Reviews (page 12 of 14)
Why on earth did I sell this album 20 years ago! Guilty pleasure ;)
Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. AC/DC is a band where any one song is good, but the songs are similar enough to each other that I'm burnt out by a full album. That did happen on this album, but it wasn't so bad. 3/5
ACDC is iconic but they all sound the same to me.
Great in small doses for me. Classic blues rock, it's upbeat and hard not to tap your foot along to this album. Vocals and repetitivity could be grating but doesn't overstay its welcome.
That one song they are doing over and over again does sound pretty good.
Good
I really like ACDC in small doses, but given the relative sameness of their songs a full album gets to be a bit much. 3/5
Well, I'm in two minds about this one. It's got the iconic title track. But *Back In Black* is obviously the better album out of the two, and I personally don't see the point of including *more* than one AC/DC album in a list of 1001 essential records. Yes, I know those two LPs don't have the same singer (rest in peace, Bon Scott). But AC/DC sounds like such a well-trodden formula by now, with a band that never ever deviated from it, that I feel that room should be given for other sorts of styles and genres... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 857 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 78 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 36 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 30
It's AC/DC so props for being them. Most songs sound kind of the same.
7/10/22
classic alert
One of the AC/DC top albums. Rock n Roll and Rock on! Old love for this one
There’s a formula they stick to, for sure! Loved “Love Hungry Man.” Pretty sure the last vocal on the album is the lead singer hurling.
It’s a great album but all AC DC albums sound the same without or without Bon no disrespect
The title track slaps and then the rest just kind of happens, bit of a shame really Some great guitar solos though
I should like AC/DC more than I do. They just bleed rock'n'roll. I have a ton of respect for them, especially the Bon Scott era. If I'm being honest though this album is enjoyable, but nothing I ever really want to play by choice. The same could be said for much of their discography.
Iconic !
HIGHWAY TO HELL - Vad ska man säga? Klassiker. Bon Scotts är något jag verkligen gillar med AC/DC. GIRLS GOT RYTHM - Här rullar man typ på med samma riff genom hela låten. Lite tråkigt. Texten behandlar att kvinnor har "rytm" asså svängande bakdelar. Imponerande. WALK ALL OVER YOU - Helt okej låt. Mixar med tempo vilket gör låten intressant. TOUCH TOO MUCH - Får lite Def Leppard vibbar i refrängen med de höga stämmorna. Man märker att det närmar sig 80-tal. BEATING AROUND THE BUSH - Nice riff och med breaks i versen. Bra ös. SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES - Helt okej. Men de ösar på bra. GET IT HOT - Den här känns som en låt man spelar i bilen med öppna fönsterrutor. Gillar groovet. IF YOU WANT BLOOD (YOU'VE GOT IT) -Typiskt intro för AC/DC. Enkel men slagkraftig. Det går hem. LOVE HUNGRY MAN - En tonart de inte spelar oftast i. INTRESSANT! Ackord som de inte brukar köra vilket får låten att sticka ut. Enkel refräng men ja kommer komma ihåg denna låt ett bra tag framöver. NIGHT PROWLER - Längsta låten på plattan. Bluesig i 6/8 komp. Tung och go att lyssna på. En av de bästa på plattan.
Should probably listen again properly
Not massively exciting but admirable use of the word "Rock" to allude to anything and everything sexual. Prefer early ZZ Top for a more bluesy rock
Creo que no es su mejor disco pero si tiene su mejor canción "Highway to Hell" o por lo menos la más conocida. Interesante e imprescindible pero con una nota media.
I really thought I'd already listened to an AC/DC album on this list but no, it's on my backlog after Happy Mondays, Richard Hawley, and whatever's new next week. Anyway, as far as this album goes. Highway to Hell is a cracker of a song but the rest of the album is pretty mediocre. Being Australian I do have a soft spot for them but it's still not quite a 4 for me.
Interesting here that no matter whether they give 1 or 5 stars, each review says more or less the same thing. And I agree with all of them
Wonderfully, powerfully stupid.
3/5 good but not enough
Not as brash as I remember AC/DC being - bit my kind of music generally but I enjoyed.
There’s a reason why the title track is the one that is widely remembered. They never struck me as an album kind of band, more a live act with a few killer new songs every album or two. Their set list is just epic, but the track lists on albums feel like there’s a bit of filler.
Simple recipe well executed.
26th April 2022 Listened while working in the front room all day. City Real champs league semi final in the evening. Such a fun band, highway to hell the obvious famous track. The album beats along with incessant rhythm but can be a bit one note.
stompy moshy songs, suits being heard live or covered
Qué difícil encontrar dos canciones distintas en esta banda.
Got about halfway through. Not my cup of tea
Prob their best album. Some jams. Not my favorite but understand the appeal.
Title track still rocks. So far the rest is fun, but a bit...derivative. Sounds basically like every other AC/DC song. If You Want Blood is cool too.
Not really my flavor of Rock. Favorite Track: Shot Down in Flames
hit and miss really. over-rated
Good fun, don't know if I'd come back to it that much
3.5
This album gives me major flashbacks to middle school when I was a "my generation doesn't appreciate music" kid. And it is a good album that is certainly formative to the Hard Rock sound. That being said it is fairly consistent in sound throughout and the only really memorable track is Highway to Hell.
Anything that isn’t on Back in Black is refreshing to hear.
Best Song: Beating Around The Bush. Has that slightly rawer feel that benefits the intended vibe. Worst Song: Walk All Over You. The backing vocals come off really weak here. Overall: Obviously the title track commands a lot of the respect here. Many of the lesser known tracks even lose a bit of the AC/DC edge and feel like they verge into hair metal (Touch Too Much sounds like it could be a Def Leppard song). Also, has to be one of the worst album covers of all time. It looks like its taken from the perspective of a young woman who just asked if she could join her high school's D&D group.
Gat ekki hlustað til enda. Of mikið ac/dc. Sigrún varð brjáluð.
Fun but got boring
I love the fact that some of my favorite baseball closers of all time have used some of these tracks. I’m not a huge AC/DC fan, but I thought this album was decent. I’d definitely low key listen to it on the subway bopping my head or on full blast cruising to a game at spring training in Florida with the top down!
Fun rock album, nothing beyond the title song stood out to me. Enjoyable but not revelatory
It’s AC/DC. Never awful. Never amazing
Good rock album. Probably my second favorite ac/dc album. It’s consistent with its rock tone throughout. Doesn’t let up much but also doesn’t vary. Starts strong but not many other songs are as popular as the title theme. 6.5/10
Maybe not as good as Back in Black, but it's a good 'un.
When I was a kid I remember this band being among the full-on satanic abominations, especially this album cover looking like a horrific glance into perdition. Devil’s children and such. Later I was able to chill out and appreciate the catchy writing and solid rock and roll. I don’t know much of the history of the AC/DC discography, but my impression is this record is not their most remarkable. A stand out track for me though is ‘If You Want Blood’ which also has a phenomenal cover by GWAR. We salute you!
