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I'm not a huge fan of AC/DC personally, but you have to admit that have some bangers and have some really solid guitar. Hells Bells, Back in Black, Shook Me All Night Long, these are absolute classics that will light up any Manitoba social. The rest of the songs are pretty bland, fortgettable and same-y. The vocals suck - it's like if Axl Rose couldn't hit a note. The last track is absolute dog shit.
I’m convinced there is a AC/DC themed porno out there entitled “Let Me Put My Love Into You”. This album is perfect for sawing wood in the garage and then ultimately mis-measuring numerous times resulting in four trips to Home Depot. Lot of hits / recognizable songs on this album. I will say, they know how to make a popular song, which is why this is higher than a 1. They have a formula, as they know how to make the money honey. The closest thing to something I like in this album is the first minute of the album, the Hells Bells intro. Once the voice comes in, they lose me. The thing about AC/DC is that their music just wears on me. By the end of this record, it absolutely WAS noise pollution. It really is a shame that when I google my name, something related to AC/DC comes up :(
This album does not let up, pedal is to the metal. It's AC/DC, they know their lane and they stick to it. When they were mixing this album did they remove the bass from some songs entirely? Even when the bass is present it's not doing all that much of anything. Some pretty good guitar riffs (as is their trademark). Drums are boooring. I'm irritated by Angus Young when and AC/DC song comes on the radio - listening to him for 42 minutes is like a weird form of torture. Angus, I'd rather you keep your "love" away from me. I'll admit, Shook Me All Night Long, Shoot To Thrill and Shake a Leg get my head bobbing a bit. I think I enjoyed this slightly more than expected, still a 1/5.
I have never been a fan of AC/DC. However, I have never listened to a whole album of theirs before and I resolved to go into this one open minded and ready to try out some of their deeper tracks surrounded by some of their biggest hits. You know when there's a pressure difference across a doorway that slams the door shut as you pass? That pressure difference was AC/DC's music on the open doorway of my mind. By about one minute into the second track, I was absolutely sick of it. The guitar work on solos is quite competent, even good, representing the only thing I liked here. The bass and drums are terribly boring, the guitar outside of solos is nearly sheer power chords the entire time, I find Bon Scott's singing voice irritating, and the songs are uninteresting. The one brighter spot track wise is You Shook Me All Night Long, which isn't a great song but I definitely found myself grudgingly head bobbing a bit to it, indicating there is some redeeming quality in that tune. On reflection though it's like a half remembered dream, I can remember the general feeling of enjoying the song but my mind can't quite grasp why. The best thing about having to listen to this album is that I know it is AC/DC's best known album, so there is hope that it is their only offering on this list. Some rock and roll is, in fact, noise pollution.
Lots of iconic songs on here that I recognize from various tv shows and movies. Not my cup of tea but I didn’t hate it.
10/10
Fav Tracks: Hells Bells, Rock and Roll aint Noise Pollution
I knew I liked AC/DC but this is a killer record. 5 stars. Brian Johnson "fits right in" with this band and sounds like the natural frontman of this group. Young and the rest of the band are phenomenal - solid, loud, rocking. Love it.
I think these guys might be the reason why I love hard rock and blues-laden guitar riffs. RIP Bon Scott. Thanks Brian Johnson for giving black sensations up and down my spine.
This is objectively good but just not really to my tastes as I’m not a metal fan. The guitar and vocals were so fun even if they got a little similar at times. The hits obviously I knew and enjoyed for the most part. It wasn’t a bad listen just not something I really would go back to.
The greatest rock album of all time
Brilliant, rocks like nothing else and some truly timeless songs on here. Put my love into you and give the dog a bone kinda suck to loses a star for that
If this doesn't tickle your testes then I don't know what will. You might want to get tested for low-T. Good news is, a dose of AC/DC injected into your ears twice a day for two weeks is the cure. The most majestic and quintessential of 80s folk-rock. This defined an era. I want to do cocaine, lift weights, drive fast, and kick ass when I listen to this. Basically, exactly how I imagine the 80s. 8/10
ну что сказать, отличный альбом есть редкие скучноватые/затянутые фрагменты, но в целом альбом звучит околоидеально чисто жанрово не поставлю 5
Супертестороновый рок, который дичайше качает. Обязательно советую посмотреть лайвы группы, так как это охуенное зрелище Алкоальбом: слэмиться на концерте, выпив жигулевское барное
Аеее, вот это я понимаю - классика! Вообще конечно интересно слушать разный хард-рок и пытаться понять, в чём разница. Ну то есть неискушённому слушателю всегда будет казаться, что это одно и то же играет. И я наверное тоже из таких: мне наверное будет тяжело отличить Deep Purple от AC/DC, без вокала. Вокал - то, почему мы знаем AC/DC. Вот этот надрыв Ангуса Янга... Хрипотца, фальцет, скрим, чего там только нет. И это тянет группу и альбом в частности. Короче, фишка есть - группа в списке находится заслуженно. Но, не моя это музыка. Уже в который раз говорю :)
Вкуснота, в целом эмоционально на этой неделе можно сравнить только с Майклом. С радостью бы поставил 5, но мне не настолько нравятся их выебоны, чтобы они были такими затянутыми (не спорю, для оч многих они более чем оправданы), 4+
Trash.
I listened to AC/DC a lot in high school. This is a great classic rock album with several songs every one knows. Honestly still a banger. 1981 so still early in the 80s. Going to accentuate the CLASSIC in classic rock.
One of the best rock albums ever, by one of the most influencing bands.
Amazing album from head to toe. Hells Bells is a perfect opening track. You Shook Me All night Long is (in my opinion) the best track on the album, it's just the epitomy of music from its era. There isn't a single bad track here, and while some can feel similar, its a formula that works so well. AC/DC always has this talent to mask power chords behind other complexities so, so well
Holy shit Back In Black is such a good song haha Really liked this but I probably did not give it the attention it deserved. I've got no real complaints but 5/5 is saved for the albums that absolutely blow me away, hence 4 stars
🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🔥
Such a powerful introduction as the new lead singer of this great band. Like a stocking stuffed on Christmas day It's jammed full of presents and us kiddies have been good this year and Santa has delivered the goods with this smorgasbord of rock for us to feast. Iconic album loved every minute.
Better than 2 stars, hells bells and back in black are worth the listen
Every song is a banger.
