Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American
hard rock band
Guns N' Roses. It was released on July 21, 1987, by
Geffen Records to massive commercial success, topping the
Billboard 200 and eventually becoming the best-selling debut album as well as the 11th
best-selling album in the United States. With approximately 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the
best-selling records ever. Although critics were ambivalent toward the album when it was first released,
Appetite for Destruction has since received retrospective acclaim and been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time.