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I consider myself an ACDC fan but don’t find I reach for them often, but this is worth the grab. Definitely a must listen imho, loads of songs that weren’t known to me that I’ve added to my liked songs playlist. Definitely a bit of fun.
Overall: 6/10 It's a shame that all the sonfs sound so similar cause I love Bon Scott's voice. Angus is also a talented soloist but these riffs and drums are so boring to me. Fav Song: Highway to Hell
Good album but I like the school of rock version of highway to hell the most
I expected to like this more. All in all, not a very strong album past the title track.
im not that big into rcok and roll music, so i just differ to my dad about this kinda stuff, cuz he grew up in the 80s and thus knows way more about this music style then me. and he finds AC/DC pretentious and fake, and as someone who likes pretentious and real alt rock i kinda agree.
pretty good, about what i was expecting. i liked walk all over you, but i am a sucker for choir songs.
Love it for what it is but don't love it for spending time listening to these days.
Clasico
Great rock album. Not sure the first song is appropriate for Easter morning, but every song was a fun listen. 8.25/10 Top song Highway to hell (again I feel I need to mention Easter morning)
Excellent choice for Easter Sunday 🤘🤘🤘 Fun.
Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? I know some songs How do I feel about this artist? ACDC is fun but all there songs sound the same to me Favorite song(s)? Beating Around the Bush, Night Prowler Overall Thoughts: All the songs kind of ran together, but it was still banger after banger. Back in Black has a little more variety.
A very fun album, it’s just sounds like what we think an AC/DC album would sound like.
El padre de kiwi by Harry Styles, album que no habría escuchado jamás si no fuera por este proyecto. Le doy 3.5 estrellas para empezar tranqui y solo pq no es el tipo de música q escucharía todos los días :p
Old good staff
YEEOOOWWWW!! I AM THE MAN WHO ROCKS!!!
死ぬほどダサい
to,to
For me ,not much here beyond the title song, which is the classic banger. A nice mix of blues and good old hard rock n roll. Other notable cuts include Girls Got Rhythm and Night Prowler but these are meh other than the nasty side of the lyrics. Stood the test of time? Yes because, well, at the end of the day it's AC/DC.
album cover is iconiccccccccccccccc only ever heard Highway to Hell before (naturally), but the rest is also pretty good. It might all sound similar, but it does not annoy me even in the slighest.
This is one of those albums where people are like "Highway to Hell" is a good song, but I've heard it a zillion times. Just give this album a listen. There are so many incredible songs that aren't played to death that fucking slay. If you don't like AC/DC I don't like you.
nice
Never listened to AC/DC before, loved the vocals and everything. Rock and roll bread and butter I think probably
Never listened to this type of genre. Very cowboy rock. Like it a lot :)
Cool
muy bueno
Όπως με πολλά κλασικά ροκ συγκροτήματα, έτσι και αυτό μου φάνηκε ευχάριστο άκουσμα. Ίσως επηρεάζομαι απο τα ακούσματα του πατέρα μου και μου φαίνονται εύκολα να τα ακούσει κανείς. Beating Around the Bush
This is one kick ass record! Chuck full of riffs, killer solos, thumbing rhythm & of course there's Bon in full swagger. His performance on this record is incredible. His voice & the way he delivers the lines is just awesome.
Rockin' (and screamin' about sexually assaulting women)
This is such a chore to listen to. I guess this is what happens when you can't stand their one song.
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.
Noen ganger må man sette pris på de enkle tingene i livet. Angus's vrengte gitar + Bon's slu whisky-stemme er en oppskrift som funket på High Voltage og fortsatt funker på duoens siste skive, Highway to Hell. Det er ikke alle låtene som har samme staying power som tittelsporet, men skiva inkluderer legendariske AC/DC cuts som Touch Too Much, Beating Around the Bush, If You Want Blood, og Night Prowler. Hvis du legger sammen bandets seks første album til en trippel-LP så har man litt i overkant mye AC/DC å høre på i én omgang, men også en slags hard rock-bibel. Musikkhistoriens svar på Wes Anderson?
Min favoritt AC-plate. Det er et litt smoothere lydbilde her enn de tidligere platene, og det får egentlig Bon Scott til å fremstå som en soulvokalist. Det er vanskelig å velge seg en favoritt på plata her, og derfor gjør jeg det heller ikke. RIP Bon Scott. Det burde ikke stoppa her.
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.
Badass.
This album rules. Every song kicks ass. I fucking love AC/DC.
I went in thinking I would like this album, but in the end, I thought it was just okay. Besides the title track, all the songs on the album are so forgettable and go by without you even realizing.
