- Record Label: Geffen
- Release Date: Jun 29, 2018
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Jul 5, 2018Thirty years later and Appetite For Destruction still packs a visceral thrill; a combination of real attitude and proper songcraft that very few bands, if any, have ever combined so perfectly.
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Jun 29, 2018Although nothing here may eclipse the original Appetite for Destruction, everything added to this deluxe edition enhances the album, offering proof of Guns N' Roses's immense skill while also illustrating how the band captured lighting in a bottle on their debut.
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Kerrang!Jun 25, 2018This remastered package in all its various formats is worth buying for the absolute bonanza of extra stuff include wit it. ... At the cene of it all still sit 12 of the most charged, arrogant, piss-and-vinegar songs ever written, perfectly captured, and played by a gang of reprobates genuinely out to take on the entire world. [23 Jun 2108, p.54]
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UncutJul 19, 2018Thirty years later, these songs have lost neither their grandeur nor their menace. A wealth of live tracks, rarities and covers. [Sep 2018, p.47]
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Jun 25, 2018It's hard to argue with this gloriously detailed reveal of a a band leaving the underground and taking flight, one bloody controversy at a time. [Summer 2018, p.96]
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Jun 25, 2018As with everything Guns N' Roses from the period, it's not so much all access as it is all excess. And that's exactly what you want from a reissue like this. It'll bring you to your sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-knees.
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Jun 25, 2018Its hours of bonus content do offer a fresh perspective on one of the last great rock albums of the pre-alternative era. That material--including a handful of B-sides, previously unreleased demos, and most of the 1988 EP G N' R Lies (more on that later)--is the set's chief selling point.
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MojoJun 25, 2018It's a record full of fabulous intros. [Aug 2018, p.100]
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Q MagazineJun 25, 2018Moral and financial considerations aside, this stands a monument to success and excess. [Summer 2018, p.118]
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Jun 25, 2018It’s both beefier--practically punching you in the face in places--and more nuanced, the vocal harmonies, for instance (in many ways, GNR’s secret weapon--you don’t notice they’re there, until you do), coming into their own. Amping up its already formidable power, the new mix never loses the sense that this was the work of a bunch of scrappy upstarts, while reminding you just how well-constructed Appetite really was. That’s underscored by the bonus material.
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Positive: 44 out of 59
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Negative: 10 out of 59
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Jul 5, 2018The best Rock album of all time! The remix give shine to all of these classics. The two early versions of November Rain are simply magnificent...
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Jul 6, 2018
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Sep 8, 2021This is a brilliant record. Sweet Child o' Mine, Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle are rock classics.