Classic bone head Acca Dacca rock
Starts strong ends strong. Weak middle. Not as good as back in black.
6/10
I have a mate named Malcom Young. He called his son Angus. That is so Hard Rock Aussie right there. Oh and Bon Scott left his underwear in my mum's shower. Good times.
Listenin' easy Lovin' the rock Seems I've heard some of these before Aussie classic Lots of riffs Takin' everythin' in my stride Don't need reason Don't need rhyme Are some things that I'd rather do Goin' down Party time Fun when I'm in the mood
Cool
honestly, i was never a huge fan of AC/DC, but i get the appeal. by my recollection of 1979, this would've fit right in. feels like a solid representation of the time, like a lot of other albums on this list.
it says AC/DC, so thats exactly what you get. can't really complain, they do being AC/DC very well and its a tried and tested thing. i can take the odd track here and there, but a whole album is a bit much for me. love the schoolboy thing because i don't understand it. i don't want to know the reason because i like it as a weird surrealist gesture from an otherwise run of the mill looking rock band.
I suppose some aspects of it are very good. I'm just never really going to be into something that is just so 'rock'. Although I love several sub genres, all out, blue jeans - black t shirt- rock like this just doesn't do anything for me. It's just alright.
Not as good as ACxDC. Are ACxDC on this list? They better had be. Some Anti-Christ Demoncore to warm your cockles. Took Bort Ainsworth to see ACxDC once, I don't think he enjoyed it. Probably would have preferred AC/DC.
Hahaha as a kid I thought they were satanists. I thought this album was probably very scary and that these dudes were seriously dangerous. Then I grow up and realize these album covers and the satan vibe were pretty much stoking the flames of all the uptight assholes who thought all rock n roll was devil's music. Hahaha. Anyway. AC/DC seems like the most likely band of this time to actually have some satanistic tendencies, but that's okay because this is a pretty great album. Songs with dumb names like 'Beating Around the Bush'... I mean... Dumb and scary, just like rock should be?
This used to be my favourite Acca Dacca album but has slipped in recent years. Why? For all its craft, it sounds like the band with the handbrake on. If it's possible to say so, this is a polite AC/DC record, and I don't want a polite AC/DC record.
AC/DC is usually considered as over-rated, but they may also be under-appreciated. It is simply rock-n-roll. You can hear their influence in some of the garage-band revivalist like JET. They are worth another open-minded listen.
This is classic rock 3+
Oof, okay. So AC/DC aren't *terrible*, they have a degree of self-awareness that other big dumb rock bands like Metallica and Aerosmith are completely lacking. Their riffs and grooves were simple and effective for what they were, but I'm not going to pretend to like them. I made a comparison a few months back that AC/DC were to rock what Lil' Jon was to hip-hop, and I stand by that. I can drunkenly shout along to both if I'm in the right headspace. But I'm going to apply the same metric to AC/DC that I did to Green Day: If we give influential albums credit for the good music that was inspired by them, we have to also apply the blame when they inspire absolute garbage, and AC/DC has inspired some of the most garbage. Alongside Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and a few others, they deserve a lot of blame for the universally terrible hair metal genre to follow them in the 80s. This is probably going to place this album in the low 3's for me. We'll see, I haven't listened to it in like a decade outside of the singles that I'm forced to hear literally every day on the butt rock radio station at work.
Back when I was 13 and discovering classic rock for the first time, sure, this album kicked some ass. It's never been my favorite album by them, nor is it even my favorite from the Bon Scott era. It's an album loaded with power and insanity, as usual by the very talented Young brothers, but its nothing with flavor or variety. Anybody who's listened to at least 5 songs by AC/DC can tell you almost all their songs sound the same, and beyond the guitar solos, there is nothing complex about their compositions. Night Prowler is the closest we get to something that sounds slightly different than the other songs, with it's ominous tone and swing-like rhythm, but ultimately it sort of course corrects into that signature, crunchy sound AC/DC is known for. Highway to Hell will always be the anthem that millions will associate with hard rock, you can't deny the legacy of that song, nor this album. For the impact it had on the hard rock/metal genre, especially coming out of the 70's, and for the fun this record gives, I won't say it's bad. But I find it insanely overrated against other albums of the year: Overkill by Motorhead, Van Halen II, Evolution by Journey, Dynasty by KISS, Candy-O by The Cars, or Pinky Floyd's The Wall. Favorite Song: Girls Got Rhythm Least Favorite: Touch Too Much
An AC/DC rock classic
Not my cup of tea but the boys know how to play
I know this is very good, and there are some songs I really like. But, as a millennial growing up in the 90s watching truck commercials backed by AC/DC tracks, this music sounds like a midlife crisis.