Tykkäsin AC/DC:stä kovasti teinivuosinani, mutta sittemmin kuuntelu on jäänyt melko vähäiseksi. Mutta kyllähän varsinkin nämä Bon Scottin aikaiset levyt vieläkin toimivat hyvin ja Highway to Hell taitaa olla yhtyeen paras teos (läheskään kaikkia en ole kuunnellut). Biisilista pitää sisällään jymäkkää hard rockia ja nimikappaleen lisäksi Walk All Over You, Touch Too Much ja If You Want Blood (You've Got It) kuuluvat bändin parhaimmistoon. Laulujen sanoitukset käsittelevät yhtyeelle tyypillisesti lähinnä seksiä ja juhlimista. Syvällisyyden puute ei kuitenkaan haittaa, sillä AC/DC:n musiikissa on ollut aina kyse silkasta hauskanpidosta ja siihen Highway to Hell soveltuu oikein mainiosti. Albumi jäi karheaäänisen Bon Scottin viimeiseksi, sillä hän kuoli ennenaikaisesti seuraavana vuonna. Bändi jatkoi uuden laulajan kanssa mutta se on jo toinen tarina.
This music probably decreases IQ but it's anabolic so I'm fine with it
This is great. Would have loved to see Bon Scott live to be a part of Back in Black. They were on the trajectory towards that here.
One of the best rock albums ever made. It takes be back to a much better time in my younger days. Loved listening to this great music.
Dumb. Loud. All the songs sound the same. Nothing wrong with that.
Not bad; listened to this on [[2026-03-28]] and [[2026-03-29]] as well.
Rock n’ Roll, baby! Another fun album that is undeniably a classic. I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would, particularly the guitar work, but probably not enough to want to revisit. A bit too redundant.
There are many things you can do before you die. Listening to this shit is one of them. You can do it, but ask yourself, should you? should you really do it? should you really listen to this shit? should you really do it motherfucker? S H O U L D Y O U?
One big song, and nine songs that also exist, and sound like that one big song... It's a good song though.
Excellent album. Personally, I prefer the Back In Black album, which is a masterpiece, but this is very good as well. Lots to like on this record, including the title track, Touch Too Much, Girls Got Rhythm, Night Prowler and others. Fun stuff and four stars.
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.
I've never been able to stand these guys - every song sounds the same and someone needs to tell them that screaming isn't the same thing as singing.
Es una paja sin acabar, sabor a poco.
bien rockero, Nigth prowler de lo mejor de acdc que escuche
yeah i like it
P: La vdd todos temazos Aunque siento que se parecen todos pero a la vez está bueno porque les da un sonido característico B: que buen album
Not a big fan.
Amazing album, electric, a classic! I love AC/DC :)
not my speed
Classic
Crisp!
enjoyed, probably would've enjoyed a lot more in 1979
Gotta respect the energy this album brings. It's absolutely incessant. Heavily indebted to Led Zep but bringing a power they rarely attempted to tap into. I was considering going as high as four, but it did get a bit samey and I slightly lost patience with it. But gotta say - enjoyed it. The image of Jack Black's Angus Young impression danced around for 41mins.
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.
Classic rock album. Though Brian Johnson produced some bangers for them, I think I prefer the Bon Scott era of Ac/dc. This is a really good final album with him. Makes you wonder what could’ve been.
“It came from the back of my sister’s sewing machine. It just means power.”
I have no more words for how much I detest this group.
It wasn’t bad I added some songs to my main playlist.
15 year old me loved this & I respect him for that. 17 year old me saw AC/DC play at Monsters of Rock but was already exploring further afield. Now, putting nostalgia aside, I find it a touch too much & could easily find 1001 albums I would sooner listen to.
One of best albums by one of the greatest Rock’n’Roll bands = 5 stars
I want to rate this higher but there really isn’t reason to. It’s ac/dc which I find more listenable than most of the other albums ive been presented with here but there just isn’t anything special about this album.
So dumb it's fun!
Previously rated: #561 - Back in Black ******************************* Album #1,081 This is my first time listening through a full Bon Scott-led AC/DC album, though I knew at least three of these tracks already. It's a pretty solid album overall, but it doesn't reach the heights of Back in Black for me. The last couple of tracks were a bit mediocre, especially Night Prowler, but the rest was still pretty darn good. I will explore some more of their 70s stuff when I'm all done with this.
Good songs
Angus Young once said in an interview, "People keep saying we've made the same album 11 times or so. And really, they're lying. It's actually the 12th." This band was very self aware when it came to what they're doing. When I went to China for the first time, I picked up a bootleg copy of this record. I remember not being crazy about it and thinking I was missing something. I loved Back in Black. Why not this? You could say AC/DC songs were formulaic, but certain songs and albums still differentiate themselves. The thing is, if you're going to pick two AC/DC records to be on this record, you have to go with Back and Black and Powerage. This one is not in the same ballpark. BiB lives up to the hype. Powerage is like this record, but with way better guitar solos and songwriting. Harry compared it to Aftermath in that it's a huge hit with not much to back it up. It's better, but not by much. Shot Down in Flames kicks ass. Everything else I can live without.
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.