Megahits a gogó. VINILO.
amazing
Classic
Great
A lot of screaming, but it puts you in a mood! Let Me Put My Love Into You was a great changeup when he moved into his chest voice/lower register. A lot of noise, but fun panning to create a different environment.
OVERALL: 6.5/10 Hells Bells - 8/10 - Nice tribute to previous singer Shoot to Thrill - 7/10- Pretty catchy, feels a bit repetitive in the beginning. The second half interlude is nice. What Do You Do For Money Honey - 6/10 - lyrics feel boomer as shit. Feels a bit filler and repetitive. Givin the Dog a Bone - 5/10 - Pretty creative head references, but for an entire song is kind of ridiculous Let Me Put My Love Into You - 5/10 - sexual innuendos account for 75% of this album so far, none of which have been very good. Back in Black - 8/10 - Classic song, catchy guitar, vocals sound the best on this song. The delivery of verses is great throughout, even if the lyrics themselves a little uninspiring. You Shook Me All Night Long - 8/10 - Favorite song so far. Has a nice position between melodic well though out lyrics and still maintaining their harsher vocals and rock sound. Have a Drink on Me - 4/10 - Formulaic song that is only redeemed by its solo. Shake a Leg - 5/10 - Forgettable song that has an okay guitar riff and solo. Goes on for too long. Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - - Killer intro, love the the riff and laid back vocal style. Best solo on the album as well. Just very solid track that caps off this album very well.
Better then Highway to Hell
Whatever man, plain old rock.
I feel like this album would be great if you are like 10 beers deep at a football game, but I do not really know why you would listen to it in any other situation.
Toxic Masculinity’s theme
Classic. High tempo. Great lyrics. Made me feel like I was driving down the autobahn at 200 miles an hour. Great album.
Generally not my sort of thing, but a 4* for a solid number of absolute bangers and for being general legends
why does he sing like that? it's annoying
Unfortunately the band felt compelled to put extremely creepy (Givin the Dog a Bone) and rapey (Let Me Put My Love Into You) tracks on this album, which are really hindering this from being great. There are some flaws with a few of the other songs but for the most part everything on here slaps and is about just having a good time, complimented with some great riffs and solos. 7/10
Drongos rejoice! That said, it’s the high water mark for lowbrow music. And it’s pretty damned high.
Classic
(not 1st listen) I just had Highway to Hell generated and now this? Fate has ordained that this is AC/DC week. Back in Black is dumb rock at its pinnacle. Hell's Bells, Noise Pollution, You Shook Me, Shoot to Thrill & the title track are so good, that the remaining tracks being merely fine doesn't spoil my overall enjoyment. My favourite track besides the big hits is probably "Let Me Put My Love into You", with the line "Let me cut your cake with my knife". It's so stupid! I love it! February 16, 2023
idk yet
Boring. Surprinsingly. Was expecting to like this one a bit more. 2 stars
As I listened to the Rock radio station growing up, I'm very sick of hearing AC/DC but there really is no denying this album is amazing. A amazing amount of well known songs for one album. Gezzus ... over 2 billion listens for all the songs on Spotify.
9/10 - Who doesn't like AC/DC, like one big rock song
It’s just variants of the same song, but a damn good song.
Couple of great songs, the rest just filler.
Þetta er svakaleg bangeraplata og einmitt það þungarokk sem ég er til í að hlusta á. Mjög skemmtilegt. En að því sögðu þá eru þarna lög inn á milli sem mega alveg missa sín.
At its best, the album is terrific fun. Big hooks, big energy and a wild wail from lead singer Brian Johnson. Their sound distills the 70s hard rock / heavy metal sound down to its most essential elements and turns up the volume. “Hells Bells,” “Back in Black” and “You Shook Me All Night Long” are classics that have taken over classic rock radio and defined the genre. At its worst, the album is juvenile and misogynistic. “What Do You Do For Money Honey” is nasty and mean. And “Givin the Dog a Bone” and “Let Me Put My Love Into You” are are goofy enough to be Spinal Tap songs. A lot of the other songs just copy the formula of the hits and the album gets a bit repetitive. But I’m sure I didn’t do this any favors by listening on headphones. This is a ‘blast it in the backyard’ album. These are songs built to scream out of car windows down the highway. This is rock and roll, best not to overthink it. The final line says it all: “Rock and roll is just rock and roll!” How can you argue with that?
Instant 5/5 for me. "Hells Bells" "Back in Black" "You Shook Me All Night Long" are all in the list of top ~200 rock songs of all time for me. There's an argument to be made for "Shoot to Thrill" as well. Best Australian rock band of all time? Crazy good record.
Not super amazing, but a great hard rock record and a good place to start (my first album on the generator). The title track is iconic, ‘Shoot To Thrill’ is fun, and ‘Hells Bells’ is probably my favorite AC/DC song due to its darker theming. (Not like it’s super serious or anything, but I like the imposing bells and riff at the start.) I also really like the guitar tone in ‘Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution’ for some reason.
So into this until the singing started..! You Shook Me All Night Long is an absolute banger, but other than that......
childhoog bangers acdçu!!!
One of the greats, for a reason.
Eh.
Second half of the album is far better than the first. 7/10.
Brian Johnson is the Sammy Hagar to Bon Scott's David Lee Roth. Like Van Halen with Hagar, AC/DC sold a shitload more albums with Hagar as lead singer. And just as the best Van Halen albums and songs are those that feature Diamond Dave as lead vocalist, AC/DC's work is miles better with the late Bon Scott. AC/DC was just a lot more fun with Bon Scott...you know, like Van Halen and Dave. Which brings me to a theory that apparently no one is willing to completely prove or disprove. Bon Scott had to have written at least SOME of this album. It's the one album with Brian Johnson that I'll hold up with all of the Bon Scott era albums. You can put the title track and "You Shook Me All Night Long" up with any of the classic Scott songs. Credit has to go to "Mutt" Lange, who also produced "Highway To Hell", the band's last album with Scott. Apparently Mutt was meticulous in working with Johnson on the vocals to get them precisely the way he thought they needed to sound like. The result is a classic album littered with bangers, definitely in the upper echelon as one of the best hard rock/heavy metal albums of all-time (although your mileage may vary as to whether this is hard rock or heavy metal, I tend to lean towards the former). Call it whatever you want. It's remarkable that Mutt was able to build off the strength of his previous work with Angus and the boys with a brand new singer. Dude knows how to move some vinyl. Maybe it's the stupid hat that Brian Johnson always wears that bothers me.
