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This album is so boring zzzzzzzzzz Basically this is a band for childeren by the time your were 12 you should of know that ac/dc were for kids. well they were good when Bon Scott was with them but know they suck. come on guys any one can do spastic hops onstage while playing simple power chords.
Still a classic in my view, but one that I will tune out of once the introduction has played on the radio. Shoot to thrill - the album's forgotten classic. The Rest:Let me put my love into you - a bluesy, slower tempo rocker. Back in black. However, here in Australia, this is the AC/DC that has been flogged to death.the lashes has been turning the bones of this song into powder for years now. Absolute classic. On that count, the band has failed, spectacularly.
AC/DC are the gods of riff rock, I think. You shook me all night long - many years ago I would have probably gone with this as their greatest ever song. More macho posturing from the band. the highly uncommercial and extremely raw "Powerage" album, or the more album orientated songs from titles such as "Let there be rock" and "Highway to Hell". Before I start my review, I'll just say that I did not keep the dual disc version of this album.when both sides of the disc have content, there's more chance of getting scratches on one side or the other, I think. Why do I call it a magnificent failure then. Features a good guitar solo and some great lead guitar work.Back in black - Click. I can no longer mock this mistake.
Most people will select a certain album as being the greatest of all time. Years ago "Givin the dog a bone" was spelled as "Given the dog a bone" which is ungrammatical. Back to Angus Young's comments on the type of album he was aiming for with Back In Black.in my view, AC/DC had ALREADY done that kind of album, e.g. I like the bluesy, less frantic bits of this song. Their new album, "Black Ice" has a song which is reminiscent of this one, namely, "War machine". Terrific song, that. As with "Hells bells", it's magic when the guitars harmonise.
Best songs:Hells bells - perhaps my favourite track from the album. One of their best. AC/DC just sex up the meaning of the song. When Led Zeppelin sing that kind of stuff (as in "Whole lotta love" or "The lemon song") they get hailed as rock gods, but when AC/DC do it, they get get called 'juvenile'. Really). That introduction features a great guitar sound.a ringing, jangly guitar lick, then a big drum thump, then the great riff.
Here the band are like the construction workers with exposed arse-crack, wolf-whistling or insulting passing women. Good ol' me.Shake a leg - has a sing song guitar pattern, but otherwise one of the faster songs on this album. When you here it on radio over here, which is very rarely, the great lead guitar lick reminds you of how underrated this song is. It's like the Scott era classic album "T.N.T" was cross pollinated with their more album orientated classic "Highway to Hell".
Okay.Rock and roll ain't noise pollution - a bluesy rock song which has one of the all time great introductions.an off the cuff sales/evangelical type spiel by Johnson, with some other ambient sounds happening in the background (another favourite example of this kind of stuff is in Cold Chisel's classic "Saturday night", but the ambient noise/chatter was real, I think. Has some Led Zeppelin type lyrical lines in this song. So, forgive me if I am not as positive about this song as I used to be. The thumping drum then kicks in. Not a bad song though.
Lick. As "You shook me all night has been flogged to death on Australian radio over here, this song has risen in stature for me, as it is played less. In my opinion, AC/DC are the greatest rock band of all time. Some people think that the lyrics include the line "She was a fax machine she kept her modem clean". Apparently that band's lead singer was in contention of the lead singer gig for AC/DC). They have never released an album this chock full of anthemic classics, and the lesser songs probably stack up better than the lesser songs from the Scott era. "You shook me all night long" has been mercilessly flogged to death on commercial FM stations in Australia, where I live, and there are a few other songs that have proved radio friendly as well. A boogie rock track with sing-song vocals.
If there aren't any women in the room, the chorus is great fun to sing along too. Sigh.Best of the rest:What do you do for money honey - Maybe you could view this song as a companion piece to the Bon Scott era AC/DC song "Shot down in flames". Click. This isn't something that I've thought of in the past. That's the entire album. Lick.
Seeing as this album was released in the wake of original lead singer Bon Scott's alcohol related death, you have to wonder about the appropriateness of this song. Just before new vocalist Brian Johnson begins singing (um, shrieking)., the guitars sound positively evil.like Cerberus barking at the gates of Hell. Mindless fun, if you can overlook the fact that women aren't put on a pedestal on this song. [.]. I like the tonal quality of the recurring guitar lick. Apart from the great guitar lick in this song, you appreciate the drum beat break down when it comes on just before.Givin the dog a bone - man, this song is a guilty pleasure. From the cool count in beat, to Johnson's shrieking vocals, this is a magnificent rock riff and song. This is my selection.
Riff. Really, can't see why "War machine" is not the song which was released as a single from that album. Has the classic tolling bell intro (the sound of the bell is terrific-Black Sabbath use a tinnier sounding bell for one of their songs, and Metallica sample the same one Sabbath used, I think). Albums like "Sabotage" are good too)Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV (yes, they can do rock, if they haven't convinced you prior to that album). Well, I briefly owned the dual disc version of this album and on the DVD side lead guitarist Angus Young said that the band wanted to release a non-singles orientated album.