I had kinda the same experience with this that I did with the Stones’ ‘Aftermath’. “Highway to Hell” got me really hyped and the rest just didn’t hit me in the same way. This album is much better than ‘Aftermath’ though. When I think of Classic Rock, AC/DC is the sound I hear in my head. The riffs and the drums are undeniable, they’ve written some of the best straight rock songs, but they’d do better than they do here on ‘Back in Black.’ “Touch Too Much” is done a disservice by “You Shook Me All Night Long” existing just a year later. 3.5
I mean they are pretty ludicrous if you think about it so best to just switch the brain off and enjoy because this is a helluva good time
Bowling alley music! Just your basic raunchy, power rock (sex, drugs, rock'n'roll), but they do it so well. They're just here to have a good time; don't take it too seriously. For anyone complaining that all AC/DC sounds the same: true, but nobody *else* sounds like AC/DC. They are instantly recognizable. This was the perfect brain-dead rock album for a brain-dead Friday. I enjoyed it.
I'm an AC/DC apologist. The final album of the Bon Scott era and it still rocks my ass.
Another album by AC/DC that’s just a lot of fun. I would probably have given it 4 stars but it’s quite samey after a while, in truth, I’d like to be able to give it 3.5 stars but alas, that’s not possible. I would also question whether there needs to be two AC/DC albums on the list, and I’d be tempted to say that Back in Black should be the album to represent them.
its some classic rock.
I hate this band
It's straight forward ACDC... 5 stars.
Kinda found this to be fairly generic rock, but enjoyable generic rock nonetheless!
Muy buen álbum, ya lo conocía pero nunca está demás recordarlo
Hard to hate this album. Is it ground breaking? No. Do they do anything that moves blues based rock to another level or turn it into something it wasnt before? No. Does everyone in the band do what they do really fucking well to the point it is an instantly recognisable sound? Yes. Deceptively simple across the board - straight rock beat and locked in bass playing along with infectious riffs, a ridiculously good rythm guitar and a lead guitar that just hits the right notes not in a click track but at the right time. The singer wasnt built for ballads but the swagger and rock feel is spot on. The recording is even across the band, nothing stands out and all blends to an incredible whole. For a band that is often known for their guitarist, its an amazing band effort.
I was happy to get an album that I was at least somewhat familiar with today. I've had quite a few the last week or so that I didn't know at all. As everyone, I'm very familiar with the title track on this album, but I didn't really know a lot of the other songs. Very much what I know to be the "AC/DC sound". Classic album from a classic band.
I'm Australian, disparaging Acca Dacca is a bootable offense.
Very AC/DC, very good.
Sometimes you just need to listen to the same song for 41 minutes
It was normal.
After the hits you forget how good these guys are. When I stop and think about it, there is no filler in the early years. Great stuff.
Just never been my band.
Enjoyed this even though it all sounds very similar. Pat singing along definitely put it over the edge
3.5
first listen HTH is a classic but the rest is kinda forgettable
Classic Back to my teens
Solid classic rock album 4/5
Hard rock but it ain’t always easy
Amazing instrumentals, ruined by awful vocals. That's AC/DC. All their music is the same, I almost admire their lack of willing to change, but their does come a point where they are really taking the piss. I really think that if you take the repetitive formula and absolutely god awful vocals out of their music, you would have something amazing, dare I say even in a similar league to the likes of Led Zeppelin and bands in that vein. But unfortunately, they completely ruined it in favour of the style that they are so famous for.
Highway To Hell shines brightly in the AC/DC catalogue as the only album pairing classic (and better) frontman Bon Scott with the precision production of Mutt Lange. It'd be easy to deride the change as being commercially driven rather than artistic, but Lange's production is incredibly sharp -- introducing tight backing vocals, subtle flourishes, and just enough polish to elevate the songs without stripping away the band's grit. It’s also one of their most consistent records. There are some obvious highpoints and lowpoints sure, but I'd argue there isn't a particularly weak track. Bon's vocals were never better. Malcolm's rhythm guitar is precise and relentless. And the clarity and separation of the mix does wonders. It has the punch and clarity AC/DC really needed at this point. And while they get a lot of shit for all songs sounding the same, and there's plenty of textbook AC/DC here ("Highway to Hell", "Shot Down in Flames", "If You Want Blood"), there is a decent amount of genuine variation for an AC/DC record. "Touch Too Much" almost feels like a blueprint for ’80s hair metal, "Night Prowler" leans into a slower, bluesier mood, and even "Walk All Over You" plays with the trademark sound a bit more than you expect. The fact that they ridiculous put out *another*, even bigger classic album with a different frontman less than a year later is goddamn ridiculous, but this one stands proudly on its own merits.
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
this was great. reminded me of my dad. would like to listen to again
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
Cult classic. Favourite track: Highway to Hell
Nope! Next...
It's a classic for a reason.
No está mal supongo pero repetitivo.
No
A lot like Back In Black, but not as good. Title track fucking rules.