Ehhhhh I’ve always thought they were a little overrated. You’ve heard one AC/DC song you’ve heard them all. This album has pretty much 10 of the exact same song. 2.5/5
standard acdc album
If You want blood saves the album
18/08/2021 - 30/11/2021 Gli AC/DC non necessitano di alcuna introduzione, essendo una delle band più famose e amate di quell'enorme nicchia del rock che tanto piace ai padri stempiati con un'Harley Davidson in garage, ma nonostante l'enorme fama che li precede questo è il loro primo lavoro che mi trovo ad ascoltare per intero. Di questa band ho sempre sopportato (e apprezzato, fin quando ero un metallaro tredicenne che schifava qualsiasi nota prodotta da un sintetizzatore) le apparizioni radiofoniche e riconosciuto, già dai primi di innumerevoli ascolti forzati delle loro hit, la palese ripetitività nell'output artistico - fatta eccezione per "Thunderstruck" che, oltre a essere la sigla della F1 su Sky e essere dunque automaticamente associata a ricordi positivi, qualcosa di diverso dalle altre tracce oggettivamente ce l'ha. Ho approcciato questo disco sperando che le opinioni che avevo abbozzato sul conto degli AC/DC fossero frettolose e superficiali, auspicandomi che anche io, dopo qualche ascolto di un loro lavoro più strutturato, li avrei ammessi all'interno del mio personalissimo olimpo delle grandi band, come sembrano fare molti dei loro ascoltatori - purtroppo così non è stato, anzi. "Highway to Hell", emerge dalle note storiografiche, è tanto un lavoro della band - l'ultimo con Bon Scott al suo interno - quanto del produttore che li ha accompagnati durante la registrazione dell'LP, che ha cercato di spremere il meglio dalle poche capacità artistiche che questi (ormai ex) ragazzi avevano ai tempi, riuscendoci secondo quelli che erano i dichiarati intenti "minimalisti" di entrambe le parti. C'è sicuramente da far notare un abuso, a mio avviso, del termine "minimalismo" da parte di chi lo ha utilizzato per descrivere il processo di creazione di questo album: in questa occasione, con esso, si va a nobilitare quello che è evidente semplicismo nei tratti musicali e lirici. Le 10 canzoni che compongono il disco sono riconducibili quasi tutte alla stessa struttura (che chiunque abbia ascoltato almeno 2 canzoni degli AC/DC conosce sicuramente) sia sul lato lirico che su quello musicale: l'unica virtù in ciò risiede nel fatto che gli AC/DC, navigando in piena comfort zone per tutta la durata del disco, dimostrano di conoscere i loro evidenti limiti e di non voler giocare al di sopra delle proprie possibilità - questa si chiama maturità. La scelta di non variare troppo il prodotto potrebbe suggerire, a mio avviso, anche una precisa conoscenza della propria target audience - e questa invece si chiama furbizia. Per quanto riguarda i testi, emerge un dato interessante: 8 canzoni su 10 sono dedicate al sesso e a tutto ciò, bello o brutto, che gli gira intorno. Purtroppo "Highway To Hell" non è un concept album, quindi questo dato a me fa un po' storcere il naso. Meno quantificabile rispetto al dato sulle liriche, ma comunque significativo, è quello che emerge sulle composizioni: non è difficile notare che lo stesso giro di batteria si ripete, più o meno spedito, per grossa parte dell'album, affiancato dalla continua proposizione di soli 2 riff per canzone, uno per le strofe e uno per i ritornelli - eccetto in "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" dove le carte vengono mescolate nell'ultimo chorus con ottimi risultati. A livello di produzione, il sound è pulito e pare ben bilanciato; non essendo un grande esperto di questi temi, mi limito a questa considerazione sicuramente banale. Di questo album l'unica cosa che mi ha sorpreso è stata la capacità di anticipare il futuro in ben 2 occasioni: in "Highway To Hell" è (coscientemente?) descritta l'autostrada verso l'inferno che Bon Scott percorrerà pochi mesi dopo l'uscita di questo disco, mentre in "Night Prowler" è anticipato quanto Richard Ramirez, sfegatato fan degli AC/DC e in particolare di suddetta canzone, farà negli anni successivi alle sue vittime, con prevedibili risvolti mediatici sull'innocente band. La vita che imita l'arte? Direi proprio di sì. Per quanto riguarda il resto delle canzoni, eccetto per "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" - potente, tagliente, precisa e leggermente diversa dalle altre tracce per quanto descritto sopra - e per "Night Prowler" - dal ritmo lento che accompagna alla perfezione lo srotolamento delle perversioni nelle liriche - tutto scorre senza lasciarmi nulla, per quanto mi riguarda. Riesco tuttavia a intravedere l'appeal che alcune di queste canzoni avrebbero se suonate in un grande stadio davanti a un grande pubblico, che è un noto punto di forza del disco e degli AC/DC in generale. Intuisco che questo disco ha influenzato altri lavori, non solo dell'epoca, ma non essendo l'hard rock uno dei generi a me più congeniali (come già ribadito in altre recensioni), faccio fatica ad indicare con precisione chi possa aver preso spunto da questo LP per i suoi prodotti. Posso però affermare con certezza che chiunque abbia preso in mano una chitarra elettrica si sia trovato, volente o nolente, a suonare qualcosa di questo disco o in generale degli AC/DC per cominciare a muovere i primi passi con lo strumento, sognando di essere uno di loro. Concludo approfittando del nome della band per astrarre questo disco ad un circuito elettrico: di AC, alternato, disturbato e disturbante, in questo disco c'è davvero poco e infatti, se non per brevissimi tratti, nessun condensatore si è caricato e nessun diodo si è messo a lampeggiare nella mia testa, accoppiata al circuito per mezzo delle cuffie. Quasi tutto è DC, continuo, statico e uguale nel tempo, e recita la frase "questi siamo noi, questi sono i nostri limiti, questo è quello che sappiamo fare, divertitevi o andate a fanculo" - e a me mi sa che tocca la seconda opzione.
I feel like classic rock radio has ruined AC/DC for me. I'm very aware of all of the songs that get played on the radio, and while they're "fine" and I have no problem with them, they never really made me want to seek out their albums. It's fine, good, sexually-charged rockin'. Favorite tracks: "Girl's Got Rhythm", "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"
so angus young's voice is iconic and awesome and bon scott can shred, but man is the song structure ever basic. it seems like they maybe wrote 3 unique songs for this album and then like changed up the lyrics and tempo slightly of highway to hell 6 times and called it an lp. despite all that it still rocks hard.
Solid AC/DC album. Not my favorite (Powerage and Back in Black take the crown, but it's even beat by Dirty Deeds). Of course there's the complaint that the songs tend to sound the same. The power chords rock with ongoing riffs which draws in the audience with spotlighted solos. It's AC/DC in their prime but doesn't offer much beyond the title track.
I thought maybe I'd like AC/DC better when I wasn't listening to the A-sides over FM radio. Not really. Lyrics like a 19 year old with a thesaurus just read penthouse letters.
It's technically well made and decent, I guess, but the songs get a little repetitive, and I don't love this sub-genre of "hard rock about girls" enough to enjoy it all the way through. Title track is still fire!
Didn't sound bad. Didn't sound particularly interesting either though.
5/10 ik dacht dat ik het leuker zou vinden tbh
Thought I would enjoy this more. Is good. Prefer back in black
Classic
Nope! Great album but I’m just not an ac/dc fan.
Very boring, every song is the same. I'm a bit disappointed even if I was not expecting much
I literally rolled my eyes when I saw it was another AC/DC album
Some classic rock n roll right there. Pretty middle of the road. Worth a revisit
3.5 | Casi para repetir todo lo que mencionaba con Motorhead. Mucho rock, mucha energía y mucho movimiento. Quizá lo único es que incluso entre discos de AC/DC este, como proyecto completo, no se me hace el mejor. Entiendo que es muy emblemático y que haya sido el último disco de Bon Scott y me gusta bastante y lo puedo apreciar. Pero siendo honesto conmigo mismo, aun cuando todas las canciones de AC/DC son como una misma canción, aquí no están las que siento son las mejores. Para mí no hay duda que Back In Black es un disco bastante superior en casi todos los aspectos. Este sigue siendo un disco muy agradable y cumplidor pero por ejemplo si quitamos el sencillo gigantesco no podía nombrar ninguna de las canciones de memoria y, ahora después de escucharlo dos veces, sigo sin tener ninguna que me haya saltado o llamado la atención como para recordarla y registrarla. Entiendo que sea importante disco pero en mi gusto personal no es mi máximo de AC/DC fuera de Highway to Hell y lo emblemática que es (desafortunadamente no es calificación para el sencillo sino para todo el disco).
