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Scalpel-precision riffs
classic one
Genres: Hard rock, heavy metal, arena rock Formed: Sydney, Australia in 1973 Run time: 10 songs, 42 min, 8 sec This is the seventh studio album by the Australian rock band. It was the first to feature Brian Johnson as lead singer. The least played track on this album has over 18M plays on Spotify. The title track “Back In Black” is the most played track with over 1.2 Billion plays!!! Tracks from this (and other?) albums featured in the soundtracks to the Iron Man movies. I love AC/DC and this album is fantastic. Most of the tracks on the album are fantastic and some are absolutely amazing. There are more great tracks on this one album than some artist's best of albums. There is only one way to listen to this album - LOUD - or even LOUDER if you can!!! What an amazing comeback after losing their former frontman, Bon Scott. Four singles were released from the album. Listen Again?: Yes. My Rating: *****
Absolute classic
Metal doesn’t get anything like the column inches it deserves. It’s a massively popular genre and this is one of the greatest metal albums of all time. Consistent, powerful and popular for good reason. After a run of pretenders it’s great to hear a proper rock and roll album.
Really enjoyed it
Incredible collection of songs. Shoot to Thrill is their best song with Brian Johnson
When this came up I thought: ‘Solid 4 stars because the singles are great fun, but it could never be a 5 as it’s still just big, stupid, sexist, primitive, samey dinosaur rock at the end of the day.’ And yet, here we are…
Goes beyond 5 stars. Just the best. After we thought the AC/DC world had ended with the tragic loss of Bon along comes Brian and slots in perfectly. There isn’t a bad track on this album. Full of forceful driving rock and dripping with sexual innuendo. Just awesome.
Bangers galore. Important album for rock history.
Is there a better no nonsense hard rock album than this? Yeah all the songs sound the same but this is absolutely 5 stars of songs sounding the same.
Fucking fire! All the hits and back to back.
Probably my most listened-to album. It is one of the top ten great rock albums. I am sincerely tired of it now.
Excellent hard rock when in the mood
Legendary. Some of the best rock anthems
five stars for these guys
Immediate familiarity; Must've listened to it on my old Spotify and never rediscovered it; Banging album.
Solid
This album is pretty much flawless for me. It just fucking rocks
AC/DC is overplayed to hell (via highway) and back (in black). I wouldn’t be able to make it through this album if it wasn’t so bloody good. I mean really. This is prime-time Hard Rock. It has more hit singles than I have stars to give. Just listen to it and turn up the volume. Rock out! Standout Songs: “Hells Bells” “Shoot to Thrill” “Back in Black” “You Shook Me All Night Long”
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(back 2 back bangers)^10
Listened to this one a couple times already, just minted.
All time classic. Hard rock doesn't get much harder.
Not my cup o tea
This is music I only appreciated in my 4th decade onwards- Hells bells is important, given the theme and history of the album, but track 1 feels badly mixed with the bell oddly subtracting in stereo, "shoot to thrill" is the first that does it for me ... by track 5 the vicals are really soaring anf then boom, guiar , drums and lyrics all explore forth on |Back in Black. A singular song. NOTE to self...full enjoyment of this bass-driven power-rock album is brillaint with big drivers and a subwoofer to feel the kicker in the car.... I will always remember playing Back in Black at top volume through Klosters one fine summer ... windows open so the locals got to enjoy it with us, while exporting Full Bogan (this music is actually more popular in Germany than Australia, where they have the - often deadly- Rock Am Ring rock festival.). so, its a unique sound and this band owns it 100%. on Shake a leg, i heard vibrfato int he voice like Led Zeps lead singer--- how i wonder if they every payed together? sparks.
Now, unlike Metallica et al, Accadacca have never taken themselves too seriously. Even in death, the death of their beloved front man, they still produce an album which gives a nod to shuffling off while also celebrating all the important things: sex and drinking. They've always got a sly grin their face the boys from Burwood, while they hammer out the rock and roll. They've never pretended to be anything other than a guitar band and this along with Powerage is them at their rockin best. And they rock out like there is no tomorrow, as much as Brian is not Bon he still hits the right notes throughout and Phil swings, you cannot underestimate his crucial role in making this band what they are, he is the epitome of the great rock and roll drummer. Then there's Malcolm and his hard hitting left hand, hitting those chords, laying down the platform for the headbanging and making sure Angus can go where he needs to go. Angus, what can you say? He's the best there is and he has a whale of a time here. This album is just straight out fun, you'd be brain dead not to get it for what it is.