One of my favorites- so many hits on one album!!
Great!
Always thought ac dc were kinda dumb. Still do. But this was quite fun actually.
Listened to this a while ago so can't remember 100%. It was fun and energetic but not especially complex I guess? Quite good to listen to while cleaning. Would probably listen to again.
Another great AC/DC album with big vocals and instrumentation. Tight production with a crisper sound and well-composed songs (hells bells). Full of hits. 4.4 Hells Bells / Shoot to Thrill / back in black/ shook me all night /
Just soooo slow. I believe fans would call it "driving".
This album would have sold 10,000,001 copies if my momhad let me buy it when I was a teenager. Despite not owning a copy, this is one of the soundtrack albums of my younger years. Whenever I hear "Back in Black" it takes me right back there. 57 year old me doesn't blame my mom for not letting me buy the album. It is full of misbehavior and disregard of women's autonomy over their bodies. I could do without "Let Me Put My Love Into You." They busted into the '80s and then broke the mold. Bands that followed in their footsteps never quite hit the mark that they set
This should be my type of thing but it just felt kinda dated and generic. I don’t know, I feel that maybe if I’d listened to this on another day, when I was in the right mood, I would’ve enjoyed it more… BUT, I wasn’t.
Stark trea alltså. Back in black och you shook me all night long är ju två riktigt bra låtar, går inte att komma bort från det. Lite same same dock
If they dont sound like ac/dc they dont play rock. Jajajaa
It's heavy, loud, and never lets up. The sound AC/DC pioneered, among others, has really become a staple of rock to this day. It's wild that we still get bands recycling the same style. Really only found a couple tracks I didn't enjoy fully here due to the lyrics coming off a little too "I'm horny" but I'm nitpicking and this is great.
seriously? this has a higher global rating than Enter the 36 chambers and to pimp a butterfly? are y'all just racist?
Love ACDC. Probably not a perfect album but pretty close to it. 4.5/5
not my thing, but kinda rocks all the same
This is a classic, so it's about time I listened to it. Overall good album, but nothing really stood out to me.
This is the starter-pack music you show to a classroom of middle school prep students to teach them “Intro to Rock n Roll.” It is not the music you show to an old, tired woman doing a puzzle. By “Honey Whatchoo Do For Money” this album was a 1 for me. Painfully formulaic and even a breezy 42 minutes felt too long.
Loved it middle school, don't vibe with it in middle age
I found myself rolling my eyes at a lot of the lyrics - sexual innuendos abound - and vocals sound like a wailing cat but the classics are classics so 2 stars for that
The vocals are obnoxious, the lyrics are cringey and the hits are overplayed, HOWEVER, this is a really good album. Thematically consistent, impeccably constructed and contains all the gravitas one expects from the boys down under. 5/7.
entire band was ruined for me by a kid in my middle school that thought he was really hot shit and played nothing but back in black on his guitar; and not well mind you
Very consistent and punchy rock album. I'm not a big fan of the vocals and some of the lyrics haven't aged well (or were ever good, let's be honest here). Besides that, the riffs and solos are great.
a very repetitive yet classic rock and roll record. i feel as if the everything before the title track sounds almost identical. it’s only after that track where the album picks up for me. the vocals are solid, and the riffs are overall great. favorite track: have a drink on me least favorite tracks: what do you do for money honey, back in black
fav song let me put my love into you, I like drum :) but a few songs do feel a bit repetitive
iconic vocals and awesome instrumentals, badass motorcycling with my gang as my salt and pepper beard stiffly sways against the wind on the empty mojave desert highway or simply just in megamind movie, some repetitiveness but all hype ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE fav songs: hells bells, wdydfmh, back in black (duh), shake a leg
Amazing!!
Lightening in a bottle.
I've heard the song Back In Black but never heard the whole album. The opening song 'Hells Bells' (Thinking of Ally McCoist here) is a great introduction to this album. This is overall a great album of the metal and rock genres.9/10
AC/DC for me may be the quintessential rock band
AC/DC is to rock what Swift is to pop, basic and consistant. Its not recolutionary but they're both great songwriter and have dropped a lot of bangers
Þrjú eða 4 góð lög en samt ætla ég að kalla þetta klassík. Soundar vel.
3-4
This album definitely has the most recognisable AC/DC songs on it. But I’ve just never really understood the hype behind AC/DC. In terms of rock music they are fairly generic and didn’t bring anything new to the table. If you’ve heard one AC/DC song you’ve basically heard them all. This album gains points overall for having most of their best songs on it, but overall this is music for sporting events the same way Imagine Dragons is music for Jeep commercials. 3.5/5
Very good rock album. Favorite song is still You Shook Me All Night Long. Didn’t realize how many hits were on this one album!
It's lowest common denominator rock your cock off kind of stuff. They know what they're doing, and they do it well with energy and a sense of humour
i don’t love the AC/DC vocals but i mean this album is one of the most sold albums all time for a reason
Sei de cor. É um bom álbum que acabou virando fórmula repetida a exaustão pela banda. Tem algumas músicas bem esquecíveis mas no geral é bem agradável.
No.
Learned that the line isn't "Heavy Jezebels saying 'Nom Nom guitar'." Who knew? Normally, the simple writing and pointless lyrics will get a star or two taken off, but this album was a cornerstone in my formative years and I love every beat and chord of it.
racist
Classic!
Damn
There were several "classic" songs on this album, definitely stuff I've heard on the radio before. I didn't love it overall, I've never been a huge fan of the lead singer's voice.
A classic. The standard. A Riff heavy solid big black loud hard rock album. I was a wide-eyed 80s kid that was convinced listening to AC/DC tapes made me cool. Dirty Deeds yeahhh! I first and regularly heard a good number of these songs on the Who Made Who album, took me an embarrassing number years to realize wasn’t the birth album to many of these classic hits.
