Best Album of the 1980s -- Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Associated Content ^ | March 13, 2009 | Loran Montgomery

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

The Unforgettable Fire was better. The Joshua Tree was good, but it was also the album that convinced U2 that they were “important”... which was a fatal blow to their ability to make decent music.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Best metal album ever... there is no close second.

[CalvaryJohn]

Add my vote for Joshua Tree.

[Northern Yankee]

Anytime my friend.

I remember when I first heard it back in the sixties. I thought for sure it was Dylan.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

But some of the best albums of 80’s come from THE REPLACEMENTS.

There's two of them.

[Darren McCarty]

AC/DC - Back in Black

[gimme1ibertee]

Yeah,that was a pretty good album..I just never could stand that damn nasal whining of Axl,but Slash was excellent(He’s doing more low-key stuff now;he did an instrumental called “Obsession Confession” awhile back...if you like smooth jazz,you’d like it).I do like me some good guitar! (I also like KC & the Sunshine Band,although their music came a little earlier!LOL)

[rollo tomasi]

I prefer Kill'em All, sounded raw, new and still had Mustaine's influence. A drunk but through the years eventually grew up and still kept Hetfield’s and Ulrich's vision. Hetfield and Ulrich are the two biggest hypocrites in rock history.

[got_moab?]

I think Appetite took so long to “catch on” because it was never meant to be a multi-platinum selling commercial success which is the main reason it holds up extremely well more than 20 years after it's release (this is also why I love the Replacements). Go back and look at what was commercially viable during the mid to late 80’s, that's why the album didn't catch on for awhile.

[cowboyway]

Faith No More - The Real Thing

Epic

[Flycatcher]

If you have a taste for the artsy, the best avant-garde rock album of the 80s was 1981s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne.

Hugely pioneering.

[philsfan24]

bleach is such a good album... everyone always talks about nevermind but you are correct- bleach is the best. classic grunge before it became pop.

[gimme1ibertee]

OOOOOhhhh.....Acey-Deecey!!! Yeah! STILL listen to em!! I picked up the DVD of their "No Bull" tour...pretty good stuff!
Man...if I had one-tenth of the energy of that little scrawny guitar player Angus Young....there'd be more leisure time and less homework! LOLOL

[PzLdr]

My only problem with G’n’R was that they took GREAT 3-4 minute songs...and kept going for what seemed like forever [almost Inna Gadda Davida territory]. But they had really talented musicians [Slash comes to mind], a great front man [Axel], and they looked like a rock band.

[caver]

“Best Album of the 1980s”

Anything from Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[TexasM1A]

Master of Puppets.
Hands down the best from the 80’s. Closely followed by Orgasmatron and Rock-n-Roll by Motorhead.

(At least in my circle)...

[TexasM1A]

True, but most in the field of “entertainment” are hypocrites..

[Darkwolf377]

While I agree that GNR’s appearance killed the hair bands, I don’t think that’s such an impressive accomplishment. GNR was a quality band, I’ve just never cared for it.

While my friends were in metal bands I didn’t care for that music and still don’t. It’s like a movie filled with nothing but special effects scenes. I prefer substance as well as style.

I think U2 made the most impressive and lasting music of the 80’s.

[tacticalogic]

My vote goes to Gerry Rafferty's City to City

[Mediocrates]

off the beaten track
taken for a ride
hand up a sleeve
Bites the hand that feeds

These are all cliches. This example just reinforces my negative opinion of AR.

I am checking out Velvet Revolver, though.