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There's no denying that AC/DC can play big rock songs that are easy to like. And this one contains a bunch of them.
Simple, fast, loud, and anthemic. It's the hard rock that's tough, clear, and dark enough to not quite reach into metal territory like popular contemporaries Van Halen and Rainbow. More like Kiss and Journey, just as catchy and memorable, but better produced and less generic. The guitars are certainly the highlight, melodic and impactful, with awesome riffs and solos. New vocalist Johnson fills the role well - loud, aggressive, and distinct - although less versatile than his predecessor. As for the songs themselves, I think they're really good but certainly carried by the hits. A few of the deep cuts are pretty forgettable beyond a couple cool tricks. It's not innovative, but it makes up for its influence on the genre and high production value. This is my vote for their best album.
I never really got into AC/DC but this album is very good and deserves it`s popularity.
Great album and always been a favourite in our family. You Shook Me All Night Long is my highlight
Best Song: Shake a Leg. I've always liked the guitar riff, and it's strangely the most danceable AC/DC song. Worst Song: Let Me Put My Love Into You Babe. Absolutely one of the grossest euphemisms to come from a band that kind of revels in gross euphemisms. Also, "Don't you struggle, Don't you fight, Don't you worry cuz it's your turn tonight"? Jesus H. Overall: A massive album full of great rock songs that I'd be happy never hearing again. Perhaps unfair to call them a victim of their own success, but the amount that I've heard these songs played at every sporting venue and outdoor event means I can't stand to listen to them any more.
Lekker classic album. Beetje legendary ook he.
Classic
4/5 hard rock classic.
Never been a fan on Brian Johnson's ACDC but this was not as bad as I was expecting
Lol what a classic. I notice how much his voice reminds me of CCRB
Classic rock and an absolute banger of an album.
Solid rock album by AC/DC. These guys start off with a great intro song with hells bells and then fill the rest of the album with some fantastic hits. They’ve always been one of the better arena rock bands and I think this is one of their best albums. Very much enjoy this one and would listen again. 7.8/10
Masse moro! Låter fryktelig skilt og naivt, men gøy lell.
An album with many rock anthems and bangers. (8/10) FT: Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long
Instant zin om een amerikaanse tiener roadtrip aftermovie te editen. Met alleen maar filmpjes van hoe ik als hond met m'n hoofd uit het raam hang, superlang in de zon ben zonder te verbranden, en blikjes bier shotgun terwijl driekwart van het biertje in een epische explosie over m'n gezicht sprayed.
A fun rock album with some of AC/DC's most well-known tracks, including Hells Bells, Back in Black, and You Shook Me All Night Long. These guys weren't much for variety when it came to their sound (I like this music, for the record, but one has to admit there was a certain formula here), but you can't deny that they really perfected their own unique brand of hard-hitting arena rock on this album. Brian Johnson, making his debut with the band, is a worthy successor to Bon Scott, with his incredibly distinct, powerful vocal performances being the perfect accompaniment to Angus Young's high-flying solos and classic rock riffage.
What am I, 12 again?! The sexism is pretty blatant, but the guitar riffs I find immediately hookable. Back In Black into You Shook Me All Night Long is a classic 1-2 punch right in the middle of the album. Its just over so quick!
Never heard of it. You know, on this one, there's always something to carry you through. Whether it's a killer hook, incredible guitar work, or the sheer audacious stupidity of the song lyrics ('let me cut your cake with my knife' is some Spinal Tap-level shit), this never gets boring. I wouldn't say it's all killer, but it never loses me. And it's got a few all-time greats.
18th August 2022 Listened while pottering around the house, cleaning etc doing some work. Had the family round for dinner in the evening. Punchy and loud with electricity woven throughout. AC/DC are a jolt of fun.
Heerlijk, ieder nummer weer. Tekstueel valt er wel wat op aan te merken
4/5
Wasn't really looking forward to this one, because I'm not a fan of their best known hits and not a fan of "pop metal" or arena rock in general. It was a lot better than expected and I actually quite enjoyed it as background music. My enjoyment varied between songs, with their hits being rather annoying (You Shook Me All Night Long being particularly annoying) and some of the deep cuts being the best (for instance the very bluesy closer Rock And Roll Ain't No Noise Pollution with a fantastic guitar solo).
A beast of an album, rollicking through without stopping for air
Great, feels like a "proper" album that's best listened to in it's entirety. lots of great songs in there, however I wouldn't have this on a regular playlist.
just ac/dc what can I say legendary
This album is great. I do think the songs all more or less sound the same, but they’re so good that I don’t really care.
This was good. I appreciated it. I worry about his vocal cords. Halfway through I checked to see how much more I had to get through.
C'est du rock
great to hear this again, didn't know it was the 2nd highest selling album ever, but why not?
4/5, but a low 4. Starts really well, the opening couple of tracks are great, then fades a little before the two absolute classics, Back In Black and You Shook Me All Night Long. Then fades again at the end. Won't come back to it as an album, but happy to have discovered the first two tracks.
Nonstop rock
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Hello Bells is a great song my favourite from this band of which I'm not really a fan. But this a strong hard rock album. Some of the tunes are pretty banal; Give the Dog a Bone, Let Me Put My Love Into You...I mean really? Reminds me of Spinal Tap's Lick my Love Pump. But still a very strong album. 4 🌟
Classic rock with some big hits.
3.5
This does feel a bit more like what i think of when I think of AC/DC. Hells Bells is a great opener and the energy continues until it ramps up for Back In Black and You Shook Me All Night Long. Have a Drink on Me feels a bit on the nose since old mate died of Alcohol Poisoning but hey we're a drinking culture. Anyway, that's enough AC/DC for me for a while.
3.5
Damn, I thought I was kinda sick of cock rock by this point, but I guess the classics are (sometimes) classics for a reason. 10 tracks, all of them good, some of them brilliant, and none outstay their welcome.
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Back in black
all of these track titles are about SHACK. enjoyed this way more than I was expecting to. some absolute bangers on it from a genre that i generally don't get on with and the donging from the bells is a great start to an album. I'm a sucker for a nice fat bell.
I'm not saying that I'm definitely going to fuck a horny MILF in my area to the backdrop of AC/DC, but I am currently filling in my details on a website. FUCK ME JANICE, 43, 9 MILES AWAY! FUCK ME TO HELLS BELLS!