It is only a modest exaggeration to say that this CD formed me as a musician and my musical taste. I remember precisely where I was when I heard it for the first time- in my friends car, literally still wearing a suit, directly after junior high graduation, driving up to the Bronx for a graduation party. It was like nothing I’d ever heard before, and every subsequent 70s/80s hard rock/metal album I’ve ever listened to I assess in comparison to this one (which should but doesn’t stop me from liking more of them). The best single word I can think of to describe this CD is “flawless”, as in literally without flaws. Starting with the sound quality, this CD is truly the gold standard- the recording and mix is perfect and simple, with few superfluous bits and nothing misplaced- so much so that many modern sound engineers use it to test the sound quality in a new studio. Everything about this CD is precise and machine-like- not that they’re tame, they’re not (although neither funky nor particularly adventurous)- just that they’re right in the fucking pocket on every beat of every track. Their production has a very precise formula and they do not deviate from it- bone-crushing rhythm guitar, fat-and-lazy thumping backbeat, screaming lead vocals and lead guitar as far up the register and as loud as the damn thing will go, basically no other instruments or backing vocals, and bass mixed so low you begin to wonder if it’s just some secondary resonance from all the guitar and drums. Mids and trebles is where all the action is, why screw around with the rest of it? Each composition has two focal points- a chorus, typically not a lyrically complex one, and a massive guitar solo. I don’t think either Johnson or Angus is an especially virtuosic player at their respective positions (although I absolutely love Angus’ solos on the title track, “Shake A Leg” and most of all “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution”, and his work throughout is standout), but they fit the role perfectly. Johnson has a very distinctive voice and performs throughout with an energy that is difficult to match and simply propels the CD. AC/DC is not exactly progressive rock, and they don’t push the envelope much in terms of harmonic or lyrical sophistication. These are 3- or 4-chords rockers, and in fact it’s mostly the same 3 or 4- they only very rarely play something that’s not one of the canonical sharp-key cowboy chords except as a special treat (e.g. the sharp 9 in “Shoot to Thrill”). And best not to go looking for metaphor and hidden meaning in the lyrics of “Let Me Put My Love Into You”. But they do what they do extremely well, and seem to be having a very fun time doing it. The times where they do mix it up (e.g. the funky breakdown on the title track) they just absolutely crush, giving the impression that they save those moments for when they actually need them. Part of what makes this such a great listening experience is that they never fuck up- again, machine-like precision. And part of it is that aforementioned energy- this isn’t the fastest-paced CD ever, it kind of hovers in the moderate-rock zone- but it’s short, it never slows down, and the intensity never slips, like Johnson is basically screaming on the entire CD. And many of the hits are just insanely catchy, especially “Shook me All Night Long” and the title track. I now, 20 years later, don’t primarily listen to music like this anymore- and I’ve heard every song on here dozens of times, possibly hundreds for the ones that are played at every football and basketball game in America. But they just never get old, in contrast with some of the many bands who attempted to ape this formula. This CD is just the gold standard for this style, and as Johnson said, rock n roll is just rock n roll.
nothing on eaarth could make me listen to this
Snore
Brilliant. Proper rock music
Siendo el tercer álbum más vendido de todos los tiempos, estamos hablando de un peso pesado, no solo del género sinó de la historia de la música. Siendo el séptimo de la banda australiana, es un punch de rock cargado de buenos riffs, una producción equilibrada y unas ganas constantes de mover la cabeza al ritmo del groove. En el momento en que se escuchan las campanas iniciales de "Hells Bells" ya uno se adentra a lo que está por vivir. Y no es más que eso: un riff envolvente, con su introducción de cada instrumento y el cachetazo rockero que no decepciona, y es hermoso. Teniendo clásicos en todo su pasar, también hace que se disfrute desde lo acostumbrado que está el oído a escuchar esos temas, y al volver a ellos, apreciarlos en su totalidad de álbum es un ejercicio genial. Es a destacar también que es el primer álbum con la voz principal de Brian Johnson, luego del trágico fallecimiento de Bob Scott. Este luto de la banda se puede ver reflejado en la tapa del álbum. Y a mi punto de vista, no había mejor forma de homenajearlo que con tan buena música.
Best debut from a second singer?
This is the best of the Brian Johnson albums, but I will forever die on the hill that every single album with Bon Scott is better
Not even gonna listen to this today because not only do I know every song, but I have heard them all so many times I'm about tired of them. Undeniably an incredible and jamming album nonetheless.
Solid arena rock I guess. Not my taste.
Megahits a gogó. VINILO.
Quite funny really
Its good for what it is but what it is is radio-arena rock
easy to listen, classic rock
4.75
A classic
Fantastic! I knew the singles, but have never listened to the full album. I'm not sure there's a miss on here.
Pretty meh except for a couple songs.
UFHGHGHFHDHBDBDHDHFHF EPIC
Beast of an album and thinking about it, AC/DC could have sunk without a trace if the chemistry between the Young's and Brian Johnson. As much as I love this album, I don't think it capture where the band were heading with Bon Scott up front. The sense of danger that eminated from him would have been impossible to try and replicate. Johnson did a unbelievable job of capture the bawdy swagger and the band nailed the brief on making radio friendly hard rock
Not bad
It's a fantastic album from start to finish.
did a 7 year old write these song lyrics? riffs are the only thing saving this trash
classic
Energetic, but repetitiveness makes it feel meh
An iconic sound from AC/DC, but that truly is the only thing really going for it. The lyrics feel very misogynistic and just creepy. Also, there is no complexity to the album, just cold hard shredding. Good individual listens on here, but just inappropriate and lacks memorability as a work.
Absolute banger
BACK IN BLACK I HIT THE SACK
Gave it a 4 because it's full of anthems. Whether I like it or not.
Staple and solid music all around
It’s a classic but not something I would likely turn to and I prefer bon scott
When I was 10 I thought this was greatest album ever recorded. I do love AC/DC but I very rarely listen to this album these days. I'll put on a Bon Scott album instead. Hmm a 4 but the little kid in me will give a 5.
Rock and roll doesn’t get more straightforward than this. Vocals that set the standard for hard rock and guitar that hits, screams, and growls. The soundtrack for high school parties.
Lot of good stuff on this album which makes it easy to ignore the filler. I'm sure this hit deeper in the 80's right after Bon Scott's death.
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.
The classic AC/DC formula album but this one just hits better than the others. Stand out tracks - Hell's bells Shoot to thrill Back in black You shook me all night long
Puro disco de rock con sencillos acordes, pero con auténticos himnos. Guitarrero y con voz muy identificativa
10/10
Absolute classic. I could listen to this every day.
