Anything Goes". In 2018, it was re-released as a remastered box set to similar acclaim. With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling albums of all time.Īlthough critics were originally ambivalent toward the album, Appetite for Destruction has received retrospective acclaim and has been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time. ![]() The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and became the seventh best-selling album of all time in the United States, as well as the best-selling debut album. 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 was released to little mainstream attention in 1987. It was released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. Original cover, which was replaced shortly after releaseĪppetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
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