Good in like a riding in uncle Sam’s boat way. Not my usual vibe but it has its time and place fs.
Really only liked the first song
Hell yeah. 3.5 rounded up for If You Want Blood, one of the best needle drops ever as heard in the movie Empire Records.
Awesome with some bangers. 8.3/10
A rock-solid AC/DC album. Some absolutely killer tunes, with Beating Around the Bush being a real highlight - a rollicking riff that departs from the usual Young brothers formula. A couple of sub-par numbers and iffy lyrics knock it down to a 4 star.
The brilliance of Roy Orbison's rock'n'roll masochism is the Big O's commitment to the bit. He doesn't just allow himself to be cucked by women and intimidated by men, he doesn't merely cry and run scared in the story of the song, but he shares the song, prostrating himself before the listener. It's a huge risk that pays off. I wish Bon Scott's position made half as much sense. He seems at the mercy of these women, a dribbling fetishistic mess before their lace, their high heels and their thighs. But, yet, he's going to walk all over them. Some of the women are controlling and untrustworthy, while simultaneously doing "all the thing (Scott) wants (them) to." He uses exactly the same phrase on several songs. Although Scott is always at the risk of being set alight, driven insane, or otherwise ruptured by the women he is sleeping with, it is not because they exert any power over him. Rather, it is because they capitulate entirely to his desires. It is decadence. And decadence of the most meat-headed kind. The paradoxes and contraries are hardly Wildean: "the face of an angel, smilin' with sin," "a fist in a velvet glove." Indeed, they are not paradoxes at all, they are commonplaces. The decadence is no more than hyperbole. You can't be transgressively normative and Bon Scott doesn't know the difference between masochism and machismo. Too much of a rock star to be vulnerable, victim only to his own excesses. He may present himself as a Christian martyr thrown to lions on If You Want Blood, but he has none of the conviction. He'll say anything that feels right in the moment. But all that feels right to him is another rock'n'roll or sexual cliché. He wants to be the martyr and the emperor watching on and downing peeled grapes. That would be an interesting contradiction if he didn't just sound like he was blaming the serving girls for looking well in the short tunics he picked out for them. 1.5 It is troubling that on an album which is almost wall to wall rock songs about sex or the pursuit of it, the only phallic symbol present in the lyrics is the knife sticking out of someone’s back in Night Prowler. What the fuck is going on there gentlemen? Highway to Hell is a miserable procession of procedural lobotomy rock. And it’s a dangerous album. I was driving a car at the time when I noticed the lyric, in Touch Too Much, that goes “[She had] a body of Venus with Arms”. What could I do but applaud for a full minute? It’s only luck there wasn’t a serious accident. 1/5
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5/5
I feel like all songs are a variation of the same riff lol Well, it still rocks...
Killer
I mean this album is a CLASSIC. It is just so good. The riffs are great, the solos are fun, vocals are strong...this is just classic arena rock. There really isn't a bad song here. Liked Songs: The whole album, but "Get It Hot" is my "least favorite"
3.25
It's a good album but personally just they get better after moving to Brian, it give them the extra kick from good to great.
Kova levy, on kuunneltu ja tullaan kuuntelemaan.
ACDC kuulostaa epäilyttävän paljon ACDC:ltä, en oo koskaan oikein ollu suurempi fani, peruskomppi ja mukavat riffit on aivan ok turvallista kuunneltavaa. Laulaja kuulostaa edelleen aina siltä että sillä ois TODELLA paha ummetus, 3/5
Great ACDC album that really defines rock and roll. Something that would keep your energy up from start to end. Overall a great album!
Good
Album No. 0173 on my list. Ah, I had not listened to “Highway to Hell” for quite some time. I remembered a few songs (apart from the title track, of course), but was curious to dig into the whole thing again. From my early teenage past, I remembered that I didn’t like it as much as its successor (“Back In Black”). And what can I say? My memory was correct! “Highway To Hell” is inferior to “Back In Black”. That has partly to do with personal taste (I just don’t like Bon Scott’s voice that much and had always preferred Brian Johnson’s), but I also don’t thing that the songs on “Highway to Hell” really hold up in comparison. I mean, the title track is obviously beyond reproach, and there are some other solid tracks, especially “Shot Down In Flames”, and “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)”. The latter is probably Bon Scott at the peak of his abilities. I’ll add all of these songs to my playlist, but the rest of them doesn’t quite hold up. I think there is still a little bit of variety; in the late 70s, AC/DC seemed to be willing to explore some various creative ideas - compared to their later work where everything is much more uniform. Still, the resulting tracks feel rather mid to be honest. Not bad in any sense, just mid. 3/5 stars.
AC/DC is the Best of Breed of a type of music I usually don’t go out of my way to listen to, but it feels criminal to give this album anything short of a 5.