It's right up there as the greatest of all time
Meh. Commercial radio rock to misogyny to. Ubiquitous and vapid. Some cool big dick guitar, but still dumb and cheesy. Go ahead. Enjoy the “greatest rock hits of the 80’s, 90’s, and now!” Yeehaw. Shill music to shill to. Yuck. Bland ass idiots.
bleh. like crossfit with tommy.
There is a lot of 70s/80s hard Rock this is an decent exampl
This was an amazing introduction to Brian Johnson after the tragic loss of Bon Scott. I used to listen to this album a lot and this was a great reminder of why.
I never really got into AC/DC but this album is very good and deserves it`s popularity.
Probably one of the most iconic rock albums of all time and for good reason.
Great album and always been a favourite in our family. You Shook Me All Night Long is my highlight
This album bangs!
Classic album
my hatred for them is admittedly irrational but god I can't stand em
This album is about as nuanced as Hulk Hogan driving a monster truck to a Republican Party rally. But who needs nuance when you have riffs? It's big, it's basic, and it's timeless. 42 years old and could have been recorded yesterday. I'm not sure anything betters this in terms of loud, balls out, unpretentious rock. Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: Back in Black Date listened: 30/09/22
Yep. Pretty much AC/DC.
ALBUM RATING: 4.6 ALBUM GRADE: A TRACK RATINGS: 1. Hells Bells - 5.0* 2. Shoot to Thrill - 5.0* 3. What Do You Do for Money, Honey? - 5.0* 4. Givin’ the Dog a Bone - 4.5 5. Let Me Put My Love Into You - 4.5 6. Back in Black - 4.0 7. You Shook Me All Night Long - 3.0 8. Have a Drink on Me - 4.0 9. Shake a Leg - 4.0 10. Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution - 3.5 *Power track (adds 0.1 to the total album rating)
Arena rock at its best, cars and girls accompanied by Gibsons and Marshall stacks. Well crafted songs, amazing solos, and vocals that are instantly recognizable.
Absolutely classic
I hate, and always have hated, the vocals of ACDC. Most of the riffs and all of the drumming are extremely repetitive. Almost all of the lyrics are about people having sex. The only reason I can't quite bring myself to give it a 1 is that it mostly wasn't miserable to listen to, but all of the other things I listed make it about as low of a 2 I can give.
Jamais été un fan d'AC/DC, mais faut admettre que c'est un très bon album. Quand 1 chanson sur 2 est pas mal connue du grand public, c'est que c'est ton masterpiece. Je lui mettrai un biais favorable, car je crois que c'est juste que je suis blasé d'entendre du AC/DC avec le temps, on dirait que je trouve ça quétaine aujourd'hui. Ca reste de l'excellent rock!
Wow, a whole album that created a generation of to-be-cranky about new music dads.
Fucking incredible. Australian national treasure. 5/5
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.
This album is an iconic rock offering, one of the best albums to emerge from the genre. One can’t help but feel energized listening to the offerings here from start to finish. It’s hard to believe this is a debut album of sorts, as it was their first following the demise of Bon Scott. Everything comes together here like a well made set of LEGO. Definitely an essential party listen when hangin out with the boys (or girls, or whatever you want to be!)
Very good
I GOT MY BELL, I’M GONNA TAKE YOU TO HELL
Absolute epic introduction with Hell's Bells.
Shite hate AC/DC
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
This is THE comeback-with-a-new-singer album. So many have tried to do that and failed miserably, so it is nice that we have this.
AC/DC really holding it down for the 80s in a lot of ways. They kicked off the decade with a phenomenally early sense of what the sound would be.
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
Important album
No song of this genre should be longer than 3 minutes long. Very repetitive. Only interesting riff is on Have a Drink on Me, though this may just be because the other songs have been played to death on the radio for 1000 years.
A couple of gems.
Best wel lawaaiierig
Big (BIG) fan of AC/DC and especially this album. The first release with Brian Johnson on lead vocals didn't hold anything back. Definitely on my top 100 of all-time.
High Energy. Perfect start middle and end Song. But fillers seem quite monotone ans all Sound the same
Masse moro! Låter fryktelig skilt og naivt, men gøy lell.
Wall to wall bangers 🤘
Some real bangers, this one hits good.
5+ slappers
todo lo negro la palma arriba
An album with many rock anthems and bangers. (8/10) FT: Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long
Hard Core Rock and Roll Great singles and in general very solid piece. As Angus Young said “it all sounds as the same song, but it is such a food song”
Bon Scott era only. This is dumb, jock stuff.
It’s hard not to be impressed by Angus Young’s riff work on this album - very intuitive and extremely creative given the very narrow parameters this band set themselves. There’s a couple of real classics on this record, a few stinkers too. Brian Johnson’s vocals are just as annoying as Bon Scott’s, however, and that’s what ultimately prevents me from enjoying AC/DC’s work as much as say Motorhead or Thin Lizzy. A really good album on the whole.
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Wel leuk album. Ik heb alleen altijd bij acdc ook wel na een paar nummers dat ik klaar ben met zn stem omdat die zo hoog is
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.
Bit of serendipity: earlier this week, I reviewed the Manic Street Preachers' Everything Must Go, which I said was one of the two truly great albums made in response to the death of a decisive member of the band. Indeed, I called it the indie Back in Black. Two days later, Back in Black roars onto my feed as if summoned. Of course, it behoves me to explain the painful tale behind Back in Black. AC/DC had achieved international success with their excellent 1979 album Highway to Hell, establishing them as standard-bearers for hard rock. As they planned their follow-up, their lead singer Bon Scott went off on a drinking binge with a friend, glugging back quadruple scotches. When Scott lost consciousness, a friend bundled Scott into the back of his Renault 5, expecting him to sleep off the booze. Opening his car to check on Scott, the friend found him unresponsive. Scott was rushed to hospital, but pronounced dead on arrival. The coroner ruled that Scott had choked on his own vomit, and "acute alcoholic poisoning" was listed as the cause of death. He was 33. The band, stricken with grief, considered disbanding, but family and friends persuaded them that Bon would have wishhed the band to continue. Holding auditions for a lead singer, they chose Brian Johnson, a Geordie from a band called Geordie. The first member of AC/DC to notice Brian was, oddly, Bon, who had praised Brian's singing to AC/DC's guitarist Angus Young. Focusing on their next album, the band decided to show their state of mourning by calling the album Back in Black. They had wanted the sleeve to just be solid black, but the record label insisted on the grey band symbol and album title. Back in Black would become, according to some measures, the second best-selling album of all time. Explaining why Back in Black is wonderful is like explaining why Some Like It Hot is wonderful: the answer is so nakedly evident, it feels foolish to elaborate. Some Like It Hot is just very funny, and Back in Black just rocks the fillings out your head. Sure, it's puerile, crass, unsubtle and unreconstructed, but to its credit it's puerile, crass, unsubtle and unreconstructed. It's meant to be immediate, fierce and hedonistic. Even the most criticisable aspect of the album, its apparent sexism, strikes me as far more voluptuary than misogynistic. Chuck Klosterman once wrote that future generations may conclude that AC/DC were the defining band of rock just because of the amount of songs they performed with "rock" in the title (this album has "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"), and from our perspective that would be one of the best summaries of rock future generations could make. Being snotty about this album feels ridiculous, not least because no bodily fluid could ever faze this band. When I wrote my review of Everything Must Go, I found myself focusing on how the band dealt with Richey Edwards' disappearance, asking Richey to forgive them for moving on. With Back in Black, the band's means of processing their loss is markedly different. The band celebrates their fallen comrade-in-arms by making exactly the album he would have wanted to make. This is clearest and most notorious on Have a Drink on Me, a song about the joys of binge drinking. However, this refusal to compromise makes the song, and the album, a triumph, almost an act of heroism. When struck by tragedy, AC/DC refused to bow, and proved that they possessed that greatest of traits: they endured.