Entertaining album some good songs on the album and easy to listen to
Back in black goated song
I wish I wrote these songs. These guys had a sound and performance style all their own. This album is rock and roll. This album is a party, every track a rager. After reading about the death of the original lead singer, this is even more of an accomplishment! If not for the misogynistic trappings of 80s rock lyrics, this would be a five-star right here!
Just a fun and incredibly horny rock record.
Back in Black is the soundtrack to my junior high. I loved this then and still do now.
Iconic album cover. The title track is, as the kids say, an all time banger. The whole thing is wall to wall sex-drenched rock and roll. A stunningly strong album, not even considering the circumstances. Not all the songs have aged that well -- I'm looking at you, Let Me Put My Love Into You and Money Honey and ... well, most of them, really -- but that's easy to overlook given how hard the entire album rocks. The pinnacle of its genre.
This was actually very good. It is exactly what I was expecting and it was exactly what I wanted. There really is not a bad song on here.
Not my favorite from the band. Good classic rock album with catchy singles. It's deserve to be in top 1001 for sure!
Start to finish fun - it’s a party album albeit tinged with mild schoolboy misogyny. but that riff from the title track oooof what a punch in your beer gut - never fails to make you want to rock out. It’s compact and kicking. Like the AC/DC rhythm section
It really rocks! (Did not know this album in total, a pleasant surprise!)
This one rocks hard and the production is excellent. I love 80’s albums that lack synths.
A bit overrated but still good, 3.75
I wasn't sure if I had listened to this album in full before. Most I already knew, because they are huge hits, but some I hadn't. "Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" is a great choice to end the album. There's so much strong guitar work here, some really memorable lyrics and melodies. No surprise it's on this list!
I was REALLY into this album and band as a teenager. I think I wore myself out on AC/DC, as I have not really listened to them or this album much in the last decade or so. That said, this has reminded me that this album rocks from start to finish -- there isn't a single skip for me. I'm really excited to be listening to it again.
A monster of a rock album.
some real bangers on here
Relentless is a good word for this album. While slightly repetitive, it's filled with head thrashing bangers that anyone could get behind.
Great album. Probably my favorite by AC/DC. Not much more to say about it.
Well known hits. Rocks. Not deep or meaningful.
AC/DC are like Motorhead, in that they keep making the same album over and over again. Normally I have a strong preference for Motorhead and AC/DC leaves me cold, but this play through actually really worked for me. Maybe it's getting more exposure to it? Fave track - "Back in Black", for sure. "You Shook Me All Night Long" also has some fondness, as it's a good karaoke tune...
A rock classic. Sleazy sexual innuendo, driving drums and MONSTROUS RIFFS. One of rock's greatest albums.
Kinda got a little tired of this style, but still a good classic
Hard to rate this one, in terms of enjoyment it's a 3. Not my style of rock, but objectively it's a 4 or 5, so I'll split the difference at 4. An album full of bangers and likely the template for a lot of heavy metal/rock albums to date. Lots of the songs are so ingrained in my American psyche I can't separate them from various movies, bars, and various people I've ran into.
classic
Great
Loads of energy, loads of charisma, some questionable lyrics, but an overall a solid album with some iconic hits
This is the type of album for those who are here for a good time, not a long time. AC/DC's first release of the Brian Johnson-era could not have been more appropriate and honoring to the legacy of Bon Scott. Their similarities in vocal style makes them nearly indistinguishable at times, but we do hear the differences at first, but what AC/DC managed to do here is to maintain familiarity of their vocal style with Brian Johnson. You know the singers are different, but the sound is familiar and their energy is preserved. As history would suggest, AC/DC was able to continually raise their profile and become one of the most celebrated rock bands in music history. Title track "Back in Black" is a fine example where Bon and Brian are virtually indistinguishable during the chorus, but we can hear less of Bon's raspiness during the verses. This would be the theme as we pay attention to such detail, but AC/DC was never Bon Scott and it has never been Brian Johnson, it has always been about their sound, and the men behind it. We salute those men who have done more than their fair share of rock.
Jeg hørte ikke den første sang, kunne ikke rigtig tage det der navn. Men ellers var der god power i sangende, men de havde nærmest alle den samme basisrytme.. ;)
Energetic wow!
8/10
Classic, What I think when I hear "Classic Rock"
innegabilmente un pezzone dietro l'altro, anche se non è il mio genere.
Primo album. Sul serio? AC/DC? Ne restano ancora mille... Vabbè dai metto un pezzo a caso. Parto dall'ultima traccia, Rock N Roll ain't noise pollution, na figata di pezzo, rock semplice, non raffinato, ma incisivo, senza patina, e la voce convince di più, un pezzo meno alla Bossi, meno a "cazzo duro".
A rock 'n roll classic packed full of hits. Hits that have been overplayed on the radio, in movies, in stadiums, in bars...
Rock n roll as hell
Top tier AC/DC. As always both the lyrics and delivery are a little, well, Meathead. But as far as that kind of thing goes, no one really did it better.
AccaDacca! If you're looking for the quintessential Australian Rock album, this has got to be one of the top ones for sure. It has classic tracks, hard-nosed guitar riffs and solos that will get your head bopping and ears bleeding! Best: Hell's Bells; Back in Black Worst: Shake A Leg
pretty good the title track is a classic and the whole album is pretty entertaining 8/10
Loved the tunes…. Classic Rock
This rock rocks
Powerful driving rhythms, Johnson voice unique. Not usually my genre, but I have a soft spot for this album. Saw them alongside the Who, Stranglers, Nils Lofgren at old Wembley Stadium in 1980
Ghost should cover "Hells Bells" how awesome would that be... Shoot To Thrill is also a perfect cheesedick rock song. Cheesedick rock was a genre that was so well represented for so long that it's weird that it's mostly extinct nowadays. Anyway, this is a great album that is always fun to listen to. I can't think of a better encapsulation of the merits of cheesedick rock.
legendary
Feels like a 4, even the title track alone means it deserves a 4, but some other good tunes too. Hells Bells and Shook Me All Night Long. 4/5
Must have one of the best opening songs to an album. Great album.
Can't deny this has bangers
Depuis que j'ai écouté cet album, je suis devenu tout bonnement insupportable dans l'open space, hurlant à l'oreille de mon collaborateur de me transmettre le dernier fichier en vogue, braillant en plein milieu d'une réunion que le café est de toute façon dégueulasse, criant à qui veut bien l'entendre que oui, le studio d'AC/DC est localisé rue du café des délices.