It's AC/DC, I don't know what else to say
just earlier today I gave Van Halen's Van Halen shit for being a great execution of a thing I don't particularly care about, and here I am about to give AC/DC a four for doing basically the same thing but I'm sorry, I love this, Bon Scott's scumbag warbling rules for all the same reasons I hate Diamond Dave and I am living so comfortably in this cognitive dissonance there are other better albums that are getting a lower score than this. I can't defend myself and I'm not even going to try, I'm just gonna listen to Touch Too Much again
A great pick-me-up for days you want to get some pep back in your step, and power in your stride 😄
I don’t even know if I need to listen again with amount of times I’ve listed to this record. I was just going to skip listening and give this five stars, but I played it anyway. I forgot how great this record was. To think this was Bon’s last record and then the next one with a new singer was an even bigger hit. This album just keeps better. I can’t get over all the songs that I forgot were on this album.
Just not really my thing
Nothing will ever touch Back in Black, but this was still pretty good.
A lot of 1970s hard rock / metal on this list falls very flat for me, particularly deep cuts. This one gets hard and stays hard.
Rockslop
bom album, bom clássico, rock and roll!
My favorite track was Night Stalker. Overall, I enjoyed more of the bluesy rock sound. I really liked the lead singer, Bon Scott.
they released this album before and after, multiple times. still a solid experience 5/5
“Somewhere a clock strikes midnight And there's a full moon in the sky You hear a dog bark in the distance You hear someone's baby cry” One of those albums that to the uninitiated is defined almost entirely by the title track but there is so much more to enjoy than that. It is a near perfect summation of AC/DC’s sound. Fast, simple, and exhilarating it doesn’t let up for the full run time and gifts us some of their best songs. “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)”, “Girl’s Got Rhythm”, and “Shot Down in Flames” are all classics and “Night Prowler” might be my favourite AC/DC track. Somewhat heretically to Rock purists I do prefer “Back In Black” although it is very close. There is no doubt in my mind that this album will continue to stand the test of time and that for many AC/DC will continue to be the standard for Hard Rock music.
Fun listen
I have aged out. Too loud, too rowdy, too male. Two stars
A classic. Strong title song and while most of AC/DC songs sound the same - they are all very good, energetic, powerful and fun rock songs.
This is an instant 5/5. If you rate this anything else, you're on a highway to hell yourself.
Ja dit is natuurlijk gewoon heel goed. Echt niet mijn muziek, maar er zit een groove wat altijd goed is!
Title track is obviously great, but everything after feels very repetitive. I'd rather have just played Highway to Hell 10 times.
hele goede herinneringen aan rondgebeukt worden door bezwete mannen tijdens dit soort nummers tijdens motorkontje, maar verder wordt het vanzelf een beetje veel van hetzelfde. zie ook de calvin & hobbes satanic metal comic. tja.
you know what it reminds me of one of my favorite movies so i like that (school of rock)
Just raw and sick ass vocals and awesome guitars. Not as many hits but great energy throughout the album
Probably the most mediocre music known to man
Good name for an electrical company. They make good music too. Steven has a clever name for it too.
AC/DC rocks! This album came out by senior year in high school. It was a big hit.
Obviously very iconic and it’s good I finally listened to it, but his voice was just a bit much. Awesome instrumentals and sound, but still just a high 3
Kinda realized all their songs sound the exact same. They’re still so classic though, I think I just prefer their other albums
The first concert my mom ever went to in the 80’s was AC/DC so growing up I always thought they were so cool and yanno what I still think that
It's really good if you choose to like it
hot damn this is a classic for good and for bad
Extremely one note, but that note is so fun. These guys have the crown for the most sound consistency over all their stuff. Which is surprising because they found a second singer that sounds like this lol
They really are one of our premier pure rock bands. Energy! Violence! Sex! Toe Tappers! "She liked it medium rare" made me laugh. Look out Prince, there's a new horniest m-fer on the block. I don't think there are enough heights here to get to a 4 but there isn't a lot to complain about either. 3.5
A lot of my love for AC/DC faded as I matured, but this album holds up. Sure, it can be a little one note, but I credit them with coming up with 1001 metaphors fer fuckin' and for distilling hard rock to its essence
I love the SONG highway to hell/ACDC in general… as an album I just am taken back to cutting weight for wrestling in high school.
Less grating than I expected, but ultimately my flavor of dad rock is much more on the steely dan end of the spectrum
Fine and glad I listened, but not my jam.
A real classic
When I first took guitar lessons, the first song my teacher had me learn was Highway To Hell. I don't know if it made me like the song more or less. Still, AC/DC is a solid artist and this is a great album.
Classic classic rock
This is definitely a classic album, and while there aren't many hits on it, I think the biggest problem is that several of the songs do feel pretty forgettable. Everything is well done, and I think that with time, any rock fan can learn the songs and appreciate every single one, but it doesn't have an instant ability to blow me away on almost every track in the way I'd give a 5 star album.
