Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (265 Viewers)

[Dan Lambskin]

Karina Rykman comes to mind too but she’s less good at doing both at the same time

 

[Idiot Boxer]

This thread is really helping me move up the Highest Reaction score ranks:

I've moved up to 5th place all time.

Watch out @Henry Ford; @Ilov80s, @krista4 and @rockaction - I'm gunning for you guys. Sorry @Eephus for blowing by you.

Sad that lost all of the counts for laugh reactions when those were deleted during the period when we were not allowed to laugh.

I saved all of my funny lines until they brought them back.

Well...we're waiting...

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Karina Rykman comes to mind too but she’s less good at doing both at the same time

Gonna try to see her on Sept. 3. She's playing a free show in a park near my house.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

This thread is really helping me move up the Highest Reaction score ranks:

I've moved up to 5th place all time.

Watch out @Henry Ford; @Ilov80s, @krista4 and @rockaction - I'm gunning for you guys. Sorry @Eephus for blowing by you.

Sad that lost all of the counts for laugh reactions when those were deleted during the period when we were not allowed to laugh.

I saved all of my funny lines until they brought them back.

Well...we're waiting...

My humor isn’t for everyone.

 

[Ghost Rider]

26. Moving Pictures – Rush (630 points)

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@Yo Mama #9
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Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981, by Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with longtime co-producer Terry Brown. They continued to write songs with a more radio-friendly sound, featuring tighter and shorter song structures compared to their earlier albums.

Moving Pictures received a positive reception from contemporary and retrospective music critics and became an instant commercial success, reaching number one in Canada and number three in both the United States and the United Kingdom. It remains Rush's highest-selling album in the United States, with five million copies sold.

Ah yes, Rush's most classic album. Not many better album sides in history as good as Side 1 here, and Side 2 is pretty damn great as well. There are times I almost take this album for granted due to hearing it so many times, but it's held up as their masterpiece for a reason. It's a great blend of where they had been (progressive rock) and where they were about to go in a bigger way (synth rock). They are not for everyone (I saw the band 12 times and I would say the crowds were always probably 95% male lol), but for the dedicated, they are difficult to top.

 

[Eephus]

Cosmopolitan Eephus and metalhead Lambskin agree on one thing: hatred of Rush. I love how this board brings people together.

It's 99.9% schtick. I was a prog fan as a teenager.

I'm too old to hate on musicians. I save my actual hate for The Politics Forum.

 

[Eephus]

I applaud your efforts. My basic response for turtle drafter is asking if he's ok, do you need one of us to call 911 for you?

It's all fun and games until somebody in the league dies IRL

 

[Ghost Rider]

Is that it for Rush? Asking for a friend.

I sure hope so

Cosmopolitan Eephus and metalhead Lambskin agree on one thing: hatred of Rush. I love how this board brings people together.

To be fair it’s more that I hate Geddy Lees vocals. I actually wanted to go see Primus do A Farewell To Kings a few years back but couldn’t convince anyone else go go

Also think they’re very talented and influential so i respect them just don’t care for them as an overall package

I first got into classic rock when I was 16/17, and Rush was a tough nut for me to crack. I always thought Tom Sawyer was awesome, but I had trouble with everything else I heard simply because of Geddy Lee's voice, so when someone says they do not like them because of that, I think back to 16-year old me and I get it. Fortunately for me, I had several friends who were diehard Rush fans and they played them enough to where I came to really like Geddy's voice* and they finally broke through.

*although some of his 70s wailing has not aged super well for me.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)


@Idiot Boxer #2
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@Nick Vermeil #37
@Rand al Thor #44
@rockaction #46
@Scoresman #48
@Mister CIA #49
@Atomic Punk #57
@turnjose7 #58
@Val Rannous #68

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. The album was recorded from the 18th of January to the 23rd of June in 1987, and was produced by Mike Clink. 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.

 

[UncleZen]

Dolly's cover of "Shine" is still one of my all-time favorites.

Now I understand why Dolly is in the Rock n Roll HOF.