Instant classic. Enjoyed the first 3/4 of the album. Started becoming repetitive soon after
Classic rock, classic tunes. More than a bit overplayed at this point, but there's a reason for that. I don't get all jazzed up like some for AC/DC but I get why they do.
Ya know, it's fine. I like ACDC. Every album has some great songs. For me though, there's no need to go beyond the greatest hits.
I feel like AC/DC is very polarizing, either you have affection for them and the fact that every song is basically the exact same, or you despise them. Highway to Hell is on this one, so I gotta give it points.
Good album. Rocking tunes. Nothing too innovative but they have their sound
Title track, what else can I say.
ruggigt nära en fyra. men några låtar som var lite för dåliga.
Better than I hoped for. Especially Touch Too Much!
I don't know. I know they're a good band, but when you've listened to one AC/DC album you've listened to them all.
Meh. I don't like AC/DC. I find them boring and repetitive. I don't ever listen to their songs unless someone else puts them on or they happen to be on the radio, which I rarely bother with. Mediocre, didn't even bother listening as I've heard it before.
AC/DC are a band I would potentially enjoy if they weren't shoved down my throat throughout my childhood. "Oh, you like rock music? Here's some AC/DC." Beginner guitar lessons? "Here are some Malcolm Young riffs to learn." Intermediate guitar lessons? "Here are some Angus Young riffs to learn." Band practice? "Let's start with some AC/DC songs." Listening to this album is like exposure therapy in reverse. I've heard way too much AC/DC in my life compared to how much I actually enjoy their music. Any further listens just make me dislike it more and more. I know this entire text is the furthest thing from reasonable criticism, but it is what it is.
this honestly mostly sounds the same to me. Misogynistic lyrics with similar screeching vocals and heavy guitar riffs. the song highway to hell is the only departure from this theme
I'm stuck on this one. I almost don't want to review it because I feel like I might be being too harsh. Anywho: I'm giving it a 2/5 but I think it's closer to a 5/10, based on the critiria of whether or not this should be on a list of albums you should hear before you die. I think the songs are very one dimensional. I think that the brand of hard rock this is flavored with is very close to that 80s hair metal that you would've found on the sunset strip. I think that the title track carries a lot of weight on this otherwise horny album. The vocals are just not appealing to me. I think if you have Back in Black on this list, you gotta get rid of this. If I ever get Back in Black, I'll be reducing this to a 1. I can appreciate the hard rock elements, but was AC/DC trailblazing in '79 as they are presented to have been doing simply by being included on this list?
Pretty tedious honestly. Same topics and same riffs as every other guitar-centric rock band of the era. Nothing that particularly grabbed my attention.
Really didn’t get into much besides the title track. I think this band is best enjoyed in clips at sports arenas or in passing at parties.
Little bit repetitive, not my kind of thing sorry😔 like they all sound the same
eba mais 10 músicas iguais as outras do ultimo album que passou. a diferença eh apenas o vocal, que eh bem parecido ainda. enfim. acho que ac/dc eh uma banda muito água de salsicha. hard rock mais xoxo que esse, impossível.
I am biased-I hate Angus’ voice. They are a talented group with tight audio mixing but I can’t get over the voice.
Tedious scream rock
When I was in seventh grade, I had many classmates who were very into AC/DC, Van Halen, Def Leppard ... etc. And while I thought some singles by the first two of those bands in particular were fun in a dumb way, the idea that you would listen to whole albums by any of them seemed ... untenable. The ensuing 40+ years have done little to change that take.
respect, but not for me
Good album. It's AC/DC, not a big surprise if you have heard them before. Would recommend to anyone who's never heard them.
Each AC/DC song is equivalent of drinking 2 pints. Title track (pints 1 and 2) i was in a great mood. By the end of track 3 (pint 6) I’d had my fill. That was a fun session but I’m ready to call it a night. Track 4… literally called ‘touch too much’. Appropriately named. Track 10. Aka Pint 20. Nobody needs this. We’re in stomach pump territory.
I couldn’t make it through. It’s the vocals. Wow! Yow! Woooooo. It’s got this quality I don’t like that I associate with hard rock or power rock, or whatever you want to call it. Sometimes I can give those types of vocals a pass (T-Rex), but it didn’t do it for me here.
:( - title track sucks - some more interesting stuff in the middle of the album - TONS of boring guitar/vocals back and forth. The riffs nor the vocals are good enough to make this structure interesting - Walk All Over You and Touch Too Much are probably the highlights - cannot believe the audacity to have a 6-minute song in here Not unlistenable, but I doubt I’ll ever play it front to back again
Meh.
Just not into them
not for me
- So, Rudd tried to get his personal assistant/security guard and their daughter murdered. Yeah, not going to listen to music from someone who tries to murder people. - The songs are forgettable and nothing really catches my interest. Some okay guitar riffs, I guess, but it's all very expected. It all just feels flat and like the vocals are way in the back, which makes it feel muffled. Everything kind of feels like it's behind a blanket of fog. - The lyrics are on the purile and/or sexist side (when you can understand them).
I’m getting bored of albums on this list where there’s one good recognisable song and all the deep cuts are garbage
I really don't like this band.
This is pretty boring stuff isn't it? No real oompf behind the riffs.
Cheesy as shit. First three songs are enough for me. Drumming is alright though
On the plus side, this album has a good energetic feel to it. On the minus side, it's all a bit samey, the lyrics are pretty crass, and the whole thing is a bit cliched.
All ten songs sound exactly like *Highway to Hell*.
Meh. It’s like one 42-minute long song.
A lot of these hard rock bands have their one iconic song on an album, which they put first, and then just a long series of diminishing returns, as they do similar, but less good songs. This is a cracking example. No-one can deny that the title track absolutely slaps, but for the rest of it you're left with a singer who sounds like he's really straining to reach any semblance of melody, guitars that basically do the same tricks and flicks over and over again, and very little of interest. I think this is quite a step down from Back in Black to be honest.
Gets really fucking old after a while. It’s fun initially but after a while all the songs just start to blend together. Title track is pretty good though, that’s why it’s not a one star.
Album that, apart from the title track, suffers from the "you listened to one song, you listened to them all" syndrome. Enjoyable but anonymous, it's 2.5 stars at best.
sorry to say because this is the Dad Rock WebsiteTM but ac/dc, metalica and all of those are completely indistinguishable to me. a lot of the songs sound the same and while i guess theyre technically impressive they do not interest me in the slightest
Horny! Fun. Very samey. Night prowler is a good bluesy anthem. 2.5 rounded to 3
I didn’t like it
Tengo la sensación de haber escuchado la misma canción durante 40 minutos. Menos Walk All Over You que me ha gustado de verdad.