Solid fun rock album. Would listen to again 7.5/10
Really solid classic rock album. Loved the blues influences on the drumming and guitar work on a couple tracks. Can see why its influential.
Perfect! I like it!
Cannot listen to this at all
:)
6/10
This just has to be one of the most solid, consistent hard rock albums of all time. Not a bad track here
Rocks so hard that it's been overplayed for decades
It’s AC⚡️DC… With Bon Scott no less. Just banger after banger
It’s a classic rock album. It’s also exactly what you’d expect from AC/DC. Although after listening to this album all the songs started to song similar. Favorite song: Beating Around the Bush
Classic. They had such an iconic sound. This album is quintessential to their style.The album itself is fine, though the songs get a bit repetitive. "Shot Down in Flames" was the favorite off this one, although the title track "Highway to Hell" is a timeless classic. A good album to jam out to every once in a while. RIP Bon Scott.
No better way to start the day than the title track
Solid rock & roll record
Sounds like a fat turd
Maybe their best?
Last album with Bon Scott. Wasn't familiar with anything but the title track. Bangers: Walk All Over You, Beating Around the Bush
it's kind of kickass, but only for so long. after 30 minutes it all jumbles into a kitschy blob akin to KISS. yuck. sides A and B are both 4 star EPs, that together make a 3. 3.5
4/5
Top notch out the top drawer.
The perfect music to play at a sparsely attended semi-pro hockey game
Classic
A classic, high energy. Not always in the mood for AC/DC but it's a nice listen. Every song a banger never boring.
instrumentals are absolute cinema, the use of electric guitar and drums is just beautiful like they seem like they had fun making this album. what i can say is that i don't connect at all with lyrics like i don't think id ever know the lyrics of the songs ever, maybe that is partly cause i can't hear what he is saying.
I was surprised that I liked this as much as I did. Certainly not a genre that I listened to very much. The only thing that brought my rating down was the singer. I found his voice grating and made it difficult to listen to. Overall the songs were largely bangers and I enjoyed listening. I would definitely listen again, hence the score of 3. Not sure I would want to have it in my collection hence not a higher rating than 3. My current rubric is want to listen to again is a 3, want it in my collection is a 4, on heavy rotation is a 5. Ratings of 1 and 2 are things that I probably would not listen to again.
A superb offering from one of the greatest bands ever! This was an absolute tonic after the disaster of listening to Miles Davis the day before, just what was needed to get me back on track. Some amazing tracks, didn't get five stars as I felt nothing topped the first track but that's just personal preference.
I loooove Touch too much
Sucks butt
Oh I grew up with this one - excellent! Just don't let your drummer sing it all the time in a band.
Entiendo el hype. Las guitarras hablan. Producción de 10. Mis favs Highway to hell, Shot Down in flames y Love hungry man. Sólido ✔️
Todas iguales las canciones pero esta entretenido
Mostly nostalgia but still solid
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
perhaps this is repetitive, but at least what's getting repeated is straight gasoline.
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.
This was recorded around the time legendary frontman Bon Scott was drinking himself to death and their first with heavyweight rock producer Mutt Lange, signalling a more polished sound. Iconic opening title track sets the standard and it keeps the same rhythm throughout, closing particularly strong with Love Hungry Man and Night Prowler. Straight up unapologetic rock n roll, nothing to think too hard about. But they did it as well as anybody. Let's face it, most AC/DC albums sound the same - certainly from this point onwards, but this and Back in Black are their best.
Legendary
Its coo
Good album. Fun ride.
HELL YEAH BROTHER Loved this review someone left: "unclear if the album would be better if it were just "Highway to Hell" 10 times"
Highway to Hell is an absolute banger but the rest of the album feels a little too samey, like it's just 10 highway to hells with different lyrics. 3/5
Never cared about AC/DC and stillt dont, mediocre but kinda fun rock, every song sounds the same tho. At least this isnt an album with brian johnson on vocals. Fav Song: Highway to Hell (i guess??)
shitway to hell
ultimately not something i'd listen to on the daily, however there are elements on this record which i find really enjoyable. the guitar riffs bang
7.5
The significance of this album to the mainstream music scene is understandable, but most of their output fails to grip me. Still pretty good overall, I'd say.
ITs ok but a not my favorite kind of rock
a few classics!
I don’t seem to get the hype. This sound just isn’t for me.
5/10… hard rock / *1979
Pretty good. Nothing gets close to Highway to Hell on this. Air guitar, head bobbing and banging were had throughout though.
Every song sounds the same but it’s a pretty good song
Thrashy
All-time opener and great Australian representation. Without having listened to an AC/DC album in full this did more for me than I expected. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Highway to hell alone makes this a 5 star album. Such fun. Favorite track: highway to hell other picks: girls got rhythm, touch too much, if you want blood
Your songs are allowed to sound the same if each of them have an Angus Young solo in them
Yeah so this is my least favorite album I've ever heard which is saying a lot tbh
Very good, felt quite repetitive tho
These guys love sex! Get what you pay for with AC/DC it's generic hard rock but someone's gotta do it. If you want blood (you got it) is a brilliant tune!