I remember where I was when I heard the news of Bon Scott’s death. It was early in a February morning in 1980 & I was driving along George’s River Road on my way to see a mate at Punchbowl. It was shocking news really. He was a one-off. Irreplaceable in that band, so we all thought. Anyway, in March I met the woman who I’d spend the next 25 years with & in December we headed down the Hume to Melbourne to spend a month with her family. On xmas day, her brother was gifted Back In Black & it became the soundtrack of our summer. The 4 killer singles from the album had already been released by xmas. So I’m totally biassed about this record. I’ve never tired of listening to it. I knew all of AC/DC’s singles as they happened but this is the only AC/DC album that I know intimately. Brian Johnson is no Bon Scott but they did bloody well finding him as a replacement. That was the big question waiting to be answered leading up to the album’s release. Fortunately the material was so strong, & he managed to pull it off. Love this record.
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.
One of the best rock albums of all time
The album that inspired me to learn to play guitar.
The ultimate party rock album isn't it? Forget the fact that many of the not stone-cold banger songs sound kinda the same, don't listen to the a bit rapey lyrics. Check your brain in at the door, turn it up, forget all your worries and rock out.
Absolute classic, it's been on my playlist for years
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10/10
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.
The greatest rock album of all time
Супертестороновый рок, который дичайше качает. Обязательно советую посмотреть лайвы группы, так как это охуенное зрелище Алкоальбом: слэмиться на концерте, выпив жигулевское барное
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
🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🔥
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.
Every song is a banger.
Megahits a gogó. VINILO.
amazing
Classic
Great
Classic. High tempo. Great lyrics. Made me feel like I was driving down the autobahn at 200 miles an hour. Great album.
Drongos rejoice! That said, it’s the high water mark for lowbrow music. And it’s pretty damned high.
(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
9/10 - Who doesn't like AC/DC, like one big rock song
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.
childhoog bangers acdçu!!!
One of my favorites- so many hits on one album!!
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
If they dont sound like ac/dc they dont play rock. Jajajaa
Love ACDC. Probably not a perfect album but pretty close to it. 4.5/5
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
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.
Classic!
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.
Brilliant. Proper rock music
Megahits a gogó. VINILO.
Fantastic! I knew the singles, but have never listened to the full album. I'm not sure there's a miss on here.
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
It's a fantastic album from start to finish.
classic
Absolute banger
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.
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
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.
Probably one of the most iconic rock albums of all time and for good reason.
This album bangs!
Classic album
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.
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!
Fucking incredible. Australian national treasure. 5/5
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!)
I GOT MY BELL, I’M GONNA TAKE YOU TO HELL
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.
Important album
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.
Wall to wall bangers 🤘
Some real bangers, this one hits good.
5+ slappers
todo lo negro la palma arriba
!!!
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.
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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
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.
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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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
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.
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.
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.
This is the perfection of hard rock. It's simple. It's loud. It fucking rocks.
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
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.
how can you not like this album
Best rock record. EVER
A stone cold 5/5 that's long since been in my regular rotation.
FUCK YEAH! (more like this, please)
Let me put my 5/5 into you babe
Ok
Gotta give it a 5. Just the epitome of Rock&Roll
Absolute classic!.
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.
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
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.
Classic
4.5/5 great album
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
Classic
Oh Boy!
This album fucking rules. No misses. Shake A Leg sounds like Zeppelin.
Pretty much a perfect hard rock album. I've been loving it since my older cousin gave me a copy on cassette in the early 80s.
Definitive rock record
No one can accuse AC/DC of being too experimental. You just know them when you hear them. This is the album's biggest weakness. Every track is bristling with energy from the first second to the last, and every indivudual track is excellent. The title track and "You Shook Me All Night Long" are the obvious standouts. Iconic. 4.5/5
Can't name a bad thing about the album
An absolute cracker. Turn up to 11.