Beside the obvious reason why this album is meaningful as the eponymous track makes or breaks this record, it feels quite bland compared to AC/DC's next record in Back to Black. It is also on the monotonous side with too many songs sounding like a Highway to Hell rip-off. 7/10 [DROP]
Tiresome, repetitive and annoying. You've heard the first track and you've heard them all... I'll give credit to the energy, the guitar riffs and the high octane vocal delivery - even if he sounds like a goblin giving birth, it still fits with the overall sound of the record. AC/DC is fine for a song or two, but 41 minutes of it is not for the faint of heart. Average. 2.5/5
Album #106: Highway to Hell - AC/DC Genre (W): Hard rock, blues rock Singles: Highway to Hell, Girls Got Rhythm, Touch Too Much I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: I love Highway to Hell, the song. I think it’s a song with catchy songwriting and a thunderous riff. And a few of these songs are pretty good too. However, I’ve noticed that a lot of these songs sound pretty much the same, so therefore, the album starts to feel stale and boring. Great opening, but almost everything else lacks. Favorite songs: Highway to Hell, Girls Got Rhythm, Touch Too Much, Beating Around the Bush
My fourth 70s record in a row. This band were never one of my favourites, though I have some respect for length and breadth of their popularity. Title track has a certain effectiveness (good at what it does). It occurs to me that I should compare/contrast this music (which I would have seen as blokes' pub rock) with the guitar-y punk I was often hearing at the time (which was also often quite blokey, but not only). Both could have a lot of repetitive unison guitar/bass, and lots of shouty tenor vocals. AC/DC is definitely slower (sometimes plodding in pub rock mode), also its energy relies on accuracy of playing simple rhythms, where punk was frantic and desperate, and commonly energy and inspiration were more important than accuracy. AC/DC has swagger, but zero irony. AC/DC has lots of lyrics about sex, which sound braggart, whereas punk would be more delirious without claims of mastery. AC/DC has verse, where the best punk had poetry. Is that too harsh? Here are some stand out AC/DC lyrics: "Don't know what your name is ... I want to take you tonight ... Don't want no conversation ... all I want to do is make a meal out of you, 'Cause I'm a love hungry man". (And this is not a critique but an anthem.) First nine songs, I'd say negligible musical or emotional variety. Final song, Night Prowler, brings some dynamic range, but the lyrics (and total tone of music and delivery) are repugnant. So, such variety of emotional engagements as is offered, is not attractive. I am reinforced in my sense of "what AC/DC sounds like", but there is nothing here I would want to play again. It's Pretty Poor, 3/10.
good classic rock, makes me want to rewatch supernatural lol. if i'm being honest it's mostly the title track that does it for me though.
Better than the last one , but still too heavy
it sounded pretty good probably a 2.9
this is a better album than the one with “weve got big balls” but barely. these dudes are cornball, cheesebuckets. yikes.
No soy chica acdc, tanto griterio me molesta y siento que todas las canciones son iguales 4/10
Agnes and his absolutely vibe factory is the only thing keeping this out the 1 bucket. Idiom Rock, sing the hook 3 times, rip a solo, so damn predictable every track. I knew it was gunna do this dang trick lol
it's really unfortunate how much better AC/DC was in the Bon Scott era. i think this album does fall into the AC/DC pit of having only one song repeated a bunch, but at least it's a pretty solid song this time. hell, (pun intended) i think the world would be missing something without the title track. top shelf boomer rock. i listen to it often, but i listen to this album never (other than my first listen and for this project), because it never quite perfects the formula again. deserves to be one of the 1001? i think ignoring this band would be a misstep even if i find them easy to leave in the past. but keep it to this, ok?
repetitivo
Look, I dont dislike this band, but most of their songs sound the same to me. This whole album blended together and before I knew it the album ended. Ok, maybe I don't really like AC/DC
Not crazy about the album, but I like how it made me feel. I felt like a cool older brother 🛹Thank you☺️
2.5/5
ok first of all the album art is honestly pretty sick. i love how the australian version is clearly attempting to censor it but instead just kinda makes it go harder by setting the entire thing on fire. incredible stuff. anyway, it's pretty appropriate that this album is titled "highway to hell". not only because the track of the same name is the first thing on here, but also because each of the other 9 tracks on here might as well also be "highway to hell" but played at a slightly different speed. i've accused quite a few albums of being samey at this point but they're really taking the piss with this one. the only song on this album that feels like it might be able to pass as a separate piece and not just a slight mutation of the title track is "night prowler", and that's almost entirely down to it being slow enough in comparison that it could potentially trick me into thinking it's something different if i'm not paying attention. highway to hell isn't a bad song, but surely they could've have tried playing something else at least once. i'm feeling real let down by this album given how much fun i was having looking at the cover art. what the fuck man,
I’m biased. I absolutely despise AC/DC - terrible. I’ll give two stars just to be somewhat fair.
I don't like them but the title song is pretty catchy
Ok, not my thing
Not a huge AC/DC fan recognize the title track, but everything else was new to me
AC/DC Live is really the only album you need to hear from AC/DC. Highway to Hell is a great song. There are other good songs. But in my opinion, after the hits, most of AC/DC albums are basically filler. I would listen to different records by them before I put this one back on. Again, AC/DC Live, Back in Black or greatest hits is where most people will be happy.
Базовое но не мое
still dont like how they sound, at all
It's black eyed peas, Miley, fergy, drinking and dancing and fucking party music, but for mens
This album is like 2 and a half stars. I was already familiar with a lot of the songs on the album. I actually do like a lot of the songs on this album, I have more than half the songs in my likes on Spotify. I think I judge the albums I listen to by how likely I am to add the songs into my current playlist and actually go back and want to listen to it again. For some reason I don’t have the option to rate this one using the stars.
I'm too old for this.
Not a fan
Clasico
Honestly, I think this album, despite being a hallmark of hard rock is not musically interesting in the slightest. While much of the songs here have catchy hooks, it lacks substance with repeated song forms ad nauseam which made this album a slog to get through. This is like the vanilla ice cream of rock music, it's inoffensive (as crazy as it is to say nowadays given the perception of AC/DC during the era) but there are so many more interesting and better things out there that it's like why even bother?
Christ, I'm only 10% of the way through, and this list already has way too many hairy white men wailing about how much they like sex while accompanied by blues guitar solos. I honestly cannot understand why anyone thinks I need to listen to SO MUCH of this shite before I die, or what is supposed to make this particular album stand out from all of the others. It's not openly racist or as horribly misogynist as some of the others I've had to endure, which is something.
En feil mange gjør når dem lager rockemusikk er at man blir for gira og gjør for mye. Det er kraft i enkelthet. ACDC viser her at de behersker denne kraften. De dyrker den. Og det er også problemet. Rock trenger også nerve, noe ustabilt. Det er der lytternes redsel kommer inn og gjør rocken spennende. Denne nerven mangler de totalt.
I've never been a big AC/DC fan aside from a coupla tracks, and never go out of my way to listen to them. Listening to a full album after all these years has not changed that opinion. Very samey hard rock, usually with juvenile lyrics. I'll take Bon Scott over Brian Johnson, but could live without hearing either version ever again.