Not quite a 5 for me. Some amazing rock songs and even the lesser tracks have a great energy
Yeah, a classic rock album. Great riffs and songs, amazing musicians, lyrics that have not aged well.
Very good, the first part of this album is awsome Has a lot of classic songs, a really good record from an hip hop fan 7.5-8 out of 10.
I've never listened to the whole album before.
Dikke jams wel. 2 keer geluisterd en een paar staken er bovenuit. Meeste leken heel erg op elkaar waardoor de overlap van liedjes niet duidelijk was behalve Back in Black zelf die op het einde kwam. Wel een heel sterk album
3.5
4
Classic
First album with Brian Johnson replacing Bon Scott. Iconic songs and album to be honest. The vocals, I am well suited to so I don't mind. Very honestly an album you DO need to listen to before you die. A vibe and I played air guitar to this while sick. lovely album. Strong 4 to 5 man. 4+/5
AC/DC's iconic roaring sound is exactly the throwback I needed. I stg Brian Johnson's vocals defined an era of movie soundtracks. I honestly don't have a seasoned enough ear to be able to meaningfully discern the characteristics of each track, so they all just felt like additional servings of the same thing (which is a good thing). That being said, I did have a couple stick out a lil ⬇️ // Favs: Back In Black (duh) / You Shook Me All Night Long Score: Decent 4
Good quality rock 🤘
AKA: Captain Crunch's Oops! All Berries Apollo didnt want to listen. So I am. "Let Me Put My Love Into You" is my fave so far. "You Shook Me All Night Long" is still the most romantic song of all time. Overall much more solid than I remember.
Solid album. Too many misogynistic lyrics for my liking but I loved the simple rock n roll.
по хорошему надо бы конечно въебать этой группе одной песни тройбан и отпустить с миром, но че-то вчера по дороге домой включил и такое настроение балдёжное стало внезапно. Всё-таки есть у ацдц (по крайней мере в этом альбоме) свой шарм и своя безудержная энергия, хейтить которую не получается. Ну как можно злиться на человека, который с таким восторгом орёт про адские колокола. Да и вокал, на самом деле, весьма уникален, пусть и партии не самые разнообразные от песни к песне. Поэтому бог с ним, семёра заслуженная, без подобных альбомов было бы куда скучнее жить
I did not expect to like this album as much as I did listening to it again. Really just kind of the next step after Led Zeppelin. A bit more obviously horny but just killer guitar tone and driving drums and bass.
Está banda es una de esas consideradas clásicas porque su música no envejece, o envejece bien. Pero es raro, no es que no me haya gustado, pero en esta escucha sí me quedaron ya un tanto desfasados.
Full of cringe-inducing, problematic lyrics. But if you ignore that, 4-stars.
Brilliant album. Not given it 5 star because there are better albums on the list that I've already rated 5 star.
Some classic songs and a brilliant album but some repetiveness stops me from throwing out the full five
oh yeah now we're talking!!!! this is a REAL mans music right here let me tell you !! oh yeah oh yeah!!!!!
Very solid album with a lot of hits. I didn't find any songs that I liked more than the ones I had already saved, but I enjoyed all of them. Already Saved: Shoot to Thrill, Back In Black, You Shook Me All Night Long Saved After Listening: Hells Bells
Hardrock zonder doekjes om. Plezant om lekker luid op te zetten, maar na een tijdje lijkt elk nummer wel wat op elkaar
I'm willing to overlook Brian Johnson's vocals due to the Young brother's ability to put on a blues-based hard rock clinic. Have a Drink on Me is my favorite AC/DC song, and there's several other classics here as well. Brian's voice does grate though after a while; he's best enjoyed in small doses.
Bunch of popular songs on here. They're good and I like their catalog but just in general it's just constant screaming and the songs often sound the same. 8/10.
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a whole AC/DC album before so this was fun. This album, well, rocks! Stand out tracks: Shoot to Thrill, Let Me Put My Love in You and, of course, Back in Black and Hells Bells! HB might be one of the best rock album openers ever.
cette voix m'a toujours fait pensé au son d'une envie de défécation mais les hits sont les hits et rallies tout le monde et moi aussi
Probably the AC/DC album with more hits?
OOOOOOOOFFF a classic, voice gets a little annoying by the end though. rock out of 5
J'adore ça, plusieurs gros hit sur l'albume. La voix du chanteur est très particulière, c'est cool pour les hits, tu reconnait tout de suite que c'est du AC DC. Par contre, quand vient le temps d'écouter les tounes moins connues de l'album, je trouvais sa voix un peu trop accaparante. Je vais continuer d'écouter leur succès plutôt que l'album complet je crois.
A true classic, need say no more! \m/
Enjoyed this, turns out I like 80s metal more than I thought. Would love to see them live.
A classic. Hells Bells, Shoot to Thrill, Back in Black, You Shook me all night long, lots of hits.
Sounds better than i remember it.
Nostalgia... fun to listen to now and then.
Fuck YES!
Album kicked ass, kept the energy high. Every song sounded like a hit to me.
I forgot how much the first twenty seconds of Back in Black absolutely slap.
Every song follows the same formula. Luckily the formula is rad.
Amazing
Little repetitive but got some real classic.
It's my first time listening to this album in it's entirety, it's a lot more soothing than I thought it would be.
Pure rock
Solid classic rock album; everyone knows the hits. Vocal style isn’t my favorite but I can’t dislike the rock.
This is right on the cusp of 5. The reason I went 4 is because this much AC/DC is a lot in a row
4.5
Cool album. High energy over the top rock and roll. All the songs sound pretty much the same. Lyrics are a little mediocre but the album rocks.
Some of these songs were much longer than I expected, and very similar to each other. Still a classic.
Finally, the unification of Satan and sophomoric innuendo that the people were clamoring for! A solid album all the way through, despite the fact that I find the lyrics to "Give the Dog a Bone" personally distasteful. I can also picture Richard Ramirez really feeling the lyrics to "Let Me Put My Love Into You." Apart from those issues, the album is insanely high energy with some really high points. So many rock n' roll classics in one album 4/5
Lotta classic, not much to dislike
Classic, in some ways the definition of rock and roll. Love it.
Classic metal album, timeless bangers!