Yeah, this album still rocks. Bite me. Maybe, it's the roughly ten years since I've not heard these songs incessantly, unlike the previous 30 where you couldn't avoid them. Tremendous lead and rhythm guitar sound and riffs by the Young Brothers. No messing around with what these songs are about with titles like "Givin the Dog a Bone" and "Let Me Put My Love into You." Thanks O'Malley"s Pub in Champaign, Illinois, for etching each word of "You Shook Me All Night Long" into my head, along with " American Pie." I can't argue best AC/DC albums since " Highway to Hell" is the only other one I've heard more than once.
Probably the best album to define rock at its pure form. I do not get any pleasure listening to it anymore, but I'm still going to give it the 5 stars it deserves.
Hard to rate this less than strong 5, maybe because I’m australian
Oh man. I remember running to my turntable on rockin the rest of the day. The 1st note grabbed me and never let go.
I had just recently finished giving my required “Tribute Speech” in sophomore speech class when I learned a new AC-DC album was being released. Most of my classmate’s subject matters had been either pontifications about dead grandparents, fallen leaders or pets - and a couple on Jesus Christ - my accolades were focused on Bon Scott. (Got an A - the instructor must have sensed my sincerity). The thought of a new AC-DC album exited and terrified me, because at that point in my life there was nothing as musically relevant as that band. This could be good, but deep down I thought it was more likely to end in disappointment - a stain on the legacy of my touchstone band. I was early to the Northland Mall that day to be first in line at Musicland to buy the LP. Mildly surprised that I was the only one there. Wow. It’s all black. This seems badass, but also out of character. Where are the horns? the fire? the lightening? It didn’t matter. Raced home to drop the needle on my older brother’s stereo. 40+ minutes later I was thunderstruck as this was probably the best AC-DC album ever. Best album ever. Angus, the boys and the new guy had the songs and the chemistry. I probably played the album eight or ten times through without listening to anything else over the next couple of days, and then back to Musicland to get the 8-track version for the car. Every song is a winner. Pinnacle of AC- DCs sex, drink, power, rock-n-roll formula. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ More please.
Ya gotta give a 5. ACDC is easy to tease now, but Bon Scott era ruled, and being able to come back after his death swinging with your best album of all time is legendary.
Massive album in the 80s - still great of course - one of these albums where practically every track could be a single.
Though I'm more of a fan of Scott, this album is a masterpiece.
Classic.
From the ashes rises the phoenix. When you lose a frontman like Bon Scott that had such a distinct sound and presence, it seems impossible that ANY band would be able to carry on. ACDC is the obvious exception. The iconic bells opening the album are iconic, symbolizing both a funeral and and inauguration of amazing frontmen. The lyrics of many of these songs are the best ever written by the band, embracing the transition. Every track is HIT after HIT after HIT. Album that has been acclaimed by both critics and the masses. 5 star review.
I thoroughly enjoyed this album. Although I'm not really a fan of hard rock / heavy metal, AC/DC is one of the few bands I do like to listen to from time to time. It has classics (like Back In Black and You Shook Me All Night Long) and some more underrated tracks too that were really good.
Fantastisk
Great early childhood memories
Un classique du rock and roll. Tres bon qlbum, ma prefere de acdc, rock and roll aint noise pollution 5
Great, pounding Rock n Roll.
This is perhaps one of my favourite albums of all time. Cannot really fault it!
A very good album 9/10
'Back In Black' (album) uniquely captures the rock and roll spirit, dexterously finding the middle ground between branching off and staying true to its roots. Brian Johnson's display of serious pipes lay the groundwork for the energetic backdrop, with traditional AC/DC riffs and drum patterns reminding listeners why a number of tracks on this record are classics-worthy. Dynamic execution of a blazing guitar solo in 'Let Me Put My Love Into You' and a well-arranged title track are only enhanced by crisp production especially for a rock album - an immensely fulfilling listen.
I would give it 10 out of 5 if I could - what can I say I love them and Angus Young is a god. B in B is probably my most listened to album of all times. Right before Metalica's Black Album and Iron Maidens Number of the Beast. To me it's the greatest.