Very one note, but at least its only 40 mins. Having the title track first kinda sucks cause its just down hill after three and a half minutes
Solid rock album, one of the greats. Just sounds too similar in clsssic AC/DC fashion, 4 stars
Yes we can all play these 3 power chords.
I like a few of their songs but I’ve never been a mega fan. I think of this as screamo music for the most part.
I get dad's hype, very good, nothing rubbed me the wrong way at all
I listened to it and it was a great pick me up.
Are we gonna call this party rock? Party metal? A little dated feeling but that fella can sing within his range.
Decent Rock.
This album was a lot like the last AC/DC album I had to listen to, very bland and samey. This one was shorter though I think, so at least it took less time to get through this time. I can't deny they're talented players, but they choose to make such uninteresting music. It feels like an affront to real rock music. Favorites: Highway to Hell
Such a classic, a much easier listen than I expected
To my mind, there needs to be more Metal on this list so this was a blast. The energy of the first track alone can move mountains; even an elderly person mowing their flower bed will dig that trowel a little harder and a little faster listening to this absolute opus. And to think, it isn’t just strong guitars and lots of growling going on here, the melodies are interesting too. I just love it
Not a huge fan. Highway to hell is a classic but it's just not for me.
Rockin!!! Loved it, proper toe tapper. Actually made me engage in my work a bit more lol
It's very AC/DC. More partial to Back in Black but Highway to Hell the song is great and the rest is what's expected.
More greasy 70's rock please.
Ok
Obra prima do rock and roll!
Nothing wrong with it, very solid rock, but as an Aussie it’s overplayed to its detriment, that said, it’s popular for a reason.
Im a rock chick I throw shit around
this is just not my type or rock music, feels way too american to me, but objectively is good
Sounds like it's doing everything it possibly can to keep me entertained but still too soulless and samey to be any good
Great classic
Pub metal. Probably love this if you get into it when you're 17 in 1979 or so.
Songzeile: Oh, she had the face of an angel, smilin' with sin A body of Venus with arms Was will man mehr. "Venus hat keine... Arme und Beine".
Good album, a few hits buttressed by solid B-sides.
Annoying as hell
better than i had remembered ... stripped-down, bluesy, raw. singer actually sounds good (in contrast to the other guy that came later)
Meh, it's rock ok but quite repetitive rock at that.
nice but a very repetative sound, it was kind of a drag to listen to it
When I learned that music was meant to be listened to through entire albums, this was one of the first albums I listened to from beginning to end... the feeling is still the same, it never gets old. 5 stars.
Antichrist/Devil's child is really good.
I've already documented my complicated history with radio Hard Rock, and I'm afraid AC/DC does not escape the stereotype. The few decent songs have been played to absolute death and the rest is entirely forgettable. I could leave it at that, but Highway to Hell deserves a little bit more at least. Bon Scott was a very good vocalist, at the very least very fitting for this style. I love how close and distorted the production on his voice is, almost reminiscent of Is This It's vocal production but with a much more nasal voice. My issue with the album is just how empty and soulless it feels. There really isn't a groove I ever find them getting into, every song feels a little flat and a little pandering. Wanna know what really grinds my gears? When hard rock/metal bands put on the persona of the most wild insane hardcore dudes on the planet and then pump out some of the safest, most sterilized music on the planet. I'm not saying Highway to Hell is the most sterile, but isn't exactly fertile (regardless of how much Bon infers otherwise). Again, my distaste for radio rock outweighs my distaste for AC/DC in particular, but there is almost never a time when I would want to sit through Highway to Hell again. Hard Rock is so much cooler when bands play with the formula even a little bit, rather than just trying to make a Pop hit with a Hard Rock sound. Highway to Hell can keep its crown for Guitar Hero, Hot Topic T-shirts, and generic 80s Rock radio stations, but the album as a whole I couldn't care less about.
Solid - all similar but liked listening more than i thought
Me lo estoy pasando bomba descubriendo a AC/DC a mis 58 años más allá de los exitazos. Obviaba el hard rock de joven porque me era fácil sucumbir a los encantos del pop y a la rebeldía del indie. Y al final, no había más que dejar que el rock fluyera libre por tus venas una vez dejados atrás estúpidos prejuicios adolescentes. He disfrutado mucho “Shot Down In Flames”, “Get It Hot”, “Girls Got Rhythm”, además de “Highway To Hell”.
Oh hell yeah!!!!! I'm on the Highway to Hell!!!!
Хз. ниче не почувствовала. Это как играть в Скайрим, но я не играла в него в детстве, только слышала мемы. А потом, когда стала играть было уже не интересно, потому что перед этим прошла Ведьмака. Понимаешь культурную важность, но для тебя лично уже не актуально
Idk they all just kinda sound the same. 6.4/10
School of Rock coded / why he gotta scream like that in every song?
midd
Classic
Eh, not special and pretty repetitive and formulaic.