Not a big fan.
not my speed
low 2 insane commitment to writing the same song over and over. its paint by numbers. the singer especially is so generic and could be any one of a number of people. that being said the song they keep writing over and over is pretty fun.
I was pretty disappointed by this tbh. I had never listened to an AC/DC album before (though we've all endlessly heard the hits in movies/tv shows/commercials) and was hoping for some great discovery beyond the singles. what I found was a lot of unwarranted repetition, needless refrains, empty posturing, and shouting for shouting's sake. there are a couple moments that crack through that and stand out -- "Highway to Hell" and its shout along chorus; the bridge and solo in "Walk All Over You" (reminded me of some fiery Ty Segall moments) -- unfortunately you have to wade thru a slog of an intro/verse/chorus before you even get to that bridge. maybe there are other AC/DC albums I'd like more? this was not it for me tho.
Highway to hell track is its track, and not until Night Prowler is there anything different.
oh my god ac/dc are so boring they just plod along
Jao šta reći, blast from the past 🤣 nikad ih nisam baš ozbiljno shvaćala, to je bio bend koji se jednostavno slušao svuda, ali ne ciljano. 2/5, 4/10
Just hooting and hollering but fairs because Highway to Hell is a banger
No está mal supongo pero repetitivo.
I have aged out. Too loud, too rowdy, too male. Two stars
Probably the most mediocre music known to man
Less grating than I expected, but ultimately my flavor of dad rock is much more on the steely dan end of the spectrum
Obviously the title track rocks, but most of this album is both boring (the riffs, lyrics and melodies) and unpleasantly harsh (the vocals) at the same time
20/02/2026 1. highway to hell - not looking forward to this album.... guitar solo is nice, but sooo overplayed. 2. girls got rhythm - not massive on the vocals.... similar to why i don't like metal vocals. bass is nice. 3. walk all over you - just the same as the other song. 4. touch too much - why are all of these songs about sex. it's literally the same song over and over again thank god it's not a long album. *5. beating around the bush - nice guitar at the start.... the vocals are absolutely not my thing though. he's not having sex this time.... guitars are kinda country? nice ending. 6. shot down in flames - nice bass. i think it's fair for her to tell him to go to hell! 7. get it hot - nice bass again. album would probably sound better if they listened to some soul. very macho hard rock album. even the songs not about him having sex are about him wanting to have sex. 8. if you want blood (you've got it) - drums are nice. waiting for this to be over.... just not my thing at all. 9. love hungry man - nice bassline................. vocals and lyrics (and hard rock generally) are reaaaaaaalllly not my thing though. 10. night prowler - the title of this sounds kindof promising.... he sounds like he's smoked 20 packs a day for 20 years. like a shit version of night shift by siouxie and the banshees..... this album is what i imagine to be on repeat 24/7 on absolute classic rock. do not like hard rock or how it is the only thing ever played on rock radio stations. need a 60s pop album tomorrow to clear any remnants of this from my brain.
Its coo
Sounds like it's doing everything it possibly can to keep me entertained but still too soulless and samey to be any good
Eh, not special and pretty repetitive and formulaic.
Jedes Album seit 1979 klingt so. Und jeder Song klingt wie der andere. Respekt für soviel Erfolg mit so wenig Einsatz.
C'est un classique mais c'est juste pas trop ma came quoi
4/10
80s workout/training montage music
I was not looking forward to this one, never been a huge fan. It was better than I was expecting, but all of the albums just sounds the same to me.
3/10
catchy but not my vibe
Mostly meh
every song sounds the same... took me back to my high school years tho.
Only 2 songs that really had any substance, the rest was sex and rock and roll. Most of the songs felt like they had the same tempo and patterns, even the solos were pretty similar.
Run of the mill acdc. Nothing special. Title track is highlight
bon scott over brian whatshisface for sure but i can only really hang with the first two or three dc albums…
repetitive, uncreative, and inauthentic def their best album cover tho no favorite songs because nothing stood out to me
I’m a hater I guess. Other than the opening track this album didn’t really do much for me.
AC/DC they could never make me like you❤️🩹
No tenía ganas de escucharlo, pero me sorprendió. Me pasa, no solo con este género particular, que las canciones me parecen todas las mismas. Pero me alegra haberlo escuchado. Sí tuve secuencias de monotonía, pero también quedé boquiabierta con las guitarras, los gritos y esa voz hermosa filosa violenta expresiva, muy buenos sonidos. Lo bailé simulando que tocaba la guitarra, fue disfrutable pero me dejó un poco quemada (capaz fue la tuca que me fumé antes de que empiece) TOP 3 – Night Prowler, Shot Down in Flames, Girls Got Rhythm.
Acdc is mid dad rock
NO
Other than the hits, the other songs sort of blend together. Beyond the first two songs, there isn't much to explore. The lyrics leave a lot to be desired. The drums for every song are kick, snare, kick, snare. 2/5
I've never been a big fan of AC/DC, and the songs on this album sound too similar to one another. I don't know, could have been better.
I mean it is AC/DC. All the songs sounded the same.
I didnt like a single song. I think it was his voice. And sometimes what he was singing about and maybe the brand. It could have used more variety of sound and pacing within the album. Nothing really stood out. I liked how quickly it was over. Im not sure the actual runtime but it felt short.
What I thought he said: 'evan eezy, evan fwee / sees a nagga on a woahman fry / as another leave me be / check a moma not a moments fied'...vs (look it up). Musically catchy with simple chords, the entire album is mumble, mumble...I want sex, give me sex, I have needs, etc. in increasingly insensitive and offensive ways. Night Prowler is especially bad - there is nothing cool about sexually assaulting a sleeping woman. And Love Hungry Man? What kind of sophomore locker room, immature, entitled bullshit is this? A much better lyricist once quipped: how could this mean anything to me -- and -- what's become of subtlety? Thanks MJK. RIP Bon Scott but seriously go to hell. The Cult > AC/DC forever. 2/5
Every song here is approximately like this: *Drums kick in, a persistent, steady, unadventurous beat* *really pedestrian power chords with intermittent shredding* *Bon Scott yowls something horny, or depicts himself as a badass, or both* Tons of white dudes 60 years old and up - "Holy fuuuuuuck ACDC is the best rock band ever, they just dont make music like they used to." Rinse, repeat Hard to take the boomers who shit on modern hip hop or pop seriously if they fail to recognize that this, too, was cringy posturing emptiness that was massively popular in its day. They were technically skilled for sure but made just deeply uninteresting stuff, Bud Light rock
Album #1 ACDC: Highway to Hell Good album to work out or do something high energy to, but once the adrenaline dump kicks in, there isn't much substance to it. Still, a fun listen and the title track is a classic. Best Tracks: Highway to Hell, Touch Too Much, Walk All Over You Worst Track: Beat Around the Bush Score out of 10: 5.5
I’ve never been an AC/DC fan, so I wasn’t expecting to really enjoy this anyway
Didn't age well.
