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Re: GnR in Top 500 Albums list and Top 500 Songs list @ rollingstone.com
61) Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
The biggest-selling debut album of the Eighties, Appetite features a lot more than the yowl of Indiana-bred W. Axl Rose, the only thing still remaining of the original G n' R. Some of the band's assets were in fact subtle, such as drummer Steven Adler, who brought swing and disco breakdowns to the band's mighty metal. And while songs such as "Welcome to the Jungle" are all about urban pain, others, including "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Paradise City," have sweet, yearning lyrics that put the band's musical ferocity in even higher relief. "A lot of rock bands are too fucking wimpy to have any sentiment or any emotion," Rose said, "unless they're in pain."
Total album sales: 15 million
Peak chart position: 1
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ … estruction
196) Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
Written by: Guns n' Roses
Produced by: Mike Clink
Released: Aug. '87 on Geffen
Charts: 24 weeks
Top spot: No. 1In the midst of an album full of songs about cheap drugs and cheaper sex came Axl Rose's love letter to his girlfriend, Erin Everly (daughter of Don Everly). Slash has said he was just "fucking around with the intro riff, making a joke"; neither he nor the rest of the band thought much of it, but Rose knew better. Rose and Erin Everly were later married -- for all of one month.
Appears on: Appetite for Destruction (Geffen)
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ … ild_o_mine
453) Paradise City - Guns n' Roses
Written by: Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin, Slash, Steven Adler
Produced by: Mike Clink
Released: Aug. '87 on Geffen
Charts: 17 weeks
Top spot: No. 5"Paradise City" elevated Axl and Slash to rock's Mount Olympus. For nearly seven minutes, they expound on the joys of green grass, pretty girls and toxic chemicals. In a typically tasteful G n' R move, the video features footage of the band's 1988 gig at Castle Donington in the U.K. -- where two fans were crushed to death.
Appears on: Appetite for Destruction (Geffen)
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ … adise_city
467) Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n' Roses
Written by: Guns n' Roses
Produced by: Mike Clink
Released: Aug. '87 on Geffen
Charts: 17 weeks
Top spot: No. 7In which G n' R beckoned listeners into their sordid Hollywood milieu. Guns' five-year reign as the globe's biggest rock band begins here.
Appears on: Appetite for Destruction (Geffen)
