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Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
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Country: USA ISSUE
Released: 1987
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Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock
Notes: Recorded at Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, CA. Take One Studio, Burbank, CA. Can Am Studio, Tarzana, CA.
Mixed at: Media Sound, NYC.
Album originally mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC.
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Tracklisting:
G1 Welcome To The Jungle (4:31)
G2 It's So Easy (3:21)
G3 Nightrain (4:26)
G4 Out Ta Get Me (4:20)
G5 Mr. Brownstone (3:46)
G6 Paradise City (6:46)
R1 My Michelle (3:39)
R2 Think About You (3:50)
R3 Sweet Child O' Mine (5:55)
R4 You're Crazy (3:25)
R5 Anything Goes (3:25)
R6 Rocket Queen (6:13)
In 1987, Guns N' Roses exploded onto the national scene with "Appetite for Destruction." It was their first and best album.
"It's So Easy" shows the heart of the band: Axl's interplay with Slash and Izzy Straldlin. "Night Train" is another exploration of the sex, drug, and alcohol-fueled world of an L.A. club band at the time that Guns was coming up. "Out Ta Get Me" is the first glimpse of Axl's paranoia and self-absorption, which would ultimately lead to the band's downfall.
"Think About You" is one of the most under-rated Guns songs. It's a sweet ballad about first love, but set to a hard-rock beat. Not a power-ballad, but a great song that never got the acclaim it deserved. "You're Crazy" shows the band's punk influences. "Anything Goes" is a straight rocker about a mutually self-destructive relationship. The record ends with "Rocket Queen," one of their best, and least appreciated. Slash and Izzy's guitar greatness are on display here probably better than anywhere else in the album. "Rocket Queen" also shows Axl's vocal and song writing talent. It starts as a rocker about a virile young stud (probably Axl) and an older woman. But after the famous interlude, (if you don't know what I mean, find out for yourself,) the song switches gears seamlessly, to a mellow ballad about friendship and love through tough times. It's a truly amazing song.
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
On the first track, "Welcome to the Jungle," Slash's beginning riffs and Axl's eerie howl set the stage for the rest of the songs. "Jungle" is a no-holds-barred look at the dark, drug-infested world beneath the glitz-and-glamour exterior of Los Angeles.
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
Guns N' Roses performing Paradise City live at The Ritz New York 1988. Probably GN'Rs best concert.
"Paradise City" begins in (and the choruses return to) a Southern-Rock style, but is mostly the blues-and-punk-flavored hard rock that made them famous.
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
"Sweet Child O' Mine" is another love song set to a rock beat, and showcases Slash's unique talents as a guitarist probably better than any other song on the record.
Guns N' Roses - My Michelle
"My Michelle" is the darkest song Guns N' Roses ever produced. It's the semi-true story of a girl trying to grow up in L.A. without any support from her family, and then falling prey to the demons of wanton sex and drugs.
Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone
"Mr. Brownstone" is a song about (surprise!) heroin, and with the lyrics "the show usually starts around 7. We go on stage around 9," it would prove prophetic about the chaotic nature of Guns N' Roses and their live concerts.
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