Editing Appetite for Destruction (section)

===Accolades===
* In 1989, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the album as the 27th best album of the 1980s.<ref name="stone80">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-150477/guns-n-roses-appetite-for-destruction-151268/ |title='''100 best albums of the 80's:''' 27: Guns n' Roses, 'Appetite for Destruction' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=November 16, 1989|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822113728/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-20110418/guns-n-roses-appetite-for-destruction-20110322 |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |quote=Guns n' Roses play not so much pure metal as unalloyed hard rock that listeners who cut their teeth on the Rolling Stones and the New York Dolls can appreciate.}}</ref> In 2012, it was ranked #62 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s updated list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]";<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/guns-n-roses-appetite-for-destruction-20120524 |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Guns N' Roses, 'Appetite for Destruction' : Rolling Stone |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=September 9, 2013 |archive-date=August 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817010400/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/guns-n-roses-appetite-for-destruction-20120524 |url-status=live }}</ref> it maintained that rank on the 2020 update of the list.
* In 2001, [[Q (magazine)|''Q'']] magazine listed the album as one of "The 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time".<ref name="Rock music">{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html#50%20Heaviest |title=In our Lifetime #2 |publisher=Q magazine |date=October 1, 2001 |access-date=November 20, 2007 |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511075828/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html#50%20Heaviest |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In 2004, ''Q'' named it one of "The Greatest [[Classic Rock]] Albums Ever".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q_mojo_se.htm#Classic%20Rock |title=Rocklist.net...Q & Mojo Magazine Special Editions Vol.1 |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=November 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101031000835/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q_mojo_se.htm| archive-date=October 31, 2010|url-status = usurped}}</ref> In 2006, [[Q (magazine)|''Q'']] placed the album at #10 on its list of "The 40 Best Albums of the '80s".<ref>''Q'' August 2006, Issue 241</ref>
* In 2002, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' ranked the album at #59 on their list of "The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web |author=''Pitchfork'' staff |date=November 20, 2002 |title=Top 100 Albums of the 1980s |page=5 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36736-top-100-albums-of-the-1980s/page_5 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307013518/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36736-top-100-albums-of-the-1980s/page_5}}</ref> It dropped to #86 on ''Pitchfork''{{'}}s 2018 list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web |author=''Pitchfork'' staff |date=September 10, 2018 |title= The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s |page=6 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s/?page=6 |url-status=live |access-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620170700/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s/?page=6 |archive-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref>
* In 2003, [[VH1]] named the album the 42nd "Greatest Album of All Time".<ref name="Babellist">{{cite news|url=http://babellist.xnet2.com/0101/msg00062.html |title=VH1 Ranks 100 Best Rock Albums |agency=Associated Press |date=January 4, 2001 |access-date=November 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224153007/http://babellist.xnet2.com/0101/msg00062.html |archive-date=December 24, 2007 |url-status = dead}}</ref>
* In 2004, ''[[Kerrang!]]'' ranked the album as the #1 most "essential" hard rock album.<ref name=HTGTH>{{cite web|url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=964 |title=Guns N' Roses news |publisher=Here Today Gone to Hell |date=March 4, 2004 |access-date=November 20, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071224113527/http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=964| archive-date=December 24, 2007|url-status = live}}</ref>
* In 2005, [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']] ranked the album #18 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005".<ref name="Blog">{{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/07/03/052023.php |title=Spin magazine's 100 Greatest Albums 1985–2005 |publisher=Blog Critics magazine |author=Barger, Al |date=July 3, 2005 |access-date=November 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405065609/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/07/03/052023.php |archive-date=April 5, 2009 |url-status = dead}}</ref>
* In 2006, the album was included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=February 7, 2006|publisher=Universe|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref>
* In 2007, the album was ranked #32 on the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s list of "The Definitive 200 Albums", which was developed by the [[National Association of Recording Merchandisers]] (NARM).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eil.com/features/Definitive_200.asp |title=The 200 Definitive Albums Of All Time Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2007 at EIL.COM, home of Esprit International Limited |access-date=August 13, 2015 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711101911/http://eil.com/features/Definitive_200.asp |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |df=mdy }}</ref>
* In 2011, Australian radio station Triple M listed the album #1 on their list of "The 250 Most Life Changing Albums".
* In 2012, ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' listed the album at #37 on their list of "The Best Albums of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Slant Staff|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/best-albums-of-the-1980s|magazine=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=March 5, 2012|access-date=July 8, 2014|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129125510/http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/best-albums-of-the-1980s|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2012, ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'' added the album to its Classic Albums Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Daultrey|title=Classic Albums: Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/classic-albums-guns-n-roses-appetite-for-destruction|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=July 8, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164840/http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/classic-albums-guns-n-roses-appetite-for-destruction|url-status=live}}</ref>