In that Scott song, Scott was the hapless ladies man put in his place by women who got the better of him, verbally. Click. Other hard rock/heavy metal albums I enjoy or have reviewed here:AC/DC: "TNT", "Dirty deeds done dirt cheap" and "The razors edge"Metallica: "Reload" (an AC/DC sounding album), "Master of puppets" (more hardcore)Megadeth: "Risk" (a boogie metal album)Black Sabbath: Paranoid (a classic album. As I get older, I'm looking out for the kids. Features some of those backing vocals which AC/DC are known for and which I like. This album has also proved AC/DC's most successful album of all time.it has sold some 40 million copies.second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller album. AC/DC are a band which don't like to call themselves "heavy metal", but I think that this song easily qualifies for that genre. Had never really noticed it before, the guitar rhythm of this strong is a bit off-kilter.left of centre.
Have a drink on me - bluesy intro, backing vocals. You can notice the bass guitar in this song (AC/DC have a bass guitarist. This album is the cherry on top. Double standards, people. It's a magic moment when in this song you get initially one guitar riffing, then the other comes in to provide it company. Might not have originally considered this one of THE classic tracks on the album, but it is up there now, I think.
It combines the Bon Scott era anthemic riffs, with an otherwise solid album. As with all AC/DC albums, you get the dual guitar attack of rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young and his little brother, lead guitarist Angus. Another typical AC/DC contribution to male/female relations. When I reel off the great songs on this album, this is the one I am liable to miss. Riff. The song title references Muddy Waters' song "You shook me", which Led Zeppelin covered, I think.
Brings me back to the late 70's or early 80's when I was starting to listen to Rock. Bought this for my 11 & 8 year old boys and they love it.
The DVD side will make you wonder why all albums aren't released this way, the sound is great and with video material as well. The CD side is a big improvement over other releases.
I really like the sound of his drums on here. Cliff Williams's bass is pretty good and it keeps up with the guitars just fine, and Phil Rudd's drumming is simple, but it sure gets the job done. How could any hard rock fan not love a song like this. Track ten "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" is an excellent anthemic album closer with great lyrics and a solid, memorable sing-a-long chorus, and the guitarwork is great too. Brian's raspy style vocals are just awesome and very effective throughout this whole album. I highy recommend this album to any AC/DC fan young or old. I got this album about nine years back, and it's been one of my favorite albums since then, and I still listen to it to this day forward. If you're a newbie, hey this would definately be a great album to start with.
The title track "Back in Black" is another one of the band's best songs, and it's also a tribute to Bon Scott as well. This is also the first AC/DC album to feature singer Brian Johnson who replaces the band's original singer Bon Scott who died on February 19th of that same year from heavy drinking. Back in Black was the first AC/DC album that I ever bought, and it instantly made me a fan of AC/DC for life. Every song on Back in Black is just excellent, and it also features some of AC/DC's biggest hits as well, including the slow, brooding opener "Hells Bells" which begins with slow tolling bells and then the great intro riff kicks in, and then the drums also kick in seconds later. The main guitar riff is just excellent, it's simply one of the most memorable riffs that I've heard on any song.
Released on July 21, 1980 Back in Black is 10 tracks of pure loud, raunchy, high octane, balls-out, straight-up hard rock from beginning to end. Other favorites on the album include track three "What Do You Do For Money Honey" and track five "Let Me Put My Love Into You". I like Angus's solo around the 3:35 mark of the song. They are definately one of the greatest rock bands to ever grace the planet, and they're one of my favorite rock bands as well.
Another one of my favorites "Have a Drink on Me" is an awesome, catchy blues rocker, and it's also a great song to listen to while rocking out or sipping on a cold beer (I prefer Coors Light). Brian's vocals are great, especially in the chorus, and the solo by Angus is just awesome. No hard rock/metal cd collection should not be complete without a classic album like this. Track seven "You Shook Me All Night Long" is another one of the band's big hit singles, and also one of the best hard rock songs ever. This definately one of my favorite AC/DC songs ever, it just never gets old.
The chorus is just great, I like the one line "Too many women with too many pills". Overall, Back in Black is an essential hard rock album that not only rocks hard, but it hits hard as well. Buy this album now, crank the volume up, and play it loud. This is another one of my favorite songs on here, and an excellent way to end a classic rock masterpiece. I would also go on to collect all of AC/DC's albums since then including other classics such as Highway to Hell (1979), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976), For Those About To Rock We Salute You (1981), and The Razor's Edge (1990), but Back in Black is without question AC/DC's best album ever, as well as one of the best selling albums of all time.
The main riff is just crunchy and addicting. The riffs are great too as well as Angus's soloing. Angus Young's guitar solos are just excellent on here, he's always been one of my favorite lead guitarists, and his brother Malcom is also an awesome rhythm guitarist as well. "Shoot to Thrill" is another big hit, and a faster high energy rocker.
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