4.5
Сара 3,5 Марко 3,5
Aussies rock
In a nutshell: let there be rock. You'd think a band would break up after their best mate and frontman dies. But it was under the insistence of friends and Bon Scott's family that AC/DC should carry on. Brian Johnson is by no means a replacement or a vector of Bon Scott. He brings his own to the band. Scott even mentioned while watching Johnson's old band Geordie in the 70s that he would be a good fit for AC/DC. The lyrics are still juvenile- party hard, drink hard, fuck wild and hard. Yet I noticed the tongue is firmly planted in cheek here compared to Highway To Hell. The riffs stand the test of time. It's embedded in many karaoke bar, strip bar, dive bar and pub front bar playlists in the funny ol' land called Oz. Overall: 5/10
AC/DC is a band I've managed to mostly avoid until now. It's not terrible - the band is solid. But it's not very interesting. I guess AC/DC isn’t there to be interesting, it’s there to make you headbang and say WOOO FUCK YEAH ROCK N ROLL. High 2 stars; I'll give 'em a 3 for effort
It contains 2 classics: "Back in Black" and "You Shook Me All Night Long". The sounds are alright.
Anytime I see the phrase or title "back in black" I instinctively start singing "Jack is back" because Nickelodeon ran that stupid promo for Jack Black hosting the Kid's Choice Awards everyday all day for a few months in 2008. My brain does not remember the actual lyrics anymore. I can only tolerate so much of the vocals on any AC/DC song, it just really wears me out. About halfway through the album I almost quit, and then "You Shook Me All Night Long" came on and that song is amazing and it rejuvenated me. It's a fine album.
I don’t know how to explain this but I’m gonna try. Please if anybody understands what I’m describing, let me know because I’ve been working on phrasing this all day. But this whole album sounds like when I go to a concert by a band that I kind of like but in whom I am not super well versed. And the songs in between the songs that I know all sound the same to me and blur together and I have to check setlist.fm but at a certain point I actually lose track of how many songs they’ve played and just give up. I had a good time here, despite that paragraph. “You Shook Me All Night Long” is perhaps the greatest of the Big Dumb Horny Rock Songs, doubly impressive when it’s on the same album as something called “Let Me Put My Love Into You”
I guess it's iconic, but his voice grinds on me and I'm just kinda over it.
Not my usual taste in music. But the album's overall vibe and sound just hypes me up. Not sure if i'll listen to it often but it was fun to explore.
Classic
This album goes hard af when you’re 5 years old
This is a classic album. AC/DC just isn’t my favorite
It's a great album but I have heard it tons of times. There is a local rock station that used to play these songs daily. I have heard this too much and don't really care if I ever hear any of these again. They are good and all that, just way over played.
alternate current, direct current this message has been bought to you by your local electrician
Wasn't a huge fan of them when I was a kid but they've grown on me over the years. Pretty good album.
3.5
Their best
Too much shouting
solo me gusto 2 pero las demás tienen buen ritmo
Okay Album. Not really for me. 3 stars. Back in Black is good.
Way to bounce back (in black) after losing your lead singer. Very hard to do but Johnson filled those shoes. This is their most popular record and not just because the fan base was in support after Bon Scott's death. The album has some of their best/biggest hits. These guys started to push the 80s rock into hair band style. I don't like where they were going but this is still some solid gritty rock and roll with strong sexual inuendo and mixing by the Mutt. Still doesn't have my fave track my the band but if you're gonna own one from AC/DC, this is the record...3.23 stars.
I can't say Back In Black is a bad album, but it's pretty hard not to call it overrated when it is put on a pedestal as one of the greatest ever. Sure, it's AC/DC's best album and has the impact of the Bon/Brian history tied to it, but even at their peak I still find them be just OK and still wildly overrated. I'm sure I'd catch a lot of flack outside of our direct family, but I know that sentiment is shared in the household. I get why it's huge, and I can't deny that it has a couple of fun songs, but Back In Black is just another pretty good album. It's got all the pieces of the AC/DC hard rock formula, which is fine but a little stale over time. Shook Me is probably their best hit in my book, but most the rest of the songs are more of the same "meh, whatever" when all is said and done. It's not a bad listen, just not one that I need with any regularity outside of a karaoke bar or whatever. Sacrilege I'm sure for the masses to hear, but to each his own. Back In Black still gets positive marks, but I just can't put it anywhere near the upper pantheon of anything personally. It belongs on the list for many reasons and has certainly cemented its place in music history regardless of how I (or anyone) feels about it. 3.38 stars
It's fun. Scholockly, schlocky fun.
Just alright. Kinda boring since it’s basically the school of rock soundtrack. But hey, shoutout to jack black
Greatest disparity between the two best songs and the two worst songs on an album I've heard so far.
Très cool mais j’ai trop entendu d’ACDC dans ma vie du coup ça m’en touche une sans faire bouger l’autre Un solide 13,5/20
3.5 stars
Un bon classique hard rock + "Back In Black" Iron man forever dans mon cœur d’enfant 🤯
I won’t pretend like I had no fun at all, but there are some real stinkers on this one. I liked this a lot more when I was like 8 and my dad was blasting it in his work truck.
It sounds Ok. I’m more for the Bon Scott era
I’m usually pretty worn of the AC/DC vibe by the end of any given song. To listen to an entire album lays bare how repetitive and uninspired their music really is. Add the juvenile songwriting and innuendo, and the sum equals much less than it should, despite the few legendary cuts.
3.5
It's loud and proud but a bit one dimensional
I jammed to it. The singles have been overplayed, but there were some other good songs on here. Still, that voice - it's pain.
I used to listen to this as a kid, and thought it was so cool, not listening to the lyrics. Listening to this as an adult, I can't help but think of the cringe in these lyrics. Favourite Track(s): Back In Black, Have a Drink on Me Least Favourite Track(s): Let Me Put My Love In You
Listened to it at 8:30AM during work, great energy for a start, classic AC/DC, cohesive album, great solos, incredible how they were able to have so many similar songs in the same scale and still make it sound at least a little different. Yet that's not something I will be coming back to, but worth listening
Eh
Review - well this album is exactly what I expected. It's got some good songs. Not just the ones I already knew, a few like Shake A Leg were deep cuts I enjoyed, with fun guitar solos. I just don't find AC/DC very interesting, and specifically I don't particularly like Brian Johnson's voice. Not that I want to go listen to a bunch on of Bon Scott stuff but still. TNT is more interesting than any song here. In any case, AC/DC isn't a band I'd choose to listen to a full album of at like 7:30am, as I did in this case. Too early for Brian's Geordie caterwauling. Score - 5.5/10 Need to listen? YES
the music itself isnt too bad, has a few bangers even, but im always gonna feel slightly racist listening to this
Picture it. 1980 and I heard this without a second thought of the lyrics; it was all about the guitars and drums. Decades later, the guitars and drums still rule, but now some of the lyrics give the icks. My heart votes 1 but my ears vote 5.