Of course one has to love everthing about this album
Great collection of AC/DC tunes, this album was a hit machine with only a couple of songs that I don't think made their way to the radio or pop culture in some form. Big return to form after the death of their first singer.
Loved it, classics
one of the great rock albums
88. Back in Black - AC/DC 10 tracks. This started great and just got better. I hated them in my younger days but this is bang on the money, (honey!). There's far more subtlety in here than I expected. It's not all "noise pollution". I love this. Sign of the horns 5/5
5.0 - A true beast of an album, this one plays like a greatest hits compilation. Somehow the songs remain fresh for me (with the exception of "You Shook Me...") despite being mainstays on rock radio.
This was another childhood album of mine and it's hard to take off nostalgia goggles for it. I've listened to every song so much I don't think I can judge it from a fresh perspective. With that being said I still find it very enjoyable to listen to and there are no skips.
Maravilloso
Pub rock taken to it's pinnacle. Legendary album
A fun album with a bunch a hits. I enjoyed it. I would listen to it again.
I remember getting this CD in high school (my second AC/DC CD after Dirty Deeds) likely from Columbian House. It’s a fantastic album and even though AC/DC aren’t in as high rotation anymore for me (nothing personal) it’s still such a cool story than Brian was able to swing in and make the band his own so quickly after Bon Scott’s death. Bon died in February, Brian got the job in March and this was released in July. That’s wild, especially considering there’s hardly a bad song on the album. You Shook Me All Night Long is fantastic because the melody and production helped it become a huge crossover it. It’s near perfect. Fave tracks: “Shoot to Thrill” “You Shook Me All Night Long” “Given the Dog a Bone” “rock and roll ain’t noise pollution”
It's weird to do three 5-stars in a row but come ON.
Classic album all the way.
About 8 of these 10 songs could have carried an entire career. So much swagger, absolutely unique sound.
It's AC/DC. What were you expecting? Best Tracks: Shoot To Thrill; Back In Black; You Shook Me All Night Long
Хороший альбом с хитовыми песнями.
This is one on which I happily clicked "Play" to listen all the way through even though I already know the whole thing. I could write far too much here because I'm a fan of the band and this album, so I'll try to rein it in here. In a genre (hard rock/heavy metal) in which bands can too easily devolve into unintended self-parody, AC/DC always managed to avoid that and play what I always hear as just really fun rock. And this album is absolutely super-fun! They somehow play hard-driving rock that's danceable and upbeat without being syrupy or saccharine. Not sure many bands can pull that off. Plus, from the interviews I've seen and the stories I've heard, this band is full of truly nice people. Angus Young's genuine humility and decency always seem apparent to me whenever I hear him chatting. It's great. It's really cool to see my son in his early teens, and a few of his peers, discover and love this band and this album too.
Legendary album
I really like AC/DC, so this album was great for me. I feel like AC/DC is quintessential fun rock. Not the most technical band out there. Just great to listen to.
So many bangers
Superb
A Fantastic album with some true, timeless classics.
-A legendary album. "Hells Bells," "Shoot To Thrill," "Back In Black," "You Shook Me All Night Long," and "Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" are all absolute rock classics -I hadn't heard "What You Do For Money Honey" and I love the part where it cuts to just singing and drumming and then goes into the guitar solo -Back In Black is legendary for many reasons, but one thing I like it the cool rhymes throughout the sonf
Beautiful production, showcasing every instrument perfectly, with Brian’s vocals sounding crisp and clear. Some absolute crackers on there that have remained in the AC/DC regular set list 30 or 40 years later. Stand out tracks: Hells Bells, Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long
Well this particular trip back to my embarrassing middle school "classic dad rock is the only good music" phase was actually definitely worth it. This album has actually continued to age particularly well. Hells Bells, Back in Black and You Shook Me All Night Long are great. Shoot to Thrill is the real sleeper hit that really only got the recognition it deserved in the gratuitously gratuitous movie "Shoot em Up".
Absolutely kicks ass
One of my favourite albums of all time - AC/DC and beyond.
