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Originally Posted by aarono2690
Appetite for Destruction is epic. Even before I became a huge fan of the band I remember listening to the album and thinking, "holy **** there's no filler here!"
Others have mentioned that "Think About You" or "Anything Goes" being the weakest link, which I agree with, but they're still pretty good songs;
Think About You is one of the best songs on the record, and one of only a couple that I don't remember ever getting burned out on hearing at some point.
Paradise City for example, I need a ten-year break from that one. The little bit of acoustic guitar mixed in with the chorus and outro always stuck out for me. Definitely the best outro. It's not as dark or angry as some of the other tracks but fits the album well. The upbeat vibe kind of gives you a break from songs about heroin and dirty LA street life.
Whatever though - the album has 12 tracks and is 54 minutes long, there's room for a couple someone doesn't care for. If you're old enough to remember, a lot of bands around that time were putting out albums that weren't even 40 minutes long. Skid Row, Bon Jovi, LA Guns, Poison, Motley Crue were all doing it. In some cases, you'd barely get a half hour. GNR Lies was like that (but really that was just an EP, sort of). Just another good thing about AFD.
Come to think of it, the Illusion records were really long too. 152 minutes between the both of them now that I look. That's four albums and change for some of those other bands I mentioned. I'm not the biggest fan of Illusion 1 or 2 but there's some good stuff on them here and there.