Worse than expected? Deels wrong to give 2 though
Como que si y como que no
Too much screetching!
Great songs, great solid rock. That's a lot of screaming for an hour, though. 3.5/5
Der er mange gode numre på, men det er også lidt i samme riff-rille.
All of these songs feel the same… But also if any of them came on at a party, it's an impeccable vibe. The riffs are top notch. They knew how to do one thing and do it well.
Angus Young said, "I'm sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've put out 12 albums that sound exactly the same" Great tunes featuring the same four chords.
It's 2026, I'm not listening to fucking AC/DC.
Not the most variety on this album but thats not what you expect anyways. Good classic hard rock and a great comeback for AC/DC with Brian Johnson as new frontman. A few fillers are definetly there but also some of their biggest songs. 3,7/5
Всё то время что я слушаю сейчас Back In Black, один из знаковых и главнейших релизов АЦДЦ, я пытаюсь понять ПОЧЕМУ я отошел от подобного dad rock'а. Щас будет куча субъективщины: Когда в детстве я вступил в активную фазу полового созревания, и в один из дней задался вопросом "а чё такое етот ваш роцк??" что я побежал слушать? Правильно. Такие группы как AC/DC, это первое, что представляли родители в 70-х, когда неодобрительно фыркали на свое чадо, что он слушает "этот ваш рок.." И мне кажется, в этом и суть. Одна из популярнейших групп, узнаваемый голос, узнаваемый (но крайней неотличающийся от альбома к альбому) гитарный звук, это прям "рок группа из пробирки" и даже не в плохом смысле этого слова. Но это скорее то, что лично меня отпугивает от прослушивания, когда я уже вырос. Когда ты "будто бы для всех" ты одновременно с этим "ни для кого". Конкретно для меня: слишком прямолинейно, слишком неизъебисто, слишком одинаково. Однозначно, это талантливые ребята, написавшие не один хит, но как бы печально и даже грубо это не звучало, для меня они ощущаются "рок группой из супермаркета". Как бы не хотелось обижать австралийских ребяток. Что по альбому? Ну тут сплошные народные бенгеры, Shoot to thrill, Back In Black и вот это вот всё, чё вы и так знаете. Лично я в юности частенько тащился от Hells Bells.
Thunder from down under! This album must have had excellent marketing when it was released because singles off of it were played all the time. In fact six of the ten tracks were on the radio constantly back then (they’re still being played). AC/DC is one of my favorites, but only before Brian Johnson took over. His voice is a bit too strained for me. Note - Wiki says this is the second best selling album in music history.
Hell's bells, Trudy! Is it better to have an album you know you don't like, or one you've never heard of? Just curious. Apparently this is the 2nd best selling album of all time. I do like it better than Led Zeppelin, I think, as it's a little more zippy, but it's definitely in that "genre I hate" space. Except they're Australian! I also don't think I knew the context that one of their bandmates died before this album. I guess I will round to a 3 since it was less painful than I expected. Slur count = 1. Highlight: 'You Shook Me All Night Long'
Been a while since I've listened to the full album.
Good alblum The classic tracks are classic. The others are ho hum.
Classic rock
its fine
These stars are mainly for Angus 🐐 Some really weird/bad lyrics in here though
Very much like my previous AC/DC review. The hits are bangers and everything else pretty much is filler. It's fine, it's enjoyable, but not something I would ever need to own.
I understood why this group was added to this collection as back in the day this group was one of the most popular metal rock and roll groups around; however, I wasn't a fan when they were popular, and I'm not a fan today either.
Comes in so strong, if it was just the first 7 songs minus What Do You Do For Money Honey it would definitely be a strong 4 or even a 5, but that song and the last 3 really bring it down for me.
I'm not even listening to this right now because today is not even a rock music kind of day
74/100
Highlights were Hells Bells, Shoot to Thrill, Back in Black, and You Shook Me All Night Long. Very good album I enjoyed it. Solid 7/10
Iconic. Hard rock. Not really my jam... but a lot of jams that were lots of people's jams. The title track, along with You Shook Me All Night Long defined a segment of my teenage youth. Hells Bells, Have a Drink on Me, and Shoot to Thrill were also on heavy rotation.
The ultimate reference album. Which is a little bit ridiculous since it actually took quality engineering to capture that sound, but still, pretty dang good.
Me había olvidado que este disco lo escuché unas cuantas veces cuando estaba en la Universidad. Buen disco! Claramente un clásico. Y nada más.
This challenge is really showing my bias against hard rock and metal. Just really doesn’t get me that excited. The hits were hitting on this one though.
Not really my thing... Some great songs. But top 100 albums of all time apple? Seriously?
Classic but as an aussie its a bit overplayed and i say this with as much love as i can but this album especially sounds like the same song for 40 minutes long, but it sound especially good during a few pints with the lads. Standouts are Hells Bells, Back in Black and You Shook Me All Night Long.
I think I’m allergic to AC/DC. One good song on here rearranged 10 times. I cannot stand Brian Johnson’s voice. The hits are iconic and that’s fair but I don’t enjoy listening to them. I can see why this blew my dad’s mind but this really is like making a thanksgiving meal and then eating it every day for a week.
A level up from the previous Highway to Hell album, which sounded (even more) similar track to track. Lyrics are either silly or horny but also it's just what it is you know? It's unpretentious and they're talented.
549/1089 - Better than I thought it would be. Every song sounds pretty much the same and is very much "Hard Rock" which is a genre I'm not a fan of most of the time, but this is overall done really well and a great example of Hard Rock.