Oh, apparently it's metal week for me! After reviewing British Steel yesterday, I guess it's wholly appropriate that I get to do Back in Black, the other powerhouse early 80s hard rock album that everyone should listen to. Back in Black certainly lives in the same neighborhood as music we would classify as metal, but maybe down a house or two. Metal fans love AC/DC. AC/DC is also probably the gateway drug into the metal genre for most non-metal fans. But really, AC/DC is still a rock and roll band, a good old fashioned dirty blues and rock band that just happens to rock really hard. I mean really, really hard. This band shares commonalities with bands like the Stones as well as bands like Judas Priest. This makes them a better band than most metal bands. They have a very specific sound and they're really good at it. As a side note, I like that Rob Halford credits a tour with AC/DC as an influence on some of the songs on British Steel. Music doesn’t exist in a vacuum. What can I say about this album except that it’s pretty perfect. From the first toll of the bell, you know you’re in for something special, and AC/DC really delivers. This gets said a lot, but it’s really rare for a band to recover after the loss of a beloved core member like Bon Scott. Not only did AC/DC recover, but they sharpened their sound and became even more successful. It’s a singular event in music, kicked off with this album right here. It’s a swaggering, exuberant masterpiece. The band found a dream singer in Brian Johnson, who was able to step in and embrace the band’s sound, but also to make his own mark as a singer. They also found a masterful producer in Mutt Lange, who really helped the band to hone their sound. The great hooks were always kind of there in AC/DC’s music, but they went next level here and produced some incredibly catchy rockers for the ages. “You Shook Me All Night Long” is one of the best songs ever recorded, something people will be listening to with wonder 50 years from now. But make no mistake, the darkness and the edge are still there. The broody sense of foreboding in “Hell’s Bells” is fantastic and is an undercurrent that weaves through the whole album. It foregrounds the dark space the band (and their fans) had been occupying and helps to balance the high energy party vibe of songs like “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Have a Drink on Me.” Musically, the band is on fire here. They’re a completely tight ship of a band. Beautiful riffs across the board from Angus and Malcolm Young, augmented with Angus' delightful solos. There’s a reason his name comes up in an any serious discussion of guitar players. Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd set the pace and hold the whole thing together while the band just burns through it. The songs are crisp and efficient, not an extraneous note or unnecessary solo to be found. I’ll also add, this album is beyond fun to listen to. The sound is powerful, but the band never loses that schoolboy energy. What’s more, Black in Black has got a groove to it. Try to sit still in a chair and listen to this album. You can’t do it! Fave Songs: You Shook Me All Night Long, Hell's Bells, Back in Black, Have a Drink on Me
Hells Bells 🔔 still rings strong for me! Love that song 🎧 and Back in Black and Shook Me are timeless. In my top20 albums
I don't even need to listen to this album to write a review but I will anyway. Even the songs that I don't actively look to listen to were awesome. This is a classic rock album at its core. Hells Bells, Shoot to Thrill, Back in Black, and You Shook Me All Night Long were my favs. Perfect album cover as well. It's hard to top something like this so perfect start to the week.
This slaps and is the best album to cook to.
classic
Full on rock top to bottom.
Once I read that as/dc are just playing rock n roll, so after listening to this album, I'm convinced they are. Pretty good album
Pure energy, thanks for that!
This album is perfection, it really gets me going, I love it. There isn't a bad song, all bangerz. Great guitar, such a great voice, I love the simplicity of the lyrics, it's not poetry but it's amazing fun. ACDC? More like AC-Inredible-DC.
Great album!
Stone cold banger
5/5 - Love
Pog
I mean.. it’s back in black. The hits are great, the deep cuts are great.
One of the best albums of AC/DC
22/06/2021 Ricardo was here Nostalgic Album
Classic. All-time. Goated.
It's AC/DC it's fantastic
Favorite AC/DC album. Shoot to Thrill is a standout.
Total classic headbanger hard rock. Every song is a hit!
Dope.
A masterpiece! If you think any different you’re not playing it loud enough. From the days when albums were albums not playlists.
Classic. Epic Band. Epic Album.
Very Good Shit
Stone cold rock classic in AC/DC's signature style
Hard rock classic
Just about every song on this album is gold
Brilliant album, carefree rock at it’s best.
its an iconic album ofc! I am not that into this type of genre, however I like some of the songs. like back in black and let me put my love into you.