Meh
discazo
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.
Classic rock album, from the very first sound of the bell to the last not, it rocks throughout. The are no weak tracks.
Definitely one of the classic, definitive rock albums of all time. If aliens days "what is this rock of which you speak" (because they talk like that), play them this
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.
One of the greatest hard rock albums ever, but some of what commends it also serve as the seeds of creative decline for AC/DC. The ponderous, crawling tempos sound powerful and muscular here, but drag on later releases. Pared-back riffs no doubt sound great in stadia but too much minimalism becomes boring. Brian Johnson sounds insane, like a man struggling to breathe, but doesn't really vary this attack down the line. It's brilliant, my favourite AC/DC album, absolutely stacked with hooky riffs and memorable songs. The bell rolling at the start of 'Hell's Bells' raises goosebumps even today. Even the sleazy bits sound classy. Great stuff, but it would be the blueprint for lesser releases down the line.
I listened to this on my phone, as in through my phone's speaker, and it STILL crushed. I love the Bon Scott records (where are they on this list??) and I for sure would have loved to hear him sing these songs, but it's kind of hard to argue that AC/DC didn't perfect their template on this album. It doesn't even make sense what they do on this record. A song called "Let Me Put My Love Into You" sounds like it should be a terrible KISS track from the neon spandex era... but nope. Shit rules. That riff! Love it. We don't talk about sequencing a lot, but whoever decided to put these tracks in this exact order needs their name etched upon a plaque somewhere. It has such a good flow to it, never quite letting off the gas but still mixing it up a bit in tone and tempo from song to song. "Back in Black" is track number 6 (!) and it's almost impossible to think that it's followed by "You Shook Me All Night Long." There's not a chance in hell this idea didn't influence how Appetite for Destruction was sequenced. It's crazy that they made this only a few months after Bon died. It's crazy that it's as good as it is and it's their 7th album. And it's still crazy that it's like in the top 5 best selling albums of all time. None of this makes sense. Listening to it, I was reminded of seeing them live at the Charlotte coliseum in (I think) the 7th grade! So much fun; so many rednecks. I'm glad they didn't, but had they played every single song off of this record at that show... I wouldn't have left disappointed.
Could be considered a little short but with hit after hit it’s a very enjoyable and classic journey. It was hard to tell when it was gonna end since it is very cohesive.
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.
I've probably been a little too harsh for my review of the band's previous album, *Highway To Hell* (and my grade, 3/5, was harsh too). What was I thinking? I've listened to it a few more times since, and even if it's no masterpiece, it's still a *fun* record. 4/5 would have been more like it. So to get the karmic balance about AC/DC right, and given that I don't have anything original or interesting to add about this classic record, I'm just gonna give a 5/5 grade to *Back In Black* right away. I already intended to do so anyway, even when I only gave *Highway To Hell* a 3. Because this record is a small miracle. The change of lead singer after Bon Scott's death was a very risky affair, and yet it fully paid out. So many stellar tracks on this one. Four all-time hits: "Hells Bells", "Shoot To Thrill", " Back In Black" and "You Shook Me All Night Long". But every other track is awesome, really. I'm not a *huge* AC/DC fan, but you gotta hand it down to them: they made a perfect record here. It's as simple as that. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 828 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 93 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 42 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 36
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Heerlijk, ieder nummer weer. Tekstueel valt er wel wat op aan te merken
Eigenlijk best een leuke plaatje, helemaal niet verwacht, maar ging erin als koek.
Lekker energiek, maar nooit helemaal mijn ding geweest
Lange halen, snel thuis. Ik mag AC/DC wel.
Paste wel bij de agressieve pet die ik gisteren droeg.
I love AC/DC and as much as I have heard most of these, it did have a few songs I had never heard. solid 5/5
If albums had a smell this one would smell like sweat
One of my all time favorites. The story of this album is amazing having just suffered the loss of Bon Scott, then to decide to soldier on, find a new lead singer and record a new album in just a few short months. And a rather successful album at that. This is a continuation of the classic AC/DC sound but a new generation. Still has some of those suggestive innuendos with some great heavy hitters as well. Hell's Bells is a fantastic opening track. You Shook Me All Night Long has such an energy to it and the title track is so simple yet so perfect.
Great hard rocking, hard riffing, fun loving’, tongue in cheek misogyny. A classic.
Absolute banger of an album.
Solid yet very repetative rock album
4/5
So overdone.
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).
Holy shit. Gonna have to buy the vinyl. Didn’t realize how many absolute bangers are on here.
Listened to this album countless of times, nothing more to say, one of the rock greats.
Very self-aware. AC/DC operates in their own lane, basically covering the same 3 topics to create Sports bar rock n' roll. This album is double entendre after double entendre. I probably will never revisit this album in its entirety but won't be able to here the unavoidable hits at bars or sporting events.