Probably good but to me everything sounded the same. Couldn't finish it
Embarrassing. Just listen to Big Bottoms by Spinal Tap instead.
I am not a big acdc person and that's okay
Only actually like highway to hell lmao
Never really a fan.
Simple music for simple people
Metal/hard rock about parties, girls (a million of them, + w/ rhythm), and all manners of a 'touch too much,' Highway to Hell boasts peculiar love songs and not very good ones: an abstract 'she' pervades the album inanely and boringly. My issue w/ AC/DC is that they don't do one thing all that well: riffing, raspy vocals, choruses, backbeats, don't-give-a-fuck-attitudes. I know they brand themselves as 'simply rock and roll,' but this primitivism doesn't guarantee authenticity or good song writing: 'We're rising, falling, like at sea / You're lookin' so good under me'; 'You can throw me lefts / And you can throw me rights / But where were you last night?’ This isn't 'back to the basics' (that'd be the Ramones), it's back to the same shit, over and over.
Music that appeals to pot bellied beer drinkers and whore mongers on safari at drag racing venues...but that's a bit cruel. I get the attraction but not my genre at all.
I actually don't think they're good
What did I do to deserve 2 AC/DC albums in one week 😫
Listening now, as a near 40 year old man, I realize why I loved it before and am annoyed by it now. Has some good hits. A bit Juvenile for me now.
This is AC/DC as ever. Not as many of their hits on this one, pretty solid songs all the way through. They aren't reinventing the wheel but it's fun. Gonna ding it a little just because the only true standout track is highway to hell on this one
Ehhhh. 2.5
Relentless which becomes tiresome. Like the chunky guitar. Dislike the vocals. Little to redeem. Saw them live early in their career, really much of a muchness.
Touch Too Much is a banger that should be talked about more.
p424.1979. 2.5 stars Proof that one classic song does not make for a good album. Apart from the opener it's average Aussie rock. And the content of some of the songs like Night Prowler have not aged well. 3 stars on a good day, 2 on a bad.
Meh
too long, and a lot of pointless tracks.
Have to be honest and it pains me as an Aussie, imo its got one good song on it with highway to hell and that’s about it, Bon Scott is also a great vocalist, very generic sounding otherwise, high voltage I think is a much better album with better songs and a more consistent sound
I nevet need to hear ACDC again.
AC/DC have never been my thing. Dunno why considering I like a lot of other hard/classic rock, but they just do nothing for me. The title track is decent the rest just melds in to one.
AC/DC are one of those Bands whose music just absolutely bleeds into a mess of electric guitars and constipated yelps. ⭐️⭐️
It's just the same song over and over
I like this okay? 3
Same song and sound repeated across tracks. Meh.
Bland Rock and Roll with a couple good songs but feels repetitive through the album.
I liked the other AC/DC album a lot more. It had some cool guitar riffs that made it fun. This album felt like the same riff over and over. A formulaic “Kirkland brand” rock album.
Kirkland brand rock n roll, sounds like variations of the same riff over and over. If you never heard ACDC before you might like it, but it gets old kinda quick and doesn't include their best stuff.
Not as good or anthemic as “Back in Black”, and I don’t love AC/DC to begin with. I don’t really get how they are so - not only popular - but also historically significant in the eyes of music critics. This is cookie cutter rock and roll, and i think it sounded cookie cutter in 1978 too. I can enjoy a moment or two, Angus Young is a fun guitarist, but it’s pretty damn monotonous…all the songs are in the same key, deal with the same subject (in the same goofy way), same instrumentation, same tempo, same guitar tones/style. I think I’m good on that song. “Walk All Over You” sound like Spinal Tap.
I am not bothered by this posturing, bad boy band. They are crying out for those also crying to cry along, but I'm just not in the mood for the needyness.
not for me
Another great opening riff (two albums in a row - LZ's Good Times Bad Times was Friday). Rest of the album was meh at best.
Bland and tacky. 1.9/5
A second straight day of albums where every track feels the same, outside of the one I know (which still sounds the same as the rest). Not bad by any stretch, just repetitive. 2.5 rounded to 2
I am sure it is great, but nothing excites me. Just sounds repetitive and each song sounds like the previous. I actually found it quite cheesy. 2 stars
Nothing too special here, couple of good tracks but their best work is yet to come
Didn't really do anything for me
Very mid. I dont really like AC/DC, I feel all the songs are the same. Not even the famous ones are good enough for me to save on my personal playlist. I can recognize the quality but it just feels so bland
YEEEEEOW I’m the man who roooocks!
Is this the same album as back in black
hard to deny the tsunami effect they have had on the music world. Back in Black is the record that goes down in history. This one, well....
It’s AC/DC. Same as it ever was.
just ruined my 8 good album streak FUCk! The only song on here worth listening to you've already heard a billion tillion zillion times.
same with rush... i just HATE the voice </3
Highway to Hell by AC/DC often feels like the same song played on repeat with only minor variations. It’s a straightforward rock album—loud, simple, and catchy—but it doesn’t offer much in terms of invention or variety. The title track is an undeniable classic and easily the standout moment, but beyond that, the record doesn’t bring much new to the table. In summary, it’s an OK album by an OK band. Favourite track: Highway to Hell is the clear highlight, though If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It) comes close. Least favourite track: Most of the songs blur together, but Love Hungry Man felt particularly dull. Album artwork: A cool and iconic cover that perfectly captures the band’s image.
This was fine. I'm only familiar with AC/DC hits, so highway to hell is an old favorite. The only other song I really liked was night prowler. I just wasn't vibing with the album. Maybe because I'm a 30 year old female. I just don't think this was made to appeal to my demographic. I'll give this a 2.5/5
Other than the title track I thought this whole album was mid. I was shocked to see it's high critical marks and status as one of the best hard rock albums of all time. Maybe time just hasn't been kind and the things it's influenced have just dwarfed it.
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. It’s AC/DC. All the songs sound about the same.
Danas sam saznala da oni, kad bi se zanemario vokal, ne bi baš bili najgori bend na svijetu. Ali pošto se ova vokalna katastrofa nikako ne može zanemariti, ništa od toga.
Dad- 7 Mom- 4 Mike- 4 Lori- 3 Michael- 6 Miles- NA Cole- 2 Avg- 4.33
I feel like if you like dad rock, this must be pretty good. But I couldn’t find anything memorable for me at all.
this website is trying to kill me personally. i STRUGGLED through bib LITERALLY YESTERDAY and theyre like hey do you want basically the same exact album again? no! i do not! admittedly i do think this one is better, rip bon scott your vocals are much easier on my ears.