Считаю ли я AC/DC переоценёнными? Скорее да. Пилили ли они при этом достойное музло? Скорее да. Если бы группа не была главной иконой хард-рока в массовом сознании, если бы какие-то школьницы на Первом канале не пели "Highway to School", если бы на футболке Батхеда красовался другой логотип, если бы Back In Black не стояла годами у отца на звонке... я бы, вероятно, воспринимал их музыку с большим удовлетворением. Но я же у мамки разумист, умею абстрагироваться. Так вот, если отбросить всякие предрассудки, то альбом то... кайфовый. Прям ну балдёж же. Конечно, балдёж балдежу рознь, дискографию гонять часами дома желания никакого нет. Но, например, для бега на плеер кинуть - вполне неплохая идея. Да и между делом услышать не прочь. Если только не на звонке в течении долгих лет. Отличное музло, лаконичные и запоминающиеся гитарные партии, яркий вокал, атмосфера "Е-е-е... ро-о-ок!" Да и то, при каких условиях альбом был записан, внушает увожение. На самом деле лучшим треком ныне кажется You Shook Me All Night Long, ранее его как-то не выделял, особенно на фоне вездесущей заглавной темы. Вступительный трек эпичную атмосферу задаёт, что даже некоторое разнообразие вносит в доминантную разгильдяйскую эстетику. Главную проблему AC/DC вижу именно в недостатке разнообразия, слишком узком выборе эстетики и отсутствии выраженного развития на протяжении карьеры чтоль. Но если альбом рассматривать отдельно от всего этого, он ж пиздатый.
Classic
Crackin’ Tracks
A resounding cheer from Sass and Nick. I planted the back window box to some of it.
Great album
Vei, Back In Black.
The BEST
This album is just so representative of the AC/DC sound and of the rock during that time. I love this album.
C’est un 5, c’est ça pis c’est toute! Au moins 5 tounes qui me font applaudir dans mon salon. J’ai même rejoué certaines tounes parce que je chantais. Shoot to thrill, PLAY TO KILL!
funky catchy rock anthems
Classic
Excellent - incredible riffs, an undeniable groove and plenty of great hooks.
Good, i really like it
El álbum que levantó los ánimos de la banda al ser mucho más exitoso posterior al fallecimiento de su primer vocalista
C’est vraiment un masterpiece! Des mélodies simples, des drum simples mais c’est catchy a mort ! La voix est pour moi parfaite ! Une corneille qui chante bien! Ça démocratise le hard rock! Ça rend de bonne humeur et ça se danse Je l’évite Shake a leg moyenne elle Je lévite, hells bells wow, shoot to thrill!! Rock n roll aint noise pollution
BOOOOOM!
Excellent! Intense and energy flowing
Best AC/DC album in my opinion
Probably one of if not the greatest pure rock n roll albums of all time. The energy in it is still alive after 40 years. This album is a rock masterpiece and it changed my life.
great album
Great upbeat listen...gets the blood pumping!
One of the best pure guitar driven hard rock albums ever.
Bängeri Slässic
The soundtrack to my middle school years! In my search to find the music that felt like me. ACDC time and time again came through as an artist I could vibe to
Love it- knew I loved it before I listened to it. Listened to it twice. Totally pumped for work
A phenomenal rock album
heh
Bangers and sweet power chords
All of my existing favorites, plus a handful of others that are also bangers. Led to a great continuation by Spotify also.
Enorme !
Awesome Rock and Roll. Simple but killer riffs with a good sense of fun. Interesting to read that this was the break through album following the death of their previous lead singer through MisAdventure.
Great rock album, one of the all time best, great classic rock.
What a great album, every song is class and belongs on there and is catchy
Brilliant. AC/DC at their rocking best.
AC/DC's best work
A perfect album. Best track: Back In Black
Classic. Part of my first purchase at Toms too
Fav song: Back In Black
Very important, riff heavy. Influential to every guitar head. Crazy this came out weeks after their lead singer died
Play me all the hits! What a banger of an album. In the future if I want to listen to AC/DC I'll just put this on. All the songs I love!
Would've been a perfect album if not for the middle section.
Banger after banger. Classic album
Pretty fun, kept me energized during the work day!
The classic!
Hell‘s Bells alone gives this album a bump! The rest of the album is pretty cool.