Back in Black AC/DC 2.5 2 So much of this is hard to credit and/or take seriously, even if they had a notably tight and crisp sound for a hard rock band of this era. One confesses to have once liked this (as an adolescent, of course, but even then knew enough to keep it to myself and view this as a guilty pleasure). “You Shook Me” is all-time pure rock song. The rest is pretty flat and meh – some of it would be offensive if it weren’t so moronic (e.g., “Givin’ the Dog a Bone,” “Let Put My Love Into You”) “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” is a clear case of protesting too much. In the canons curated by teenage boys, this would rate much higher of course.
Such a serene album. Thoughtful. Mellow. Starts off really slowly, not too memorable. Listless. These are not the words to describe this album. There's a reason so many bands exist.
Epic. Grew up with this and it is an all-time classic.
It's an AC/DC album. Not bad, some great moments, very samey 🤷
A beast of an album, rollicking through without stopping for air
Mi aspettavo di meglio, ma comunque un album iconico, forse "basic" nel suo genere, il che lo rende prevedibile da un lato ma dall'altro riconosco che è il blueprint per chiunque abbia voluto fare questo genere dopo di loro.
This is the perfection of hard rock. It's simple. It's loud. It fucking rocks.
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.
Ah, AC/DC. Those bells tell me it’s hell but the guitar following tells me it’s heaven. So, I actually liked AC/DC in middle school. A girlfriend of mine bought me an AC/DC pick that I wore around my neck everyday. I just think they’re a classic hard rock group. Listening to Hell’s Bells makes me feel like I can roam the halls of high school with those kids from Freaks and Geeks. It’s one of those songs that you’re not really sure exactly what it’s about, but the vibe is pretty clear (in this case, Cool Rebellion). This is doubled by the fact that the song doesn’t move around too much musically. Shoot to Thrill has a pretty iconic intro, I know it well. The guitars on this record are just pretty tasty. Didn’t realize Shoot to Thrill was about London housewives on Valium. Thought it was about sex! Surprisingly more depth than I expected of an AC/DC song. Sometimes the singer’s voice (totally blanking on his name) sounds like Elmo screaming or Jon Fogerty. Somehow I like this range. The next track seems to be about a sought-after woman who siphons money out of all of her gentleman callers. It seems pretty clear what she does for money, but the Youngs persist with the question. This track dragged a wee bit. Next track is especially bluesy with its riff and lyrical content. Pretty much about sex — the shock value I expect of AC/DC. “Let Me Put My Love Into You,” while also sex-inflected, is a bit more of an interesting song musically. Love the guitar riff. The metaphors are really fun in this one: machinery, the elements, and cake! Now, we’ve reached the classic eponymous track. Funky, fun, and also mildly disturbing. From hardcore teenage gangsters to soft lovers: “You Shook Me All Night Long.” Honestly love this anthemic love song. The lyrics are seriously poetic, deviating from AC/DC’s angsty boy rock image. There’s three songs left, so I’ll stop doing my play-by-play. You can tell that this group had a great time recording this album. There’s a simultaneous deep attention to detail as well as a laidback garage band atmosphere. I wasn’t expecting to give this album a 5 going into it, but I would be seriously remiss if I didn’t. Fun, musically interesting, and makes you feel infectiously cool. Sound is cohesive but not every song sounds exactly the same. Depth and variety of lyrical content. Still holds up from when I listened to it in middle school and when it was contemporaneously popular way before that. I gotta go find my AC/DC pick.
Full of great songs
just ac/dc what can I say legendary
29/03/2022 - 06/07/2022
3.5
Iconic rock (not too extreme). Kinda like it ushered in the showman glitzy Rock of the 80's before it got grungy again in the 90's. It's ok, bearable in small doses like this. Well produced and controlled and accomplished musically but it doesn't have that dirty feel- it's a bit too sanitised. Compare this with Ace of Spades (also 1980) and you may agree? It reminds me why I never got into them. Still good though.
i did not even need to listen to it automatic 5/5 10/10 but everything about this album is perfect the beginning the end the middle yes.
This is the 2nd biggest selling album in world history. !! So many things someone/I could write about this but I don't know the point because even if you're one of the 8 people who doesn't own a copy...you've probably heard at least some of this record. Let's go with: ...a rising hard rock band on the verge of superstardom...their lead singer dies...replaced by an unknown...and they sell 50 million of the first album with him. All while the new singer sounds like he gargled Krusty O's Cereal. And it's ....perfect?? Yeah that's it - perfect. 10/10 5 stars.
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.
Ugh idk kind of annoying if I’m totally honest
how can you not like this album
+++
De va ok!
Somehow I’ve avoided being bothered by AC/DC’s music before listening to one of their albums proper. Also, for being one of the best-selling albums of all-time, there are a lot fewer hits on this than I was expecting
Självklart inte min grej, även om jag är lite svag för You shook me all night long p.g.a. grottmanversionen. Jag tyckte det var tråkigt, sterilt, allt på sin rätta plats, sångaren stinker fis..... orden är på samma nivå (ibland under) som genomsnittlig trap utan alla lustiga ordlekar och referenser som gör den genren rolig och intressant att lyssna på. Gillar mn denna stil dock... stena på.... fr
C'est du rock
je n’apprécie pas particulièrement (cris désagréables)
Couple of big ones but overall this was not the pub rock Mecca I was expecting/hoping for
great to hear this again, didn't know it was the 2nd highest selling album ever, but why not?
Best rock record. EVER
I’ll fuck with some AC/DC
AC/DC isn't really an album band for me, as every song sounds essentially the same, power chords, basic lyrics screeched loudly, intense guitar solo, back to the chorus with some back up harmony this time. It's fun and it's energetic, but I could easily play "You Shook Me.." 10 times on repeat, and get more or less the same experience.
Ah! AC/DC! Roi de l'automobiliste satisfait (d'ailleurs combien de leurs chansons parlent de char?), sauveteur du joueur de billard, tu es l'incarnation parfaite de la constance! Plus de quarante ans de stagnation, c'est impressionnant! Il suffit de comparer le clip de Back In Black avec celui de Thunderstruck, sorti dix ans plus tard, pour réaliser que la seule chose qui a changé, c'est le budget. Ce groupe refuse d'être autre chose que des gars en jeans sur une scène (sauf l'épice magique, mais encore là très traditionnelle, du ti-diable amusant). Parlant d'Angus Young, évidemment que ses solos sont des pièces d'anthologie, mais quid de l'exploration de l'instrument? On part de Jimmy Page, on l'optimise, puis on le ressort en forme de radio d'auto. Malgré tout, j'admire ce groupe pour sa capacité de produire des hymnes à l'infini dans un carré de sable aussi restreint et pour son refus de la ballade. AC/DC reste un bonbon à savourer, mais avec parcimonie : un disque au complet, c'est trop.