Not my favourite genre, but keen to give it a go - many of the tracks on the album have a similar construction and rhythm - certainly hasn’t left me keen to explore their wider catalogue
Highway to hell is decently cool and the album cover is on point, but the rest is pretty middling rock. While high energy, this album struggles to capture your attention and every tracks bleeds into the next. In the end, the unique vocals save it from the dust bin.
Straight in with a banger. GOOD MORNING 🥳 Seems the rest of the album is demo versions of Highway To Hell
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What can I say that hasn’t already been said? It’s AC/DC or as the aussies say, accadacca. Really great rock and roll especially for the time. Not exactly my personal style of music but it has its place (dad rock playing in the background at a barbecue). I personally give this album a 5/10. Rounded down for personal reasons.
Around song 3 I thought "well at least there IS a good song, maybe this album won't be so bad" and then every other song was using similar riffs and progressions, like I don't usually say shit like that because I barely know about music but there is a point where the meme about them writing the same song over and over is just true and it shows.
Boring, but better than Back in Black.
I love to rock but I hate AC/DC, a one-note band that just bores me. They remind me of the feeling of being stuck at a party you want desperately to escape, but you can’t leave because your ride is off shotgunning beers or hooking up with someone behind closed doors (this covers much of my high school experience). This is slightly better than I expected — I think I prefer Bon Scott as vocalist to his successor, who just evokes chain-smoking — but I still couldn’t wait for it to end. Songs like “Get It Hot” and “Touch Too Much” are just ridiculous — heavy petting anthems that would turn me off faster than “Pour Some Sugar On Me.” The production is clean, the guitar tone is quality, the drumbeat never varies, and yet rather than being exhilarating, it all feels like a slog.
2+ Stars (6/15)
This was slightly less cringey than I expected. What are they? They are too lame for Heavy Metal, so i guess it's some sort of hard (ish) rock. It's just not for me. That said, i didn't get the urge to chew my arm off. As they are all musically competent I would have given them a 3, but as the guitarist uses to dress up as a schoolboy its a 2.
Late to the party with AC/DC - really didn’t like it in my younger days. But it’s just simple of heavy rock really ain’t it…I like the hits, probably wouldn’t give this album a 2nd look though if I’m honest.
Every single song sounds the exact same. Sorry to the fans of this if I’m missing some secret nuance here but wow what a boring record. Absolutely perfunctory rock.
Highway to Hell is the best song on the albums, which is weird because it all sounds the same
Highway to Hell: Classic and fun guitar Girls Got Rhythm: Not great vocals but catchy and fun guitar Walk All Over You: Kinda boring Touch Too Much: Kinda boring but maybe good solo Beating around the bush: fun guitar Shot Down in Flames: Pretty generic and boring Get it Hot: Boring Rest of songs: pretty boring all the same sound
Not my style
4 / 4 rock songs that all sound very much the same
Probably you had to be there to get it, I wasn't.
i expected to dislike it, the title track is so overplayed, and I'm usually not big on the cheesy hard rock with questionable horny lyrics. I'll be the first to admit, though - some of the tracks are kinda fun if you don't take them seriously. still, don't think I will ever go back to this.
Wow. I also have watched the 2003 comedy "School of Rock" and have played the popular video game "Guitar Hero"! I can imagine hearing this at the time and thinking it was game changing, but now it's a big cliché. The title track is cool, there's some other cool riffs but it never heats up for me beyond that. I'll stick with the hits. 4/10 (2/5)
I respect ACDC but not really my jam
AC/DC is good at writing one type of song. This album is 10 versions of that song. They’re all well produced, but they feel very repetitive after a while.
This is an era of music that I just can't connect with unless I'm in a very specific situation and unfortunately when listening to it I was not at a live sporting event.
2.5 stars Consistent at what it is. If you’re in the mood for straight ahead hard rock you can do much worse. But it gets lost in the sameness and the formula gets old without providing much more.
AC/DC just aren’t for me
Eh I did not enjoy
Not something I normally gravitate to, but it does what it sets out to do well.
It does what it does well. But it was too much of the same for me. 'Girls Got Rhythm' was the favourite.
Listening to this was like watching a toddler play with a toy steering wheel; they’re convinced they’re driving, but you’re just parked in the driveway. Or the review that compared this to Saltines. Slightly salty, widely available, and dry as hell. Or maybe plain tofu and white rice, unseasoned, and cooked in a microwave. Shlock Rock™. The riffs are plain and chunky, the vocals are nasal, and every song is basically a remix of the previous one with a new punchline. I get why this sells beer and fills stadiums, but it’s also the reason ̷d̷a̷d̷s̷ grandpa's everywhere think they’re music experts. Put it in the Smithsonian next to the Crocs display, please. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions: - Highway To Hell - Girls Got Rhythm
Boy was this dumb. I don’t get why this was so popular. It’s loud but not in a good way, I would definitely dial to a different classic rock station if I heard this on the radio. That being said I bet it was fun to play for them so light 2/5
Nja inte för mig
objectively a really good execution of this sort of thing, unfortunately i despise this sort of thing
This is a moody album that just kinda drones on. It's good atmospheric music, but the vocals lack the early XTC that I enjoy and sound too Paul McCartney-esque.
Touch too much ist ein Banger. Platz 2 Beating around the bush. Platz 3 Night Prawler Die meisten Lieder fühlen sich uninteressant an. Highway to Hell ist ein starker Start aber geht mir persönlich zu lange. Besonders hier fällt der sich immer wiederholende Chorus auf bei dem immer die gesamte Band singt. Bonus: War blind melon bei 'toes across the floor' inspiriert vom Ende von love hungry man?
Nothing special to say on this one. Just ok nothing stood out to me. 2 star.
If I was to be spread supine on a boulder while birds endlessly picked away my flesh, this would be the soundtrack.
Music that hasn’t aged well although it does bring me back to junior high dances in 1990…
I mean, bro, it’s AC/DC. And it sounds like AC/DC.
Mejor de lo que esperaba. Supongo que cuando salió a muchos se les voló la tapa del cerebro. De todas formas encontré que terminando el álbum sentía que había escuchado muchos temas casi iguales. Nota: 2.35
Classic opener. Everything else (at this stage) just blends into each other. Indifferent.
I never listened to AC/DC and I think I only knew two of their songs prior to listening to this record. I have to say I’m a bit disappointed. AC/DC is such a big name after all - so let’s check what is behind this name. But these songs all sound so similar to one another. The lyrics are so mono-thematic. Some of the lyrics are funny but ugh we get it. You like sex. Okay, cool story bro. 2/5 stars
shit sucks if you're not in the right mood for them. Would I listen again: in my teens Deserves to be on this list: Yes 1.9
Carried by like 2 good songs
Having effectively.listen to two AC/DC albums in a row, I can say Scott is a better singer than Johnson. But that only makes this album slightly less grating.