Estan buenas Love Hungry Man y tmb Night Prowler, entre muy negativa a escucharlo pero al final i just fw.
3.5 stars
Альбом хороший, бодрячковый, но мне просто не нравятся AC/DC, вокал неприятный, инструментал ну базовый рокешник, на фоне в баре пойдет
One of the best rock albums of all time.
Gleichzeitig Original und Parodie. Das ist alles so dumm, macht mich aber auch sehr fröhlich. Dummpamin?
Jedes Album seit 1979 klingt so. Und jeder Song klingt wie der andere. Respekt für soviel Erfolg mit so wenig Einsatz.
Simple and fun stadium rock. Was not expecting the Mork and Mindy reference at the end!
Yeah, well, Bon Scott was a great vocalist, but I much prefer the later ACDC albums, as the songs just aren't there on this album - the notable exception, of course, being the title track. 3/5
Хорошо, но много подряд такого тяжеловато
I liked the lyrics and the style, but i'm not a fan of the way their voice sounds
Bon scott acdc What's not to like
My aunt and uncle's wedding song was Highway to Hell. It was a good representation of who they were at the time and turned out to also be a good representation of their marriage. I'd never listened to anything else on this album but it turns out really just the one song is a good representation of every other track as well.
What happens if, while on the Highway to Hell you want to get a snack? Are there rest stops along the way?
a very white american dad-core album to me........................... i just did not care for it at all frankly
One of the iconic hard rock bands. Good music, hard rock band sound..
One song in different flavors. But all the flavors are decent. Just some good ol’ fashioned rock n’ roll.
It’s an alright album!
So much better than Back in Black. A bit more raw and much more fun. Bon Scott is missed! 3.5/5.
There’s so much to say about this album, and AC/DC in general. To give it its due, this is an iconic rock album with some iconic riffs. It’s iconic. As rock albums go, this is as good an example of true rock n roll as anything could be. However, I’m not sure how well it’s aged. Or rather, how well it holds up with those of us who have aged, because it hasn’t. AC/DC has a formula that works, at least with young men in their teens and early twenties. Fast songs about girls and partying with driving drums and some cool riffs, repeat the title/chorus for about a minute. Play it loud and it’s irresistible to red blooded males. To this day, their core audience remains that same demographic. They’re the musical equivalent of Matthew McConaughey’s character in Dazed and Confused….they get older but the fans stay the same age. Not to say this isn’t a classic album. I am certain rock would not sound the way it does without the influence it had, if only by inspiring a slew guys to pick up an instrument to get girls. So, for how much I like it now, probably a heavy two stars. Maybe three. But even if I wasn’t real into it, it’s still largely listenable. From when I was younger and it’s cultural impact, a heavy four. I guess that rounds up it to a four.
🤘
Culte mais sans surprise
Je préfère l’album Back in Black ! Cela dit, c’est dynamique, ça met de l’ambiance, c’est chouette
C'est un classique mais c'est juste pas trop ma came quoi
7.4/10, пиздато, хоть рок и не слушаю, но есть какая то однотипность в треках, но слушается легко и ахуенно
mid
Top!
Heel leuk album
Solid album. High energy with at least 3 classic songs: " Highway To Hell", " Girls Got Rythm", and " If You Want Blood (You've Got It)". The latter is probably my favourite track in the album. Of course, this is really distinctive. I think it deserves a solid 4 star rating.
AC/DC is a band that cemented their sound and then just rolled with it. Is it a versatile sound? Not really, but it’s good fun and something totally unique to them. If you’ve ever heard AC/DC before, then you already know what this album sounds like. There aren’t really any surprises on this album, other than the fact that it’s pretty good outside of just the title track. There are at least a few fun tracks that I would revisit: like “Girls got rhythm”, “if you want blood”, “shot down in flames”. The other tracks range from pretty fun to pretty boring, but none of them are really that mind-blowing to me.
Not entirely perfect but pretty close to it 4.5*
The most underrated drummer in rock. Just brilliant. I don't know why i love acdc so much but I love them
Classic...hard rock in expert mode - Malcolm and Angus Young's guitars blast out of the speakers like no one elses, Bon Scott puts in his usual charismatic performance, and I reckon Cliff Williams is the secret weapon throughout, playing the most deceptively simple bass parts in rock, completely locked in to the groove from start to finish. Not to mention Mutt Lange's production and distinctive backing vocals - there are moments that you hear the same tricks he'd use to make his millions from with Def Leppard and Bryan Adams a decade later. Fun, fun album. A couple of clunkers in amongst it but one of their best for sure. R.I.P. Bon Scott - this was quite an album to go out with.
I think I’m a bit biased because so many fuckwit bogans love these guys. It’s fine for what it is but it’s only something I can handle in small doses.