Misogyny was fun in 80's huh?.....I loved this.....if I pretended enough
This is a completely stacked album, it has a lot of AC/DC's big hits on it; kind of seems closer to a greatest hits. This music embodies the famous motto of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll," it's so goddamn sleazy. This kind of seems to predate glam metal with it mixing the heavy riffs with anthemic hooks accompanied by lyrics that focus on 'life-on-the-road-as-a-rockstar' and sexual innuendos galore. I haven't realised this until now but "You Shook Me All Night Long" kind of reminds me of the glam (rock) classic of "Cum On Feel The Noize" by Slade, and I suppose this also applies to the glam (metal) cover done by Quiet Riot. Ultimately I'm not a fan, it's just too generic for me. I respect it a whole lot, but the lyrics 9 times out of 10 aren't good and the raspy Mickey Mouse-like screams by Brian Johnson aren't helping whatosever. I think this is a perfect album for my 3 star flat collection, it doesn't sway too hard in either direction, but it's probably a bit more bad than it is good. It's just an album that's not for me, which is honestly fine. Highlight Song/s: "Back In Black" and "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
You may not notice it the first few times you listen, but hidden within the lyrics is just the subtlest, most tasteful hint of sexuality. "Giving the Dog a Bone" and "Let Me Put My Love into You" are - in addition to common phrases which we all use every day - evocative of the actions which one must undertake in order to have sexual intercourse. But even beyond that this sensuality pervades the album. "You Shook Me All Night Long" doesn't sound like anything at first - there's nothing sexual about shaking. But then when you go a step further and consider what could be causing that shaking... the mind reels. They also seem very interested in this "rock and roll" concept which I assume is some kind of Australian sex act. Not sure what to think about AC/DC they're somewhere between respected classic rock like Led Zeppelin and disrespected crap like Aerosmith or Kiss. They never sing about lord of the rings or anything so maybe that's why they're not as respected as zeppelin. But they're much better than Aerosmith. Definitely going for "rock + roll" not like blues or prog, but they get a little more expansive than just pure guitar solos (I guess just the bell in Hell's Bells). They do great with arrangement and dynamics - it's all about the interplay between the drum kit and the lead guitar so when either drops out for a second it's really effective.
Can’t help but feel like I’d enjoy all these songs if they were sung by someone else
Classic rock. Not really my cup of tea but the guitar work is really catchy. The vocal melodies are also nice and catchy even though the style of vocals isn't really something I like listening to for a prolonged period of time. Maybe the vocals are the reason I don't like this more than I do. Overall, quite catchy and simple songs. I can see why it is rated highly.
Sound like what 'trying to be Cool' would sound like: slow, impactful, groovy riffs - what I would image to be true rock music. Songs morph into one - almost like background music: vocals don't have much variety or range, drums have no identity, riffs are cool but too similar.
Fun, mas raso
joa classic
When AC/DC hit, they hit.
Has moments of greatness, has moments of boredom.
solid album, just not that big an AC/DC fan, i wish i could get into it more. i appreciate its status as a solid heavy rock founder and favourite tho
The hits hit. But it did get a little long...
i felt that a lot of the songs sounded a bit too similar
A : 3, Shook JL : 2, Best: Back in Black
Album napewno jest ponadczasowy ale mam wobec niego kilka "ale". Po pierwsze mimo, że już legendarny to nie podoba mi się głos wokalisty, wole gdy głos nie jest aż tak wysoki w tego typu zespołach. Również znowu wraca tutaj problem nie odrózniania piosenek i mimo , że sie różnią to często nie czuć gdy piosenka sie zmienia. Nie jest to mój typ muzyki choć trzeba przyznać, że album to już legenda
I can see why some like it but Brian's voice is not my cup of tea
I don't like AC/DC. But this is their best collection of bangers.
Mauvais à priori HB est quand même mythique, très bon début d’album Bon sinon c’est de la recette appliquée. Je crois pas qu’il y ait de plus value à écouter l’album Trop de gros hits pour pas être un bon album Le dernier titre pue un peu la loose 7/10
Surprisingly struggled with this one. I was very excited at first -- grew up loving AC/DC like any proper teenage boy, and I've probably not gone a single month since without hearing one of these songs at least somewhere in the wild. But damn, this is repetitive and simple. Just a crap ton of power chords and screeching and very basic radio-friendly-rock-sign-anthems, without any true grit (IMO). But then again, they do it so damn well. Turns out this is not one of my favorite rock records out there. In fact I probably wouldn't even rank it in the top 50. But I would be remiss if I didn't appreciate how ridiculously, endlessly catchy this stuff is. Giving it a strong 3.
At the end of the day this genre of music is basically musical theatre for straight male boomers. I don't mind a bit of a musical theatre and this album is fun at times. Ultimately though, it gets pretty repetitive pretty quickly.
Another album that I've long known about with several classics that I've known forever. Hells bells was the ringtone for my dad for a long time lol. The story behind this album make it that much more fascinating. To lose a front man and come back with a bigger hit than ever is kind of unfathomable to me.
AC/DC literally does one thing and they do it slightly better than okay. Even as a hard rock and metal kid in high school in the 80s I thought they were boring but at 15 or 16 I thought their lyrics were clever. Now in my 50s they're boring and juvenile
this sounded exactly how i expected it to sound.
pensais ca allait etre meilleur ço best: GIVIN THE DOG A BONE worst: jsp
flabalright
when I enter the yelling non sens in a high pitch voice and my competition is AC/DC bs: you shook me all night long ws: rock and roll is noise pollution
You can't deny this album is a hit when so many classic songs are on it. Fun 80s vibe, makes me think of Dean Winchester and how can either of those things be wrong? I won't rate it higher than a 3 because personally I know I won't seek out to listen again but I did like it, and if any of the songs came on the radio I would sing along.
Not my cup of tea, but fun in parts. Drumming was tight and some of the guitar riffs were good. But generic rock. Don't enjoy lyrics about men leering over ladies.
That cannae be AC/DC. If a guitar comes in here in a minute it's unbelievable. It is. It's Hells Bells, AC/DC. Oh man. Cannae beat a bit of AC/DC man.
Great rock album, not my thing.
makes me think that i unfortunately will never own nor ride a harley davidson. it does rock though, just a flavor of rock i appreciate and respect a lot but enjoy a little less than a lot. that being said every note of the title track is iconic. favorite song is Let Me Put My Love Into You, that riff is just so nasty. strong 3
Cool and classic but doesn't excite me - I feel like I'm just completely desensitized to AC⚡DC from hearing it 8 million times in stores and in movie trailers and as a kid so I don't even know how to listen to it to try and pick out any details to critique. I respect apparently every single hit being on here (Except for Thunderstruck), yet still nothing really got my neurons jumping 5.6/10
Favourite tracks: Hells Bells, Shoot To Thrill, Shake a Leg The actual riffs themselves are amazing, love them. But the voice irks me with how strained it is. Impressive he can sing like that for so long but it does get old fast for me. 3/5
I remember I used to really like this album. Listening to it for the first time in many years I was surprised to find myself not really enjoying it. Probably the biggest issue for me was the vocals, I found them very grating. Less surprising to find the lyrics not always holding up. I still enjoyed the music, and the hits still hit though. 3/5
I think I owned this album on CD when I was younger, which would make it a first of its kind on this list for me. This is classic AC/DC—nothing more, nothing less. There is this joke that AC/DC has basically made the same song over and over again for the last 50 years, but in small quantities it just works! There is no denying they are one of the biggest rock bands of all time. Many sound engineers actually use this album to do sound checks for festivals, so production-wise, it hit a level that became a reference point for the future.