B+
Tja iconisch natuurlijk heel vet. Wel niet zo gevarieerd
This was wonderful. Back in black still to this day reminds me of iron man, which i fuck with heavy.
Burwood represent!
I really liked this one
"You Shook Me All Night Long" Overplayed Nonetheless Still Great
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 4.
Some definite bangers/all time greats on here. That being said, this music is hard enough that I think I couldn't listen to it for too long without being physically tired. What I think they do really well is have these punch lines that makes the crowd/listener want to sing out loud with them. The right kind of catchiness for me.
Great album. Iconic riffs. AC/DC knows what its fans want and does not disappoint. Listening to the whole album at one time can be a bit tiring. AC/DC in small does at loud volume is what I like. Still, I enjoyed revisiting some of these songs.
God gammal klassiske dette!
If you can get past the over played stuff albumns got some great rock on it
muy weno, aun que se me hace repetitiva la voz. Pero en un clásico
Laulaja Bon Scottin kuoltua ennenaikaisesti AC/DC ei jäänyt turhia suremaan, vaan hankki uuden laulajan ja teki uransa isoimman hittilevynsä. Back in Black on täynnä massiivisia hittejä, mutta silti pidän himpun verran enemmän yhtyeen aikaisemmasta materiaalista. Mutta harvoin on kuultu yhtä onnistunutta laulajan vaihdosta rock-musiikin piirissä.
It’s big dumb rock, and it’s not trying to be anything more than that
It's good, but I just couldn't get fully into it. Mostly because of the singing probably. It's a well made album for sure.
Nice but all songs except for three sound identical
For arena ready hard rock anthems, it's tough to do better than this collection. Favorite track: Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
Riffs? Riffs?! Riffs!!!! With the lyrics of a horny teenage boy desperate to lose his virginity and some of the hottest guitar riffs and solos - what’s not to love? Every track follows the same formula, but it’s one they have down, and every track delivers. It’s not much different from pop songwriting: first, you pick a catchy vocal hook, preferably about heavy drinking, going fast, or being allowed to touch a woman. Then, you establish a driving drum and bass foundation with a light riff on top. You make some noise in the pre-chorus as things get heavy in the chorus, and you shout out the leading line so that your crowd can join in too. Next is the easy part - just add some of the best guitar solos you’ve ever heard. As much as I joke that they have this pop formula completely figured out, it may not be everyone’s cup of tea. I imagine the vocals will turn a section of listeners off, in a way that a bad drummer never could, for some reason. In this case, it’s best to ignore the lyrics because some haven't aged well and have the emotional sophistication of a veiny erection, but let’s be honest: anyone who likes this is here for the guitar. They want to rock out, not listen to pretty words about emotions they can't feel, sung by beautiful people they'll never shag. Would rock again. 4/5
it's a great rock 'n roll record. big, dumb, simple. killer riffs.
Finally an album worthy of this list
Belter of an album. Can't go wrong with it really. The only downside to ACDC is that there are so many songs that sound similar. Overall a great album though, really enjoyed this.
The epitome of rock n roll, but Brian Johnson's voice is exhausting to listen to for an entire album.
all times classic
Classic album from start to finish that builds you up and then sheds you on your way with a mission statement.
One of the greatest rock albums of sl time. The guitar is insane the lyrics are fun but meaningful.
Wow! 42 minutes is really long for a single song. I was 10 years old when this album came out, growing up in white trash, small town in the US. So this album is pretty much an anthem for my entire junior high and high school years. Did I move on from all of that? Yes. Do I have any interest in listening to this album ever again? No. I don't really have anything against it, but I also don't have any nostalgia for it. With all that said, I'm going to rate it pretty high for the impact and longevity it has. You really can't argue against its iconic status.
Way better than I was expecting!
I was already familiar with some of the songs on this album, pretty good overall
i guess if all the songs are gonna sound the same it's better that they are all bangers
Okay!! reminds me of car rides with my old man, we've been bonding over checking out these albums. This one is defs a highlight so far, can never go wrong with classic rock n roll. Let me put my love into you babe has a goated riff.
Great classic tunes. Would not want to own this on vinyl however. It's a solid 4.