#GreatAlbum1980s - #GunsNRoses – Appetite for Destruction (1987). I've learned to separate utter contempt for certain artists (Morrissey, David Lee Roth, Axl Rose, etc.) from appreciation of the music they helped make. Appetite didn't reinvent rock, but it dialed back the hairspray long enough to induce a touch of grit and danger. And while I can do without hearing "Sweet Child 'o Mine" ever again, "Night Train," "Paradise City," etc. pack a wallop it would be churlish to deny.