 

[Zeppelin]

26. Moving Pictures – Rush (630 points)

@higgins #2
@jwb #4
@Val Rannous #6
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #8
@Yo Mama #9
@Ghost Rider #9
@Rand al Thor #15
@Dwayne_Castro #20
Jeb #29
@Mt. Man #31
@Pip's Invitation #46
@Mrs. Rannous #59
@New Binky the Doormat #60
@Dr. Octopus #67
@Tau837 #70


Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981, by Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with longtime co-producer Terry Brown. They continued to write songs with a more radio-friendly sound, featuring tighter and shorter song structures compared to their earlier albums.

Moving Pictures received a positive reception from contemporary and retrospective music critics and became an instant commercial success, reaching number one in Canada and number three in both the United States and the United Kingdom. It remains Rush's highest-selling album in the United States, with five million copies sold.

Such an incredible album start to finish.

It doesn’t get more loaded than side one with Tom Sawyer - Red Barchetta - YYZ - Limelight. Then side two doesn’t let up with the proggier Camera Eye - Witch Hunt - Vital Signs.

There was a long stretch of time this would have been my favorite overall album.

I love Red Barchetta...a top 5 song for me.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)


@Idiot Boxer #2
@Dan Lambskin #4
@MAC_32 #8
@titusbramble #15
@Tau837 #18
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@ConstruxBoy #27
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@Nick Vermeil #37
@Rand al Thor #44
@rockaction #46
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@Mister CIA #49
@Atomic Punk #57
@turnjose7 #58
@Val Rannous #68

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. The album was recorded from the 18th of January to the 23rd of June in 1987, and was produced by Mike Clink. 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.

These guys could have been the Zeppelin of their generation if Axl wasn't a loon.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

That's 3 debuts compared to our 5.5 o/u

Still one lock remaining. Going to be close.

 

[Eephus]

24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)

This was on my provisional list for a long time but I figured it would be fine without my help

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Open to suggestions for the GNR song for the playlist.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I figured this album was coming. Rose's voice has always been very hit or miss for me; it totally works in Welcome to the Jungle and Rocket Queen, but I feel like it prevents Paradise City from being great. Hot take alert, I know.

Don't get me wrong, it's an album with some really good songs, even several great ones, but just not consistent enough for me to call it great. That's just me. Many feel differently, and that's all Kool and the Gang.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out was a double A side in the UK. In the US, We Can Work It Out was the A side and Day Tripper was the B side. Probably because of the drug references in the latter. Of course, the Beatles were so big that many DJs played both sides of their singles anyway.

I still have this Capitol Records orange/yellow 45 - it was the first music purchase of my life at age 8. I bought it at the local McCrory's (like a Woolworth - lol, that help any of you younger people??)

It's in my keepsake box in the garage. It was played on my Roy Rogers logoed record player. And I had received "The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits" album the previous Christmas a couple months before.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Open to suggestions for the GNR song for the playlist.

As a lukwarm fan of the band at best, I feel like it has to be Welcome to the Jungle. That intro alone is a monster.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)


@Idiot Boxer #2
@Dan Lambskin #4
@MAC_32 #8
@titusbramble #15
@Tau837 #18
@Pip's Invitation #21
@ConstruxBoy #27
@BrutalPenguin #29
@Dr. Octopus #31
@Nick Vermeil #37
@Rand al Thor #44
@rockaction #46
@Scoresman #48
@Mister CIA #49
@Atomic Punk #57
@turnjose7 #58
@Val Rannous #68

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. The album was recorded from the 18th of January to the 23rd of June in 1987, and was produced by Mike Clink. 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.

By the mid-80s, it seemed like everything released by a major label was overproduced and wussified. That worked fine in certain genres, but not hard rock/metal. So no wonder there was no major push by the music industry to make Appetite a big hit right away. It went against everything that the marketers had decided was popular. Its success came gradually and for the most part organically, as it tapped into sounds that a lot of people out there felt were missing in mainstream rock. This album hits you in the face repeatedly and makes you ask for more.

My favorite track is Mr. Brownstone, which, in a rarity for this genre, is as funky as it is ***-kicking.

 

[titusbramble]

Open to suggestions for the GNR song for the playlist.

Not Sweet Child Of Mine

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Karina Rykman comes to mind too but she’s less good at doing both at the same time

Gonna try to see her on Sept. 3. She's playing a free show in a park near my house.