A stone cold 5/5 that's long since been in my regular rotation.
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
Sounds like it's sung by the Fake Rod Hull. Just can't get into shrieky dumbo rock.
It may be sacrilegious to say but apart from the title track and You Shook Me All Night Long I can’t say a whole album of Brian screaming and Angus duck walking is quite my thing. There’s a little repetition and a lack of spark to the rest of the record. Fair play - they know what they are doing but I’ll take a pass.
FUCK YEAH! (more like this, please)
Through most of them title track, Alexis sat in the back seat screaming “I wanna different snack!” over and over and over. After about two minutes she briefly switched to “I wanna chewy bar!” for a bit. Her incessant screaming fit right in with AC/DC. (And the excessive repetition of an abrasive sound would have fit with yesterday’s Chemical Brothers.) But how did Brian Johnson (and Bon Scott before him) deal with the effects of that much yelling and screaming? Alexis wore herself out and eventually stopped. But the AC/DC singers must have spent a lot of time caring for their voices after performing. Honey? Salt water gargle? Marshmallow root? Maybe it was just the wrong time for me to listen to AC/DC. It's great in small doses, but this was too much. There's no levels to it. If they need a new lead singer though, Alexis could give them a run for their shouting money.
AC/DC only has one level, 11.
3.5
🤘 🤘 🤘🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘🤘🤘 🤘🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘🤘 🤘🤘🤘 🤘🤘🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘🤘🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 With that display one would expect a higher rating. I really should have written rock on instead, but hell yeah took forever to write out and I’m too lazy to change it. Good solid hard rock album. It gets my juices flowing and gives me FOMO that I have not seen AC/DC live. I was told once by a friend that saw them at Madison Square Garden that before he even left the concourse to go through the curtain into the arena, it was already the loudest show he’d ever been to. 🤘
Let me put my 5/5 into you babe
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 🌟
Ok
Some fun riffs, slightly questionable lyrics. It's fairly enjoyable, although the aerosmith we've had on the list does the same thing much better.
Another solid rock album.
Gotta give it a 5. Just the epitome of Rock&Roll
Absolute classic!.
Classic rock with some big hits.
Drugie pojawienie sie AC/DC na liscie, tym razem z ich pierwszym albumem feaczurujacym smiesznego pana w spodniczce i kaszkiecie, Briana Johnsona, zastepujacy zapitego na smierc pana Scotta, nagrywana i wydana w 1980, pomimo tego, ze zmienil sie glowny wokal, to tworza muzyke dokladnie taka jak wczesniej, czyli harde granie dla mas z chwytliwymi riffowaniami gitarkowymi i niesamowicie rownym drumowaniem, dodac do tego teksty gloszace epikurejsko hedonistyczno sodomistyczne podejscie do zycia, jak przystalo na rokowanie popularne, a rezultatem bedzie niesamowity komercyjny sukces, bo nawet jesli czlowiek nie zna sie kompletnie na muzyce, to jednak kojarzy album, chocby po tytulowym traku, ktory leci na plejke, a jak dla mnie najbardziej charakterystyczna cecha tego nagrania bedzie tak denerwujacy wokal ktory jest tutaj spiewany, albo raczej wyty do swiatla ksiezyca, przesluchalbym tej plyty w wersji instrumentalnej zeby sprawdzic czy naprawde tak dzialaja na mnie te wokale polaczone z niemozliwie popowymi lirykami, czy inny diabel w tym siedzi
3.5
...second best-selling album in music history? I think I've been surprised by that before. Kinda simplistic but fun and I've heard these all a million times but man, those drum beats are boring AF.
A Perfect Rock Album. 5/5 Classics: Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long, Hells Bells Greats: Shake a Leg, Shoot to Thrill, Given the Dog a Bone, What Do YOu Do For Money Honey, Have a Drink on Me. Far Above Average: Let Me Put My Love Into You, Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution. Favorite Line: "Let me cut your cake with my knife" - Let Me Put My Love Into You.
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.
Hressileg plata. Ekkert uppáhald en það er margt alveg ágætt á henni.
The production alone should be an essential reason for listening to Back In Black. The guitar sound from both Angus and Malcolm is so crisp throughout. Cliff and Phil as AC/DCs bass and drum rhythm section were perfectly adequate support for the album, and despite being the new guy replacing their deceased singer, Brian owned the place. That aside, the songs are mainly top quality. Hells Bells is the perfect introduction, Back in Black is a rock classic, You Shook Me All Night Long is just good fun, and Shoot To Thrill has that good mix of firing on all cylinders and being laid back too. On a bad day I can see one or two songs being skippable, but in the right mood and its something else.
One of the first albums I ever bought. This is one of those classic albums that every song can be played on the radio. I know I have heard each and every song on classic rock radio stations today. Standouts: Every song on Side 1, also every song on side 2. Every song. every single song! 5/5
It's alright. It's a strong AC/DC album, to be sure....but all of the songs have always sounded the same
3.5
Escuchado en otras ocasiones. En otro tiempo me gustaba mas
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.
Great, one of the best rock albums ever made.
Possibly the greatest hard rock album of all time. Lean, punchy, dumb, sexist and aggressive, but also funny and catchy. The production is stripped of ornamentation to an almost punk-like degree, the band is moving away from blues rock and into a harder, leaner thing. It's a dumb formula, but, my god, what a formula.
Rock and roll never forgets. It’s aight.
Classic
4.5/5 great album
Shannah enjoyed, good classics (2.5) Conor likes. Some of rock’s finest riffs. (4/5) Bill absolutely LOVED each and every moment. Each note a drop of pure electric joy. (0.3/5) (2.3/5)
I can see why people would really like this. It wasn't 100% for me but it was more fun than I expected.
Musically, as basic as in the Bon Scott era, which is fine on the good stuff - simple, catchy and entertaining. Lyrically, still as juvenile as ever!
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Back in black
Among the hits, rock and roll aint noise pollution is the ode to rock the world needed in 1980. AC/DC, showing you can have beauty in the simple and then party like motley crue
It’s so cool to be back
It might be overplayed these days but no denying there’s hit after hit here
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