Classic sound. Hard to separate the sound from back in black single and the locations the song is played in (baseball games).
i've heard Hells Bells, Back in Black and You Shook Me All Night Long on the radio in the past, but nothing else Hells Bells - 4/5 Shoot to Thrill - 4/5 What Do You Do for Money Honey - 1/5 Given the Dog a Bone - 3/5 Let Me Put My Love Into You - 3/5 Back in Black - 5/5 You Shook Me All Night Long - 5/5 Have a Drink on Me - 4/5 Shake a Leg - 3/5 Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - 4/5 Average score: 3.6/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ it has it's good moments, mostly the tracks i had already heard in the past. i think my biggest gripe about most of these tracks is Brian Johnson's vocals. at times, his vocal range is really impressive. other times, it's absolutely grating and i can't stand to listen anymore (What Do You Do for Money Honey was particularly atrocious) i was never as crazy about AC/DC, but i think i preferred Bon Scott (rip). that being said, regardless of my preference for vocalists, it's cool that the group was able to make such an epic comeback after an event that would've ended most other bands, so kudos to AC/DC 👏
Did anyone else play a drinking game where you take a drink every time they sing the words "hell's bells", or did I get pranked? The hits from this album are obviously huge, and I enjoyed them when they were new (to me) in the context of parties, bars, workout playlists, a well-placed moment in a movie, etc. But I also feel I could go the rest of my life never hearing them again and be just fine. It's a well crafted album but I didn't like any of the songs outside the ones I knew already.
Much more my style of music but holy shit his voice is sooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying. It's like smashing pumpkins in the way that the band is ruined by the vocalist (except I would say smashing pumpkins is a more severe case because their music is REALLY good versus AC/DC being somewhat generic in comparison). If you ignore the vocals (you cant) the album is really fun to listen to. I love rock!!! I don't mind the strained high vocals if it isn't the whole time/actually sounds good. I didn't realize this was a different vocalist to the original guy so I will have to listen to highway to hell to compare but I really can't do it with this guy. Some bangers on this tracklist and he just makes me not want to listen to them which is so sad. I don't know how to rank this, being that it's much more of an album I like (rock) but I hate his vocals but if you ignore it I really really like this album so. Idk. Iconic album, caters to my likes in almost all respects, but I can't in my heart give this a 4 star rating because i hate hate hate the vocals so much this shit is so irritating. I have no idea what I'm doing with this rating system at this point because in a way i enjoy this more than a few other albums that I ranked a 3 but I cannot rank this a 3 in my heart. Maybe Back in Black is a purgatory album. Iconic and Irritating. The thing is I don't remember his vocals being so disgustingly torn in the worst way possible. I love a nasty vocal but this is just bad. Harmonies sound weird and out of sync. Just unpleasant and I can't get past it anymore. The title track can get away with it I think, weirdly enough. But power chords and riffs yum! I'm a fiend for this basic ass rock formula </3 Perhaps a 3 is the perfect middle of the road rating. I love this shit rock vibe but his voice is so much worse than I ever remember. Actually the further and longer I listen to this album the more pissed off I get. Shut up rip off Robert Plant I hate you and your basic ass riffs shut up shut up shut up
Never actually gave AC DC much of a listen but soon as I heard the Hells Bells intro I remember listening to this album at 14 for the first time. Sadly didn’t make the impact other old rock albums did
First time in years hearing it. Bit of a dissapointment, really. Lots of songs are a bit weak and low energy
As jarring as it was to hear a new singer with AC/DC Johnson’s voice here is at its peak and fits perfectly with the rift laiden rock n roll . Great album that unfortunately is rife with horrific misogyny and the constant objectification, if not actual predatation, of women. “Giving the dog a bone” is the weakest song of the album . But even here Johnson’s vocals are good in the second half of the song and the tight rhythm section drags it along at pace. 4 musically but a 2 lyrically. If one stops and analyses it .
If you want a kid to discover the joys of music, play them some AC/DC. Eminently accessible, surface level rock. Maybe skip the song where they describe an assault though.
Very cool stuff with the bell in Hells Bells. Questionable vocals. Pretty hardcore bruh, I don't really listen to this kind of music but I enjoy it. Anything to drag the music dawg. Shoot to Thrill is catchy, nice guitar and vocals, simple but good. What Do You Do for Money Honey is aight, not much to say dawg. Givin the Dog a Bone is also okay. Let Me Put My Love Into You has an amazing intro, very chill. Everybody has listened to Back in Black in their lives at least once its so peak, amazing guitar playing though hawt dayum. You Shook Me All Night Long is lovely, absolute cinema. Have a Drink on Me is pretty good. I feel like halfway through the album they decided to lock in. Shake a Leg is also a banger, what are they feeding this guitarist holy moly. Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution to finish it off, and this was a perfect song to end the album. Amazing.
I liked this! It was a little more rock forward than I would normally go but good vibes
I'm going to rate this slightly lower than I originally thought I would. Yes it's a classic, yes the singles are bangers, but the album experience left me underwelmed. And don't get me started with the overplayed aspect of Shook Me and Back in Black. The lyrics of most of the songs don't get me either. Fantasitc start and finish, Hell's Bells is for sure one of my favorite hard rock songs and Shoot to Thrill is really fun. Can't say much about the rest.
Dramatic opening. Back in Black. (10 songs, 41 mins)
A guitar standard
Pretty consistent album. Don't really feel like there was a bad song. There just wasn't really much that stood out for my personal taste
AC/DC has never been my cup of tea but you can hear why people like them. There are some undeniable classics on the album. They are still great songs and I can appreciate that people like them.