Saw her open for My Morning Jacket. She can play but just seemed like not enough vocals. Not complaining about extended jams just even her standard stuff. Not sure if she doesn’t isn’t good at writing songs or too much for her to play and sing?

Feel like she could use a co-singer or something and switch it up within a song or alternate songs

Just my 2 cents

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out was a double A side in the UK. In the US, We Can Work It Out was the A side and Day Tripper was the B side. Probably because of the drug references in the latter. Of course, the Beatles were so big that many DJs played both sides of their singles anyway.

I still have this Capitol Records orange/yellow 45 - it was the first music purchase of my life at age 8. I bought it at the local McCrory's (like a Woolworth - lol, that help any of you younger people??)

It's in my keepsake box in the garage. It was played on my Roy Rogers logoed record player. And I had received "The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits" album the previous Christmas a couple months before.

I remember Woolworths

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

The best cocaine-and-cognac album of the 70s

approves.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)


@Idiot Boxer #2
@Dan Lambskin #4
@MAC_32 #8
@titusbramble #15
@Tau837 #18
@Pip's Invitation #21
@ConstruxBoy #27
@BrutalPenguin #29
@Dr. Octopus #31
@Nick Vermeil #37
@Rand al Thor #44
@rockaction #46
@Scoresman #48
@Mister CIA #49
@Atomic Punk #57
@turnjose7 #58
@Val Rannous #68

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. The album was recorded from the 18th of January to the 23rd of June in 1987, and was produced by Mike Clink. 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.

These guys could have been the Zeppelin of their generation if Axl wasn't a loon.

Or the Stones, even. Especially given the Exile-like palette of songs they released subsequently.

I saw them open for Aerosmith in the summer of 1988. During "Knocking on Heaven's Door" (yes, it was in their live set even then), someone rushed the stage, grabbed Axl's hat and dove back into the crowd. Most people would shrug it off and keep going. Axl stopped the show and started bellowing "GIVE ME BACK MY F@CKING HAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". I knew right there that this guy was too volatile to keep a band together. Soon after, I told one of my friends that eventually GNR was gonna be Axl and whatever random people he could cobble together that could stand him for a moment. And that's basically what happened.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)

My favorite track is Mr. Brownstone, which, in a rarity for this genre, is as funky as it is ***-kicking.

Definitely in my top 3 for consideration.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Rocket Queen or My Michelle but I’d be good with just about anything

Lover these guys so much as a kid I had a cat named Axl

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out was a double A side in the UK. In the US, We Can Work It Out was the A side and Day Tripper was the B side. Probably because of the drug references in the latter. Of course, the Beatles were so big that many DJs played both sides of their singles anyway.

I still have this Capitol Records orange/yellow 45 - it was the first music purchase of my life at age 8. I bought it at the local McCrory's (like a Woolworth - lol, that help any of you younger people??)

It's in my keepsake box in the garage. It was played on my Roy Rogers logoed record player. And I had received "The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits" album the previous Christmas a couple months before.

It sounds like you might be related to my older sister. She used to spend all her baby sitting money on 45s she bought at our local Woolworths. But she sadly never bought that Chipmunks album.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Guessing my other gnr album isn’t making it

 

[KarmaPolice]

And wikkid didn’t hate Orr I don’t think. Maybe it depended on the day, but I remember him saying Orr would brood because Orr thought Orr was good-looking, could sing and play and Ric would get a lot of attention and it made him jealous. Or so said wikkid, who my autocorrect keeps changing to Willis.

There is likely something to this. Their voices are very similar, and due to MTV and his fairly unique/quirky look, it's easy to think Ric was the singer for everything.

Yeah for a long time, I had a hard time distinguishing Ric and Ben's voices, even though they're actually very different. The difference became much more noticeable on their subsequent albums.

I had no idea that the Cars had a second singer until the video for "Drive" came out.

I didn't know they had a second singer until today.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Guessing my other gnr album isn’t making it

You better not be thinking Spaghetti Incident!

 

[KarmaPolice]

This placement for The Cars makes the draft a success for me. I've campaigned since middle school to anyone who will listen about how great this album is. I remember in MS/HS people thought I was kind of joking because anything 80s at that point had a bit of a stink on it- too cheesy for those cool 90s kids.

