![]() ![]() It’s a remarkable record in every respect, with a non-stop rollercoaster of hits like Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City laying the blueprint for the next decade of hard rock, and then some. We may as well start with this rock juggernaut, since its 35th anniversary was the inspiration for our list in the first place! This is one of the biggest selling debut albums of all time, and it was made by a team of mad LA miscreants who weren’t even trusted to survive the process, such were the levels of debauched hedonism in their lives at that point. Have a read, check out the vids and have a think: what would be on yours?Īppetite for Destruction - Guns ‘n’ Roses ![]() We’re going for the big game-changers, here!Īnyway, this here is our much-debated and fought-over list. To that end, we’ve opted to dismiss the likes of Texas Flood, Surfing with the Alien and Passion and Warfare because, though undoubtedly incredible, they are very niche albums that tend to appeal to a much more select ‘guitar freak’ audience than the universal love enjoyed by a band like, say, Led Zeppelin. Not an easy prospect! But we still figured we’d have a shot! Why not? We made the decision that worldwide influence was an important factor, and that such an audience be more than just fellow musicians. That got us thinking: what other albums are like that? Albums performed mainly with guitars, which have reached a massive global audience? Basically, what are the best guitar albums ever? It’s one of the massively open-ended questions that can never hope to achieve satisfying answers for everyone, especially if you limit it to ten solitary choices out of the millions that must now exist. It’s just a part of our worldwide culture now, threaded through so many other situations and mediums that we all nowadays know the album inside out, even if we’ve never chosen to consciously put it on for a listen. ![]() Guitarists love it for sure, but so do millions of non-playing music fans and everyday people who have turned to it for party tunes and driving anthems ever since. Appetite for Destruction is 35 years old today.Ĭan you believe that? The album that took edgy hard rock from the streets of North Hollywood and blasted it into the Stratosphere, G’n’R’s finest long player is still a benchmark for sweaty, attitude-filled rock. ![]()
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