Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses — album cover
№ 70 of 100

Appetite for Destruction

Guns N' Roses · 1987 · Rock

Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses (1987), № 70 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. Mike Clink at Rumbo Recorders with five drunks who barely played their instruments. The single most muscular rock debut ever pressed.

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