User Name checks out

For once.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

224 (tie). Abraxas – Santana (118 points)

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@Pip's Invitation #50
@Mister CIA #62

Abraxas is the second studio album by American Latin rock band Santana. It was released on September 23, 1970, by Columbia Records and became the band's first album to top the Billboard 200 in the United States. In 2020, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 334 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"

@Atomic Punk It's your call for a track to go on the playlist. There are no wrong answers as far as I'm concerned.

@Atomic Punk FYI there's still nothing from this on the playlist.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Open to suggestions for the GNR song for the playlist.

NOT Paradise City.

 

[Ilov80s]

This placement for The Cars makes the draft a success for me. I've campaigned since middle school to anyone who will listen about how great this album is. I remember in MS/HS people thought I was kind of joking because anything 80s at that point had a bit of a stink on it- too cheesy for those cool 90s kids.

User Name checks out

For once.

Technically it’s a 70s album though lol. I didn’t know that at the time. The Cars=80s in my mind.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Guessing my other gnr album isn’t making it

You better not be thinking Spaghetti Incident!

I can see why you’d hate it though

 

[ConstruxBoy]

24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)


@Idiot Boxer #2
@Dan Lambskin #4
@MAC_32 #8
@titusbramble #15
@Tau837 #18
@Pip's Invitation #21
@ConstruxBoy #27
@BrutalPenguin #29
@Dr. Octopus #31
@Nick Vermeil #37
@Rand al Thor #44
@rockaction #46
@Scoresman #48
@Mister CIA #49
@Atomic Punk #57
@turnjose7 #58
@Val Rannous #68

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. The album was recorded from the 18th of January to the 23rd of June in 1987, and was produced by Mike Clink. 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.

Absolute. ****ing. Banger.
Would vote for Mr Brownstone.

 

[KarmaPolice]

This placement for The Cars makes the draft a success for me. I've campaigned since middle school to anyone who will listen about how great this album is. I remember in MS/HS people thought I was kind of joking because anything 80s at that point had a bit of a stink on it- too cheesy for those cool 90s kids.

User Name checks out

For once.

Technically it’s a 70s album though lol. I didn’t know that at the time. The Cars=80s in my mind.

Touche.

 

[simey]

I still have this Capitol Records orange/yellow 45 - it was the first music purchase of my life at age 8. I bought it at the local McCrory's (like a Woolworth - lol, that help any of you younger people??)

It's in my keepsake box in the garage. It was played on my Roy Rogers logoed record player. And I had received "The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits" album the previous Christmas a couple months before.

Oh man, I haven't thought about McCrory's in decades. I used to ride my bike to the one here and load up on that gum called Razzles, and get a Zagnut or Chick-O-Stix. Sometimes I'd buy a poster. I remember the iconic Farrah Fawcett poster being in the poster thing you'd flip through to look at them.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Guessing my other gnr album isn’t making it

You better not be thinking Spaghetti Incident!

I can see why you’d hate it though

Link

 

[KarmaPolice]

24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)


@Idiot Boxer #2
@Dan Lambskin #4
@MAC_32 #8
@titusbramble #15
@Tau837 #18
@Pip's Invitation #21
@ConstruxBoy #27
@BrutalPenguin #29
@Dr. Octopus #31
@Nick Vermeil #37
@Rand al Thor #44
@rockaction #46
@Scoresman #48
@Mister CIA #49
@Atomic Punk #57
@turnjose7 #58
@Val Rannous #68

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. The album was recorded from the 18th of January to the 23rd of June in 1987, and was produced by Mike Clink. 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.

Absolute. ****ing. Banger.
Would vote for Mr Brownstone.

My favorites are the 1-2 punch of My Michelle and Think About You.

 

[zamboni]

224 (tie). Abraxas – Santana (118 points)

@Atomic Punk #29
@Snoopy @48
@Chaos34 #48
@Pip's Invitation #50
@Mister CIA #62

Abraxas is the second studio album by American Latin rock band Santana. It was released on September 23, 1970, by Columbia Records and became the band's first album to top the Billboard 200 in the United States. In 2020, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 334 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"

@Atomic Punk It's your call for a track to go on the playlist. There are no wrong answers as far as I'm concerned.

@Atomic Punk FYI there's still nothing from this on the playlist.

He says “Hope You’re Feeling Better”. /cyranodebergerac