2.5 stars I thought I hadn’t listened to this album before. But when I put this on I unlocked a core memory. Freshman year of high school, the senior who gave me rides essentially made Jack Black’s School of Rock character into his personality. He only listened to classic rock. It was Guns n Roses, Led Zeppelin, the Doors, and this album that he would play and sing/air guitar along to. So I had heard the album before. But why had I forgotten that? Well, like I said about Highway to Hell, it’s generic hard rock. Classic tunes. You’ve heard them in dozens of action movie trailers. But as listening content in and if itself, I don’t see myself listening to this on my own.
guy who's only ever heard the school of rock soundtrack, listening to back in black: getting a lot of school of rock vibes from this...
AC/DC is an icon. Featured in Tony Hawk Pro Skater. Great album!
Two classics on this album in Back in Black and You Shook Me All Night Long, but there wasn’t too much else that caught my attention. It broadly seems like they tried to make the same song 10 times, there just isn’t enough variation to make this more than 3*.
An enjoyable enough album, with heavy hitters like the title track and 'You Shook Me All Night Long', I was quite fond of the opener 'Hells Bells'. I wasn't always massively keen on the vocals, but it didn't ruin the album. Overall, though, I can't say I enjoyed the album enough to give it anything higher than a 3.
Look, I am a Bon Scott fan through and through. I know that without Brian Johnson we would never had hits like Back in Black and Thunderstruck or Hell's Bells. This is probably peak Johnson. AC/DC beyond this is really just Angus doing the same thing he did for the entirety of his career.
Has some great hits on it. I think I prefer the earlier albums from ACDC, but this was solid too. There are a few too many tracks that amount to a man singing about his sex life and it got a bit stale in the middle, but overall a decent album.
Growing up this what I associated with AC/DC and it wasn’t until I was older that I learned their older stuff was way better. I never liked this band because of this record. Sure the title song is solid but the rest is just lowest common denominator hard rock.
huskede det langt værre end det var, men det trækker lidt ud som pladen går...
Det er fedt og fyldt med bangers - dog sjældent noget jeg vil sætte på i hverdagen.
*69 Stor 3'er. Der er nogle kæmpe numre på. Som helhed synes jeg alligevel, at det bliver lidt undervældende. Lille sentimental værdi i form af at have set dem spille som 13-årig i 2010 sammen med Thomas Buttenschøn, der tilfældigvis sad ved siden af min mutter og jeg. De spillede dog i Horsens, så flere bonuspoint kan det alligevel ikke give (https://tinyurl.com/2m3h49hp)
solid album good rock eyseys
goede klassieke rock maar niet echt fan van ac/dc
"Back in Black" showcases AC/DC at the height of their popularity. It was the first album featuring singer Brian Johnson, who had replaced Bon Scott, who had passed away five months earlier. In 1979, the band had achieved their definitive international breakthrough with "Highway to Hell", a success that they now effortlessly replicated despite the significant change in line-up. "Back in Black" became, in effect, the blueprint for all subsequent AC/DC albums and for 1980s hard rock. Musically, there was nothing new; instead, the band perfected their sound: riff-driven compositions in a blues scheme, with lyrics revolving around ‘real men’s themes’: women, alcohol, heaven and hell, rise and fall, and rock ’n’ roll. If you set aside the well-known tracks ‘Hells Bells’, ‘Back in Black’, "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution", what remains is run-of-the-mill AC/DC. From today’s perspective, it’s almost unintentionally comical in its clichéd nature, but clichés are an integral part of hard rock culture. Even if the music is a bit dull over the course of the album. But if it’s AC/DC, then this album or its predecessor. You really don’t need to know any more than that.
Goblin man rocks out
High 3, pretty good . Generic rock, not special but higher than 3.
Perfect classic rock album but man have I heard some of these songs too much and it really weighs down the experience, plus I always liked Bon Scott more
Great at what it does. Ultimately it just isn’t my thing and I since I’m not really tuned to the intricacies of rock music it all sounds the same.
menos que los Rollings.. lloralo Benicio
eh for me, outside of the songs I knew
Probably AC/DC's best album. I say probably because I've only heard the two on this list in full, but honestly I don't think I'm missing out on much. Yes, the songs sound pretty similar to each other. Yes, Brian Johnson's vocals are bit more shrill, but what are you gonna do when your former vocalist drowns in his own vomit? Either way, good riffs, fun and low stakes Rock music. Key tracks: Back in Black You Shook Me All Night Long
The most classic of rock. A little too samey, but honestly pretty fun
Not my preferred brand of classic rock and the schtick gets repetitive, but undeniably classic and irresistible in some places.
I just really dislike this kind of voice
It was pretty good, not amazing though
80s rock. Mourning dead lead singer. Second best selling album of all time. Good rock album, irritating vocals.
These guys cracked the code to hard rock and just went for it. Not something I typically listen to, but I do appreciate what they were able to accomplish and the musicianship
Sonically, Back in Black is the blueprint for hard rock and metal music to come, and it remained an exciting listen. Just ignore the lyrics.
3/5 All songs on the album sound very similar and are built the same way. Dont get me wrong, some are catchy, but that isnt enough for me to call it a great album.
I was SO excited for this one, i love AC/DC, and especially this album. So good, the guitar solos are fantastic. Fav song is ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’.
Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5
*Back In Black* contains four unarguable gems, kickass rock 'n' roll tracks with taut, punchy playing and stellar production that's keenly tailored to the material. The album as a whole has an unfortunate 6:4 ratio of filler-to-killer that loses it a few points, but when the combination of songwriting and sonic whomp comes together on tracks like "Hells Bells" and "Shoot To Thrill", it's as good as hard rock can possibly get.
its a classic
Good album. Definitely what I imagined an album with Back In Black to sound like. Let Me Put My Love Into You was my favorite. 6.2/10.
Enjoyable. Seems a long time since i saw them in an early incarnation supporting Hawkwund or someine similar!
Good , but I think they all sound the same
No es malo, de verdad, simplemente no conecto
Of course I know this band, but it's the first time listening to an album in it's entirety. I can confirm all their songs sound the same but they seem to take pride in this fact. The production is great, the guitar tones are indeed rocking - if you want sweaty, 80s hard rock then you'll love this. I don't particularly want sweaty, 80s hard rock though and couldn't get past the screeching, unpleasant vocals. Another record that deserves 5 if you're scoring it based on the bands intentions with the album - and with 37 million monthly listeners on Spotify clearly people love it. But I'm scoring on personal taste though and its getting a light 3.